Fires Courtesy or Criminal Blame Rail Sparks Stir Debate
The piece argues railway engines spark forest fires and calls for impartial law enforcement against corporations. It reflects on ecological damage and public sentiment, then shifts to cultural notes about topical songs from World War I to Lt. Calley, Lindbergh, and space era tunes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Calley
Tiny Tim
Calley
America
Washington
Delaware
General Pershing
Rhine
Charles A. Lindbergh
Mail Bag Proposes Jug-Handle Left Turns at Maxwell Hill
A reader urges Beckley to ease traffic near Rural Acres Drive and Maxwell Hill by adopting jug-handle left turns. The letter suggests eliminating all left turns at two-way intersections and using jug-handle designs to improve flow, noting existing examples in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Register
State Road Commission
Rural Acres Drive
Maxwell Hill
Kroger’s
Sprague Hill
Acres
Beckley
Neighbors Fence Dispute and Mining Pension Card Help
A reader questions fence encroachment by a neighbor and the chance of court action to reclaim land, while another asks about miners hospital cards for retirees with small businesses. Advice notes that court action is a last resort and regulatory details may hinge on income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tams
Helen
Wyoming County
Health and Welfare Fund
The
UMWA
Fifteenth Street
N.W
Washington
Miss Josephine Roche
American Communists Rated Well In Russia By Leon Dennen
The column argues the American Communist Party remains insignificant in US life while Moscow extends praise to its pro Soviet spokesmen. It notes Solzhenitsyn’s portrayal by secret police pressure, rising crime in the USSR, Brezhnev acknowledging nationalist tensions, and critics doubting a future of improving living standards in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
NER
American Communist Party
United States
Gus Hail
U. S
Moscow
Communist Party
Hall
Professor Pavlov
Russia
Secret Police
KGB
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
Stalin
Brezhnev
Hal
Subscription Rates by Matl for CTV Services
Rates listed for daily and Sunday access with single seat and multi month options. One seat charges 22.74 pounds for daily and Sunday, six months 198 pounds, three months 79 pounds. Prices apply where services are established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MATL
CTV Servics
Piaiv
Haiti's Dictator Duvalier Nearing End and Power Shift
UPI analyst notes Papa Doc Duvalier will be 64 on April 14 amid assassination attempts and ill health rumors. His son Jean Claude is named heir while daughter Marie Denise Dominique and husband Col. Max Dominique regain influence. US aid remains halted with limited relief from other sources as Haiti's economy shows small gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phil Newsom
UPI
Papa Doc
Francois Duvalier
Haiti
Americas
Hispaniola
Dominican Republic
Papa Doe
Jean Claude
Marie Denise Dominique
Col
Max Dominique
Dominique
Paris
Duvalier
Nicole
John F. Kennedy
U.S
United States
Scribble-Writing Aims To Teach Reading In Classrooms
Education Today reports on scribble writing as a reading method led by Dr. Lydia A. Duggins of the University of Bridgeport. The approach emphasizes auditory perception and oral language, arguing that children grasp reading by connecting spoken sounds to written forms rather than drill-based basal readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patricia McCormack
New York
UPI
Lydia A. Duggins
Duggins
University of Bridgeport
Connecticut
Columbia Teachers College
Council On Experimental Research
Mediax Inc
FLQ Trial Set in Montreal for Seditious Conspiracy
Three FLQ leaders Pierre Vallieres Charles Gagnon and Jacques Larue Langlois face trial in Montreal on April 26 for seditious conspiracy Ottawa maintains public order act after war measures act crackdown on October Accused 62 remain in Canada while the Quebec separatist movement loses momentum amid political and legal actions including Cross kidnapping Laporte murder and widespread arrests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec Liberation Front
Pierre Vallieres
Charles Gagnon
Jacques Larue-Langlois
Montreal
Quebec
FLQ
Parti Quebecois
Pierre Laporte
James Cross
Ottawa
Cabal
Cuba
Pierre Trudeau
Canada
Robert Bourassa
Trudeau
Gerard Pelletier
Robert Stanfield
Robert Lemieux
Michel Chartrand
Callieres
America
McGill History
Laurier Lapierre
Paul Rose
Laporte
Henry Mnnn
le Monde Weekly
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Tin Pan Alley
Lindbergh
U.S.A
Lindy
Paul Revere
Herbert Hoover
Alan B. Shepard
Shepard
John
H. Glenn
Earth
Moon
Armstrong
Lt. Calley
R.L.W
By Leon Dennen
Raleiah
Democratic
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
W. Va
Hinton
Jenchin Hodel
Editor
United Press International
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
Chicago
Detroit
Atlanta
Boston
Cramette
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Education Today
Ralph C. Deans
NEA, Inc
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