Credit For Food Stamps Becomes Election Issue
Louis Cassels reports a Department of Agriculture tally showing 11.5 million Americans receive food stamps and 3.5 million get USDA food packages. The piece notes broad reach under Nixon and McGovern, calls hunger a rising issue, and discusses poverty, welfare reform delays, and remaining 10 million in need.
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Louis Cassels
United Press International
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Bureau
Congress
Thought for Today Faith and Doubt
A short biblical verse urges asking in faith without doubting. It warns that a double minded person is unstable and should not expect to receive from the Lord. The message emphasizes consistent trust in divine guidance.
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James
Publishers unite against government probe of Beacon Press
The Association of America Publishers calls an emergency meeting to form a united front against a government probe into the Unitarian Universalist Church and Beacon Press over the Pentagon Papers. F.B.I. subpoena sought all church account checks, and Supreme Court immunity ruling raises fears for press freedom and civil rights.
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The
Association of America Publishers
Unitarian Universalist Church
Beacon Press
Mike Gravel
F.B.I
Boston
Unitarian Universalist Association
Gravel
Supreme Court
Senator Nee
Grand Jury
Beacor Press
House
Graves
Brennan
Religion Association
Church Association
New York Times
What Price Election Insurance Hanoi Thinks Nixon Will Do Anything To End War
In private talks North Vietnamese officials tell confidants Nixon will be forced to concede before November 7. Hanoi expects Nixon and Kissinger to seek a Viet Nam settlement by election day, offering face-saving gestures only. They foresee an October cave-in, while restocking and avoiding major battles to preserve resources.
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Hanoi
Nixon
Ray Cromley
Washington
NEA
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
North Vietnam
China
Cambodia
Laos
North
Peking
Russia
Haiphong
Africa
Lyndon Johnson
Stratton High plans benefit games to raise athletic field funds
James H. Miller announces a baseball and football doubleheader drive to raise ten thousand dollars for Stratton High School to install rights for its athletic field. Brig. Gen. Charles Fox urges September 6 bond election to match federal funds for Memorial Airport. The WV adjutant general and local air forces group discuss the project at a Beckley banquet.
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Stratton High School
Jamesh. Miller
High School Supplementary Athletic Association
Charles Fox
West Virginia
Raleigh County
China
Claire Chennault
14Th Air Force
Beckley Squadron
The
Air Forces Association
Disaster strains mental health after Agnes in Wilkes-Barre
Dr Edward M Whalen of Wilkes Barre Mental Health Center notes disasters trigger an almost in personal crisis period in victims. He warns the full impact may arrive in 2nd to 4th months with fatigue loss frustration and anger as relief efforts continue and survivors face daunting tasks.
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Wilkes-Barre
UPD
Agnes
Edward M. Whalen
Gulf Coast
California
Whalen
Wilkes- Barre
Susquehanna
Pennsylvania
The
American Medical News
U. S
Books on Gehlen split over spy master’s legacy
Two new books compare West Germany’s ex spymaster Reinhard Gehlen in divergent lights. The General Was a Spy accuses him of political misuse of the BND while The Service presents Gehlen’s memoirs arguing his administration was near the best possible under harsh world conditions.
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United Press International
Heinz Hoehner
Hermann Zolling
Reinhard Gehlen
Coward McCann & Geoghegan
World
West Germany
Heinz Hoehne
der Spiegel
Gehlen
Russia
Europe
CIA
Bonn
Tron Curtain
BND
Gence Service
Middle East
Hoehne
Zolling
Doug Anderson
UPI
America
Edward M. Kennedy
Simon & Schuster
Sen. Kennedy
Queen Mother Frederica
Greece
Trail riding risks on Torlone's Pond path questioned
John Bodel notes a once peaceful foot path near Westwood Drive now repurposed for late night motorbike trail riding. He warns the change harms the woods, pond gorge, and local nature while discussing youth risk and modern substitutes for old outdoor challenges.
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Westwood Drive
Old Mill Road
Torlone
Westwood-Dexter
Suzuki
Torlone’s Pond
Torlone’s
McLuhan
Japan
Defense chief jokes on flags in McGovern defense cutbacks
Melvin Laird quips that Congress would force a $1 million Defense Department buy of white flags to fly worldwide, suggesting the move would signal surrender as Democratic candidate George McGovern presses defense cuts.
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Congress
Defense Department
Defense
Melvin Laird
Sen
George McGovern
S. D
Egypt Presses U.S. To Force Israel Concessions
Cairo reports the United States could shape Middle East policy by pressuring Israel to withdraw from territories occupied in 1967. Sadat and Arab observers view Washington as the key to altering the regional status quo, amid Soviet-Egyptian tensions and Moscow's arms stance.
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Cairo
United States
Washington
Anwar el- Sadat
Israel
Sadat
Mohammed Hassanein Heykal
al Ahram
Nixon
Middle East
Peking
Moscow
Beirut
Soviet Union
Lawn Fete Nets Money For Methodist Church
The Lawn Fete hosted by the Methodist Episcopal Church South women raised about $60 this week. The W. H. McGinnis lawn served as the venue with lanterns and electric lights. Ice cream cake and coffee were served and a silver offering taken. Floyd M Sayre of Ripley, WV, a 22 class graduate from West Virginia University law department, arrived to set up a Raleigh law office.
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Raleigh Register
the Methodist Episcopal Church
South
W. H. McGinnis
Floyd M Sayre
Ripley
West Virginia University
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Nemes
St. Martin’s
Frances Farmer
Putnam
Hollywood
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Harper & Row
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Berlin
Einstein
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Egypt
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New York Times News Service
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