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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1972
Page
2
The piece argues peace talks with North Vietnam remain unresolved after the election. It asserts Nixon and aidespush for a rightward policy favoring big business, political image over substance, and expanding government favors while reducing safeguards for ordinary people.
The article notes Dublin's debate as Ireland votes on December 7 to repeal Article 44 of the constitution which grants the Holy See a special position. It argues repeal could signal a shift toward unity with Northern Ireland and discusses O Brien's proposal to frame reunification as an aspiration rather than a right amid Catholic Church dominance.
Labor leaders blame environmentalists for unemployment and delay in projects while environmentalists urge long term planning. California unions warn against loss of wages and benefits as housing and coastal development face court and referendum curbs. Both sides seek dialogue but diverge on how to balance jobs with environmental protection.
NAMH president Irving Chase outlines a prenatal focus for preventing mental illness at a Detroit convention. He warns that brain-damage risks at birth demand better prenatal and postnatal care and improved medical service awareness and referrals.
The West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association released a Gilbert Flood Investigation Report to answer critics of strip mining. It details six days of field work and findings that steep terrain, land disturbance, forest fires, development and pollution aggravated flooding, while noting only four of 18 major landslides linked to surface mining and that most mine-linked slides were pre 1963.
Announcement that the Raleigh County Bank has merged with the Raleigh Banking and Trust company will take effect around November 1. E C Milter becomes vice president and J Hugh Miller assistant cashier as officials join the merged bank. The Democratic ticket swept county votes, with all nominees leading in the race.
Advertising and subscription information for Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists mail and home delivery rates, service locations in Beckley and Hinton West Virginia, contact details, and policy notes on independent contractors and subscription payments. It notes United Press International affiliation and price brackets for daily and Sunday coverage.
George J. Titler of Beckley, head of District 29 UMW, noted as a possible successor to the late John O Leary. Nancy McGuigan named Homecoming Queen with attendants Nancy Bowers and Betty Gordon Foster at the school ceremony. Charleston airport dedication proceeded in drizzle with revised lower crowd estimates near 25 000. Labor Secretary Schwellenbach warned of postwar wage boosts unless Congress acts to curb living costs.
A reader recalls HMS Queen Mary in color tied at Long Beach California. The memory recalls crowded bunks a 20 person voyage from New York to Boston Harbor in March 142 aboard a wartime liner now dockside.
A three judge panel in New York City reverses the firing of a high school teacher who refused to recite the Pledge of Allegiance. The ruling centers on patriotism and loyalty viewed as coerced versus voluntary.
The Queen Mary travels to Long Beach while a plan to dismantle Piccadilly Circus and rebuild it brick by brick in Teaneck New Jersey surfaces. Attorneys Robert Carson and Robert McCulloch back the idea, Londoners campaign to Save Piccadilly, Japan Airlines blasts the demolition warning, and a Londoner in New York says Teaneck could benefit.
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