West Virginia 1968 elections shift in state government
UPI report notes federal indictments for corruption in state government marked 1968 as an election year. Republicans gain gubernatorial office but win five legislative seats. Arch Moore Jr. loses narrowly to James Sprouse while Jay Rockefeller IV leads the Democratic ticket.
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House
Sen
Ate
Board of Public Works
Arch Moore Jr
James Sprouse
Charles Haden II
Morgantown
John D
Jay) Rockefeller IV
Haden
Cecil H. Underwood
Moore
Underwood
Liely
Sprouse
Arrow
Curtis Trent
Still A Powder Keg In Middle East Tensions After Six Day War
Twenty months after Israel routed its Arab neighbors the prospect of real peace remains remote. Hostilities across the Suez Canal the Jordan River and Syria's Golan Heights persist with ceasefires repeatedly broken. U N mediator Gunnar Jarring moves without result as Soviet power grows in the region and the United States contemplates arming Israel with 50 Phantom jets. The Arab world shows no appetite for a new all out war though the danger remains high.
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Joseph W. Grigg
United Press International
Israel
Middle East
Keg
Suez Canal
Jordan River
Syria
Golan Heights
U.N
Gunnar Jarring
Middleast
Mediterranean
Moscow
U.S
NATO
Egypt
United States
Nile
Aswan High Dam
al Fatah
Jordan
Hussein
Amman
Karameh
Beisan
Saltae
Abba Eban
U.N. General Assembly
UN Security Council
Straits of Tiran
New Kind Of Crime Fighter Wife's Murder Forges Crusade
Bruce Palmer, widower of Dorothy Palmer murdered Sept 29 1967, launches Citizens for Justice With Order a private funded crusade to curb crime. He aims to recruit 10 000000 workers and raise 25 million dollars by May to create CIO branches in 10900 cities with leaders like Bob Hope and Whitney Young guiding a broad community effort. Palmer argues one crime case proves need for private action and police cooperation to protect homes and reduce fear.
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New York
NEA
H. Bruce Palmer
Bruce Palmer
Dorothy
Citizens For Justice With Order
CJO
Palmer
CIO
National Industrial Conference Board
Bob Hope
Whitney Young
National Urban League
Manhattan
3Rd Avenue
America
Indianapolis
Ind
Third Man Held In Booze Heist
George J. Lemak Jr., 53, of Irwin Pennsylvania, owner of a cabin where FBI agents found stolen liquor, was arraigned and released on his own recognizance as the third man charged in the $100,000 whiskey hijacking in West Virginia. Agents found quantities of liquor at Lemak’s Larimer cabin. two others, Paul A. Vukovic and Thomas Balent, were arrested earlier and released on bond. Two tractor-trailers carrying liquor were stolen from Charleston, West Virginia, last week. loot recovered in Pittsburgh’s Oakland district.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
George J. Lemak Jr
Irwin
FBI
West Virginia
Lemak
U.S
Ian D. MacLennan
Larimer
Paul A. Vukovic
Columbus
Ohio
Thomas Balent
Turtle Creek
Charleston
W.va
Oakland
Spinach Not So Good For Child May Be Dangerous
Dallas report on Dr. Barry Commoner warning nitrate in spinach and water may poison infants. He cites tests from 800 Southern California wells showing nitrogen levels above health limits, linking fertilizer use to rising nitrate in food and water.
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Dallas
UPS
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Barry Commoner
Germany
France
Commoner
Center For the Biology of Natural Systems
Washington University
California
U.S. Public Health Service
Julie Nixon Discusses Youth Love and Marriage
Julie Nixon recalls her early view of life during a visit with the nation’s most talked about newlyweds. She shares her and David’s attitudes toward love, marriage, and the future in a candid, middle-aged audience setting.
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Julie Nixon
David
Science as Sacralized Practice and Moral Limits
A noted writer investigates the belief that all actions done for science carry sacred status and probes the ethical boundaries, questioning where scientific pursuit ends and moral responsibility begins.
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Underworld
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Suez
I Chauncey Browning Jr
Browning
Rockefeller
New Politics
W. W. Barron
Burl Sawyers
Sawyers
Vincent John Koski
Barron
Truman Gore
Elkins
Bonn Brown
Alfred Schroath
Gore
Clarence Elmore
Mercer
Tax Department
Charleston Daily Mail
Bob Mellace
Statehouse
Atty
C. Donald Robertson
West Virginia Labor Federation
Miles Stanley
Senate
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
Road Commission
Inea
Family Weekly
Leonard C. Lewin
Becktey Post-Heral
Vaiwigh E
Monin
Metal China
Dinette
Lamp Sale
Neville St
Beckley
Neville
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