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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1972
Page
2
A brief reflection cites Dr. Albert Schweitzer, African missionary and physician, asserting that only through love can people attain communion with God.
A reflection on Harry S Truman noting the divided public passions he stirred and the ease of later judgment. The piece emphasizes a peaceful exit, his reticence after leaving office, and the idea that time softens controversy, leaving a cautiously favorable view of his presidency.
A century back the Canadian government created the North West Mounted Police in 1873 to impose order in the west. They built a foothold in the Rockies, allied with the Blackfoot, and pursued whiskey traders across the border. The force evolved into the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 1920, a 8500 strong federal and contract police service with a public image shaped by media legends and real law enforcement work.
The piece portrays Nixon avoiding public life post election, Agnew delivering a parodic inaugural address, and a fictional lightened policy framework. It notes a Vegas Desert White House, widespread public approval, and a 1975 Gallup poll praising his presidency. Nixon’s final public appearance on his 73rd birthday features a modest claim of having done “Nothing.”
Senator Edward M. Kennedy spoke in Los Angeles launching a major 1976 campaign line, praising Nixon and urging bipartisanship. The piece notes Kennedy’s strategic positioning of Nixon, and contrasts with prior sharp attacks, predicting a second act in his political drama as he seeks unity and reform.
Stewart Hensley surveys the Vietnam war’s messy beginnings and shifting aims. He notes Viet Minh roots, Geneva Conference outcomes, U S backing of Diem, escalating American involvement, and Nixon’s Vietnamization while acknowledging uncertainty about who won or what peace may bring.
A reader from Scarbro West Virginia protests President Nixon's Vietnam policy. He cites broken promises to end the war and criticizes continued bombing mining of North Vietnamese harbors and tax money spent on the war. The letter demands peace and notes young men dying. David Aurentz signs the letter.
A detailed critique of Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s August 1914 translating Michael Glenny. The work, a dense historical fiction about the Tannenberg battle, depicts Russian military errors, leadership failures, and brutal frontline realities through Colonel Vorotyntsev. It praises the novel’s scope for battle buffs.
A list detailing locations for key U S lawmakers in Washington D C. It includes Senator Jennings Randolph at the New Senate Office Building and Senator Robert C Byrd at the Old Senate Office Building. House members Ken Hechler James Kee Robert Mollohan John Slack and Harley Staggers are listed with their Cannon and Rayburn Office Building rooms.
The Supreme Court unanimously holds that Civil Rights Act authorizes residents of discriminatory housing to sue to end racial discrimination. Justice Douglas says every resident becomes a private attorney general with standing to challenge a landlord's practices at Parkmerced in San Francisco. The ruling aids civil rights groups by enabling private action against private housing discrimination. The decision also covers a separate labor case on union discipline of strikebreakers, limiting the National Labor Relations Act in certain union conduct.
A Irish government minister Desmond O Malley vows a crackdown on marijuana legalization and regulation while criticizing the IRA as dangerous criminals hindering reunification and driving wedges between Catholic and Protestant communities in the North. The timeframe suggests urgent policy debate.
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