Shady Spring Woodrow Wilson Play Under Gas Curtailed
The Shady Spring and Woodrow Wilson high school game at Raleigh County Armory Civic Center occurs as Columbia Gas cuts gas supplies to 390 users including WWHS and the Civic Center. The piece notes extracurriculars may be reduced during fuel shortages while avoiding judgment on decisions or fuel specifics.
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Raleigh County Armory Civic Center
Shady Spring
Woodrow Wilson
WWHS
Civic Center
Columbia Gas
Philippine Autonomy Plan for Moslems Echoes Lebanon Crisis
The piece compares Muslim unrest in the Philippines with Lebanon’s turmoil, noting 5 percent Muslim population amid 44 million total and Libya influenced talks. It reports Marcos seeking limited regional autonomy via plebiscite in 13 southern provinces and scheduled Tripoli talks beginning Feb 5.
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Muammar el - Qaddafi
Libya
Saudi Arabia
Moro National Liberation Front
Marcos
Tripoli
Far Eastern Economic Review
Rodney Tasker
Lebanon
Elr.r
What Other Papers Are Saying
The piece surveys reactions to Gary Gilmore's Utah execution after appeals failed. It notes Supreme Court denials and a vacated last minute reprieve, plus debates on capital punishment's morality and deterrence, and references a related zoning ruling on affordable housing and neighborhood effects.
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Gary Gilmore
Utah
US Supreme Court
Gilmore
American Civil Liberties Union
U.S. Supreme Court
Chicago
Window On Europe and Global Shifts Foreseen
Berlin looks for renewed East West pressure on four power status with Schuetz warning of Communist moves to curb allied influence. Moscow may push for economic buys abroad amid a Soviet grain surplus and reduced imports. Paris envoys forecast a snap election if Giscard loses municipal contests. Britain eyes computerization of Parliament while Italy’s unions back concessions to aid the centrist government amid economic strain.
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West Berlin
Klaus Schuetz
Berlin
German Democratic Republic
East Berlin
Soviet Union
West Germany
Schuetz
Walter Mondale
Paris
Valery Giscard D’estaing
Giscard
Jacques
Italy
Christian Democratic
Giulio Andreotti
Confindustria
Observer underwear parity in Carter leadership piece
Russell Baker argues President Carter should push for underwear parity with nations like Sweden and the Soviet Union to curb heating use. He mocks thermostat appeals and suggests a national campaign for heavier long underwear to reduce energy demand and spark a durable leadership image.
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Carter
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Germany
Scandinavia
Canada
Spain
Balkans
Turkey
United States
Nixon
Washington
White House
Carter Administration
Congress
America
Sweden
Russia
Paris
Abolish February Aims and Weather Jokes in Roving Note
A lighthearted editorial contemplates abolishing February amid harsh forecasts and recalls calendar history from Roman times to Julius Caesar. It lists numerous observances and famous figures with a wistful tone, ending on a skeptical note about any upcoming reprieve.
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Pontifex Maximus
Julius Caesar
Sosigenes
Gregory Nit
Julius
Gregory
Rome
Beasley Moose Club Dance Aids Raleigh Polio Fund
About 20 junior high students attended a Beckley Moose Club ballroom dance to support the Raleigh County Polio Fund. Harold Miller and his orchestra provided the music. E Earle Bibb, former Beckley Rotary Club president, has been nominated governor of Rotary District 274.
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Raleigh County Polio Fund
Beckley Moose Club
Harold Miller
E. Earle Bibb
Beckley
Record of Betty Wilson 115-year-old Raleigh resident
Mrs Betty Wilson a Black resident of East Beckley died January 19 at age 115 She was born in Buckingham County Virginia noting an extraordinary long life for the era Her death marks a notable local obituary in Raleigh Register’s 1927 files
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Raleigh Register
Betty Wilson
East Beckley
Buckingham County
State of Black America 1977 report shows grim year
Vernon Jordan of the National Urban League described the 1976 findings as grim amid recession and indifference from whites. The survey of 107 affiliates notes deteriorating race relations, limited white concern, and a pragmatic move toward political engagement despite lingering apathy and neglect.
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Vernon Jordan
National Urban League
Jordan
Jimmy Carter
Urban League
Martin Luther King Jr
Loca
Carter
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Nuas
Daily News
New York
Chicago Sun-Times
Texas
Jerry L. Jurek
Sparky
U.S
Jurek
Hans W. Mattick
Mattick
Wheeling W. Va
Oval Room
Window On
Europe
United Press Internats
Moscow
Chirac
Gaullist
Rally For the Republic
London
House of Commons
Commons
Communist Party
Russell Baker
Syit SY
Times News Service
George Fox
Alexander Goode
Clark Poling
John Washington
U.S.S
Dorchester
Greenland
Homstrom
Maine
PTA
William Henry Harrison
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
James Joyce
Gertrude Stein
Charles A. Lindbergh
Aaron Burr
Amy Lowell
Charles Lamb
William Allen White
Thomas A. Edison
Susan B. Anthony
Raphael Peale
Rembrandt Peale
George Peabody
Nicolaus Copernicus
William
Prescott
Samuel Pepys
Winslow Homer
Honus Wagner
William F
Buffalo Bill) Cody
Victor Hugo
Michel de Montaigne
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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