Beckley roads plan ignores Richmond District access
The editorial laments no I-64 interchange for Richmond District residents as plans show a major highway bypassing their area. It argues the region’s growth potential depends on accessible routes and warns that denying access would be criminal.
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Beckley
Tideland
Virginia
Greenbrier Valley
Charleston
Huntington
State Road Commission
Post-Herald
Virginia Border
Richmond
Bragg School
Shady Spring
Richmond District
Hinton
Sound Of Music Ranked Against Riveting Noises
An acoustics engineer ranks rock n roll by decibels alongside riveting drop forging and automobile assembling The Columbia State notes the AM radio sounds resemble these industrial noises and say the comparison is unsurprising.
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Columbia
S. C
Man's In The Middle A TV Commercials Quiz
TV quiz surveys viewers on ads and product IDs from familiar commercials. The piece cites 1917 Raleigh Register notes and questions what viewers actually notice, listing products like Ajax and Tareyton, then muses on the nostalgia of classic ads and early television eras.
MacBird Backlash Might Help Johnson Says Column
Richard Spong reports MacBird the Macbeth inspired satire opens off Broadway amid backlash over The Death of a President. The piece targets Lyndon Johnson and Kennedy with provocative lines, drawing mixed praise from Yale and other critics while some say the satire could bolster Johnson.
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Richard Spong
MacBird
Village Gate
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Johnson
Bob Considine
Lyndon
Ew World Journal Tribune of
New York
Reports Of Strife In Red China Said Fairly Accurate
The UPI analysis notes Western reporters have limited access to Red China and cites Tokyo sources claiming clashes in Nanking with deaths and injuries. Wall posters are described as fairly accurate 75 to 80 percent depending on ideological rights.
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Red China
Phil Newsom
UPI
Tokyo
Nanking
Broadway shows face headaches beyond glamor
Irving W. Cheskin of the League of New York Theaters discusses Broadway burdens beyond artistry. He notes nine craft unions and multiple professional unions require negotiations while ticket scalping remains a persistent annoyance for producers.
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William D. Laffler
UPI
New York
Broad Way
League of New York Theaters
Irving W. Cheskin
League
Cheskin
Raleigh County fire-fighting classes set in four high schools
25 Years Ago item notes the State Conservation Commission will start fire-fighting classes in four Raleigh County high schools next week. It also mentions Navy enlistments by J P Steward of Oceana and F B Showalter of Eccles, plus debates over broker laws and a shift of Tony Awards administration to the league after Helen Menken's death.
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F.H. Halstead
Kanawha District Forester
State
Raleigh County
Johnny Mc Gorman
J. P. Steward
Oceana
F. B. Showalter
Eccles
Navy
League
American Theater Wing
Helen Menken
Bug Dust and Byrd News From Beckley and Beyond
Floridian Arthur Tolp asks locals to help locate 150th Infantry veterans from Beckley for his Panama era book As I Remember Panama. The item notes Beckley historian Harlow Warren may publish a third Beckley U S A with an index and discusses Sen Robert C Byrd’s Senate role and influence in Washington.
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Arthur Robert Tolp
Fort Myers
Fla
Panama
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
Tolo
Cristobal Pier
Atlantic
Isthmus
150Th Infantry
West Virginia
Pier Guard
Rocks Guard
New York
Harlow Warren
Beckley
Harlow
Charles Hodel
Sen
Robert C. Byrd
Washington, D. C
Congressional Commission
Washington
Senate
Legislative Branch
Byrd
Joseph Kraft
Kraft
Russell Long
Louisiana
Senate Finance Committee
Watch On The Potomac Possibility Lyndon Will Dump Hubert
Washington reports that Vice President Hubert Humphrey is likely to remain Johnson's running mate in 1968, with RFK seen as a weak alternate. Kennedy allies push for a change, but insiders say there is no serious consideration of dumping Humphrey. Humphrey's close working relationship with LBJ, including delicate missions overseas, strengthens his position as a trusted partner in the administration.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Johanson
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Johnson-Humphrey
Kennedy
Bobby Kennedy
Ted Sorensen
RFK
Humphrey
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Wallace
Truman
Dewey
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Ike
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Hidden Magic
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Macbeth
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