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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1977
Page
3
The piece notes Congress used the 1967 law that ties presidential recommendations to automatic pay raises unless blocked within 30 days. It praises the merit of the raise while criticizing the lack of a binding code of conduct to curb conflicts of interest and chicanery. The author expresses hope for future ethics reforms.
Benedictus de Spinoza born 1632 Amsterdam a lensmaker by trade died 1677 of lung disease. He faced excommunication banishment and fought for free speech while developing a pantheistic view and a geometrical Ethics that influenced Western thought.
Britain sees unemployment near 1.5 million in January, 6.1 percent of the workforce, with Callaghan warning relief may not come soon. Thatcher and union leaders demand action while voters in London head to May polls amid a fragile pound and looming by-elections.
M D Miller and Albert Canterbury of Munition bought a sawmill from B and Dock Acord of Arnet. They plan to relocate the mill to a site near Princeknob in the near future.
Following a complaint by Geo Williams the city council ordered taxi operators to conduct offices in their own parking spaces after March first to curb street solicitation. Mayor J Hugh Miller reported January fines totaling 694 dollars 55 cents. Other reports were given by Violet Cook city treasurer E Ray Bailey city recorder and council member E Pugh.
UPI reports President Carter has urged Cabinet members and federal workers to strengthen families and resist living together without marriage. He emphasizes stable home life as essential to serving the people, recalling past White House moral efforts and urging personal conduct aligned with religious values.
An unnamed observer named Winter travels his implied route from Arctic ice through Canada to the Midwest and Northeast. He resists his mother's pushing to tour, encounters helper characters like Summer and a woolly mammoth, and drifts through Buffalo Cincinnati and New Orleans seeking warmth but finding only more winter. The piece satirizes seasonal prompts and mother nature's grip.
The column recalls Oliver Scott’s 1897 diary noting blocked mountain roads, a disputed road tax election, and talk of shifting road maintenance back to county control. It mentions Minor Scott and family ties, plus a 1697 entry describing a brutal Newport murder case of Pearl Bryan and alleged accomplices.
The Crowley Post-Signal notes Louisiana’s gas wealth and calls for regionally driven exploration to avoid shortages. The Waterbury Republican critiques 65 degree thermostat proposals, urging national energy reform and warning against overreliance on federal control. Scripps-Howard and St. Louis Post-Dispatch discuss energy policy and Vietnam UN membership implications, reflecting varied newspaper stances on Carter administration energy and foreign policy.
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