The Nazis Did It But Nice Americans Wouldn’t
A critique of NSA like surveillance proposals under Nixon era arguing against shifting spying power from courts to the executive. The Cincinnati court’s Fourth Amendment ruling is cited, questioning the safety of giving political leaders clandestine tapping power. The piece skewers partisan fears, warning against abuse of authority by any government faction.
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Department Called Justice
Department of the Nixon Administration
Nixon
U. S. Circuit Court
Cincinnati
United States
Memanus Opposes Voter Referendum On Strip Mine Abolition
The Raleigh County representative Lewis Memanus, called a legislative leader, is quoted resisting surrendering the strip mine abolition issue to voters. The piece accuses him of siding with the Surface Miners Association and urges defeating him in this year’s election, arguing the public favors abolition and that Memanus has failed to represent them.
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Raleigh
House of Delegates
Lewis Memanus
Memanns
Surface Miners Association
Memanus
Strip Miners Association
Rascal
Education amid wartime ecology concerns at western campus
A female junior majoring in urban planning at a western university comments that ecology and the war have fallen to crisis status. She proposes studying despite uncertainty, hoping to link urban planning to a useful career and a partial ecology solution, noting it might be worth a try.
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Western University
McGovern driven by New Hampshire primary push
In Manchester New Hampshire Sen George McGovern intensifies efforts for the March 7 primary with staff redeployments and outreach at Dartmouth urging student voters. Aiming to blunt front runner Muskie the campaign hopes a strong NH showing could influence Florida Wisconsin outcomes despite Muskie leading polls and McGovern facing limited success elsewhere.
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Manchester
N. H
Nea
George McGovern
New Hampshire
McGovern
Gary Hart
Washington
Edmond Muskie
Maine
Boston Globe
Muskie
Florida
Wisconsin
New York
John Lindsay
George Wallace
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Illinois
Muskin
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Indiana
Vance Hartke
Shady Spring High Band Delights First Christian Class
Students at Shady Spring High School under Jo Ann King performed for the Men's Bible Class of the First Christian Church, delivering a musical entertainment session as recorded in the 1947 Raleigh Register files.
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Jo Ann King
Shady Spring High School
First Christian Church
3 000 000 Illiterates In U S Increasing 200 000 Per Year
A discussion of illiteracy in the United States highlighting 3 million adults unable to read or write and an estimated 20 million functionally illiterate. It critiques federal efforts under the right to read program and notes only 60 thousand adults taught in a year while urging broader action and funding.
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United States
U. S. Office of Education
U. S
Soviet Union
Ruth Love Holloway
Office of Education
Holloway
Nixon
Mary Jean LeTendre
Military Junta In Power Ecuador Soon To Become No. 2 In Oil In S. America
The bloodless coup in Ecuador installs a military regime amid rising oil hopes. Ecuador, population under six million, is poised to become South Americas second largest oil producer, with a 330 mile Amazon to Pacific pipeline expected to output 400000 barrels daily and at least 120 million dollars yearly. The Velasco Ibarra era ends after decades of instability. Bucaram potential reforms spark junta fears. The regime promises social justice while wresting control of oil revenues, with tensions continuing over tuna fishing disputes with the United States.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
Ecuador
South America
Quito
Amazon
Andes
Pacific
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Velasco
Buenos Aires
Bucaram
Guillermo Rodriguez
Peru
United States
Bug Dust Lafette: A Tiny Island Tale of Politics
Richard Kern recounts a satirical history of San Lafette where a primitive, printing-influenced political system evolves with fixed terms and voting rules. The chief gate keeps re elections, two thirds thresholds, and a public trial culture before the CIA overthrows the regime with mercenaries. The piece ends with a British economist critique of birth control obsession.
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Pacific
San Lafette
McGovern’s Awful Problem Nice Guys Come In Last There
A satirical take on George McGovern's presidential race argues the public dislikes "nice guys" and tracks a transformation from courteous to tougher tactics. The piece recounts mock methods to alter image, including goading and staff pressure, culminating in a claim he finally overcomes niceness to lead like a strong president.
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McGovern
Chicago Daily News
Mike Royko
Ed Muskie
George Wallace
Florida
White House
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
Truman
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Barry Goldwater
Hubert Humphrey
Sioux Falls
Armory Plans Begun as 1922 WV National Guard Work Commences
Plans and specifications for the Mount Hope armory for Company F of the West Virginia National Guard have been completed and construction started. Eugene Debs is released from prison and aims to mobilize convicts toward liberty, praising the Atlanta penitentiary’s 2300 inmates.
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Raleigh Register
Company F
West Virginia National Guard
Mount Hope
Eugene Debs
Atlanta
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CIA
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Senator McGovern
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Tous
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
Raskian
Aesares
John Hodet
Kaltew
United Press International One
Gnu
West Vie Nnia
Beckkey Newspepere Corporation
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