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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1971
Page
2
Mountaineers’ Fear Freedom Sparks WV Outcry
An Upshur County wood carver is driven from his home and his studio burnt as intolerant locals condemn his differences. A Charleston Gazette report cites a Sunday school superintendent endorsing arson and dynamiting. The piece laments bigotry masked as religion and warns against demagogic ignorance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Upshur County
Doyle Burnside
Charleston
West Virginia
Day Care Lag Challenges Mothers in 1970s America
Government, unions, and industry debate universal child care as a national goal. With 6 million children under six and 640 thousand licensed spaces, mothers face a care shortage. Proposals from Brademas and Chisholm seek broad programs funded by HEW and welfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labor Department
Henry J. Kaiser Co
Portland
Ore
Senate
House
John Brademas
Ind
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Shirley Chisholm
N. Y
Bella Abzug
Office of Education
Washington
P. C
Heroin Trade Ties Face Vietnam War Era Expansion
Intelligence hints that heroin trafficking linked to American troops in Vietnam will grow. Chinese financiers in Hong Kong Singapore and Macao allegedly bankroll the network with ties across Thailand Burma Laos Malaysia and South Vietnam. The operation uses a Mafia like “family” structure and moves opium from Burma Laos Yunnan and northern Thailand into heroin. Authorities warn the connections to U S distributors may be limited but could enable new contacts for sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nea
Vietnam
U.S
United States
Far East
Hong Kong
Singapore
Macao
Thailand
Laos
Malaysia
South Vietnam
Burma
China
Yunnan
South
Southeast Asia
Presbyterian Church drives to raise 100000 pledge funds
A Raleigh committee of Presbyterian Church members launched a campaign to secure pledges totaling about $100,000 this week to construct a new church building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
If You Want to Save Your Environment Start at Home
Four Palo Alto housewives offer 220 practical steps individuals can take to curb waste and pollution. The group promotes reuse reduce and recycling from bottles and cans to detergents and appliances, stressing personal action and environment stewardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Palo Alto
Calif
Carroll Harrington
Marie Niemeyer
Joyce Leonard
Linda Fischman
Hawthorn Press
American Association of University Women
United States
Mail Bag Letter Attacks Welfare Action by Edwin Flowers
Orval L. Crouch accuses Edwin Flowers and the Moore administration of falsifying welfare relief efforts at state level. He claims Flowers cuts off benefits to deny rights, hides facts, and wrongly takes credit for his own employment. He vows to present proof to Raleigh Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tully Avenue
Fayetteville
W. Va
John Hodel
Raleigh Register
Prince Street
Beckley
West Va
Hodel
Emile
Post Herald
Arch Moore
Moore
Edwin Flowers
Flowers
Stooges
State Department
Thorold Funk
John
Orval L. Crouch
U.S. presses for Suez opening deal through new proposals
The United States plans a more active role to push Israel and Egypt toward an interim Suez Canal reopening. Secretary Rogers backs formal U.S. proposals as Joseph Sisco prepares to visit Israel then Cairo. Bergus and Sterner assess Sadat’s willingness and the feasibility of negotiated details amid competing positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Hensley
UPI
Washington
Israel
Egypt
Suez Canal
William P. Rogers
Nixon
United States
Rogers
Middle Eest
Joseph Sisco
Sisco
Cairo
U.S
Bergus
Sterner
Anwar Sadat
State Department
Foreign Ministry
Jess
Sadat
Sinai Peninsula
Jerusalem
Imay
Moving into the Front Office Sparks Reflections on Change
Staff at Prince Street confronts noise heat and visibility in new front offices. They worry about air conditioning ecological concerns and the distraction of street visitors while weighing whether to revert to old routines or adapt to new layouts and routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Street
Former HEW Secretary Calls Money in Politics a Threat
John W. Gardner argues that money fuels political access and distrust in government. He urges three reforms: campaign financing control, lobbying limits, and full conflict of interest disclosure, urging independent enforcement and possible TV time subsidies to curb rising costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republic
Congress of the
United States
Congress
Senate
Independent Elections Commission
House
House Commerce Committee
Twentieth Century Fund
House of Representatives
New York Times
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Ray Cromley
God
Louis Cassels
Michael Sterner
Donald P. Bergus
HEW
John W. Gardner
Naleigh &Y Register
Democratic
Beckliy Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Hinton
Tohin’ Todel
United Press International
Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
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Chicago
Detroit
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Charlotte
Philadelphia
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Tos Angeles
Pittsburgh
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