The Ultra-Fundamentalist Hair Debate
The piece argues that biblical passages reflect their cultural context and cautions ultra fundamentalists against literalism. It cites Pauls letters and Christianity Today to urge readers to extract timeless truth from culture and avoid presuming divine dictation of every line. Mail response is noted as intense.
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St. Paul
Corinthians
Paul
Corinth
Christianity Today
Canaan
Mailman
Bug Dust How About A SS Pension Of 2360 A Month
The piece argues that automatic federal pay raises and rising Social Security benefits portend higher retirement pensions. It compares federal salary increases to Social Security projections, noting a 2015 estimate of a single person at 2360.60 dollars monthly and a couple at 3545.80, contingent on wage gains and inflation.
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Social Security Administration
Baltioore
Congress
Thought For Today on Confidence and Honor
Franklin D Roosevelt states confidence thrives on honesty and sacred obligations. Faithful protection and unselfish performance sustain it. without these virtues, confidence cannot live.
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Franklin
D. Roosevelt
Vacationer scams at Soviet Black Sea resorts warn travelers
The Roanoke Times reports crooks now meet arriving tourists at airports and lure them into cars for on-site fixed games in Soviet Black Sea vacation areas. The piece notes this warning amid broader tax debates and a dam incident in West Virginia, with editorial sting about responsibility and shifting blame.
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Florida
Bahamas
Soviet Union
Black Sea
Fischer Checkmates Himself By Ralph Novak
The author examines Bobby Fischer's World Championship build up arguing that his demand for big money and threats to quit undermined the sport. Fischer appears arrogant and the columnist claims the public lacks appetite for chess as a spectator sport and that his approach harmed both Iceland and the match. The piece credits Boris Spassky and urges support for him over Fischer.
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Ralph Novak
America
Bobby Fischer
Fischer
Iceland
Brooklyn
United States
Tom Seaver
Chess
London
James D. Slater
Boris Spassky
Boris
Beckley Newspapers Subscriber Details and Rates
Naleigh and Register Democratic notices appear in Beckley West Virginia publications. The Beckley Newspapers Corporation lists mailing privileges, delivery options, and subscription rates for West Virginia residents with details on carrier independence and tax inclusions.
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Democratic
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
West Virginia
Arab Guerrillas Force Dilemma in Lebanon War Turmoil
UPI foreign analyst notes Lebanon lives in fear since the Tel Aviv airport massacre with 25 dead and 72 wounded. Israeli counter strikes in June fail to ease tensions after an Arab guerrilla ambush on a tourist bus in Israel.
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Tel Aviv
Lebanon
Israel
Home on South Kanawha Street to Be Replaced by New Brick Dwelling
George Williams plans to tear down his older home on South Kanawha Street and build a larger brick house on the same site. His family moved temporarily to a Clyde Scott property nearby until the new residence is finished. Lebanon faces a fragile balance between Arab pressure, Israeli threats, and guerrilla activity, with a tenuous 1969 accord and factions like the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine GC challenging stability.
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George Williams
Kanawha Street
Clyde Scott
Israel
Lebanon
Cairo
Mediterranean
Algeria
Libya
Syria
Hussein
Jordan
Saeb Salam
Yasir Arafat
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
General Command
Tel Aviv
Oak Hill Names R. R. Thomas Sr. Mayor Under New Council
Oak Hill selects R. R. Thomas Sr. as mayor after appointment by a seven man council under a city manager system. Claude R. Hill is retiring as mayor. Samuel Thomson to be installed as worshipful master of Beckley Lodge No. 95 at the Masonic Hall on Main Street. Plans for a new drift mine on Devil's Fork above Amigo by E. C. Minter Coal Co. aim to produce 1500 tons daily of Pocahontas No. 6 coal by early next year.
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Oak Hill
R. R. Thomas Sr
Claude R. Hill
Samuel Thomson
Beckley Lodge No
Masonic Hall
Main Street
Devil’s Fork
Amigo
E. C. Minter Coal Company
Alma Thomas Exhibition Breaks Racial Barriers at Whitney
Alma Thomas, 77, recalls segregation in Columbus Georgia as her work opens at New York’s Whitney Museum. The press briefing backgrounder is criticized for enabling leaks and allowing officials to evade accountability through misleadings.
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Columbus
Georgia
Alma Thomas
New York
Whitney Museum
Revolution at Miami Beach Delegates Redefine American Politics
A Miami Beach Democratic convention reveals a new breed of delegate chosen by local reform movements. Ordinary Americans from diverse backgrounds sit as thoughtful, reform-minded participants, signaling a political shift away from traditional party bosses and old pols. The piece argues the revolution will reshape Congress if the trend persists.
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Miami Beach
McGovern
Women’s Caucus
South Carolina
PTA
Congress
Karl Marx
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Indiana
R.S.W
Pittston Co
Pittston
Roanoke
Naleigh & Register
John Hodel
United Press International
MAIL
UPI
Raleigh Register
Bill Moyers
Daley
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