June Month Of Disasters Recounts 1970s Flood Toll
The piece surveys major June disasters, detailing the 1966 Teton Dam collapse, Rapid City floods, and Hurricane Agnes of 1972. It notes 80 billion gallons released, 11 deaths, and billions in damage, blaming design flaws and bureaucratic missteps before reflecting on ongoing drought in June 1977 and the fragile recovery.
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T. S. Eliot
Teton
Idaho
Snake River
Bureau
Black Hills
South Dakota
Rapid City
Thought For Today on Church and State Separation
A reflection cites Thomas Jefferson on religious liberty and the wall of separation between church and state. It emphasizes that government acts only on actions not beliefs and cites the establishment clause as safeguarding free exercise of religion. The piece frames religion as a matter between individual and God and highlights sovereign reverence for the founding principle.
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Thomas Jefferson
Welfare Auction Proposal Sparks Ethical Debate
Russell Baker argues for a welfare auction market to cut costs and redistribute benefits. He contends government auctions would reduce welfare expenses and expose recipients to disciplined work, while noting moral and practical objections to the idea.
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Welfare Office
Dog with lionlike haircut shocks Beckley streets
A local boy Donald Boyd, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Boyd, shows off a collie shaved from shoulders back, giving it the appearance of a small African lion. The piece notes other oddities including sparrows carrying crumbs in the rain near a coal yard and stray white strawberries in Mabscott.
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Donald Boyd
R. A. Boyd
South
Kanawha Street
L. A. Mauck
Mr. Mauck
Andreotti a Durable Italian Politician in Europe
Giulio Andreotti, Italy's long serving premier at 58, reflects on Europe’s 30 year arc and Italy's struggles. He cites NATO unity, economic shifts, and a wary but hopeful view of Western democracy amid domestic unrest and eurocommunist trends.
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Giulio Andreotti
Europe
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Council of Ministers
Palazzo Chigi
Cnn
Britain
Italy
Colege
Popular Front
Communist Party
Andreotti
Sergio Segre
Partito Communista Italian
Soviet Union
Carter
Washington
London
United States
la Maddalena
Sarsinia
NATO
Senate
Estern Europe
Moscow
Henry Kissinger
West
Kissinger
Peking
What Other Papers Are Saying What Other Papers Are Saying
The Valley News critiques Judge Archie Simonson's rape verdict, arguing the court propagated myths that rape stems from permissive morality. It contends rape is a violent act not excused by clothing or social climate and urges accountability for the perpetrator.
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the Valley News of
Lebanon
N.H
Archie Simonson
Madison
Wis
Watergate
Court of Law
Ideas Vs Suffering A Contrast On Human Rights Policy
Discussion contrasts abstract policy with personal harm in Argentina. The piece cites John Davis Lodge defending limited intervention and Amnesty International reports of torture. It recalls Enrique Rodriguez Larreta’s torture and exile, underscoring human rights as elemental humanity not abstract ideals.
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Argentina
United States
Carter
Washington
New York Times
John Davis Lodge
U.S
Spain
Lodge
Chile
Argentine
Uruguay
South America
Europe
Sunday Times of London
Amnesty International
Sunday Times
Philip Jacobson
London
Enrique Rodriguez Larreta
Rodriquez
Adolf Hitler
Rodriguez
Montevideo
Enrique Rodriguez
John Donne
Robert
Soviet Union
Raleigh County Negro Park to Open This Week
The Fitzpatrick park in Raleigh County will hold its official opening this week with John Henry Marsh, 27, of Stamford named director. County Clerk Harry E. Anderson said Marsh, a college graduate, was chosen from 10 applicants after interviews by the Park Board.
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Raleigh County
Fitzpatrick
John Henry Marsh
Stamford
Harry E. Anderson
Marsh
50 Years Ago In 1927 Raleigh Storm Casualties
Mrs Clyde Underwood and her baby son Tommy Ball Underwood are visiting relatives in Raleigh after escaping the Kentucky storm that killed 100 people. The article notes their escape amid a disaster that claimed many lives.
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Raleigh Register
Clyde Underwood
Tommy Ball Underwood
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Bureau of Reclamation
Rexburg
Wrecksburg
Department of Interior
Bureau of Wrecklamation
Agnes
Atlantic Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Wilkes - Barre
Susquehanna
John Kendall
Los Angeles Times
Sugar City
Middle West
East
Russell Baker c
N.Y. Times News Service
New York
Muscatel
Don Boyd
Harold M. Riffe
Beulah Hoffman
Mabscott
Mabscott B. Y. P. U
Mark Twain
England
Mark
Clemalons
Rogers Ecoiono
Bill Monk
Monk
J. F. Houchins
James Reston
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