New York City Statehood Idea Reignites Urban Politics
A blue ribbon commission is to study making New York City the nation's 51st state or breaking it into five cities. The move follows a budget clash between Gov. Nelson Rockefeller and Mayor John Lindsay.
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Clay F. Richards
Albany
N. Y
UPD
Norman Mailer
Jimmy Breslin
New York City
Special State Commission
Nelson A. Rockefeller
John V. Lindsay
Rockefeller
GOP
Lindsay
James J. Walker
Europe
John H. Marchi
Staten Island
Marchi
Senate
Earl W. Brydges
Niagara Falls
Assembly
House
John E. Kingston
Long Island
Upstate
Leonard Simon
Brooklyn
Simon
Camelot
GI Babies in Vietnam A Bleak, Unaddressed Plight
A conservative estimate puts 20000 GI offspring orphaned in Vietnam amid government inaction and social stigma. Pearl Buck and others urge action. Vietnam offers limited aid, while US officials dodge responsibility. The piece argues for recognition and practical relief rather than passive neglect.
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Vietnam
Pearl Buck
Orient
United States
White House
Defense Department
State Department
Agency of International Development
Pham Duc Minh
Eddie
Korea
Pentagon
U. S
Buck
Pearl Buck Foundation
Robert Kennedy
Miss Buck
City Driver Licenses Questioned in Beckley
A Beckley resident questions the need for a city license while admitting many hold City licenses without valid state licenses. Recorder-Treasurer A. Larry Stover explains the rapid issuance by mail, the July 1 due date, and that city licenses require holders to possess valid state licenses. He notes enforcement would be impractical with the current mail system.
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Beckley
Larry Stover
City of Beckley
City of
Johnson seeks eight minute cap on TV commercials
FCC member Nicholas Johnson urges limits to eight minutes per clock hour and commercials on the hour or half hour. He favors fewer top and bottom of hour breaks, bans drug ads, and calls for stricter Sunday morning scheduling and parity with British television. He plans to push these proposals with fellow commissioners after detailing them to Rep. John Dingell.
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Washington
UPI
Nicholas Johnson
Federal Communications Commission
Johnson
John D. Dingell
Dmich
Dingell
Small Business
Funeral notices and services in Kanawha area obituaries
Multiple death notices list William H Richards of Stanaford age ?, Okle Herman Dillion of Raleigh age 53, Nancy Elizabeth Wallace of Hinton age 82, Helen Zaleski of Dearborne Michigan age 82, Leonard Leo Quesada age 5% at 121 Hedrick Street. Services set at Rose and Quesenberry Chapel and Webb and Neal Funeral Home with burials at local cemeteries. Burial details and visitation times provided.
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William H
Stanaford
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
South Kanawha Street
W. T. Whitefield
Carl Payne
Stamford
Rose & Questenberry Funeral Chapel
Dillon Dillion Okle Herman
Raleigh
Harper Road Church of Christ
Lloyd Barker
Audrey Ballou
London Memorial Park
Montgomery
Rose & Queenberry Funeral Chapel
Wallace Wallace
Nancy Elizabeth
Hinton
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Chapel
Sout
Kanawha Street
Owen Grimmett
Sunset Memorial Park
Zaleski
Helen
Dearborne
Michigan
St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church
Scarbro
Leo Werner
Highlawn Memorial Park
Oak Hill
Renary
P.m
Webb and Neal Funeral
Vance Drive
Wwelb & Neal Funeral Home
Quesada
Two Escape Prisoners At Large From Moundsville Penitentiary
Two inmates William Edward Williams and Larry Eugene Shreves escaped from the Moundsville Penitentiary farm Saturday and remained at large. Williams, 45, from Lewis County, had a one to ten year term for breaking and entering, and Shreves, from Harrison County, also faced a one to ten year term for the same charge.
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Moundsville
UPI
Moundsville Penitentiary
William Edward Williams
Lewis County
Larry Eugene Shreves
Harrison County
Reward Offered for Theft of Newspapers on Roadside
Twenty dollar reward for information leading to the arrest of the thief or thieves stealing newspapers lying along roadsides or bundles from the See See Newspapers routes. Report to Robert L. Amick of See Newspapers by phone 253.
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