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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1972
Page
2
The piece laments strip mine spoil banks in West Virginia and their threat to homes and lives during floods and heavy rains. It criticizes government inaction and political distractions while residents fear a Buffalo Creek style disaster and await weather forecasts.
A Charleston Gazette analysis portrays Governor Moore as insulated by advisers. It argues decision making shows deliberate plotting rather than impulsive reaction, suggesting political mechanisms suppress direct responses to unfolding evidence.
A Raleigh County reader thanks Senator Byrd for black lung benefits but argues coal operators must pay. He criticizes gun regulation, cites West Virginia debt, road issues, and Delta road conditions calling for red dog gravel and rock on roads to reduce poverty and improve safety.
The writer recalls the Yugoslav ensemble I Solisti Di Zagreb who performed in February under the Community Concert Association and notes questions about conductor Antonio Janigro's fate. They mention Pat Windle opening Globe Gallery in Menlo Park, a Beckley Art Center show by Anne Lindmark, and a long reminiscence about painter Bill Rowe and his Connecticut River landscape.
Washington report notes Moscow and Beijing weigh Nixon re election chances and instruct allies. Hanoi wary of tougher post election U S stance while Poland greets Nixon in Warsaw boosting perceived support among Polish Americans. Israelis and Arabs watch closely as Rabin Meir deny interference claims. McGovern seeks Jewish votes and supports aid to Israel if invasion occurs.
The high court ruled that the 1871 civil rights law can be used in federal court to stop a state civil proceeding, despite the federal anti injunction statute. Justice Stewart led a seven member majority finding Congress intended federal intervention in certain state cases. The decision signals limited, not sweeping, protection for civil rights advocates.
In Beckley the focus moves from where to gamble to how with four of five poolrooms selling illegal baseball tip tickets openly by late afternoon. The legal dispute involves a Florida case cited by Justice Stewart on federalism and equity guiding any injunction against state criminal or civil proceedings, and the Mitchum suit returns to Pensacola.
50 years ago from the 192? files of J Q Stover of this city seeks the Republican nomination for Justice of the Peace in Town district. He is a Raleigh County native who has lived near Beckley all his life and now works as a traveling salesman for Beckley Hardware Supply Company.
Stephen Trachtenberg criticizes firms that sell ghostwritten term papers to students. He imagines a term paper executive encountering a customer in a surgeon's gown, implying a crude form of justice.
The column decries a shift from radical church battles to moderation. It honors Saul Alinsky as the era’s true radical who shaped urban justice and church views, noting his FIGHT campaign against Kodak and his critique of liberal reparations rhetoric. Angela Davis is mentioned as a contrasting figure in church conflict.
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