Speed Needed To Avoid Massive Pakistan Tragedy
UPI analysis urges swift aid to East Pakistan refugees flooding into India around Calcutta. Cholera outbreak threatens from monsoon season as famine and disease collide. Call for rapid government action and international pressure to allow UN and Red Cross relief into East Pakistan.
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Pakistan
Louis Cassels
UPI
East Pakistan
India
Calcutta
United States
U.S
United Nations
International Red Cross
Duty as Sublime Guiding Principle in Thought
A reflective note on the primacy of duty attributed to General Robert E. Lee. It asserts that one cannot exceed duty yet should not fall short of it, elevating obligation as the highest standard guiding action.
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Robert E. Lee
Bartering Off The State Impacts WV Pollution Rules
Charleston reports the Department of Natural Resources ordered six firms including Hawley Mining and Slab Fork Coal to stop polluting streams. Hawley must cease discharging into a Bluestone River tributary and Slab Fork into Barkers Creek feeding the Guyandotte. The piece questions why charges were not pursued and urges enforcement of the law amid political insinuations.
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Charleston
Department of Natural Resources
Hawley Mining Company
Slab Fork Coal Company
Hawley
Bluestone River
Slab Fork
Barkers Creek
Guyandotte
Travel Curbs Fade as Nixon Skips Duty to Travelers
Column recalls past efforts to curb the travel deficit amid mounting U.S. payments gaps. It notes 1967 68 and 1970 figures, Johnson measures, and current Nixon stance with no plans for voluntary restraint. The piece casts travel as a shifting political issue.
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America
U.S
Congress
Johnson
U.S. Travel Service
Nixon
Washington
W.B.D
Italian Power Movement Grows as Rally Targets Columbus Circle
The Italian American Civil Rights League plans a June 28 rally at Columbus Circle New York drawing up to 150000 supporters. Since April 1970 the league has staged nightly protests at the FBI office and won concessions including deleting Mafia references from The Godfather film.
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Richard L. Worsnop
New York City
Joseph Colombo
TACRL
New York
Colombo
JACRL
League
FBI
Bureau
John N. Mitchell
Paramount Pictures
Mafia
Cosa Nostra
Justice Department
Pileggi
White House Trains 'Help' In Novel Writing
White House press secretary Pierre Salinger has published a novel about a fictional missile crisis in Santa Clara. The president ignores warnings to preserve popularity, aiding rebels with Chinese support and leading to economic chaos before decisive action.
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White House
Grant Dillman
Washington
UPI
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Johnson
Salinger
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
George E. Reedy Jr
Reedy
Santa Clara
United States
U.S
China
National debt numbers spark tense Senate briefing
Senate Appropriations Chairman Allen Ellender warned that the national debt, about 400 billion dollars, could threaten liberty as interest costs alone this year approach 22 billion dollars. He called for trimming military and government spending to curb the looming financial strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Appropriations Committee
Allen J. Ellender
Ellender
Congress
Beckley Boxer Wins Wings at Sheppard Field Texas
Private Lonnie W. Bragg of Beckley has become squadron boxing champion at Sheppard Field Texas. He received his pilot wings as a waist gunner and was promoted to first class. Miss Wilda Ganeau of Beckley and New York City leaves for Washington to direct youth choirs at Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church.
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Lonnie W. Bragg
Beckley
Sheppard Field
Texas
Army Air Force
Wilda Ganeau
New York City
Washington, D. C
Mount Vernon Place Methodist Church
Stowers resigns from Pure Oil to join Beckley Tire
Conrad C. Stowers resigns after ten years as sales representative for Pure Oil Company to become manager of Beckley Tire and Rubber Company located on St. Fayette Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conrad C. Stowers
Pure Oil Company
Beckley Tire and Rubber Company
St. Fayette St
The Weasel Out Weighs In On Guerrilla Anxiety
A heated exchange explores coming unrest as Ed argues that discontent could spark protests and even sabotage if the government remains unresponsive. The dialogue touches fears of a Gulf of discontent, with reference to the Berrigan case and winter hardship as catalysts.
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Berrigan Brothers
Hook and Crook
Public service unions tied to urban decay and reform
Washington column notes a sharp decline in productivity among public service workers in major cities. It cites union clout in half the states and a lack of competition, warning that urban services like traffic, garbage, street maintenance, health, welfare, and schools deteriorate while calls for more federal funds grow.
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Washington
NEA
New York City
New York
Wilbur Mills
House Ways and Means
Mills
Mills and Company
Mayor Campbell Orders Crackdown on Courthouse Sidewalk Spitting
A 1921 order directs police and street crews to arrest anyone spitting on the courthouse sidewalk. Nearby, Gilbert Thompson and Luther McPeak were seriously injured in a motorcycle collision with a truck near Sylvia.
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Raleigh Register
Campbell
Gilbert Thompson
Sheriff Thompson
Luther McPeak
Sylvia
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