Metro opens 12 mile DC rail segment July 1
The Washington DC area will debut a new 12 mile Metro line on July 1 linking National Airport and RFK Stadium. Ridership will test whether commuters switch from cars as fare collection shifts to magnetically coded cards and distance based pricing.
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Washington, D.C., Area
Henry Fairlie
Washington, D.C
Metro
Transit Authority
Dupont Circle
National Airport
Robert F. Kennedy Stadium
Maryland
Virginia
Stewart B. McKinney
R Conn
Dulles International Airport
Washington
E.R.R
Threats and Humor Clash In Skokie Nazi March Clash
Chicago Sun Times profiles Meir Kahane and the Jewish Defense League amid plans by 100 Nazis to march in Skokie. Kahane vows violence if provoked while communities brace for confrontation and legal battles over First Amendment rights persist.
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Shotgun News
Kahane
JDL
United States
Kahaile
Itis
Chicago
Skokie
Lawrence Montrose
Joe Weber
Kaharie
Supreme Court
Erna Gans
Nazi
Ovens
Polish resolve and tragedy mark Poland’s 1970s revival
In a profile from Warsaw, James Reston describes Poland under Edward Gierek facing East West pressures and a growing population now above 35 million. He notes heavy debt, housing shortages, strong church links, and a cautious stance on detente while stressing Polish resilience, optimism, and the rise of a new generation.
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James Reston
N.Y
Poland
Edward Gierek
Polish United (Communist) Party
Gierek
International Harvester
United
States
Soviet Union
Washington
Moscow
United States
Ford
Carter
Cardinal Vishinski
U.S
U.S.S.R
Belgrade
Glerek
Warsaw
Soviet Bloc
West
France
Germany
Sweden
Ghter Gierekles
Old City
Vending Machines Spark Historic Court Debate
In a sharp Supreme Court reversal, a New York contraceptives ban was overturned. Arthur Hoppe lampoons the ruling with a mock Revolutionary-era tale featuring Private Jeb Slocum and Justice Rehnquist, tracing fears of contraceptive vending in truck stops to a imagined liberty battle. The piece ends linking a modern republic’s fate to vending machine debates.
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Supreme Court
New York
William Rehnquist
Bunker Hill
Justice Rehnquist
Jebediah Slocum
Nate Wadsworth
Heights
Jeb
Nate
Dodgers
Boston
Bor
Benedict Amos
Valley Forge
Washington
Delaware
Henry VIII
Cornwallis
Yorktown
America
Britain
On Republic
Rehnquist
Jeb Slocum
Mt Tabor Church pastor plans four year high school
The Rev. Ben Jennings of Mt Tabor Baptist Church said the founders intend to open a four year high school next fall and will work to meet state accreditation standards.
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Ben Jennings
Mt. Tabor Baptist Church
Letters for Publication in Malibag Policy Reader
The paper reminds readers to include name signature address and telephone for letters. Real letters from five correspondents preferred with signed names. Withholding may occur on request for reasons. Typed double spaced letters in capitals get priority over handwritten.
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Eddrens
Regiter Mech
Beckley Judge Maxwell Remembered in Old Becktley History
The obituary notes Judge James William Maxwell, longtime Beckley circuit court figure from a prominent Raleigh County family. It recalls his athletic youth, Concord College studies, and a lifelong link to local history, including a 1904 Fourth of July baseball memory and a hog feud tale from Beckley’s early days. His wife Lieutelia Pearson Maxwell survives.
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Beckley
Onitime
James William Maxwell
Circuit Court
Raleigh County
Alfred Beckley Maxwell
General Beckley
Virginia General Assembly
Fayette County
Virgina
R. L. ‘‘Lote
Maxwell
Maxwell and Cut
Harlow Warren
Old Beckley Institute
J. W.” Maxwell
Concord College
Concord State Normal School
Trail Boys
Grandview
Royal, Prince
Wright
Iidwood
Johnstown Road
Russell
South Kanawha
Io the
Dorothy Amick
Beckley Post - Herald
Beckse
Claribel Lowe
James W. Maxwell
Judge Maxwell
Maxwell Hill
Methodist
Prince and Fayette Streets
Bill Cole
Esso
Jie Gillespie
James
Fudd) McGinnis
William H
Tudge Macwell
U. S
West Virginia
West Vie University
Beckley Chamber Forms Committee on Airport Site
Fifty years ago the Beckley chamber of commerce appointed a committee to seek airport sites near Beckley. Charles Hodel Geo A Watkins and W A Riffe will confer with Beaver Coal Company landowners and others to evaluate possible locations for the project.
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Beckley
Washington Addresses Washington Officials and Offices
The notice lists contact addresses for U S Senators Jennings Randolph and Robert Byrd and Representatives J as Rahall Robert H Mollohan John M Slack Jr and Harley O Staggers with their respective office buildings in Washington D C. It provides room numbers and street addresses for each office.
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Jennings Randolph
Senate
Washington
D. C
Sen
Robert C. Byrd
Russell Building
Washington, D. C
As J. Rahall
Cannon House
Washington D. C
Robert H. Mollohan
John M. Slack Jr
Rayburn House
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Jewish Defense League
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Raleigh Register
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