City Council faces street renaming dilemma over mixed names
A local debate questions the value of renaming streets to avoid confusion. Residents argue over precedence while officials cite emergency response time. The piece notes a Massachusetts town with complex naming yet effective services, suggesting numbers as a possible solution.
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Lilly Street
Lilly Drive
Meadows Street
Meadows Court
Meadow Avenue
Beckley
Massachusetts
Marblehead
West Main
East Main
Huxley
Bainbridge
John Joneses
John T. Joneses
Cyprus crisis tests US role as mediator in Greek Turkish dispute
A detailed retrospective on Greek Turkish strife over Cyprus, tracing U.S. involvement from Truman Aid in 1947 through 1974 and the current Vienna talks. It notes Greek and Turkish suspicions of American bias, past invasions, and growing anti American sentiment in Greece and anger in Turkey as negotiations aim to avert further conflict.
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United States
Greece
Turkey
Cyprus
Carter
Mediterranean
Clark M. Clifford
Hurriyet
Clifford
Truman
Congress
NATO
Athens
Ankara
Makarios
U.S
Washington
Vienna
E.R. R
The Mbonga Coup and Amin Ott Crowned President for Life
A satirical tale folds a tiny country Mbonga into global geopolitics. Amin Idi Ott seizes power after weekly coups, boasts divine chats and outrageous stunts, and survives international pressure as Wonderfuland backs off. The piece lampoons power, media, and collective belief.
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Mbonga
U.N
Amin Idi Ott
New York Times
Peneneek
Wonderfuland
Ott
Time
Newsweek
Thought For Today Reflects on Church State Separation
A brief Thought For Today notes the constitutional mandate to keep church and state separate. It reflects on historical perspectives and the enduring importance of maintaining a clear boundary between religious influence and governmental power.
NATO Command Shifts and the United States Role
C L Sulzberger argues that NATO has been dominated by American leadership for years and that a European commander might have preserved strategic balance. He notes Haig’s view of Soviet military growth, the Carter era context, and the need for equitable risk distribution to keep the alliance cohesive amid rising Soviet power.
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NATO
Eisenhower
Lemnitzer
United States
U.S
West
Soviet Union
SHAPE
U.S.A
Washington
Alexander Haig
Haig
Carter
National Security Council
Lyndon Johnson
Defense
Cyrus Vance
Europe
Ford
Saceur
Aid Command
SAC
Supreme Command
Huet
Luxembourg
de Gaulle
Observer To Catch A Train
Henry avoids flying and driving and endures a costly, comic travel plan to reach a train. The piece critiques the travel industry’s disdain for “Henrys” while celebrating the group’s mock superiority and the paradox of modern transport.
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Florida
Henry
West Palm Beach
Toto
Henrys
Diary notes show 1900 storms and politics at Table Rock
Oliver Scott ledger entries record a lightning kill incident near his house and cattle losses in September 1900. The Raleigh County Herald is linked to Scott, who backs the Republican press and documents election-related events with dates, weather, and financials through year end.
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Table Rock
Oliver Scott
Ming
J. Price
William George
Scott
A. A. Skaggs
Raleigh County Herald
K. Scott
T. J. Honaker
Honaker
Higginbotham
Herald
Evening Post
Beckley Pent Herald
William McKinley
William Jennings Bryan
Grandview
Bud Hutchinson
Jake
Republican
Theeting
Crow
Charley
James Gill
Republican Club
Table Rock Echo House
D. Watt
T. J. McGinnis
Sam Wright
T. A. S. Johnson
A. P. Farley
A. P. Higginbotham
T. J
McKinley
N.W
Raleigh County
R. R
Marth
Claude
Oliver China Co
Geo. Winston
Giristinas
Beckley firm wins Raleigh County ballot printing contract
Beckley Newspapers Corporation awarded the Raleigh County primary election ballots printing contract for $1,055.07. Bids opened by Ballot Commissioners T. R. Wilson Jr. and J. A. Blake, with Circuit Clerk Van Hunter present as ex-official.
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Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Raleigh
T. R. Wilson Jr
J. A. Blake
van Hunter
Senior High selects Thompson as student council president
Virgil Dutch Thompson, star football senior at Virgil Senior High, was chosen president of the student council. Elected officers include James Brewer as vice president Edith Clay and Virginia Harwood as treasurer French Williams as reporter and George Ragland as marshal.
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Virgil “Dutch” Thompson
James Brewer
Edith Clay
Virginia Harwood
French Williams
George Ragland
Trade union picketing bill eyed by labor groups
Scripps Howard papers note support from the White House for a common-sites picketing bill allowing a single union to halt a major construction project. They warn of higher costs and less competition if enacted. Ford vetoed a similar measure in 1975.
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Scripps Howard
White House
Organized Labor
Capitol Hill
Carter
F. Ray Marshall
Ford
Congress
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Arthur Hoppe
Carenthe
Foreign Affairs
C. L. Sulzberger
N.Y. Times News Service
Brussels
New Orleans
Ohio
Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
New York
Henry's Island
Raleigh Register
Daily News
Mets
Alt York Jets
Shea Stadium
New Jersey
Bazard
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