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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1977
Page
2
The letter circulated by Miners Concerned with the Future of Our Union targets Leroy Patterson in the UMW presidential race. Readers are urged to oppose anonymous circulars and seek legal penalties similar to public elections, to restore trust in union elections and conduct.
NFL owners meet in Phoenix to vote on the post Rozelle Rule deal. Compensation for free agents will be in draft choices and retroactivity remains undecided. Washington Redskins face biggest impact with only four draft picks this year and three in top rounds over two years.
The new president wrestles with a combative Democratic Congress as Senate action blocks budget decisions and delays in top appointments test his appeal strategy. Carter edges toward public persuasion while lawmakers assert independence and reshape policy mechanics.
In a humorous sketch Just Plain Jimmy mixes human rights and Middle East policy with his family. The scene mocks professional policy makers who dismiss amateur ideas as flawed yet entertaining.
Gerald Nadler outlines President Carter's eight day initiative aiming to broker Arab Israeli peace. He presses for substantial Israeli withdrawals from 1967 territories, Palestinian homeland talk, and PLO participation while stressing U.S. role as catalyst for Geneva talks.
A columnist recounts a long correction chain after misidentifying Sandy Higgins’s Rotary sponsorship. He traces erroneous reports about Higgins being promoted to Bonn AP Bureau director and credits a factual, Montgomery Rotary Club connection for his Vienna study.
Beckley Flying Eagles defeat Fairmont West 53 52 to claim the Class A championship. Center Willie Morgantown Morgantown-Willie scores a late layup to reach 53 points, marking Beckley’s greatest triumph in school history.
E N Wriston district ranger left for Blair Mountain to finish the telephone line from the tower to Sharples. He must set 73 poles and string five miles of metallic wire. He hopes to finish early next week. Beckley real estate men plan a Beckley Real Estate Board meeting at the Beckley Hotel this week led by C F Cook.
Jacquelyn Stanley of Siab Fork West Virginia recounts a 1977 incident in Lester involving her daughter cited for 47 mph in a 35 zone outside city limits. She reports mayor and officer pressuring fines, a city court demanding 30 dollars per ticket, and vows to challenge the charge.
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