Campaign mail ethics in Fourth District race analyzed
In the Fourth Congressional District race, voters receive differing campaigns from Ken Hechler and James Kee. Hechler funds his mail via supporters and pays his own campaign costs, while Kee uses franked envelopes and a self serving Congressional Record reprint, prompting ethical concerns. The piece also critiques the new Federal Election Campaign Act and the rise of computerized personalized mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Ken Hechler
Hechler
James Kee
Kee
Hylton Photo Captured On Barker’s Ridge Strip Job
Tracy Hylton Highwall was photographed Saturday during his strip mining work on Barker's Ridge about 300 yards from his airstrip above Corinne near the site of the noted nonpolitical ox toast.
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Hylton
Barker’s Ridge
Corinne
Oxtoast
Letter to the President proposing a hereditary dynasty
An American reader writes to President Nixon arguing it would preserve respect to replace the presidency with a hereditary system, suggested by a fictional Paddy from Paddy's Place. The note mocks Vietnam war policy and proposes a dynasty led by a chairman of the board, with Teddy as a potential successor.
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Joe Sikspak
Vietnam
John Connally
United States
Elmira
N. J
Paddy
Joe
Nixon
Trish
Julie
Pat
Henry Kissinger
Lyndon Johnson
AEC pushes ahead on Savannah River waste tunnel study
The Atomic Energy Commission moves forward with a feasibility study on burying radioactive wastes in underground tunnels under its Savannah River plutonium plant in South Carolina. Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter opposes the plan, calling it a catastrophe for Georgia and other states, while South Carolina officials largely back the study. The plan seeks $15 million to dig exploratory tunnels 1500 feet into bedrock, eight feet in diameter and 8000 feet long, pending study results.
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Louis Cassels
United Press International
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Georgia
Southeast
AEC
Savannah River
South Carolina
National Academy of Sciences
Tuscaloosa
L.E. Priester Jr
Carter
Nathaniel Stetson
Attles
Stetson
Return Of Okinawa To Japan Should Be Happy But
UPI analysis notes Okinawa’s return to Japan on May 15 marks a historic shift from U S control to Japanese administration. It highlights tensions over Japan's emergence as independent, U S base adjustments, potential Senkaku disputes with Taiwan and China, and planned financial settlements for civilian facilities.
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Okinawa
Japan
Phil Newsom
UPI
United States
U.S
Western Pacific
Korea
Vietnam
Ryukyu
Eisaku Sato
China
Taiwan
Ryukyus
How Girls Can Help Their Country 1913 Handbook Reprint
UPI notes a facsimile edition of How Girls Can Help Their Country a 1913 Girl Scouts handbook by W J Hoxie. It mixes practical skills with safety tips and hints of Women’s Lib proposing women enter stock brokerage medicine and architecture.
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W. J. Hoxie
Girl Scouts of the
U.S.A
Europe
United States
Forthrightness in Newspapers Sparks Town Debate
A town editor and a citizen debate the role and voice of a local paper on election day. The citizen condemns wishy washy coverage and calls for bold, opinionated reporting while preserving factual news. The exchange ends with a sharp jab about public trust and media responsibility.
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Citizen
Thomas Jefferson
Carroll Simpkins
Lewis McManus
Alan Susman
Tony Sparacino
Times
Ore
Bluefield
McGovern Blunts Humphrey In Key Primaries As Ohio Vote Gathers
The piece outlines how Humphrey's Indiana win against Wallace was slim and Ohio results were incomplete, while McGovern mounted a strong three week push to blunt Humphrey in Pennsylvania and Ohio. It notes McGovern's momentum from California and New York signals potential gains in Michigan and beyond.
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Washington
Nea
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Indiana
George McGovern
Ohio
McGovern
Humphrey
Wallace
Florida
Maryland
Cleveland
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Hubert
Michigan
California
New York
Nebraska
Oregon
Sugar rationing registration extended in large communities
Registration for sugar rationing will be continued May 8 at schools in larger communities where crowded conditions or lack of materials prevent completing all applications, says E. M. Ashworth, county superintendent of schools. The Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Training School will hold commencement on May 14 at the Woman's Club House with Rev. Earl L. Grose delivering the address. graduates include Blanche Eastridge Garnet Kincaid Sarah Seeley Gertrude Cole Virginia Thompson Garnet Kidd Christine Arrington.
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E. M. Ashworth
Raleigh General Hospital Nurses Training School
Woman’s Club House
Earl L. Grose
First Baptist Church
Blanche Eastridge
Garnet Kincaid
Sarah Seeley
Gertrude Cole
Virginia Thompson
Garnet Kidd
Christine Arrington
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John Mason Brown
Montgomery
Ala
Tracy Hylton
Highwall
Emperor Nixon
Arthur Hoppe
Joe Namath
Wille Mays
Queen Elizabeth
Hirohito
Teddy
Girl Scout
Joan Hanauer
Benay
Bill
Henry
State Department
Secor D. Browne
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bruce Biossat
Raleigh Register
Waleigh B Register
Democratic
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
John Hodel
MATS
West Virginia
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