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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1972
Page
2
Churchill Speech Recalled At Westminster College Fulton Mo
A 31 year old British journalist and MP will give the commencement address at Westminster College in Fulton Missouri. He is Winston S Churchill I, grandson of the premier who delivered the Iron Curtain speech. The 1946 Westminster lecture urged Anglo American unity and world security. Churchill’s call for cooperation with Russia to control nuclear weapons is discussed with historical context and later reactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster College
Fulton
Winston S. Churchill I
Winston Churchill
Britain
Stettin
Baltic
Trieste
Adriatic
Central
Europe
Churchill
Edward T. Folliard
White House
Westminster
Soviet Union
Harry Truman
Kremlin
Westminster Collegians
United States
Russia
M.C
Missionaries and Marines in Vietnam Debate Echoes of Policy
A Vietnam commentary questions U S policy and the role of missions abroad. It argues Americans confuse religious aid with military force and notes changing overseas aid toward local leadership while criticizing past treaty commitments and national pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Africa
Asia
Vietnam
Wallace Shot in Campaign Stop Threatens Presidential Run
Alabama Governor George C. Wallace was shot during a crowded shopping center appearance after a campaign pattern of high security. He had minimized street campaigning and relied on bulletproof shielding, yet moved into crowds prompting the fatal attack. The incident prompted expanded Secret Service protection for other candidates and renewed fears over campaign safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steve Gerstel
Washington
UPI
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Michigan
Maryland
Florida
Secret Service
Nixon
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Wilbur D. Mills
Arkansas
Hubert H. Humphrey
George S. McGovern
Mail Bag Raises Concerns Over Democracy and Violence
A reader from Ghent West Virginia criticizes rising racism poverty and political assassinations. She recalls Kennedy and RFK deaths and urges peaceful civic participation by voting against disagreeing platforms. She asks for better governance and warns of strict penalties for those who cannot conform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karen Jane Meadows
Ghent, W. Va
Nixon Summit Calendar Murky Amid Hanoi Blockade
Washington reports an unsettled mood as the Moscow summit nears while American mines block Haiphong. Analysts speculate on a Vietnam deal and Russia lend lease terms, with Kissinger noting no formal agreement yet an underlying understanding. Nixon faces pressure to justify concessions if talks fail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart Hensley
Washington
UPI
Moscow
Haiphong Harbor
Kremlin
Russia
Nixon
Soviet Union
Haiphong
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Vietnam
U.S
Henry Kissinger
Hanoi
Bug Dust Take Back Your Mind A Political Postmortem
On day two after the primary in Karol Kingpin’s office a worried candidate reviews returns. The dialogue touches on mining unions, strategy for the general election, possible abolitionist stances, and political maneuvering amid resignations and shifting loyalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karol Kingpin
Woebegone
McManus
Coal Association
Strip Miners Association
Citizens Against
Jay
Tracy Hylton
Tracy
Mary Martha
McGovern Faces Late Push and Nibbling Challenge in Oregon
Bruce Biossat McGovern holds a strong lead in Oregon's May 23 primary, a winner-take-all race with 34 electoral votes, but fears a late Humphrey surge and split by rivals like Mink, Kennedy, Wallace, and McCarthy. McGovern leads Humphrey two to one in polls and plans a six day final blitz while watching for nibbling candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland, Obe
NEA
George McGovern
Oregon
Edmund Muskie
Henry Jackson
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
McGovern
Mink
Hawaii
Patsy Mink
Wisconsin
Shirley Chisolm
Patsy
John Lindsay
California
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Bridge
Ted Kennedy
George Wallace
Wallace
McCarthy
South Dakota
Robert F. Kennedy
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Ashland
South Vietnam
Quick
Son
Ems
John F. Kennedy
Robert
Kingpin
Surface Miners Association
Karol
Lewis
McGraw
Stacy
Hechler
Coal
Sporacino
Hylton
Kee
Tony
Bruce Biossat
Naleigh
Democratic
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hinton
John Hodel
United Press International
MATY
West Virginia
Newspapers Corporation
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