Bingo Laws Cause Local Debate Over Church Gambing
The mayor and police chief distance themselves from enforcing anti gambling laws on church and fraternal bingo while promising a crackdown on illegal gambling operations. They argue bingo is illegal and urge legislative change, noting some groups hide as charitable organizations. The officials urge equal law application.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Durrett
The
Register
John H. McCulloch
Brotherhood of Man
Carter trims White House trappings and auctions Sequoia yacht
President Carter continues reducing imperial privileges by selling the presidential yacht Sequoia and cutting the White House fleet. Bids for Sequoia open May 18 in Portsmouth while 15 planes are reassigned, cutting nearly seven million dollars annually. Rex Granum cites Sequoia value at 200000 to 400000. Gerald Ford used Sequoia sparingly, Nixon used it heavily during Watergate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy Carter
White House
Defense Property Disposal Ship Sales Office
Portsmouth
R.L
Rex Granum
Carter
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Dutch Elections Followed by Coalition Government Uncertain
In the May 25 Dutch parliamentary vote a coalition is certain due to proportional representation and many parties. The 14 parties compete with 50 000 votes per seat, making a majority unlikely. Since 1972 the Labor led coalition faced strain with party mergers and resignations in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Labor
Joop den Uyl
Christian Democratic Appeal
Christian Democrats
Progressive
Christian Democratic
den Uyl
Labor Party
Thought For Today on Christianity and state support
Justice William O. Douglas argues Christianity possesses inner strength to thrive without government subsidies or privileges. He warns that increased state backing could erode human freedom and threaten religious independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William O. Douglas
Washington Window Mondale's Lesser-Known Role
Washington Window profiles Vice President Mondale, noting two roles within the Carter administration. The lesser known Mondale quietly influences policy by lobbying Congress and steering legislation. His behind the scenes work helped keep stalled voter registration and Consumer Protection Agency bills alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Mondale
Carter
Congress
Senate Rules Committee
Griffin Bell
James B. Allen
Alabama
Sen
Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
Blouin
Consumer Protection Agency
Mondalé
Welfare Reform Surprises From Carter and Califano
Carter and HEW head Califano admit welfare reform is more complex than expected. They outline broad principles rather than details, noting opposition from Senate figures like Herman Talmadge and House debates over food stamp changes that could both add and remove millions from eligibility. The piece also highlights a states’ rights angle on a Kastenmeier bill to empower federal suits against substandard institutions, drawing on past Alabama abuse cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Joseph A. Califano
Senate
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
House
Robert W. Kastenmeier
Wisconsin
Kastenmeier
Alabama
Frank M. Johnson
George Wallace
National Association of Attorneys - General
Patient thanks Beckley Hospital staff for care in ICU
James W Thurman thanks Beckley Hospital staff in a letter printed by The Register praising the ICU team and 24 hour floor staff. He recounts a blood clot in the left lung with a heart attack, 16 days on the 3rd floor, and notes nurses Pate and Dancey saved a life, while Dr Teofilio Rojas refused sleep aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley Hospital
I. C
Pate and Dancey
Teofilio Rojas
I.C.U
Marnhout
Local clothing salesman in crash blamed on driver distraction
Fifty years ago John Lilly, a local clothing salesman, wrecked his Rickenbacker sedan on Harper Road while turning to look for a roadside caller. The car nosed up an embankment and ended with its wheels in the air. Lilly never found the caller blamed for the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lilly
Harper Road
Lilly
Pioneer land grants in West Virginia memory and meaning
A historical account discusses land tenure in early West Virginia, detailing Crown grants to Greenbrier and Greenbrier Company lands, Virginia land office warrants, and patents issued after the Revolution. It notes 1759 crown grants and soldiers’ fens, with references to George II and the Greenbrier River region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
George Wolf
Winding Gulf Operators Association
James G Blaine
Hengist
Horsa
England
Crown
Pocahontas
Greenbrier
Greenbrier Company
Council of
Virginia
Greenbrier River
Andrew Lewis
Commonwealth of Virginia
Land Office
Monroe
George the
Great Britain
France
Ireland
Land Grant and Early Settlement in Augusta and Greenbrier
The document notes a 780 acre tract in Augusta on Greenbrier’s south side opposite Muddy Creek and references the Alderson penitentiary. It reflects early settlers’ wealth, livestock trades, and cattle as a principal income, with forts like Fort Savannah and Donnally’s Fort forming frontier defenses amid Indian conflicts through the Revolutionary era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Boughman
Augusta
Greenbrier
Muddy Creek
Alderson
Monroe
Point Pleasant
Donnally
Cook
Greenville
Wood
Rich Creek
Peterstown
Farley
Crump’s Bottom
Mace
Grant
The Innocent Bystander Cancer Cure Debunked by Hoppe
A satirical piece recounts Dr. Burton Bunting admitting cigarettes do not cause cancer and claiming they cure it. The tale mocks scientific criticism, FDA rulings, and quack therapies while lampooning media sensationalism and public mania over tobacco cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton Bunting
The
Anti - Tobacco League
Bunting
American Medical Association
American Cancer Society
Congress
Duluth
Bull Durham
IPDA
FDA
Prescripti
Posessionating
Reeder
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United Press International
Robert FI . Burns
Pell
Howard Cannon
GOP
Nina Fn Sp
Government Operations Committee
Michael Blouin
Clowe
Robert Drinan
Res
Deine
Fritz
Tom Wickers
N.Y
New York
Hospital
the Register
Beckley
Tank You
James W. Shurman
Hill Road
W. Va
Kathleen Marnhout
Beckley, W. Va
Mrs. Marnhout
James W. Thurman
Raleigh Register
West Va
Cancer Cure
Arthur Hopper
Chroniclee Publishing Co
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