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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1971
Page
3
A morning reflection notes that fleeing from God at dawn leaves one short of guidance all day. The saying by English preacher John Bunyan emphasizes spiritual direction starting early.
A call argues a referendum is needed to halt strip mining in West Virginia. The piece contends 6 000 workers profit from destruction, urges governors and lawmakers to act, and warns that delaying until January wastes the state’s resources and landscapes.
A movement for gypsy rights grows as a World Romany Congress met in London in April to counter harassment. A May gathering in Stes-Maries-de-la-Mer, France, will showcase folk dancing, races and bullfighting.
A Vietnamese former guerrilla visiting Washington contends that suppressive tactics can backfire by creating committed recruits. He notes May Day arrests, questions how many uncommitted youths switched sides, and predicts broader police-state pressure and escalating confrontations as radicals radicalize.
Senator Mansfield pushes to halve U S troop levels in Europe to 150000 by year end. The move draws opposition from fellow Democrats and support from elder statesmen and former presidents. Brezhnev’s calls for mutual reductions energize White House diplomacy ahead of NATO talks in Lisbon.
Louis Cassels notes that cities and states face fiscal strain and want federal aid. Nixon proposes 5 billion dollars in general revenue sharing with no strings, but key figures in Congress oppose it. Lawmakers favor tax credits and increased local taxation as a likely path, reducing blanket federal grants.
UPI analyst notes pride in the calm 3,000 mile U.S.-Canada border and the growing peaceful ties with the 2,000 mile U.S.-Mexico border. Mexico's rising influence is highlighted, with political stability since the Lazaro Cardenas era in the mid-1930s.
Under his own management Lou Tellegen will appear with his company at Beckley Theatre next week in a one night engagement reviving his notable success Blind Youth. Deputies destroyed three moonshine stills near Slick Road Mountain killing about 300 to 400 gallons of peach mash and the operators escaped.
Mexico maintains a steady 6 percent growth and pursues an independent foreign policy. It sparked the Latin American nuclear free zone with the Treaty of Tlatelolco and led as a key actor at the Geneva Disarmament Conference pushing for total nuclear test ban and chemical and germ warfare bans.
A reader letter laments anonymous accusations to public officials and the futility of pledges without accountability. The piece argues citizens must identify themselves to press for action, rails against evasive speeches, and criticizes a culture of passivity that harms education and governance.
General Motors President Ed ward N. Cole says nitrogen oxide controls are not yet possible for 1976 models under the 1970 Clean Air Amendments. Dr. Frank M. Ochberg of the National Institute of Mental Health argues the generation gap exists but is not impassable and that ideas can change with experience.
Yorick Blumenfeld surveys Britain's obsession with gardening, noting the Chelsea Flower Show on May 25 26 as a national spectacle. The piece highlights aristocratic spectators, allotment culture, and gardening as a serious business with vast flower trade and extensive literature.
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