Thought For Today on Supreme Court and Fortas
Don Oakley reflects on the Senate failure to confirm Fortas, the history of the Supreme Court, and its role amid social change. He notes battles between liberal and conservative factions, mentions Dred Scott and court-packing, and argues the Court remains essential despite controversy and partisan attacks.
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Senate
United States
Fortas
Lyndon Johnson
Supreme Court
George Wallace
American Independent Party
Ohio
Wallace
Don Oakley
Humphrey Kennedy ties shape West Virginia politics
In Charleston, a Kennedy loyalist nucleus grows within the Democratic State Headquarters as Humphrey campaigns with Muskie partners. West Virginia Democrats weigh 1972 prospects, Kennedy routes, and party unity despite shifts with Underwood associates and state leaders. The welfare department launches a quarterly foster family publication.
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Fanny
Seiler
Kennedy
West , Virginia
Teddy Kennedy
Pete Thaw
Bob McDonough
Carter McDavid
Jay Rockefeller
Humphrey
Democratic Party
West Virginia
Bobby
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Charleston
Muskie
Smith
Party
The
State Department of Welfare
Wallace candidacy questioned in Beckley letter to editor
A Greenbrier County reader, Q C Brackman of Alvon, questions Wallace supporters and federal policies in a letter to the Beckley Post Herald. The writer argues constitutional rights protect Communists, property, and schooling choices, cautions against simplistic fixes, and notes history warns against such demagoguery.
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Beckley Post Herald
Q. C. Brackman
Alvon
Greenbrier County
George Wallace
Brackman
Wallace
Mr. Brackman
George ‘Wallace
Hitler
Germany
Prayer to break walls and join the human race
A brief prayer by Morris Pepper of Scottsboro Alabama asks God to remove barriers of custom and taboo so the speaker may engage fully with others in Christ's name Amen.
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Morris Pepper
Scottsboro
Ala
Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Undeclared Defense Effectiveness in Civil Trials Report
The legal research group findings indicate that defendants gain odds of success when mounting robust defenses while plaintiffs see reduced chances. When plaintiffs prevailed, awarded sums ran above normal. when defendants won, awards dipped below normal.
Wallace Cabinet Fanciful Preview Crystallizes Far-Left Far-Right Blend
A columnist imagines a Wallace administration with a sweeping coalition from the Far Left and Far Right. Names such as Strom Thurmond and Ayn Rand appear alongside Jerry Rubin and Stokely Carmichael, detailing cabinet posts and hints of political chaos. The piece warns Wallace must avoid signaling a conspiracy between extremes.
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Thurmond
Kremlin
H. Hunt
Wall St
the Treasury
T. Coleman Andrews
Internal Revenue Service
Jerry Rubin
Yippies
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
Ayn Rand
Dept. of Transportation
Eddie Rickenbacker
Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Tom Hayden
Students For
F.B.I
Bull Connor
Birmingham
Alabama
Phyllis Schlafly
Roosevelt
Frances Perkins
Dept. of Interior
Post Office
United Nations
Stokely Carmichael
National Council of the Humanities
Efrem Zimbalist
Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts
LBJ
HHH
Joan Baez
KKK
Mr. Shelton
Minutemen
Connecticut
Birch Society Section
Raleigh Q Register Price Mention in Con Entries
A Raleigh register shows a price note reading twenty seven dollars and zero cents in connection with seven entries. A separate line records ten dollars, indicating another small charge or entry.
Presidential Power: Should It Be Diluted, Reformed?
Editorial assesses the strain of the presidency and calls for possible power decentralization. It cites Washington through Nixon and Lincoln through Johnson, notes activist presidencies create legislative friction, and discusses proposals for parliamentary government and term limits. It highlights the 22nd Amendment and historical failed reforms shaping future executive restraint.
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Richard L. Worsnop
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
United States
George Washington
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Lincoln
F.C
Roosevelt
Wilson
Jefferson
Congress
Grant
Harding
Truman
Eisenhower
Johnson
Richard Revere
New Yorker
Eugene J. McCarthy
White House
Henry C. Lockwood
Lockwood
Bricker
United Nations
Budget Committee Set To Meet In United War Fund
Members of the budget committee of the United War Fund will meet this week to set the budget. The committee includes E. H. Shriver as chairman along with A. J. Truman Paul Payne Charles C. Levine E. D. Armstrong Father John Halpin J. W. Ailstock R. D. Watts and W. R. Fugitt.
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The
United War Fund
E. H. Shriver
A. J. Truman
Paul Payne
Charles C. Levine
E. D. Armstong
John Halpin
J. W. Ailstock
R. D. Watts
W. R. Fugitt
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