West Virginia backs Taylor school reform blueprint
State Superintendent Daniel B. Taylor proposes 14 recommendations to modernize education in West Virginia. Support comes from the West Virginia Association of School Administrators and Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. with plans for a State School Building Authority, higher teacher pay, free textbooks, expanded vocational education, and more funding options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel B. Taylor
West Virginia
Dr. Taylor
West Virginia Association of School Administrators
Taylor
Monongalia County
Lawrence G. Derthick
State School Administrator's Association
Charleston
Arch A. Moore Jr
State Board of Education
Anniversary trio valued by letter about Rhodes Weaver
Mrs Karen Zinn of Route 4 Tunnelton writes to note her mother Hilda Rhodes and father Lester Rhodes celebrate 40 years of marriage on December 24 at 5 p m. Their anniversary coincides with her grandfather Benjamin Weaver turning 85 and now in Preston Memorial Hospital. She asks space for recognition of the three generations and their lifetime of kindness.
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Lester
Hilda Rhodes
Route 4
Tunnelton
Benjamin F. Weaver
Preston Memorial Hospital
Karen Zinn
Sterling Farms riding school closes after seven years
A Morgantown Fairmont and Waynesburg area riding school known for youth and university programs announces closure after a December meeting. The facility hosted nightly riding, weekend hours, a Boy Scout three day horse show, a Foremans Club event, summer camp sessions, and attracted children nationwide, often turning away applicants.
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Sterling Farms
Morgantown
Fairmont
Waynesburg
Boy Scouts
Foremans Club
Abortion Opinion Seeks Stable Family Ties for Children
A reader argues abortion is unfair and cruel, insisting a child needs loving parents, a secure home, and a sense of belonging. The comment calls for protective relatives to form a circle around foster children to ensure they feel wanted and secure.
Iceland Warns Against Tree Cutting Sparks Import of Greens
Iceland bans cutting its scarce forests, forcing reliance on imports for Christmas greens. The policy aims to preserve woodland but creates seasonal supply in a small island nation.
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Iceland
This Christmas and the call to daily virtue
The Morgantown chamber newsletter urges universal goodwill with actions like mending quarrels and forgiving enemies. It links Christmas messages to year round ethical living, notes Jesus teachings as a basis for conscience and liberty, and recalls Paine and Washington on courage during hardship.
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Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce
Jesus of Nazareth
Christ
Caesar
God
Role of Women in the Early Church and Today
The article argues that women played an important role in early Christianity and remain essential today. It cites Priscilla Aquila Phoebe Lydia Dorcas Persis Euodia Syntyche as examples and suggests women belong in the church education arts and home.
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Paul
Priscilla
Aquila
Jesus Christ
Tryphena
Tryphosa
Phoebe
Cenchrea
Lydia
Dorcas
Persis
Julia
Euodia
Syntyche
Christmas ideal versus real politik in 1971 world order
The piece argues that grim divides like Moslem Hindu conflicts and Arab Jewish clashes strain the Christmas ideal of world unity. It critiques both the United States and Soviet Union for pursuing national interests, notes Vietnam’s outcome, and suggests long term power shifts favor nations that shift from force to cooperation.
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Washington
Subcontinent
South Asia
Middle East
Ireland
Golda Meir
Israel
Indira Gandhi
Pakistan
Herbert Butterfield
Soviet Union
United States
Vienna
Helsinki
Willy Brandt
Richard Nixon
Moscow
India
China
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Japan
Vietnam
America
Prison system reform needed after Attica riots
The League of Women Voters article argues the prison system is failing with overcrowded jails and long delays before trial. It notes high reimprisonment, scarce rehabilitation, youth mixing with adults, and weak funding for new facilities, urging new, feasible policy ideas to break the revolving door.
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George Washington
Pennsylvania Journal
Tom Paine
Agitator For
Freedom
Fort Lee
New Jersey
Delaware
Paine
Ray Martin
Corinth
New York Times News
Germany
League OF Women Voters
Attica
New York City
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