Canadian commentator praises Americans for aid and resilience
A Toronto radio editor extols the United States for generosity during disasters and postwar recovery, citing aid to Germany and France, U.S. help after earthquakes, and broad support during hard times. The piece lauds American resilience amid Watergate and energy crises, ending with gratitude for the country.
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U.S. of A
Toronto
Canada
Gordon Sinclair
Mr. Sinclair
Germany
Japan
Britain
Italy
United States
Paris
West Virginia Legislature Gears For 1974 Session
League of Women Voters surveys area lawmakers on 1974 hot topics. Reapportionment realigns Senate seats with Monongalia County likely to gain. Other issues include no fault insurance, consumer protection, workman’s compensation, coal energy laws, education funding, Board of Regents role, Huntington medical school, and health maintenance organizations. Legislators Dessert invites voters to hear views Friday night.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Monongalia County
Marion County
Board of Regents
Huntington
Drummond Chapel
League of Women Voters
New Year Resolve to Simplify Life and Set Realistic Goals
The speaker urges a practical New Year approach in 1974, promoting honesty with self and choosing what truly matters. By identifying core values and avoiding impractical resolutions, daily life gains direction and obstacles become detours rather than dead ends.
Impeachment Deadline Debate on Nixon March First
A press opinion urges a March 1 deadline for House impeachment action against President Nixon. It argues the Judiciary Committee already has substantial evidence and that two months more could yield a voting decision, amid wide public and organizational pressure.
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Washington
House
Richard Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Peter Rodino
General Accounting Office
Senate Watergate Committee
Senate
George Aiken
Vermont
House Committee
Afl-Cio
The
Civil Liberties Union
Americans For Democratic Action
Nixon
Nation Magazine
Hubert Humphrey
Scripps- Howard
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Bobby Baker
Watergate
Barry Goldwater
Economic warfare and the global trade crisis ahead
The essay argues peacetime economic warfare harms all nations and will shape future talks on world trade. It notes U S dependence on imports, rising foreign control of essential materials, and the oil embargo as a catalyst for broader sanctions and policy reconsideration by big powers and small nations alike.
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United States
Germany
Britain
Israel
Soviet Union
Moscow
Japan
Ussr
Chile
U.S
Cuba
West
Kissinger
New Year’s pipe dream list for Morgantown 1974
A playful roundup of 1974 predictions for Morgantown including I-79 and Corridor E traffic cuts, Orchard Road bypass, High Street mall plan with lots, a university pedestrian island, a municipal park on farm land, tolls at gasoline pumps, new bike paths, open stadium seating, Personal Rapid Transit, post office parking, stamp machines, floodwall, courthouse annexes, removal of walk signals, drive wait lights, and campus parking reforms.
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America
Jeane Dixon
Nixon
William Simon
Morgantown
Interstate 79
Corridor E
Orchard Road
High Street
Spruce Street
Willey Street
High
Beechurst Avenue
Grumbein Island
Park Commission
Tri-State
Monongahela Boulevard
West Virginia 55 mph limit tests truck safety state wide
Gov Arch Moore enforcement of a 55 mile an hour cap on all highways has faced uneven compliance, especially from trucks on interstates at night. While cars mostly comply, tractor trailers speed past, raising safety concerns about mixed speeds and fuel arguments. Rumors persist that a loophole in the 1970 Governors Succession Amendment could let Moore seek a third term in 1976, though no clear language supports this.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
Gov. Moore
Executive Mansion
Moore
Thoughts on the blameless man and human destiny
The passage reflects on the Psalm urging reverence for the upright and the long term legacy of peaceful lives. Bertrand Russell is cited noting that humanity's future rests in human choices between disaster and achievement.
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Psalm
Bertrand Russell
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