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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1970
Page
22
An op ed praising Prosecuting Attorney Joseph A. Laurita Jr. for his lonely crusade against crime in Monongalia County. It urges the community to unite behind him, support his efforts, and ensure his attackers are caught and punished.
The League of Women Voters hosts an annual legislator dinner on Thursday night January 8 inviting public input. Reservations close Monday. contact Mrs. Donald Pursell at 296-4815 for tickets and details ahead of the January 14 state legislature start date.
Wire reports quote Dr Kraft Ehricke of North American Rockwell in Los Angeles on future space travel. He says mid-1980s ships and orbiting stations could enable regular earth to moon passenger service, with a weeklong trip and transfers between shuttle craft and orbital hubs.
The 1970 layoff plan under the UAW contract cuts to 95 percent of regular pay during a two week holiday shutdown. About 1 000 Fisher Body workers in Cleveland complain they were scheduled to work and demand layoff as the plants idle.
In 1908 the Wright Brothers secured a $25,000 contract from the U S Signal Corps to build a heavier than air craft that could carry two passengers fly for one hour at 40 miles an hour. In 1969 the U S Navy awarded a $100,000 contract for an ejector seat enabling a pilot to fly up to 50 miles after abandoning an aircraft.
James Reston analyzes the Nixon administration's rhetoric versus the budget for pollution control. He notes the contrast between a $214 million request and $800 million appropriated, the creation of an environmental council, and the political stakes as environmental reform becomes a 1970s priority with potential impact on the 1972 race and the 1976 bicentennial effort.
Jay Rockefeller cites 19 counties with more registered voters than eligible adults. The piece satirically imagines a rural check of registrations and warns against over registration while urging reliance on population projections to boost apparent voter rolls.
A collection of trivia questions and concise answers covering biblical herb identification, Shrove Tuesday origins, Alaska as the least populous state, identical food value of white and brown eggs, and the Southern Hemisphere aurora Australis.
The message compares spiritual growth to physical growth and warns that loss of appetite signals illness. It suggests checking for obstacles such as worldly distractions or hidden sin, neglect of devotions, or ruined habit patterns. It urges repentance, renewed Bible reading, and prayer to reengage with God.
The piece argues the 1872 West Virginia Constitution, shaped by Reconstruction era rural needs, is outdated. It urges a constitutional convention, warns against federal overreach, and favors submitting amendments one by one rather than as a bloc vote.
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