Independence Day Views on Freedom and Watergate
A column cites Watergate scrutiny as a test of the nation’s freedom and constitutional vitality. It surveys editor responses on press immunity, political rights, and societal issues, highlighting public opinion on Nixon, amnesty, pollution, and U.S. foreign policy.
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JPs Face Mixed Credit or Blame Over Reorganization Defeats
In Charleston West Virginia judges of the peace are absorbing praise or blame for defeats of the constitutional amendment to reorganize the judiciary. Two defeats in April and last week followed Senate approval and JP opposition helped sink the measure. Circuit judges are blamed by some for opposing the amendment citing threats to local autonomy under state supreme court supervision.
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Charleston
W.va
House
Senate
Jps
JP Clout
State Supreme Court of Appeals
State Supreme Court
Justices of the Peace
Rural housing plans loom for Morgantown area
A Family Services Association drive to fund low cost owner occupied homes targets rural areas surrounding Morgantown. The effort, not a forced program, aims to improve dilapidated housing and provide information as volunteers prepare to act amid local rumor. Also covered is a West Virginia Supreme Court ruling declaring mayoral fee payments unconstitutional when based on guilty verdicts, and political reshuffling in the state House Finance Committee highlighting new leadership duties.
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Family Services Association
Morgantown
Family Services
Budget scare nearly cripples US war‑fleet navigators
Washington diary reveals a White House budget cut almost halting Loran navigation for Polaris and Poseidon subs. Rep. Murphy’s coast guard subcommittee uncovered a covert push to cripple critical nav aids, led by a mysterious officer dubbed Captain Marvel who contacted Congress from pay booths. The panel restored $24 million for Loran A and $22 million for Loran C, safeguarding naval operations in the Pacific and Mediterranean.
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Washington
White House
Pentagon
John Murphy
Coast Guard
Navy
Captain Marvel
Congress
Pacific
Hawaii
Alaska
Air Force
South Pacific
Mediterranean
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Murphy
Marvel
Polaris
Poseidon
Joint Chiefs’ Staff
Defense Department
Fred Buzhardt
Buzhardt
Department of Defense
OMB
Defense
Merchant Marine Committee
Leonor Sullivan
D- Mo
Ulster election seen as step toward nonsectarian rule
The Belfast campaign before Ulster's Thursday election centers on reducing sectarian violence and creating a nonsectarian administration. London outlines a limited autonomy plan with Catholic and Protestant power sharing amid ongoing unrest and economic ties to Europe.
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New York Times
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Ulster
William Butler Yeats
Ini
David Brien
Brien
Ireland
Heath
Stormont
Soviet Union
North
London
Britain
James Callaghan
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