Gun Law Debate Spurs Tough New York Style Legislation
President Johnson faces a decision on adopting a stricter nationwide gun control bill and pushing for a gun registration law. Senators Mansfield Magnuson and McGee have backed the hard line, citing New York’s Sullivan Law as a model for cutting gun violence amid rising public support. In other notes, Nelson Rockefeller previews Nixon as potential GOP nominee while Lady Bird Johnson quietly advances civic beautification efforts.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Johnson
Congress
White House
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Warren Magnuson
Wash
Gale McGee
Wyo
Dallas
New York
Rendezvous with Destiny Speech Echoes in 1968 Campaign
The piece quotes Judge Rosen praising Roosevelt and Hubert Humphrey while urging a new national unity. It argues for gun control and poverty reduction as paths to “getting along with each other.” It links recent assassinations to a push for calm, leadership, and equal citizenship ahead of the 1968 campaign.
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Judge Rosen
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Hubert Humphrey
Martin Luther Kings
I-1
National Rifle Association
Gulf
Humphrey
Nixon
Rockefeller
Huron
S.D
Destiny
Franklin Roosevelt
Man On the Cross
Busy Summer Week Kicks Off With Seminars And Tryouts
Pharmacy Teachers Seminar and Eighth Annual High School Speech Institute start today, running through late June and mid July respectively. Town and Country Players hold Little Foxes tryouts 2 to 5 p.m. at the Playhouse on Cheat Road, with a week full of local events and meetings listed for Mon through Sat including senior center activities and library events.
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Pharmacy
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
WVU College of Pharmacy
WVU
Town and Country Players
Little Foxes
Town and Country Playhouse
Cheat Road
MHS
Board of Education
W.va
Dept. OF Education
Mont Chateau
Mutual OF Omaha
Holiday Inn
Western PA
Golf Association
Lakeview Country Club
Monongalia County Health Department
Marvin Steel
Lucy Clarkson
Morgantown Public Library
Civil Defense Conference
WVU Towers
Animal Industry & Vet Science
WVU_ Towers
Doostmortems Twenty Years Ago Airplane Sale Prompted Denunciations
A listing shows a plane priced at 795 dollars with free flying lessons. Judge Baker denounced local gambling operations and police inaction in Morgantown. Taft Stassen ticket featured at the Republican Convention. The State Conservation Commission backed an artificial lake at Chestnut Ridge Camp. Steve Allen slated for RKO screen test per Erskine Johnson.
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Charles G. Baker
Morgantown
Taft-Stassen
State Conservation Commission
Chestnut Ridge
Steve Allen
RKO
Erskine Johnson
Hollywood
Eisenhower names fleet commander and Rosenberg case note
The 15 year old item recalls chicken prices at 51 cents a pound for Sunday dinners and picnics. Rev Walter H Rockenstein became director of the Mountaineer Mining Mission based in Morgantown. Eisenhower refused to spare Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Vice Admiral Felix Stump from Parkersburg was nominated to lead the Pacific Fleet, succeeding Admiral Radford.
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Walter H Rockenstein
Mountaineer
Morgantown
Eisenhower
Atom
Julian
Ethel Rosenberg
Felix Stump
Parkersburg
Arthur Radford
Pacific Fleet
First Atlantic Telegraph Cable Completed in 1858
In August 1858 the Atlantic cable was finished on August 5 with eleven days later a message exchange between Queen Victoria and President Buchanan. Aliens in the United States must register annually in January at one of 32,000 post offices. Apostle Thomas earned the nickname Doubting Thomas for demanding proof of Christ’s resurrection.
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Atlantic Ocean
Queen Victoria
Buchanan
United States
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Willis A. Kiger
Well Child
Osage Settlement House
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Morgan
Donald Price
Alaska
Alice van Landingham
Brookhaven
Morgantown Jaycees
Hope Natural Gas Mountainsair
Morgantown Court
Rotary Club
William R. Ross
Exec
W.va. League of Municipalities
Wiremold CO
Holiday Inn Monongalia
Muffly
Eula Warman
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NEA, Inc
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Thomas
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Olivetti
Underwood
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