New dimensions in medical education
A reader notes two shortened medical education models. Michigan cuts eight years to five with a $1.5 million federal grant, while Florida aims for 18 to 24 months, suggesting possible adoption at West Virginia University Medical Center. Emphasizes integrated pre medical and medical study and calls for rapid, prudent reform with legislative and university support.
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University of Miami
Florida
West Virginia
University of Michigan
Michigan
WVU Medical Center
West Virginia University Medical Center
Alderson-Broaddus
WVU
Board of Regents
Week’s bouquets honor local contributors and events
A long overdue bouquet honors those who rallied to save the PACE Sheltered Workshop program with the Laurita Trucking Company singled out for major support. Bouquets also go to donors to the Dillard family and to Wheeling officials, Oglebay Park, and Governor Moore for the Fool’s Parade premiere, highlighting West Virginia’s improved image and recent community efforts against alcoholism and drug abuse with broad attendance.
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Laurita Trucking Company
Wheeling
Oglebay Park
Moore
Homeowner tax relief urged against school funding fears
A reader argues for maintaining the 1930 tax limitation, countering editors who oppose it. The letter compares state tax systems, warns of home foreclosures if real estate taxes rise, and urges protecting homeowners as a stabilizing force for communities and schools. It cites cases from Pennsylvania and California and urges income-tax adjustments rather than crushing homeowners.
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Waynesburg
Pennsylvania
California
West Virginia
Peace as a dirty word in West Virginia VFW debates
A veteran columnist reflects on Earl E. Muse’s historic election as VFW junior vice commander in West Virginia, noting progress toward nonwhite leadership and criticizing veteran groups for resisting peace advocacy. He urges the VFW to embrace peace, arguing war profiteers drive the conflict mindset.
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Department of West Virginia
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Clarksburg
Earl E. Muse
Princeton
Mountain
United States
VFW
Muse
Mercer County
Bluefield State College
Marshall University
Mercer County Vocational Technical Center
Mercer County Heart Association
Mercer County T.B. Health Association
East River Volunteer Fire Department
Princeton Community Hospital
Princetonian
West Virginia
Gordon Wagner
Terra Alta
Veterans Administration
The
Nixon
Pentagon
VFW T
Madison
Wis
America
West Virginia University Drives Uniform CE Units Plan
West Virginia University cooperates with the National University Extension Association to standardize non credit Continuing Education Units. CE Units measure ten contact hours and record transcripts by the Office of Admissions and Records. Areas include non credit courses and in service training. exclusions apply to academic credit classes and short programs with limited goals. Contact Appalachian Center Division of Extension Credit and Non Credit Morgantown WV 26506 or call 293-2834.
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West Virginia University
National University Extension Association
Office of Admissions and Records
Appalachian Center Division of Extension
Coliseum
Morgantown
W. Va
Homeowner Calls for School Budget Reform
In a letter to the editor dated June 13 1971 Morgantown resident Robert Flowers questions Monongalia County school spending rising from 3.65 million in 1965 to over 8 million in 1971. He argues funds should improve existing buildings or fund new schools and suggests revisiting school board administration and bond voting rules to protect homeowners and long-time savers.
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Sunday Dominion Post
Monongalia County
Morgantown
Robert Flowers
Taiwan and China in the UN dispute over Taiwan's status
A position paper argues Taiwan is a distinct entity from China, urging a UN supervised plebiscite to let Taiwan's 14 million people decide their future. It condemns Chiang Kai-shek's regime and calls for self determination and international accountability in Taiwan's status.
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United Nations
Taiwan
Formosa
China
Japan
Chiang
Mao
People’s Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek
U.N
United
Taxation as the Goose Plucking Art in America
Radicals across decades since the French Revolution push for a classless society and, in the United States, claim there is only one class of citizen the overtaxed. The piece argues taxation extracts maximum revenue with minimal protest, likening tax policy to plucking a goose for feathers with little hissing.
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United States
Balancing God and Self in Daily Life
A devotional note urges putting God first while serving self and others. Jesus’ commands to love God fully and neighbor as self are cited to argue that proper priority brings balance. The piece warns that self-first leads to trouble and cites seeking God’s kingdom as the path to harmony and fulfillment.
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Jesus
God
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