West Virginia lawmakers push constitutional change for lottery
Senator William R. Sharpe and colleagues press a constitutional amendment to allow a state lottery in West Virginia. They cite lost tax revenue to Ohio and Pennsylvania, support from the Huntington Advertiser, and potential state gains of tens of millions annually.
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Harrison
Dels
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Brooke
Gust Brenda
Hancock
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Pennsylvania
Byrd Protests Nixon Media Policies in West Virginia
Sen. Robert Byrd criticized the Nixon administration for its treatment of the news media at Pipestem State Park. He argued a shield law could limit the freedom it protects and named Dr. Clay Whitehead of the White House Office of Telecommunications.
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UPI
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D-W. Va
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Judge approves over $200000 crash survivors plan
Cabell County Circuit Judge Russell C. Dunbar signs the distribution plan for more than 200000 to Marshall jetliner crash survivors near Huntington West Virginia The plan allocates 1000 to each child of crash victims and places funds for those under 18 in trust The modification adds to eight family units where both parents died and divides the amount among their children Meanwhile U S Senator Byrd comments on press freedom and shield laws stressing First Amendment protections
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Cabell County
Russell C. Dunbar
Marshall University Foundation
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Randolph criticizes advocacy journalism at Salem Herald event
Senator Jennings Randolph addressed the 75th anniversary of the Salem Herald decrying advocacy journalism and media consolidation. He warned concentrated ownership—group papers 60 percent, conglomerates 58 percent of dailies and 77 percent of TV stations—risks power over public opinion and policy. The Icelandic language note is unrelated.
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W.va
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Salem Herald
Harriston County
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America
Reading the Postsection Inside Umw Votes
Readers learn results from campus elections and university decisions reported in the Inside section. The piece highlights student engagement and the role of campus groups in shaping university policies.
Father claims found Georgia baby may be his missing son
A distraught Charleston man, whose wife and two of his three children vanished May 1, says a Georgia doorstep infant left last week could be his son. The blond boy, about 18 months old, is described by doctors in Brunswick as matching the missing child’s features.
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W.va
Georgia
Brunswick
Guy Tucker
Campbell's Creek
Associated Press
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Melissa
Florida
Tucker
UMW President backs I-64 site for new headquarters
The Advertiser reports Arnold Miller favors a southwestern West Virginia site along Interstate 64 between Huntington and Charleston for the union headquarters with final choice to be decided by members at December Pittsburgh convention. A separate story describes a Brunswick child abandoned at a doorstep, injured and potentially connected to a missing 16 month old in Campbell's Creek, with a man claiming resemblance to his son and seeking identification traces.
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