Moore Rockefeller: The non issues in West Virginia
West Virginia voters face Moore and Rockefeller in the November governor race. Each side attacks the other’s qualifications with non issues about birthplace military service and congressional deeds. Officials urge focusing on real state matters to guide an informed choice for four years of leadership.
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West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV
Moore
Rockefeller
Congress
Messrs
West Virginia Amendment on Special Elections for the Constitution
The 60th Legislature proposes four amendments to the State Constitution for the November 7 ballot. Amendment No 1 known as the Armistead Amendment would allow constitutional amendments to be voted on at special elections as well as general elections and permit legislature led proposals in regular or extraordinary sessions. The cost of any special election would be paid from the state treasury.
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West Virginia
Monongalia County
Morgantown
Charles Armistead
House of Delegates
Armistead
William Moreland
West
National Newspaper Week emphasizes press freedom
The message notes that while it may seem like our week, it is readers week. Without freedom of the press, speech and other constitutional rights lose protection. Newspapers are the bulwark of freedom, serving people, communities, and advertisers.
Fairy Tales The elephant's tale about the donkey
A spoof fable set in an animal kingdom where an aging elephant leader is challenged by a donkey. The piece satirizes politics, power, media fame, and public opinion with animals as stand-ins, ending with a moral that truth can outpace fiction.
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Washington
Animal Kingdom
Prairies
Poppy Patch
Fact on evaporation energy and soybeans and compasses
The text notes that daily sea evaporation energy equals about 100000 times US 1970 electric capacity. It states Japan as the major importer of US soybeans. It explains mariner compasses of the 11th and 12th centuries used magnetized sewing needles placed on a floating wooden strip.
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United States
Japan
A Free Press Week Stirs Defense of Constitutional Freedoms
As National Newspaper Week begins, concerns rise over encroachments on informed citizenry. The piece argues the First Amendment safeguards press and speech, condemns attempts to silence media and grand juries, and warns that shielding government from scrutiny harms all freedoms.
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Congress
United States
Supreme Court
Fundamental Christian with a temper and harsh judgments
A reader describes a self styled fundamental Christian in the community as a poor representative of the faith, noting his foul temper and use of profanity including God's name. He estranges relatives and dreams of others burning in hell, while another anecdote mocks church signs and public impressions.
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Hell
M.B.L
Christ
Jesus
Church of Jesus Christ
Peking softens stance toward Taiwan supporters abroad
Peking backs conciliatory policy toward long-time Chiang supporters as it seeks to undercut Taiwan's regime. Marshal Yeh Chien-Ying signaled welcome for patriots from Hong Kong Macao Taiwan compatriots and overseas Chinese, arguing reunification should come peacefully and that past wrongdoing can be forgiven.
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Hong Kong
China
Taiwan
Peking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Marshal Yeh Chien-Ying
United Nations
Chiang
Nixon
United States
America
Kakuei Tanaka
Tawiwan
Mao Tse-Tung
Marshal Yeh
Yeh
Macao
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Sunday Dominion
Vrs. H.C
New York Times
Washington Star Dispatches
Associated Press
United Press International
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Moore-Rockefeller
The
Small Society
Brickman
New York Times News Service
Ray Martin
Bibby Jahon
By Henry S. Bradsher
Chiang Kai- Shenk
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