Monongalia County School Bond Debate From the President
James R. McCartney, president of the Monongalia County Board of Education, writes that visiting 63 facilities revealed aging, overcrowded schools and inadequate lighting and space. He urges voters to support a bond issue for new and modern classrooms ahead of the October 22 election.
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James R. McCartney
Monongalia County Board of Education
Board of Education
Monongalia County
Lawrence Derthick
Consolidation Coal Company
West Virginia
Newspapers Grow With America Theme Echoed Locally
In celebration of National Newspaper Week the Dominion-Post Morgantown papers salute growth in Mason Dixonland. The editors pledge to keep newspapers as the voice of freedom loving people and to support community improvement efforts.
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America
Dominion-Post
Morgantown Post
Dominion-News
Mason- Dixonland
Morgantown
Nixon
Mason-Dixonland
You Fund drives urge support for Monongalia County agencies
A year end push promotes the United Fund appeals for Monongalia County with 14 member agencies. The campaign motto declares If you don’t do it it won’t get done calling on residents to contribute to essential community services.
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United Fund
Monongalia County
Courteous Tour at Seneca Glass Inspires Morgantown Letter
A reader praises Seneca Glass in Morgantown for an exceptional wheelchair accessible tour. The note asks residents to send in similar kindnesses to the Dominion Post editor, highlighting a warm community spirit and helpful guides.
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Harold Cenenet Austin
Milne
Seneca Glass
Morgantown
Dominion Post
Greer Building
Prisoner dissenters and the revolution in prison life
A letter to the editor argues that inmate upheaval shapes public view of prisons. It challenges media focus on brutality and suggests a coordinated attack by a hidden group benefiting from weakening the criminal justice system.
Prison reform debate highlights Alderson inmates and media
An opinion piece attacks the ACLU and prison media coverage as it criticizes inmates from Alderson who supposedly resist rehabilitation. The author argues for segregation of those who do not respect others and boosts the need for enforcing rights while noting ongoing pages of continuation.
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Alderson
Nixon’s hostile stance toward the press exposed
Nixon believes the press will never give him a break and plans to counterattack. In private talks his antagonism surfaces, spreading to aides and the White House as he decides not to try winning over reporters.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
White House
Nixon
Agnew
Associated Press
New York Times
Life
Look
Time
Newsweek
Trials and faith clash with political press notes and memories
The text blends Christian reflections on suffering with anecdotes about political figures. It cites Paul's weakness and grace, a friend’s radiant faith amid pain, and urges acceptance of suffering for God’s glory. It then recounts Vice President Agnew’s press confrontations, Nixon’s intervention, and LBJ’s hostile views of the media, with Kennedy and Truman noted for press conflicts.
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Paul
Christ
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American Civil Liberties Union
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Vietnam
John F. Kennedy
New York Herald Tribune
Harry Truman
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