Sunday Dominion personnel notes and staff listings
A brief newspaper card notes staff roles including Robert W. Murphy as General Manager and Richard Toren as Editor with Mickey Furfari as Managing Editor. It lists Want Ads contact 292-3381 and references United Press International and New York Times News Service for de Vire reports.
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Robert W. Murphy
Richard Toren
Mickey Furfari
United Press International
New York Times
Morgantown Charter revision gains bipartisan push
A Morgantown joint subcommittee of the Democratic and Republican executive committees votes 4-2 to urge full committees to launch a petition drive. If 2,164 verified signatures equal 15 percent of voters, a special election will decide whether to revise the 40 year old charter.
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Morgantown
Democratic
Republican Executive Committees
Republican Executive Committee
Democratic Committee
Hechler Votes Against New MIA Committee
Congressman Kent Hechler opposed forming a House committee to pursue missing in action soldiers in Vietnam. Despite a 394 to 3 House defeat, the columnist endorses his stance as prudent, arguing the proposal would be a meaningless gesture that could raise false hopes for MIAs and waste $300,000.
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Kent Hechler
The
Angels
House of Representatives
House
Vietnam
Hechler
Bruceton Mills Council snubs paper over letter clash
Bruceton Mills council members will stop helping The Dominion Post cover meetings after a Letter to the Editor accused the town of running a smelly landfill. The move risks news access for residents as state air pollution findings surface, leaving locals with fewer briefing options.
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Bruceton Mills
Dominion Post
Myron Speelman
State Air Pollution Control Commission
Democracy Fails to End Forced Busing in Boston and Beyond
A commentary argues that forced busing remains federal policy despite public opposition in Boston and other cities. It condemns bureaucratic and judicial power, calls for White House and Congress to stand against what it sees as judicial tyranny, and warns of growing civil discontent and potential tragedy. It notes Irish American communities defending ethnic ties and questions constitutional rights under current policy.
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Washington
Louisville
Boston
Massachusetts
National Guard
FBI
U.S
Eighty-second Airborne Division
America
United States
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
Congress
United States Supreme Court
National Press and Civil Rights Commission
Ford
South Boston
Charlestown
Roxbury
HEW
Arthur Garrity
Eighty-second Airborne
CIA poisons stockpiled defying Nixon order and aims to abolish agency
The article argues that the CIA hid a cache of shellfish toxin and cobra venom against Nixon's 1969 ban, suggesting inner circle orders or disobedience by lower ranks. It warns that unchecked covert power threatens democracy and urges abolishing the agency, with intelligence functions possibly moved to a smaller, controllable unit within government.
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New York Times News Service
New York
Central Intelligence Agency
Richard Nixon
Nixon
CIA
Sen. Frank Church
Idaho
Church
James Schlesinger
State Department
Pay as you go balanced budget proposal debated in Senate
Senator Carl Curtis pushes a Pay as You Go plan requiring a yearly balanced budget with automatic presidential surtax if expenditures exceed revenues. The piece notes rising deficits, debt service, and political caution while predicting the measure may die in subcommittee but could gain traction if Congress resists fiscal restraint.
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Washington
John Randolph
Roanoke
Speaker
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
Senate
Supreme Law of the Land
Treasury
Capitol Hill
Congress
House
Curtis
Press freedom tested as reporters defy court in West Virginia
UPI reports in Charleston that reporters Andy Gallagher and Rick Steelhammer of the Charleston Gazette were held in contempt for refusing to answer questions about a miners rally during a wildcat strike. They spent hours in jail before bond, facing up to six months. Other local reporters complied.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
U.S
K.K. Hall
Andy Gallagher
Rick Steelhammer
Charleston Gazette
Gallagher
Steelhammer
Statehouse Window and the Role of Reporters in Open Government
The article defends reporters as watchdogs who uncover abuses and push reforms across business government and industry. It notes risks of abuses by reporters but argues public access to information should not be shut. It cites questions about coverage of striking miners and public availability of published accounts.
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Morgantown
Charter Board
John Randolph
Harry Byrd
White House
Congress
House
Philip Crane
Illinois
Ford
Curtis
Thoughtful limits on pride echoed by a humorist
The quote recalls Amos 8 7 about God forgetting deeds and cautions against pride. It adds a modern reflection that while we rise we must remember those who aided our ascent, attributed to Will Rogers.
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Jacob
Amos
Will Rogers
Humorist
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