Health Planning Association turmoil frames public debate
Dismay over infighting at the Health Planning Association of North Central West Virginia emerges from a grievance against Dr. I A Wiles. The notice cites public derision of staff, misstatements in the press, and leadership turnover while outlining ongoing concerns about usefulness and continuity in HPA projects.
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Health Planning Association of
North Central West Virginia
The
HPA
I.A. Wiles
R. E. Flexman
William McMahon
Donna Enos
Dr. Wiles
West Virginia
Rockefeller and Connally clash as 1976 GOP race opens
The piece maps a dug-in GOP struggle with Nelson Rockefeller and John Connally entering the 1976 presidential contest. It notes Reagan inviting Connally to California, Agnew's trouble, and Roosevelt Jr predicting a possible Rockefeller Reagan ticket, while party leaders rally and timing shifts reshape early campaign dynamics.
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Nixon
Rockefeller
Connally
Agnew
Ronald Reagan
California
San Diego
White House
Reagan
Charles Percy
Illinois
Howard Baker
Tennessee
New York
Kennedy
Franklin Roosevelt Jr
Scrabble, Va letter prompts county portrait and satire
A facetious column imagines a non existent Scrabble Chamber of Commerce and describes Scrabble, Virginia in Rappahannock County. It inventories population, geography, culture, and local habits while debating whether to answer a Californians retirement inquiry truthfully. The piece blends satire with a factual county snapshot and a brief New York wire service brief on Kissinger and Soviet affairs.
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Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Scrabble
Ruth Morrey
San Antonio Avenue
Menlo Park
Calif
Chamber of Commerce, Scrabble
Jenkins
Woodville
Ruth Orange
Jake Sykes
Culpeper
Rappahannock County
Eisenhower
Kissinger questions detente and policy toward Soviet repression
The text reports Henry Kissinger arguing for proceeding toward detente despite Sakharov’s plight and raises a broader question: should U S foreign policy aim to transform other societies or merely affect their policies. It questions applying standards to Soviet actions that are not demanded of allies and notes tax dollars funding repressive regimes and torture.
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Kissinger
Senate
Sakharov
Soviet Union
United States
Kent State
Vietnam
South
Congress
Red tape complaint drives WV retirement fund reform
A letter to the editor from a West Virginia resident describes delays in retirees receiving refunds from the state retirement fund. The writer urges 1974 legislative action to cap refunds at 30 days after final paycheck and imposes damages of ten thousand dollars per day for each day beyond.
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West Virginia
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James Sachse
Ed Perrine
McMahon
New York Times News Service
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John Connally
Texas
New Orleans
Big John
Washington
Republican National Committee
Supreme Court
USA
Iran
Saudi Arabia
Henry Kissinger
Ohio
Arizona
Michigan
Iowa
James Reston
James Kilpatrick
National Academy of Sciences
Andrei D. Sakharov
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Ways and Means
Moscow
Israel
Russia
Tom Wicker
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