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Newspaper
The Mountain Statesman
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1976
Page
4
Martha Berman, a New York City junior high English teacher, describes a split school where advanced classes are all white except one student, while lagging classes are mostly black. She details troubled home lives, peer pressure, and danger, arguing education alone cannot fix deep roots without a better environment and potential child welfare options.
Soul City founder Floyd McKissick, once seen as a radical, has shifted to support the Nixon era Establishment. He has secured federal guarantees totaling nearly 14 million dollars, plus publicized funding of 100000 dollars, a 1 million dollar health clinic, and a 55000 dollar salary.
The column critiques Floyd McKissick and Soul City as a grand but failing project funded by taxpayers while highlighting widespread suspicion of black leaders. It notes 19 million dollars spent with little tangible development, calling McKissick a manipulator and poor administrator. It also cites congressional probes of black leaders and questions of leadership effectiveness.
A miscellany of trivia notes spans zebra gestation compared with horses 365 versus 330 days, ancient Rome holidays, hummingbird calories, woven suit details, and a bowling tip favoring spare pickup. The Steinway piano origin traces to Heinrich Steinweg in a kitchen, where his obsession interrupted meals as boards and wires filled the space.
The piece notes a shift in the American legal landscape as state courts increasingly protect individual rights, with Associate Justice Brennan advocating for state courts to guard liberties amid a retreat by the U.S. Supreme Court. It cites California bank privacy, Virginia sexual act laws, and the broader debate over federal versus state power under the 14th Amendment.
On this date events include New Hampshire ratifying the U S Constitution, Cyrus McCormick patenting the reaping machine, U S troops landing in Cuba, Scapa Flow scuttling, Tobruk fell to Germans, Okinawa surrender, Milan Archbishop elected Pope, Sartre age 71, Jane Russell 55, and various historical notes.
In Madrid the political divide widens as right wingers denounce Arias reforms as subversion while calling for a return to Franco era rules. Protest plans and police conduct fuel claims of regime drift, with opposition urging the king to act and hold a referendum to push reform via decree. Only 29 percent see real democracy possible within current law.
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