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Newspaper
The Mountain Statesman
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1977
Page
4
A columnist critiques President Carter energy plan for not going far enough and criticizes Congress for watering it down. They urge coal gasification and liquefaction as future Appalachian assets, warn of ongoing foreign oil imports, and stress time is not on America's side.
An examination of immigrant minorities across Europe living in urban ghettos as empires shrink. The piece notes South Moluccans in Holland, Harkis in France, West Indians and Africans in Britain, and others facing discrimination, poverty, and political frustration. It discusses integration, welfare dependence, and rising militancy among second generations while governments struggle to manage unrest.
Dean Rusk, secretary of state under Kennedy and Johnson, resumes academic life at the University of Georgia as a professor of international law. He values teaching and private citizenship, plans a Rusk Center for International and Comparative Law, and notes a yearly health risk while discussing human rights and China trade policy.
June 23 1977 marks a string of events from 1683 Penn signing a treaty with Indiana and 1713 Charleston incorporation to 1938 Civil Aeronautics Authority creation. Notable items include 1931 round the world flight by Wiley Post and Harold Gatty, 1967 Senate censure of Thomas Dodd, 1967 Johnson Kosygin summit ten years prior, and floods in Pennsylvania and New York five years earlier. Birthday notes include William Rogers at 64 and Bob Fosse. Thought for today honors Aldous Huxley’s dog quote.
A collection of brief quotes from Fidel Castro Anita Bryant Lloyd Probber Charles H. Coddington Dr Lee Salk and others. They touch on U S Cuban relations religious crusades marital change and government actions. The remarks cover diplomacy family life finance and public service from various political and social figures.
A whimsical comparison notes Henry’s will favors his widow Dorothea with a no remarry condition while Morris leaves Ann a doubled income if she remarries. It muses on prominence, wills, and shifting financial norms in housing costs and tax influenced budgets.
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