Free Speech Clash Tests Common Cause Liberalism
James J. Kilpatrick reports a Connecticut incident where Yale Law professor Ralph Winter Jr. was disinvited from a Fairfield League of Women Voters public forum on federal campaign financing after Common Cause objected. The episode exposes tensions over speech within a liberal coalition and prompts reflection among Common Cause leaders.
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Common Cause
League of Women Voters
Fairfield
Conn
Sacred Heart College
Bridgeport
Phyllis B. Hayes
Fairfield League
Winter
Brookings Institution
Senate Judiciary Committee
Burke Marshall
Common Cause Board
Yale Law
Editorial questions Howell coyness in Virginia race
The Roanoke Times argues Lt. Gov. Henry Howell’s evasive talk on tax reform may mislead voters. It notes his failure to present concrete revenue plans and warns that any tax changes require clear alternatives and legislative action.
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Roanoke Times
Henry Howell
Virginia
Howell
Virginia Municipal League
Norfolk
Agnew Named Kingpin in Shadowy Shakedown Scheme
Government prosecutors allege Spiro T. Agnew acted as a central figure in a long running system of kickbacks and cash gifts from Maryland contractors seeking state contracts. The 40 page Beall outline details payments in 1967 and says Agnew admitted taxable income while denying broader wrongdoing.
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Agnew
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
U.S. Atty
George Beall
Elliot L. Richardson
How to Test IQ and a Look at Agnew's Scandals
A quiz item lists scoring bands from Memory Genius to Good. The article then details a 1970s probe into Spiro Agnew with witnesses like Bud Hammerman and Jerome Wolff, noting kickbacks tied to Maryland state road contracts and Agnew's financial pressures. It contrasts Agnew’s rise with Calhoun as vice president and resignation context.
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Egypt
Texas
Arizona
Southwest
Amazon
Burma
Korea
Asia
South America
Port Conway
Princeton
U.S
Agnew
I. H
Bud’ Hammerman
Baltimore
Jerome B. Wolff
Maryland Roads Commission
Greiner Environmental Systems Inc
Apple Show Honors Henry Brumback With Ribbons
Henry Brumback won red and blue ribbons at the Apple Show staged during National Apple Week at the Farmers Merchants Bank. The Wayside Gallery and School of Fine Arts committee plans a Middletown opening to showcase valley painters. Addie Davis of Troup 34, sponsored by Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, is honored during Scout Trail Week. The Barter Players present Papa Is All tonight at Handley auditorium.
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Henry Brumback
Farmers & Merchants Bank
Wayside
Middletown
Addie Davis
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Papa
Handley Auditorium
The Unseen World and Religion
A concise argument that unseen forces shape reality. Gravity air electricity and subatomic matter operate unseen yet govern life and the universe. The text asserts religion as the best interpretation of the unseen world supporting belief beyond sight.
Slide Program At Mt Olive by Jack Lindsay
Jack Lindsay will present slides of Greece and Scotland at Mt Olive United Methodist Church on October 17 at 7 30 p m. The public is invited and refreshments will follow. An offering will be taken to benefit the Sunday school and church.
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Government Accounting Office
Washington
Jack F. Davis
Thomas T. Byrd
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
Winchester
Mt. Olive
Jack Lindsay
Greece
Scotland
Mount Olive United Methodist Church
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Postal Service
SEC
Usps Bulletin
Winchester Evening Star
I.Q
Allen Green
Green Associates Inc
Lester Matz
Matz, Childs and Associates Inc
Richardson
Matz and Wolff
Matz
Hammerman
Wolff
Green
United States
John C. Calhoun
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Spiro Agnew
Calhoun
Jackson
Senate
Virginian’s
C.L. Riley
For Godwin
Virginian
Godwin
Clip & Mail
Virginian’s For Godwin Committee
Cork Street
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