ARC and
depressed areas bills passed by
EOA passed by (1964)
Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act passed by (1969)
OEO investigated by
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act passed by (1972)
welfare reform legislation of
United States Court of Appeals
United States Forest Service
United States Geological Survey
United States House of Representatives
Appropriations Committee
ARDA passed by (1965)
Education and Labor Committee
United States Justice Department
United States Labor Department
United States Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO)
AV funded by
college antipoverty programs funded by
Community Action division
community action focus of
community organizations funded by
comprehensive health program of
congressional investigations of (1967)
controversy surrounding
culture of poverty influence on
demise of (1973)
demonstration grants
goal of
Green amendment and
local activism against
Policy and Planning division
political corruption and
War on Poverty launching and
United States Office of Price Administration
United States Office of Surface Mining
United States Office of War Mobilization
United States Senate
Environment and Public Works Committee
Subcommittee on Employment, Manpower, and Poverty
United States Transportation Department
universities
university antipoverty programs
University of Chicago
University of Kentucky
Appalachian Center
College of Agriculture
University of North Carolina
Upward Bound
urban crime
urban decay
urbanization
of education
of employment opportunities
of health care
mixed blessings of
as regional development goal
rural displacement caused by
urban renewal
urban sprawl
U.S. News and World Report
Vance, Rupert
Vanderbilt University
Vatican Council, Second
Vicodin Vida, La (Lewis)
Vietnam War
Virginia
ARA benefits in
AV program in
corruption scandals in
CSM petition for interstate commission
floods in
grassroots activism in
housing quality in
labor unrest in
manufacturing growth in
mine closings in
missionary antipoverty programs in
out-migration from
strip mining in
UMWA hospitals in
unemployment in
VISTA. See Volunteers in Service to America
visual pollution
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
in Appalachian War on Poverty
in AV program
church-based antipoverty programs and
establishment of
independent volunteers supported by
local leadership roles of
local political backlash against
radicalization of
training for
union reform and
voting fraud
Wallace, George
Wall Street Journal
WAMY (N.C. antipoverty program)
War on Poverty
ARDA
collapse of (1972)
community action focus of
controversy surrounding
ideological/political conception of
Johnson’s announcement of
launching of
1960s American confidence and
preparations for
press coverage of
roots of
strategy design for See also community action agencies (CAAs); Economic Opportunity Act (1964); Volunteers in Service to America; specific program
War on Poverty, in Appalachia activism resulting from (see activism, grassroots Appalachian)
collective movement culture of
college antipoverty initiatives
community action focus of
conflicting ideologies in
controversy surrounding
criticism of
decline of
demonstration projects
as experiment
failure of
local institutions and
missionary programs
multiple approaches to
political corruption and
press coverage of
significance of
social divisions as result of
student service-learning projects
as threat to political status quo
women and See also Appalachian Regional Commission; Appalachian Volunteers; specific program
Washington, James
Washington Post
waste disposal
waste incinerators
Waterfield, Harry Lee
Watergate scandal
water pollution
water projects
ARC and
PARC proposals for
Wayne County (Ky.)
wealth, draining of. See economic leakage
Weatherford, Willis
welfare dependence
absentee land ownership and
as drain on state resources
impact of welfare reform on
persistence of
political corruption and
welfare reform
welfare rights
Weller, Jack
West, Don
Western North Carolina Tomorrow
West Virginia
ARA benefits in
AV program in
CAAs in
chemical industry in
corruption scandals in
CSM petition for interstate commission
distressed counties in
farm population decline in
floods in
grassroots activism in
health disparities in
income inequality in
Johnson visit to
Kennedy campaign in
manufacturing growth in
mine closings in
mining disasters in
out-migration from
population decline in
poverty in
Reagan budget cuts and
strip mining in
transportation corridors in
UMWA hospitals in
unemployment in
union reform in
university outreach programs in
West Virginia Black Lung Association
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
West Virginia Legislature
West Virginia Mountain Project
West Virginia Society
West Virginia Task Force
West Virginia Turnpike
West Virginia University
Center for Appalachian Studies and Development
Wetherby, Lawrence
Whisman, John D.
as ARC states cochair
at ARDA signing
Conference of Appalachian Governors and
as Eastern Kentucky Regional Planning Commission executive director
on growth center strategy
as Jaycee president
as Kennedy task force member
meetings with Johnson
as PARC executive secretary
<
br /> Program
resignation of, as ARC states cochair
White, Jesse
White, Lee
Whitehead, Donald W.
White House Conference on Balanced National Growth and Economic Development
Whitesburg (Ky.)
Whitesburg (KY) Mountain Eagle
Whitten, Jamie
Widner, Ralph
wildlife sanctuaries
Williamson (W.Va.)
Wirts, William
Wise, Bob
Wise County (Va.)
Wise County (Va.) Welfare Rights Organization
W. K. Kellogg Foundation
Wolfe County (Ky.)
women
as coal miners
community organization membership and
income inequality and
as out-migrants
in service economy
women’s movement
work disability
Works Progress Administration
World War II
impact on Appalachian economy
New Deal program disappearance during
Worthington, Bill
Wright, Warren
Wyoming County (W.Va.)
Yablonski, Joseph (“Jock”)
Yarmolinsky, Adam
Yellow Creek Concerned Citizens
Yesterday’s People (Weller)
Ylvisaker, Paul
Zegeer, David
zoning
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