Post-Herald And Register (Newspaper) - May 2, 1971, Beckley, West Virginia George Pulls Out Late Passenger Service Survival Another Matter By WILLIAM F. OURSLER Associated Press Writer George Washington died day night on the way to ton or at least the train that after him As the boss in Huntington put train is going at After a.m. the George Washington will be just an extra train being run by the with exception of the railroad's no one seemed to notice the death of the George and few seemed to care even less about its under the national railroad enger For most passengers traveling the George Washington Friday it was the same routine of trying to get some sleep on the dirty seats in the 20-year-old Few seem to notice or care as conductor George Townsend came through to punch the ets of the passengers who got on at Even fewer paid any heed to Townsend's remark to one lady all you're riding under the government the government is supposed to revive rail passenger service in the and take the service off the faltering road's One railroad employe can they expect to im- prove or attract new passengers if they're going to use this same old broken down But others were more The engineer of the George Washington Friday C. Kincaid was one of feel it's going to be a good thing with the government be- hind it. I don't look at it as the death so much as I do a re- the 27-year railroad eran Townsend also said he was the new system would Most agree that poor service and the influx of ern highways and along with the are ble for the decline of rail enger But that is talking in the ab- Friday night provided an on the spot lesson of what trak will have to overcome if it is to The George which was to leave Huntington at didn't finally pull out of the station until just before mid- Delayed first by an accident in which saw it hit an the train held up further waiting to add al cars from the second train which was also delayed by a Today things are supposed to be for the George ington will be Made up in Cincinnati and the train will operate as Amtrack 144 and 142, instead of trains one and No the passengers have to wait while cars are added and subtracted throughout the and as another line em- ploye put just be the on time record will im- is designed for the passenger who wants to go be- tween the specific cities on the same It's a whole ent ball game if he needs to change a railroad spokesmen The spokesman is If the for wants to go across the say from Washington to it will take him over four including an almost 24-hour over in What Amtrak has cording to the is to use a computer to up with the most popular set of if a journey deviates from those he could be in for a long layover and lots of So today George or his will be Just how long it will survive ii another BECKLEY The of m Pullman sleeper still in use looked pretty sharp on May 18, 19S1 when she was dedicated and put Now a part of sneaking through the area after her fate is If the national rail passenger corporation is the 20-year-old will be But if reduced schedules and poor connections Beckley's namesake may witness the passenger extinction taken in 19S4) Island Creek Surprised At Action Buff Assails Power Company Suit As Excuse To Continue Pollution I. E. a member of the West Virginia Air Control has charged that the suit Fri day by Appalachian Power Co is an attempt to by-pass pollution IIC BUll a liminary injunction i immediate of Si i thousand tons of coal eac month by Island Creek Coa the firm had ed to live up to an The coal is for use at the Strike Elderly Robbed Two posing as A robbed an elderly C pocketbook containing It was the second such ley State Police in less ths the cases are believed .to b Mrs. Dora a 74-year men took after she all the pretense they would check t The minus the was discovered later Friday alongside a road in Camp Mercer the getaway car was described as a dark-colored or with a temporary license plate or a piece ol cardboard with numbers on it taped to the back Of Power Co. woman Friday of her 1 in incident reported to a and police said e told police me owed them to enter the on he electric who suffers from is the mother of Town District Constable Joseph Howard Three men swindled an elderly Cool Ridge woman and her crippled daughter out of Monday saying they were collecting the money for installation of underground The who also identified themselves as power company demanded from Mrs. Donna Epperly for the cost of relocating the power company Mrs. Epperly and her Mrs. Nell were able to scrape up only The trio left with the money and cut the telephone cord when Mrs. Epperly and her daughter attempted to reach another relative for Upon learning of the Monday Appalachian Power 2o. Division Manager W. C. nominated the men for the men of the Logan Dismisses 10, Fire Chief Returns LOGAN Logan City Council members Saturday confirmed dismissal of ten city employes and newly elected Mayor Reece Browning reinstated Fred as Logan's fire The dismissed employes street department workers and three from the sanitation department reportedly received their termination notices Friday with their Thompson had been dismissed torn his fire chief post by former Tf new John Amos Power Plan near Putnam County where high pollution coal has already been contrary to the pollution wishes Buff said that Appalachian wants the public to believe that it can not obtain low sulpher and low ash coal for the allowing the utility to continue the cheaper A spokesman for Island Creek said the civil action as a complete He said Island Creek does not nave a coal supply contract with Appalachian Power ng delivery to the new but the two firms have been negotiating He said Island Creek would defend the action but would continue negotiating 4 Sections SUNDAY 64 Pages VOL. 91-NO. 268 WEST SUNDAY MAY 2, 1971 SINGLE COPY 25e MORRIS K. UDALL Supports Strip Ban in good faith on a delivery con- tract if Appalachian power de- t Buff pointed out that it must a friendly suit since lachian Power is a coal owner and operation and to the same fraternity as Island Creek Chief Judge Frank J. Battisti set a May 12 hearing date on the preliminary Working Less By United Press International About employes of the Chesapeake Potomac Tele- phone Company in West Virgi nia began working Saturday vithout a contract as ions continued in D.C. on a new three-year wage On the eve of the expiration f the old three-year offered its West Virginia who are members of tie Communications Workers of a contract that in- increases of between 19.50 and for top craft em- prior to the city's primary other customers tions earlier this of such to the a Mayor Browning also named said that power company Benny Eplin as city street com- employes quickly identify Violet Miller as selves with an identification city clerk and Cpl. Tom Fink card it is almost impossible to as acting city police Weather Chance Of Showers BECKLEY AND Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers today and High today in the upper 50s, ployes and to for tonight in the mid 30s. and clerical j variable cloudiness Hechler Sees Over Stripping WHEELING Ken Hechler likened strip mining to fa drinking tlU stems good for a while but when all is it like ill Hechler spoke at Wheeling College to a meeting of students from Bethany and West mining is like taking three or four strong you feel pretty good for a but when the coal is the land is the soil is washed fee streams are and jobs are you wake up with a terrible Hechler The fourth district Democrat predicted that within a short time there will be a nationwide campaign launched by mentalists against strip mining which equal the campaign Page 2) Nixon Says Nation In Midst Of Strong Economic Upturn SAN Calif Nixon ex pressed confidence Saturday that the nation was in the midst of a strong economic upturn but said he would consider a tax cut or other action if the boom fizzled With birds chirping loudly in the the Presides met reporters for the second time in three standing outdoors under a big pine tree at his California home and saic he would continue role in the the at its present then I see no need for a tax Nixon told it doet not his would take action inhere he of living increases for the second and third years of the improved pension Page 2) and high in the upper 40s. Probability of 50 per cent today and 20 per cent On Page 2) bought appropriate to late the economy and said mat if the recovery bogs down will act on the tax front and other The chief who noted he had only been asked one or two questions about domestic policy at his session with reporters in Washington Thursday limited day's outdoor session to about domestic policies and let it be known he wanted to specifically talk about the mink we can say that at this time we are in the midst of a strong economic Vixon starts are Detail sales are ty is And just as important inflation is Nixon said some and still could be but that he would stand by his forecast that this would be a good year economically and would be a very good He indicated he would ask Congress to guarantee a million loan to help out troubled Lockheed craft and said he would have an announcement on mis Monday or As for the demonstrations going on in Nixon said he respected the right ol protesters to disagree with his policy of gradual withdrawal from but said he would take whatever action was necessary to deal with ness by the right to demonstrate for peace abroad does not carry with it the right to break me peace at home and we are going to see to it that anybody who comes to Washington to peacefully that demonstrate protected in As for avowed plans by militant protesters to try to shut down the government next Nixon said are going to see to it that the thousands of government ers who have a right to go to work peacefully are not inter- with by those who in the name of ing for peace abroad presume that they have the right to break the peace at Nixon also characterized as and claims of wide-spread political surveillance by the FBI and wiretapping of can He declared there were only 50 wiretaps now being ed on those considered to be an internal threat to domestic compared to 100 in and 1963. Where were the critics of these practices in those Nixon On other Hailed the in race relations in the south and Depreciation Tax Proposal Knowingly Broke Law Register Introduces New Service The Ecology begun in Thursday's Raleigh is an effort to inform people in the Beckley Newspapers reading area of violations of their So far only strip mining mit which were required by recent legislative action to be publicly have been listed in the Ecology A 30-day protest period must be observed by the Department of Natural Resources before a permit to strip mine may be There other possibilities for the Ecology Stream air pollution and littering are also problems in West Virginia as well as the rest of the country and be in the Watch People are becoming more aware of their environment and the need to preserve the balance between man and the rest of Protest to violations of environment can come in of the following i f In the case of strip mining Ivan Pizzino is the DNR environmental violation application an individual servation officer to or group of individuals can write to the Department of Natural Room 322, 1800 Washington Street 25305, and protest to prevent the granting of a certain strip mining Individuals may also request of the Department of Natural Resources that a public hearing be held before a strip mining permit is giving the reasons why strip mining in a area would be against the somewhat rigid for strip helps be familiar with these I Public protest and tion has also been seen to effective in some strip cases in West Virginia I In the case of water j the Department of Resources is again the law enforcement agency although other law agencies may become There are laws against polluting streams with raw mine detergents or other waste In Raleigh County Captain Air such as burning and smoke pollution cording to DNR under the jurisdiction of the Air Pollution Control Board in If you are aware of a which you feel should receive public call the Raleigh Register 253-3321. It may be put in the Ecology If one of the Register staff members may be sent to investigate the pollution and possibly do a story on it. WASHINGTON Edmund S. Muskie charged Saturday that the administra tion knowingly violated the law n proposing depreciation rules hat would cut business taxes billion a President Nixon said the proposal is and would create The Treasury proposal would accelerate the rate at which businesses can depreciate the value of their plants and in effect giving hem a 7 per cent cut in Sixteen months ago Congress rejected an administration posal to cut corporation taxes by 2 per cent. there were ever an example of the administration violating the with prior knowledge of exactly what it was this is a for the tic presidential sad n a Responding t o Nixon must provide incentives to business to write off on depreciation the kind of expenses that will lead to the creation of The Treasury Department will open hearings on me proposal Under its it would take effect retroactive to last Jan. 1. Muskie also touched off a bitter dispute with a Treasury whose secret memo to the White House he cited in making the Muskie quoted John S. the deputy assistant secretary for tax as saying in a memo he had as to our administrative authority to abandon the reserve ratio test completely without Nolan said in a statement that release of the questions at the Western White memo was and Nolan said the memo was only his preliminary reaction to the and after thorough he found the reserve ratio test be almost useless in I subsequently advised the White House officials mat we had the legal authority to revoke the reserve ratio test and that in my judgment we should most certainly do Nolan Nixon said mat Nolan's memo was only one of those he received and that others said the proposal was Nixon said his own background as a tax lawyer led him to conclude that he had the authority te move on his Among other the new depreciation rules eliminate me ratio a device with which the government can recoup tax losses when ses take more in depreciation than the cost of replacing the Page 2) Ecology Watch Strip Mining Permit Applications A S Coal for 400 acres in Quinnimont Fayette filed April 15, final protest date May 14. Bologna Mining for 100 acres in mond filed April 15, final protest date May 14. Bologna Mining for 130 acres in mond filed April 17, final protest date May 16. Oscar for 12 acres in Slab Fork filed April 17, final protest date May 16. Written protest will accepted by the Department of Natural Room 322, 18H Washington Street From the base of Ivy Knob fire feet one can see miles and miles of strip mine devastation where Ranger Company has and is still Down To Some of the winding trails that snake around the mutilated mountain are having been with some vegetation growing on the level The Sea This type of does of to relieve the view of the high the grass grows twenty feet The Ivy Knob along t h t Kale County is only the beginning of the Every foot of the way the ocean suffers trem flooding and
