High Wall Strip Mine Rule Stirs Ohio Senate Debate
In Columbus a Senate subcommittee eyed a compromise on strip mine law after Gov Gilligan critics called amendments gutting the bill. The dispute centers on the high wall left by mining and whether operators or regulators should decide its fate, with miners and ecologists voicing opposing views.
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Harry Meshel
Youngstown
Egypt
Natural Resources
William Nye
Nye
House
United Mine Workers Union
King
Delloma
Charles Bosari
Bosari
Nixon Tied To ITT Deal Details Emerge
Senate hearings explore an ITT settlement linked to presidential influence. ITT lobbyist Dita Beard described a memo and a meeting with former Attorney General Mitchell and ex-Governor Nunn. Hume testified Mitchell denied direct White House pressure while acknowledging a push for a reasonable ITT settlement. Geneen and committee figures were slated to testify in subsequent sessions.
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Dita D. Beard
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Beard
Republican National Committee
Mitchell
Kentucky
Louie B. Nunn
Attorney General
White House
Harold Geneen
Geneen
San Diego
New York
Airline Chiefs Meet On Extortion Plots
Top officials from 29 major airlines were convened in Washington to discuss protecting air travel after President Nixon ordered new security rules. United States aviation leaders, NSA Sky Marshals head Benjamin Davis, and Transportation Secretary Volpe outlined steps as a bomb scare disrupted Kennedy Airport operations.
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Washington
Nixon
Transportation
John Volpe
Federal Aviation Administration
Air Force
Benjamin O. Davis
Sky Marshals
White House
Senate Approves Dam Control Bill in WV
The West Virginia Senate passed emergency legislation 30-1 to empower the director of natural resources to enter coal refuse disposal sites and take action to abate imminent dangers. The bill, tied to the Buffalo Creek disaster in Logan County that killed at least 114, allows entry without operator or landowner consent if imminent danger is found.
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GOP Strategists See Uphill Fight for Nixon Reelection
Washington AP reports Republican strategists say Nixon must win 10 to 15 percent of Democratic voters and 70 percent of independents to secure re election. They note Democrats outnumber Republicans 45 to 25 percent and 30 percent are independents.
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Nixon
White House
F. Clifton White
Fred Currier
Robert
Autopsy Fails to Substantiate Torture Claims in Death
In Gordon Nebraska a second autopsy on Raymond Yellow Thunder, an Indian man found dead at a used car lot, did not prove torture or mutilation as alleged. Indian leader John Echo Hawk in Boulder cites ongoing tribal tensions near white communities as fueling rumors surrounding the death.
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Yellow Thunder
John Echo Hawk
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Morton to Testify on Buffalo Creek Disaster Hearing
Interior Secretary Rogers C. Morton is set to testify before the House Interior Committee next Wednesday about the Buffalo Creek flood disaster in Logan County West Virginia. Elbert Osborne, director of the U S Bureau of Mines, will also testify at the 1 p.m. hearing in the Longworth House Office Building.
Witness Denies Accusation in Berrigan Case
In Harrisburg FBI informer Boyd C. Douglas Jr. denies a defense claim he acted for extortion rather than patriotism when gathering conspiracy evidence against antiwar priest Philip Berrigan. Douglas calls the accusation a lie as cross examination intensifies.
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Harrisburg, Pa
FBI
Boyd C. Douglas Jr
Philip Berrigan
Douglas
Berrigan
Nelsonville Keeps Hospital and Jobs Amid Transfers
Nelsonville will not lose its state hospital or the 80 jobs required to run it. The Southeast Ohio Tuberculosis Hospital will become a treatment center for tubercular mentally ill patients, with 60 to 70 from Springview Hospital slated for transfer. Senator Harry Armstrong said legislation is likely and more workers may be needed.
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Nelsonville
Southeast
Harry Armstrong
R Logan
Armstrong
Springview Hospital
Springfield
Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Department of Health
Department of Finance
Southeast Ohio
Nelsonville Hospital
Chiang Stays On As Proxy For Nationalist China
Chiang Kai shek accepts party call to stay on as president for a new six year term. Kuomintang nomination ensures re election as National Assembly to pick president March 21. Chiang, 84, not present when Central Committee cheered the nomination.
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Taipei
Chiang Kaishek
China
Kuomintang
National Assembly
Chiang
Party
Food Prices Rise Sharp in February Wholesale report
Washington AP reports wholesale prices climbed nine tenths of one per cent in February, the sharpest rise in a year. Farm products and processed foods rose 1.9 per cent, industrial materials and products up 0.5 per cent, with seasonal adjustments showing a smaller 0.7 per cent gain. Uncontrolled agricultural products accounted for about one per cent of the farm foods rise.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Agricul
Rise in Rural Food Prices Noted After Wage Freeze
The report says average monthly wholesale price index rose four tenths of a percent since Nixon froze wages and prices last August, versus three tenths in the six months before the controls, with farmers increasing prices on raw fruits vegetables eggs and livestock.
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