Moore Sees 3 Million State Revenue Surplus
Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. said the state will end the fiscal year with about a 3 million dollar surplus, after a projected 11.8 million needed for the special session agenda. He announced Barbara Boiarsky to fill the House vacancy and noted lifting another 1 percent of the general revenue holdback, leaving 1 percent in reserve. The special session is set to begin April 27 and could end quickly if a four-fifths vote is not required.
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Charleston
Arch A. Moore Jr
Moore
Barbara Boiarsky
Ivor F. Boiarsky
House
Boiarsky
Kanawha County
Democratic Executive Committee
Alfred Shepard
St. Albans
William Lonesome
Institute
Hoover Plans Mixed Closure of FBI Offices After Media Burglary
FBI to study security at 500 resident offices after the Media Pennsylvania burglary. Director J Edgar Hoover furious over stolen documents, orders nationwide inspections and 24 hour guards. No final decision on closures. caution due to long distances for small offices.
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Washington
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Media
F.B.I
J. Edgar Hoover
Bureau
McDowell
Mercer
Wyoming
Hoover
Reds Win Ping Pong Spectacular
In Peking 18,000 fans watched the U S table tennis team compete with a Chinese squad. The Chinese won 5 3 in men’s play and the U S women lost 5 4. Team members included Glen Cowan Errol Resek George Braithwaite Jack Howard Connie Sweeks Olga Soltesz Judy Bochenski with John Tannehill ill in hotel. The event emphasized a friendly exchange and learning between nations.
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John Roderick
Associated Press
Peking
U.S
Graham B. Steenhovern
Detroit
U.S. Table Tennis Association
United States
John Tannehill
Middleport
Ohio
Tannehill
China
Mao Tsetung
Cowan
Errol Resek
New York
George Braithwaite
Brooklyn, N.Y
Jack Howard
Seattle, Wash
Connie Sweeks
Grand Rapids, Mich
Olga Soltesz
Orlando, Fla
Judy Bochenski
Eugene, Ore
Relief force nears Fire Base 6 in central highlands
Advance elements of a 3,000-man South Vietnamese relief force push within a mile of Fire Base 6. U.S. jets hit Laos missile sites as heavy fighting occurs in Cambodia. B52 strikes cleared terrain for the operation, with 600 tons of bombs dropped near the base. Casualties for South Vietnam reported as light, with 148 North Vietnamese killed near Suong.
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Robert Tuckman
Associated Press
Saigon
Central Highlands
Laos
Cambodia
Fire Base 6
Highlands
Thailand
Hanoi
South Vietnam
U.S
Mu Gia Pass
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Suong
Highway 7
U. S
Laird Pledges To Keep Asian Power
Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird said the United States will retain air and naval power in Southeast Asia under the Nixon doctrine after troop withdrawals. He outlined a realistic deterrent presence in Asia and predicted Vietnamization would shift combat responsibilities to the South Vietnamese this summer while U.S. combat forces remain to support air and logistics. He also forecast that the Laos incursion by South Vietnamese forces would be evaluated as a success later this year.
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Washington
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Southeast Asia
Asia
Laird
Vietnam
Laos
Graham High students attend Bluefield council on ecology
A group of Graham High School students interested in ecology sat in on Bluefield town council proceedings Monday to learn about local environmental protection plans.
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Bluefield
Graham High School
Indictments Returned by Federal Grand Jury in Bluefield
In U S District Court Bluefield a federal grand jury returned twenty four indictments on Tuesday. The item notes Mercer County residents pressing Gov Arch Moore to include a 171 00 request for a regional mental health center at Princeton in the governor s call to the 60th Legislature.
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Bluefield
U.S. District Court
Princeton
Mercer County
Arch Moore
Holton to lead Virginia trade mission in Europe
Richmond Gov Linwood Holton departs for Europe next week after the Republican Governors Association meeting in Williamsburg to become chief drumbeater for another Virginia International Trade and Development mission. Huntington mother of a Marshall football player killed in the jetliner crash vowed revenge after surveying the crash scene Tuesday.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
Europe
Republican Governors Association
Williamsburg
Virginia International Trade and Development Mission
Huntington
Marshall University
Moore sees state surplus to fund session with $3 million end balance
Gov Arch A Moore announces a projected state surplus large enough to cover all legislative priorities in the upcoming session and still leave a three million dollar balance by year end. A new inter agency council is created to craft a comprehensive child development program funded by federal and state sources.
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Charleston
Arch A. Moore Jr
Four men held in communicado over Daley Jackson plots
Four men accused of conspiring to assassinate Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley and civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson are kept in communicado. A police official says more arrests are likely, but officials refuse to discuss case specifics with reporters.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Jesse Jackson
Air Disaster Scene Revisited Leaves Mother Seeks Revenge
The mother of Marshall University quarterback Ted Shoebridge, killed when a jetliner crashed near Tri-State Airport, surveys the crash site and says she wants revenge on the agencies involved. Marshall begins spring practice with a rebuilt team after the disaster that killed 75 people, including 44 players and coaches. The family visited the crash scene and graves, planting flowers and a wreath in memory of the six unidentified victims. Mrs Shoebridge spoke of safety and reminded that her son hoped to fly big jets, asking others to “give ’em hell Saturday.”
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Steve Shipp
Associated Press
Huntington
Marshall University
Lonel Shoebridge
Lyndhurst
N.J
Tri-State
Ted
Fairfield Stadium
Marshall
Ted Shoebridge
Greensboro
N.C
East Carolina University
Teddy
Shoebridge
Nixon Inflation Alert On Steel Wage Demands
The Nixon administration warned steel management and labor that a large wage Increase could worsen industry issues and raise unemployment. The Steelworkers Union dismissed the alert, noting negotiations would proceed. The report cited a 13 percent first-year raise in the can industry and an average nine percent annual rise, calling it excessive relative to productivity gains.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Edwin L. Dale JR
N. Y. Times News Service
Steel Management and Labor
Steelworkers
Can
President's Council of Economic Advisers
I. W. Abel
United Steelworkers of America
New York City
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