No Fault Insurance Nearing Adoption in West Virginia
West Virginia moves toward no fault auto insurance as Insurance Commissioner Samuel H. Weese says the phase of debate is over and implementation begins. A legislative committee weighs options while opposition from trial lawyers wanes and federal pressure grows.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Samuel H. Weese
Weese
Morgantown
West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Pistol Believed Used in Giles County Murder Recovered
Police in Giles County Virginia with Sheriff John Hopkins and state investigator O S Pollard recovered a .357 magnum pistol believed to be the murder weapon in the July 20 death of James E Fields. Divers searched the New River near Pem break for two revolvers tossed from a bridge. Three suspects David Montgomery Rosemary Montgomery and William D Havens were named and Montgomerys apprehended at Kimballton mobile home Havens later arrested. Divers also recovered shell casings and will continue searches.
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Giles County
John E. Hopkins
O. S. Pollard
James E. Fields
New River
Pembroke
Field
David F. Montgomery
Rosemary
William D. Havens
Kimballton
Montgomerys
Sheriff Hopkins
Havens
Montgomery
Bland
White Gate
Hopkins
Princeton Rescue Squad
Bluefield
Troutville
Fields
Connecticut
South Carolina
Falls and Lee
Virginia State Police
Jessie Johnston
Pearisburg
McGovern Attacks Nixon For Blue Collar Votes
Sen George McGovern campaigns early for blue collar support against President Nixon. He addresses AFLCIO leadership of 386000 members and plans a Miami Beach stop for AFL CIO Amalgamated Meat Cutters convention with a 500000 member base before heading to New Eng.
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Washington
George McGovern
Nixon
Aflcio Amalgamated Clothing Workers
McGovern
Miami Beach
Aflcio Amalgamated Meat Cutters Union
New Eng
White House
Detroit
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Associated Press
Teamsters Union
Vietnam
Demos Clear Way For Delegation Challenges
The Democratic Credentials Committee ruled Ohio State Sen. H Morris Jackson replaces Rep Wayne L Hays on the Ohio delegation to the DNC Delays on New York New Jersey Wisconsin and Virginia matters were set for a Tuesday hearing An Illinois compromise postponed action on the Daley led delegation and a related challenge The full DNC of 303 members meets Tuesday to hear the report and vote on Sar gent Shriver as the vice presidential nominee
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Washington
Ohio
Frank King
Democratic Party
H. Morris Jackson
Wayne L. Hays
King
Democratic National Committee
New York
DNC
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Virginia
Illinois
Chicago
Richard J. Daley
William S. Singer
Daley
McGovern Black Labor Move Forms
Key black labor officials plan a Miami Beach meeting to back George McGovern and counter white labor leaders. Organizers say 15 to 20 top black union chiefs are expected, with Meany’s denial of official party support shaping the talks.
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McGovern
Miami Beach
Rural farmer fights mailbox vandals in Missouri
Ike J Mangle of Kennett Missouri says his mailbox has been destroyed 20 times in 15 years by vandals. He carries a portable box to the road for mail delivery and plans to rent a city box if this one is ruined again. Postal investigators have found no suspects due to rules preventing delivery to his home.
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Kennett, Mo
Ike J. Mangle
Missouri
Mungle
Route 2
Kennett
Navy Riviera Reunited After Eight Month Separation
In Villefranche France the U S 6th Fleet returns to the port ending an eight month separation aided by bar owners a barber and a Gaullist general. The village council anti American graffiti and a hotel owner complaint plus a court noise recording mark a tense reestablishment of naval ties with lingering pro American sentiment.
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Villefranche
France
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Riviera
Navy
Fernandel
Nice
U.S. Navy
Charles de Gaulle
Atlantic Alliance
6Th Fleet
U.S
Joseph Galbois
Waves Of Cong Hu ARVN 14 Enemy Tanks Crushed
Government militiamen repelled waves of enemy infantry at northern outposts in South Vietnam while American jets destroyed 14 tanks aiding a Cambodian command drive. Shelling hit Marines at Quang Tri, and forces near Hue recaptured hamlets as predawn attacks struck Quang Ngai. In Cambodia, tanks aided by North Vietnamese divisions attacked Kompong Trabek and Neak Luong, with U S Marine and Air Force jets targeting 14 tanks. Reports said at least 30 enemy tanks were in the area and Highway 1 remained a focal point. Saigon and Cambodian commands described fluid fronts and ongoing heavy fighting.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Quang Tri
Hue
Quang Ngai
Kompong Trabek
Neak Luong
Mekong River
Phnom Penh
Kampong Trabek
U.S
Highway 1
Mekong
le Trung Hien
Parrot’s Beak
Nation's air cleanup contrasts with rising water pollution
The government reports cleaner air nationwide while rivers and streams grow more polluted. Environmental Quality Council chair Russell Train cites agricultural and construction runoff as key threats to water purification efforts. Nixon urges swift action on 20 proposed environmental bills.
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Washington
Russell Train
The
Council On Environmental Quality
Decision ’72 GOP Benefit Dinners Planned in August
A series of six fund raising events called Decision ’72 Dinners will be held this month to support Gov Arch Moore and other Republican candidates. The Bluefield event on Aug 18 at Bluefield Country Club starts 7 p.m. with tickets at 50 dollars.
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Bluefield
Arch Moore
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Huntington
Martinsburg
Moore
Winfield Dunn
Tennessee
Bluefield Country Club
Doctor claims orders barred treatment in Tuskegee syphilis study
Dr Reginald G James testified that a government directive prevented treating men in the Tuskegee Study, with patients disappearing when he insisted on care. He noted benefits like burial expenses and a $50 cash payout kept participants in the study, conducted 1939 to 1941 in Macon County Alabama under the PHS. Eunice Rivers oversaw participant tracking in the mobile clinic effort.
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Washington
Alabama
Reginald G. James
Tuskegee
U.S. Public Health Service
Macon County
Ala
James
John R. Heller
PHS
Philis
Tuskegee-area
Social Security Administration
Alabama Public Health Service
Public Health Service
Eunice Rivers
Heroin Found In Viet Jail
U S Army acts to stop heroin smuggling at Long Binh stockade after urinalysis sweeps in June and July show 11 prisoners and six new arrivals used the drug. A guard was dismissed after heroin vials were found. two July sweeps found no users.
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Saigon
U.S
Long Binh
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Jacob S. Potofsky
Totes
Galbois
Route 1
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Congress
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