New Drunken Driver Law Linked to Fewer Fatalities
West Virginia credits a new implied consent law for reducing 1968 traffic fatalities to 518, down 11.6 percent from 1967. The measure allows breath, blood, or urine tests with a 10 percent blood alcohol threshold, raising arrests and convictions, while national deaths rose about 4 percent through October. The police plan heightened vigilance for New Year’s.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Silver Bridge
T. A. Welty
Welty
John C. Ramsburg
State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Ramsburg
Chief Retires At Morgantown After 26 Years Service
John W. Lewis announced his retirement as Morgantown police chief after 26 years on the force, 12 as chief. Retirement effective January 15, he began as a patrolman on 23 boat and has long served as secretary treasurer of the West Virginia Police Chiefs Association. No immediate successor named.
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Morgantown
W.va
John W. Lewis
Lewis
West Virginia
Police Chiefs’ Association
Os Industry Sets Record
Washington AP reports near all petroleum sectors hit record levels in 1968 per the American Petroleum Institute. Total demand averaged 13.3 million barrels daily, up 0.7 million from 1967. crude oil output averaged 9.1 million barrels daily. natural gas production reached a record 19.8 trillion cubic feet, up 6 percent.
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Washington
American Petroleum Institute
Frank N. Ikard
Institute
Pacifist says Viet Cong open minded on cabinet
Mrs. Aline Berman, an American pacifist, says NLF officials told her they are open minded about cabinet roles in a coalition government in Saigon. She reports no blood bath and that the NLF seeks a coalition while urging the end of bombing to improve Paris negotiations.
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Washington
National Liberation Front
Saigon
Aline Berman
Women’s Strike For Peace
NLF
Paris
Berman
China
Peking
United States
South Vietnam
Madam Nguyen Thi Binh
Madam Binh
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