Legislators Target Indemnity Bills On Workmen's Comp
West Virginia lawmakers prepare for a heavy week as the 60th Legislature addresses broad changes to the Workmen's Compensation law. A joint Judiciary hearing is set, and a noon Capitol press event promotes the Workers Alliance for Fair Compensation led by Rutledge, McGraw, Holliday, and Galperin.
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Charleston
Workers Alliance For Fair Compensation
Senate
House
Dels
Phyllis J. Rutledge
D-Kanawha
Warren McGraw
D-Wyo
Robert K. Holliday
D-Fayette
Si Galperin Jr
Capitol
The
Workers Alliance
West Virginia
Alliance
Six die and 51 hurt as bomblets rain on Vietnamese troops
Six were killed and 51 wounded when a U S Navy fighter bomber accidentally dropped scores of bomblets on South Vietnamese troops massed for a possible Laos drive. The incident marked another tragic accident amid the war effort.
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Saigon
Laos
Apollo 14 astronauts finish lunar trek and begin return
Apollo 14 crew Edgar Mitchell Alan Shepard and Stuart Roosa report they feel great after a 24 hour work day as they head toward splashdown. They will test space manufacturing techniques and carry 108 pounds of moon rocks from the Fra Mauro highlands.
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Space Center
Houston
Pacific
Stuart A. Roosa
Kitty Hawk
Mission Control
Space
McCandless
Earth
Moon
Fra Mauro Highlands
Shepard
Mitchell
Solar System
Cone
Navy Bombers Accidentally Drop Bombs On South Vietnamese Troops
U S Navy fighter-bombers reportedly dropped dozens of bomblets on a South Vietnamese armored unit near the Laotian border, killing six and wounding 51 as clashes with North Vietnamese forces continued. The incident prompted an under‑way investigation while Saigon reported 119 North Vietnamese killed in the broader Dewey Canyon II operation.
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Saigon
Laos
Cambodia
Chup
U.S
North Vietnam
Nixon
Ters
Chup Plantation
Extension trial opens over ARC four year extension
Congress prepares to hear a four year extension for the Appalachian Regional Commission as the Nixon administration moves to end the program. West Virginia Governor Arch Moore leads regional opposition while 13 ARC states push for preservation and revenue sharing. Senate leaders Randolph Cooper and Byrd weigh in as a political clash unfolds.
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Nixon
Congress
Senate Public Works
Appalachian Regional Commission
ARC
White House
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia
Appalachia
New York
Alabama
Jennings Randolph
D-W. Va
Public Works Committee
John S. Cooper
R-Ky
Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Telerama Sets Record Telethon Total of 45234 Dollars
The 1971 March of Dimes Telerama on WHIS TV raised 45234 dollars with pledges and live calls, surpassing per capita expectations. Station officials call the result phenomenal and hope for a new nationwide per capita high, with a lengthy telethon extending 18 hours and featuring local stars and civic leaders.
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Caroline Lawrence
Whis-Tv
Scott Shott
Telerama
National Foundation of the March of Dimes
Foundation
Betty Duke
Twin - City
Princeton
Hal Carmack
Clu Gulager
Arthur Smith
Tornado Hits Gulf Breeze Slams English Cove Complex
A predawn tornado ripped through Gulf Breeze Florida injuring at least 100 in a peninsula town of about 5 000. English Cove Apartments suffered severe damage along with Gulf Breeze Cottages as debris and shattered glass filled the area. Rescue workers moved in with 42 injured treated at hospitals and crews set up looting guards and shelter for evacuees.
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Gulf Breeze
Fla
Stanley Atkins
Associated Press
Gerald Munday
English Cove
James Lee
Escambia County
Donald Parker
Charles Schuler
E. E. McGovern
Civil Defense
Baptist Hospital
Pensacola
Bay Bridge
John Brennan
Pensacola Bay
Earthquake Ravages Tuscania Center Killing 18
The historic center of Tuscania in central Italy was left in ruins after a major quake. Eighteen people died and 120 were injured as art treasures fell. rescue teams retrieved bodies and saved five trapped residents after 20 hours amid aftershocks.
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Tuscania
Italy
Death Toll Rises In Wake Of Irish Religious Riots
Violence across Northern Ireland escalates as IRA clashes trigger British troop deployments. In Londonderry and Belfast a wave of gunfire, rioting youths, and street barricades leave multiple dead and hundreds arrested amid renewed sectarian fighting and IRA retaliation threats.
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Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Irish Republican Army
the Diamond
Bogside
IRA
Ireland
Ardoyne
Crumlin Road
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U. S
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Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
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Frank Church
Indochina
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Star City
Morgantown
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Monongahela River
Davis-Lynch Glass Company
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South Central Pacific
Bruce McCandless
U.S. Navy
ABC
Twister
Florida
Navy
Doug Mathison
Southeast Asia
Pensacola Naval Air Station
United Methodist Church
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Doro
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Melozzo
St. Mary Major
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