Hill Street Drain Work Proposed by Public Housing Authority
The Bluefield Public Housing Authority considered a 245000 plan to correct slopes and drainage at the Hill Street project. Haven Kicklighter Jr of Law Engineering Testing Co said design work and engineering could push total costs to about 245000 with HUD funding possible, aiming for occupancy by June 1.
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Jim Terry
Bluefield Public Housing Authority
Hill Street
U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Federal Funding Agency
Corte Construction Co
Haven Kicklighter Jr
Law Engineering Testing Co
Atlanta
Kicklighter
H. C. Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lighter
Nixon feared Ford could not control Kissinger says Colson
Former White House counsel Charles Colson says Nixon considered resigning eight months before quitting, worried Ford could not rein in Secretary of State Kissinger. Colson recalls a December 1973 talk noting Kissinger’s instability and a December 1972 cable urging immediate bombing of North Vietnam.
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Ford
Kissinger
Colson
Washington
White House
Charles W. Colson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
Henry
Jerry Ford
Jerry
Henry Kissinger
North Vietnam
Lo Duc Tho
State Department
Robert Anderson
Department
Supreme Court
House Favors Union For State Government Workers
West Virginia lawmakers advance a measure to legalize unionization for state and local government workers with a daily strike penalty. The bill, amended by the House Judiciary Committee, heads to the Finance Committee before floor debate.
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House
Charleston
W.va
House Judiciary Committee
United Labor Committee
Judiciary Committee
Finance Committee
Senate
Appalachian Power seeks rehearing on PSC rate denial
Appalachian Power Co. asks state regulators for rehearing of a Pub lic Service Commission order that denied a rate increase placed in effect in 1971. The company cites outmoded formulas and inflation to argue the decision is not reasonable.
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Charleston
W.va
Appalachian Power Co
Public Service Commission
Appalachian
West Virginia
Jack Lloyd
Bluefield
PSC
Levi Vows to Impose Nonpartisan Rule as Attorney General
Attorney General Edward H. Levi pledged to show the law is not a tool of partisanship as he took the oath. In Lima, Peru, officials said 800 detainees from anti-government riots will be tried by military tribunals. In Cambodia, rebels shelled near Phnom Penh as government operations faced disruption.
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Washington
Edward H. Levi
Justice Department
Levi
Lima
Peru
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Prek Phnom
Virginia Budget and Campaign Reform Legislation Faces Hurdles
The House advancing a budget revision mirrors Gov. Mills Godwin proposals while rejecting a floor amendment to restore 6.5 million in water fund matching grants. The Senate supports campaign reform with a delayed effective date for current lawmakers’ re election campaigns and passes a licensing bill for massage parlors.
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Senate
House
Arch A. Moore Jr
Mills Godwin
James M. Thomson
Alexandria
State Water Control Board
General Assembly
Election Charges Against Wampler Found Insufficient
The House Administration Committee found numerous alleged election law violations in Rep. William C. Wampler’s 1974 Virginia district election but ruled insufficient evidence to claim the outcome would have changed. It cited irregularities and ignored regulations, noting many officials were unfamiliar with Virginia’s rules. Wampler won by 2,120 votes over Charles J. Horne amid protests from the Virginia Democratic Party.
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Washington
House Administration Committee
William C. Wampler
Virginia
9Th
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Wampler
Charles J. Horne
Virginia Democratic Party
House
Alexandria
Rabin Offers Land Trades For Peace Commitment
Israeli Prime Minister Rabin said he would surrender the Mitla and Giddi passes and the Abu Rudeis oilfields in exchange for a clear commitment to end belligerency with Egypt. Shimon Peres warned of Soviet Egyptian arms deals while a US congressional delegation arrived to review American weapons use in the Middle East.
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Associated Press
Yitzhak Rabin
Sinai
Egypt
Rabin
Abc-Tv
America
Tel Aviv
New York
Israel
Mitla
Giddi
Abu Rudeis
Evency
Middle East
Shimon Peres
Anwar Sadat
United States
U.S
House Armed Services Committee
Melvin Price
D.I
Mili
Abba Eban
Jerusalem Post
Henry A. Kissinger
Geneva
Kissinger
Suez
Washington
Ker
Telegraph Tele-Scope Spotlight on Bailey Dam Project
The Daily Telegraph launches Tele-Scope with a three part report on the $138 million R. D. Bailey Dam in Wyoming County. Staffer David Williams toured the project and found costs have doubled since 1962. The dam will protect the Guyandotte River valley from Wyoming County to the Ohio River.
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The
Daily Telegraph
Tommorow
R. D. Bailey Dam
Wyoming County
David Williams
Army Corps of Engineers
Guyandotte River
Ohio River
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Apco
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Richard Nixon
Andrews Afb
Pentagon
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Tary
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