Major Battle Expected Soon In Laos Drive
South Vietnamese officers expect major engagements in the valleys around Sepone as North Vietnamese regulars are believed deployed. Sepone, 25 miles west of the border, is the deepest penetration so far in the Laos drive now in its fourth day. North Vietnamese air defenses have downed several allied helicopters as ground resistance remains light.
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Saigon
Laos
Sepone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Operation Front
Associated Press
William C. Barton
Khe
Barton
Highway 9
Ben Hai
South Vietnam
Global News Highlights Dominate Washington Lunar and Asia Reports
Economists forecast national output at 1.050 trillion for the year below Nixon projection. Southern California earthquake toll likely over 60 with damage surpassing 1 billion. Apollo 14 rocks preparation at Houston Lunar Receiving Laboratory. Saigon warns of heavy fighting in southern Laos. Washington marks a four day holiday weekend for Washington and Lincoln birthdays. Nixon Kosygin discuss new ocean floor atomic ban treaty. Paris talks accuse US of Loos invasion while Hanoi confirms troop presence in Laos and Cambodia. Nixon heads to Florida for a state of the world address.
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Washington
The
Business Council
Nixon
West Virginia House Defeats Sunday Closing Law Repeal
Charleston report notes the House rejects by 67 to 31 a bill aimed at repealing the Sunday Closing Law statutes. Mercer County city and town reps seek extension of the April 1 deadline to close county dumps. Princeton notes an attorney claims marijuana charges against a Concord student were obtained illegally. Bluefield Urban Renewal Authority weighs submitting a North Side UK project application soon.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Princeton
Concord
Bluefield
West Virginia House Maintains Sunday Closing Law
The West Virginia House defeated a repeal of the Sunday Closing Law by 67 to 31 after a brief debate. Freshman Del Joseph P. Albright warned the repeal would end 52 holidays for many families. The law bans Sunday commerce except in counties that vote out the provision. Six counties have done so.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Del
Joseph P. Albright
D-Wood
Thomas E. Myles
D-Fayette
J. Frank Deem
R-Pleasants
Towns Ask Extension for Mercer County Dump Closures
Mercer County towns urged Health Officer Dr Mahood to extend the April 1 deadline for closing dumps, saying lack of funds will hinder compliance. Ernest Cartier of the Regional Health Council outlined closure guidelines, while officials urged better government communications and timing concerns.
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Mercer County
John Mahood
Mahood
Jim Calfee
County Board of Health
Board of Health
Ernest Cartier
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Cartier
Bramwell
Glen Scott
Area Miner Killed In Tipple Mishap
Buchanan County Virginia miner Jim Clevinger 31 died at Harman Mining Corp tipple after vanishing during rounds. He was found near the conveyor chain at 6 25 p m and officials suspect an entanglement while performing work around the feeder. He lived on Belcher Fork with wife Nelline and two children. Funeral arrangements pending at Grundy Funeral Home.
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Harman Mining Corp
Jim Clevinger
Johnny Clevinger
Belcher Fork
Harman
Nelline
Clevinger
Tipple
Jim Ratliff
Grundy Funeral Home
Grundy
U S Accusations of Laos Invasion Roil Paris Talks
At the 102nd Paris peace session Communist delegates cited U S units in Laos naming the 7th Battalion of the 17th Air Cavalry and several battalions from the 5th Mechanized Division the 11th Airborne Division and the Americal Division. U S officials called the claims nonsense while North Vietnam indicated troops are in Laos and Cambodia.
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Loos
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Nguyen Thi Binh
U.S
17Th Air Cavalry Regiment
5Th Mechanized Division
11St Airborne Division
David K.E. Bruce
Hanoi
State Man Is Victim Of Area Crash
A 46 year old Nutter Fort man John E Moore was killed in a one car non collision crash on Gardener Road Mercer County. His car left a narrow bridge toppled into a rain swollen stream and Moore died before removal. He was a sales representative for Biochemical Industries of Pittston PA a Dow Chemical subsidiary. Survivors include his widow Ethel Moore and his mother Mrs Pearl Miller of Plains PA. Funeral arrangements were pending at Seaver Mortuary Princeton.
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Nutter Fort
Gardener Road
Mercer County
John E. Moore
Moore
D. R. Bowman
Biochemical Industries
Pittston
Dow Chemical Company
Ethel Moore
Pearl Miller
Plains, Pa
Seaver Mortuary
Princeton
62 Nations Sign Pact To Bar Atomic Weapons From Ocean
Nixon and Kosygin hailed a seabeds treaty signed by 62 nations to ban stationary nuclear weapons on the ocean floor and subsoil. The pact prompts renewed hope for SALT progress and limits on nuclear arms amid U S Soviet talks. Ratification by 22 nations activates the treaty with ceremonies in Washington Moscow and London.
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Nixon
Alexei N. Kosygin
State Department
Salt
Vienna
Soviet Union
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Moscow
Kosygin
Helsinki
U.S
West Europe
Antearctica
Outer Space
Latin America
Geneva
London
Quake Toll May Pass 60 Damage Put At $1 Billion
Los Angeles reports death toll likely to exceed sixty after the Southern California quake. Damage edges toward a billion dollars as evacuation centers fill and roads, bridges fail under a four day weekend surge.
Boyle Says He Urged Lewis To Raise Pension For Years
United Mine Workers President W A Boyle testified he urged John L Lewis to raise the miners pension for years while noting a 1968 account of multi million dollar welfare fund balances. He said Lewis repeatedly studied the issue but took no action.
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Lewis
Washington
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W. A
Tony” Boyle
Miners Welfare Fund
U.S. District Court
John L. Lewis
Gerhard A. Gesell
Eer
Welfare Fund
National Bank of Washington
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