14 Feb 1972
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1972
Page
1
Tet cease fire in South Vietnam went into effect though the United States kept launching heavy air attacks in violation. U.S. forces, numbering 133,000, were placed on high alert as fighting continued near Saigon and along eastern fronts.
National and world items feature air attacks in South Vietnam, a hoax biography dispute about Howard Hughes, a Northern Ireland Catholic rally calling for end to interments and troop withdrawal, and a push for a school busing halt to race balance.
The Stanford Research Institute strip mining report is scheduled for delivery to the State Capitol Monday. Major legislative business includes a hearing on thoroughbred horse racing. Police have cast a net over West Virginia Ohio and Pennsylvania to capture four bandits who robbed two businessmen of an undetermined amount Saturday night.
The chairman of the Bluefield Citizen's Advisory Committee appeals to local residents to submit subjects or matters for the group to study and recommend actions to the local Board of Directors.
New York AP reports the natural gas industry warns shortages will deepen as wellhead price caps reduced drilling profitability. Critics say planning failures contribute, but customers feel the pinch as gas firms limit new service and curtail existing supply, with heavy industry and commerce hardest hit. Thornton F. Bradshaw of Atlantic Richfield notes risk of plant expansion curbs and temporary shutdowns in cold weather.
Congressional sponsors push a constitutional amendment to ban race based school assignments to curb busing. President Nixon seeks a White House briefing on the issue as courts push for integration. The plan has 142 signatures with hearings looming before the House Judiciary Committee.
Thousands face cold meals and unheated homes as power cuts push Britain toward a near total industry shutdown by month end. Miners seek major pay hikes as High Court inquiry led by Lord Wilberforce weighs in, with Daly signaling a possible nationwide ballot and delays in returning to work.
Valentines Day falls on a Leap Year boosting romance mood as Doreen Woolgar of Edgeware in Britain receives a seven second TV appeal from husband Roy and children. Yale finds love a top persuasive word while mood cards rise in popularity amid broader greeting card sales.
Navy disbands the civilian Contract Claims Control and Surveillance Group after Gordon W. Rule resigns as its head. Rule and other officials say four Louisiana lawmakers pressured Navy officials to settle Avondale Shipyards claims totaling over 73 million dollars. The Navy says changes speed up reviews and politics played no role. Rule remains as director of another Navy division.
Stanford microbiology professor Dr. Leonard Hayflick leads a decade long push to produce vaccines with living human WI-38 cells. The first public polio dose could arrive within two months, signaling safer cheaper vaccines and standardized production, amid regulatory and safety debates.
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