Syria and PLO show rift over UN MidEast pledges
In New York Syria urges full implementation of all UN resolutions signaling possible rift with the PLO which rejects key 1967 1973 Security Council resolutions. Arab nations including Egypt and Jordan outline a joint committee plan as violence flares with Israeli actions against infiltrators and bomb scares near UN sites.
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United Nations, N. Y
Syria
Palestine Liberation Organization
PLO
Security Council
U.N
Mouaffak Allaf
Allaf
Egypt
Jordan
Libya
Israel
Tel Aviv
Arab Rejection Front
New York
Iraq
Council
General Assembly
Palestine
Innocent Pleas Entered in Itmann Coal Case
Four Itmann Coal Company officials and a former mine official plus two miners pleaded innocent in U S District Court Bluefield to indictments linked to the January 24 1975 Itmann No 3 mine explosion in Wyoming County The cases involve alleged violations of the Federal Coal Mine and Safety Act and violations surrounding mine ventilation and an unconfined shot Trials are set for April 12 15 in Bluefield with bond set for Clark Rife Mason Johnson and the others also represented by counsel.
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Itmann Coal Company
Itmann
Joseph M. Richards
Bluefield
Consolidation Coal Company
Pocahontas Fuel Division
Hampton Clark
Beckley
Itmann No. 3
Company
John Henry Johnson
Bishop, Va
Consolidation’s Safety Department
Paul Maynard Mason
John Rife
Mullens
Wyoming County
Clark, Johnson, Mason and Rife
U. S. Department of the Interior
Mason and Rife
West Virginia
Clark, Rife
Mason
United States
Department of the Interior
Johnson
Hall
Ashworth
Rife
U. S
H. Marshall Jarrett
Ford May Push To Aid Angola As OAU Fails Peace Aim
Afri can diplomats report wider US and Soviet interest in Angola after the OAU failed to agree on a peace plan. President Ford plans to ask Congress to lift the ban on US aid, while MPLA asserts it will keep fighting and seeks unity amid regional pressure.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Angola
Organization of African Unity
White House
OAU
Ford
Congress
U.S
Luanda
Tanjug
Ben
State Department
William Schaufele
United States
Bomb in Belfast shopping arcade kills four
A powerful bomb exploded in a crowded Belfast shopping arcade on Tuesday killing four and wounding 20 as militants from Protestant and Catholic factions rejected a British bid for peace. In Beirut Moslem forces press a famine war by blockading Christian villages to compel lifting of a siege. In Gulfport a banker’s wife was found dead from a gunshot a day after a $25,000 ransom was paid and the suspected killer was arrested. In Washington a federal judge seeks access to disputed Rosenberg case documents. In Dallas a homebuilders official says housing restrictions hinder first time buyers. In Washington United Mine Workers leader calls for tougher action on mine dust regulations.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Brittan
Beirut
Lebanon
Gulfport
Miss
FBI
Richard Gerald Jordan
Hattiesburg
Edwina Marter
Charles W. Marter
Gulf National Bank of Gulfport
Washington
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Vepco proposes time of use rates to test shift in Virginia
Vepco outlines a voluntary time of use rate plan to curb peak demand. Off peak 1.1 cents per kWh and peak 2.2 cents per kWh with trials to see if usage shifts reduce need for new plants and future rate increases. Commissioner Shannon cautions no rates set yet but findings may guide future proceedings.
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Richmond
Virginia Electric & Power Co
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Vepco
Preston C. Shannon
Shannon
Virginia
W. W. Berry
Commission
Morton named White House economic and domestic policy counselor
Ford elevates Commerce Secretary Rogers C Morton to a White House advisory role with incidental political duties. Morton, 61, will serve as counselor on economic and domestic policy earning 44600 dollars annually while liaising with the Ford Committee and the Republican National Committee.
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Washington
Ford
Commerce
Rogers C. B. Morton
White House
Morton
Ron Nelsen
Republican National Committee
Nessen
Ford Committee
National Committee
Labor's Dunlop To Leave Post
Washington AP secretary of labor John Dunlop met with President Ford and is expected to resign from the Cabinet. He had argued the veto of a construction-site picketing bill weakened his effectiveness with labor and spurred resignation plans. Ron Nessen confirmed the private meeting.
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Washington
John Dunlop
Ford
Organized Labor
White House
Ron Nessen
Dunlop
Nelsen
W.J. Usery Jr
Federal Mediation Service
California
Ronald Reagan
Matoaka Bonds Finalized For New Water System
Matoaka officials signed the final bonds for a new water system led by Mayor Charles Blankenship and Recorder Ralph Bird. The project includes a treatment plant storage tank and transmission lines funded by FHA loans and ARP grants.
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Jim Gilbeath
Matoaka
Charles E. Blankenship
Ralph Bird
Matoaka Water and Improvement Company
McDowell Commission weighing more garbage contracts with towns
McDowell County Commission may extend free county residents access to city dumps by contracting with Iaeger and others, mirroring Welch deal that costs the county 12000 dollars annually. Some members question legality and compliance with a state landfill requirement, warning of potential fines.
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Maryanne Stevens
McDowell
Public Commission
McKenzie
Cecil B. Moore Jr
W. B. Swope
Welch
George Deskins
Deskins
Move Keeps ERA Off House Floor in Virginia
In Richmond the Virginia House Democrats rejected Del. Dorothy S. McDiarmid's resolution to place the Equal Rights Amendment on the House floor for debate. The measure would route all constitutional amendments to the floor, bypassing the Privileges and Elections Committee. ERA backers arrived with signs but Capitol police barred signs and armbands without a permit.
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Era
Richmond
Virginia
House of Delegates
Del
Dorothy S. McDiarmid
Fairfax
House
House Privileges & Elections Committee
Congress
House Committee
McDiarmid
del. Donald G. Pendleton
D-Amherst
Pendleton
Alexandria
Capitol Square
Capitol
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Jewish Armed Resistance Strike
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Farouk Kaddoumi
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K. K. Hall
MPLA
Moscow
Tass
South Africa
National Front
FNLA
National Union — Unita
Idi Amin
Uganda
Mauritius
Africa
Lope Do Nascimento
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Dallas
National Association of Homebuilders
Labor
Farmers Home Administration
Appalachian Regional Commission
John P. Anderson
Princeton
Milam Engineering Company
Benjamin Gay
Mercer County
FHA
Matoaka Town
Gay
Blankenship
Samuel Davis
Douglas Hawkes
Frank Caruso Jr
James Hodges
Tracy Lusk
Princeton Community Hospital
McDowell Commission
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