Antirecession Bill Passes House Amid Veto Threat
The House approved a 6.1 billion antirecession bill by 321 to 80, despite President Ford vowing a veto. The vote included 268 to 133 to retain a local grants provision and 2.5 billion for state and local public works, targeting high unemployment areas. Mayors pressed Ford ahead of White House talks. Ford also touted rail rehabilitation measures expected to create 30,000 to 40,000 jobs.
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House
Ford
Congress
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Newark
N.J
Kenneth Gibson
White House
Okays College
Christopher Newport College
College of William & Mary
Virginia House of Delegates
House Education Committee
House Blocks Disclosure of Secrets in Ford Clash
The House voted 246 to 124 to block the intelligence panel from releasing secrets without presidential clearance. The fight centered on whether Ford had an agreement to keep sensitive details from the final report, with supporters fearing censorship if disclosure is blocked.
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Washington
Ford
House
Intelligence Committee
The
Robert McClory
Ilinois
McClory
Otis G. Pike
D-N.y
CIA
Pike
Agtree
House Rules Committee
U.S
Angola
Congress
Dale Milford
D-Tex
Milford
AT&T Plan Hikes Long Distance Rates Nationwide
AT&T filed with the FCC to raise interstate long distance charges for about two thirds of out of state calls. The changes could lift the average monthly bill for residents by around 10 cents and business customers by about $2, with higher increases for person to person and other assisted calls. The move follows FCC approval to raise interstate rate of return and would boost annual interstate revenues by roughly 2 percent.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
At&t II
At&t
Bell
Bell System
District of Columbia
West Virginia Junior Miss Christine Williams Visits Bluefield
Christine Williams of Northfork, West Virginia, arrived in Bluefield for the Junior Miss Pageant at Concord College. The 18 year old freshman at Huntingdon College will crown the new Junior Miss on Sunday after competing Saturday and Sunday evening.
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West Virginia
Christine Williams
Northfork
Bluefield
Concord College
Miss Williams
Huntingdon College
Montgomery
Ala
Robert C. Williams
Cliffmont Avenue
Hearst Case Attorney Warns Against Leaks
In San Francisco Patricia Hearst's trial enters secret session as juror selection runs late with 29 of 36 potential jurors to be chosen. Defense warns reporters and jurors may face contempt for disclosing closed interrogations while Judge Carter earlier instructed jurors to avoid media contact.
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Hearst
San Francisco
Patricia Hearst
Bailey
Albert Johnson
U.S. District Court
Oliver J. Carter
Powell Among Virginia Judges Elected in Party Clash
In Richmond the Virginia General Assembly elected Powell to the 29th Judicial Circuit amid a party dispute over chambers and voting rules. Republicans protest the system while Democrats dictated the slate. Miller and Coleman abstained in several votes, and the assembly failed to re-elect Circuit Stuart L. Craig of Danville.
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Powell
Virginia
Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
State Capitol
del. Raymond Robrecht
Roanoke
Jack P. Chambers
Tazewell
29Th Judicial Circuit
Robert Lee Powell
Senate
J. Marshall Coleman
Staunton
Nathan Miller
Harrisonburg
Adelard L. Brault
Fairfax
John Dalton
Miller
Coleman
Courts of Justice Committee
Assembly
Stuart L. Craig
Danville
Urban Renewal Plan Moves Ahead in Bluefield Northside
Bluefield Urban Renewal Authority accepted appraisals totaling 92 475 for properties in the Northside project, with 74 000 available for acquisitions. officials plan to buy dilapidated or vacant structures first, demolish them, clear lots, and begin street work near Mercer Pulaski Allen Quarry and Bailey Streets, aiming to close the project by June.
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Bluefield
Authority
Fred Burton
Mercer, Pulaski, Allen, Quarry and
Bailey Streets
Burton
AME Zion
North Platte man sentenced to die for Sutherland family murders
Erwin Charles Simants, convicted earlier this month in the shooting deaths of six members of a Sutherland family, is sentenced to die in the electric chair. Lincoln County District Court set execution for 11 a.m. on April 21 at the Nebraska Penal Complex in Lincoln.
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North Platte
Neb
Erwin Charles Simants
Sutherland
Lincoln County
Hugh Stuart
Simants
Nebraska
Lincoln
Three Pittsburgh men die in downed Wemco plane crash
Bodies of Nick Courtney 60 Robert Er 40 and Bill Finigan 49 were recovered from the wreckage of a twin engine Wemco plane that crashed near Clover Lick Mountain after disappearing January 21. State police say the victims died on impact and the aircraft clipped trees in heavy snow near Roanoke Virginia en route to Roanoke.
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Marlinton
W.va
Pittsburgh Area
Wemco Crane Manufacturing Co
Pittsburgh
Nick Courtney
Roberter
Bill Finigan
D.M. Armstrong
Roanoke
Col
R. L. Bonar
APCo to issue $24 million customer refund program
Appalachian Power Company will mail about 650000 refund checks within days for July 29 1971 to Dec 31 1973. The refunds result from the West Virginia Public Service Commission denial of 8 percent of a rate increase. Checks go to the last known addresses and are mailed separately from electric bills.
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Appalachian Power Company
Apco
Public Service Commission of
West Virginia
Belchee
S&S Union Working Hard Toward Contract Talks
UMW Local 1737 and S & S Corporation resume negotiations at the Holiday Inn Bluefield as pickets remain at the Claypool Hill plant. Local President Bruce Compton says the union aims for gains including cost of living adjustments and a $3.30 three-year pay rise, while the company offers a $1.20 hourly raise over three years and higher disability insurance. Federal mediator Edward Sedlemeir will attend. about 9 percent of members showed at a Richlands meeting.
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UMW
S & S Corporation
Holiday Inn
Cumberland Road
Bluefield
Flannery Theatre
Richlands
Claypool Hill
S&s
Compton
Edward Sedlemeir
State Officials Consider New State Song for Bicentennial
A Senate resolution urges adopting Two Hundred Years Ago by Denzil Christy as the fourth official state song for the bicentennial. Senators Gilligan and Rogerson lead the push in the Senate as sponsors. A separate measure on Department of Public Safety reforms faces early hurdles in Judiciary Committee scrutiny.
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Senate
Denzil Christy
Sistersville
William L. Gilligan
R-Tyler
Roy Rogerson
R-Marshall
Department of Public Safety
Judiciary Committee
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