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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1975
Page
1
The House fell three votes short of a two thirds margin, 278 to 143, missing the override of President Ford's veto on a bill imposing environmental and reclamation controls for coal strip mining. Rep. Tom Steed voted present, not counted toward the margin.
West Virginia congressmen Hechler Slack voted to uphold the President veto while Staggers backed the override. Virginia’s Wampler joined the uphold vote. Molliohan from West Virginia did not vote.
A 300 page Rockefeller Commission report alleges the CIA conducted unlawful domestic operations including mail opening, surveillance, drug testing on uninformed subjects, and long distance call monitoring. It notes some operations were ordered by presidents, while most complied with the agency charter and recommends reforms and a joint oversight committee.
President Ford warned that raising world oil prices by $4 per barrel would be a serious act not in national interests. White House press secretary said the $4 rise equates to about 38 percent and that seven to eight percent would be the maximum considered, depending on inflation outlook for oil consuming nations through 1975.
Charleston West Virginia AP reports the Supreme Court heard Moore A Arch budget suit over a 1968 amendment. The court recessed without a ruling, but a decision in Moore’s favor could reshape the fiscal year starting July 1. Attorneys argued the governor’s vetoed budget oversteps legislative powers.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin arrived in Washington to meet President Ford and seek U S backing for peace talks. He pledged to do whatever is possible and discussed a $2.59 billion aid request while noting special U S relations. Sisco cited a spike in regional arms sales from 1970 to 1974.
In New York crude oil priced in special drawing rights could offset future U S fuel price increases. Morgantown WV and Michigan debates determine which university archives the United Mine Workers records. Charleston WV officials seek return of a 50 000 appropriation to the National Track and Field Hall of Fame promoter Donald Cohen.
West Virginia parole hearings opened to inmates families and media under a new law. About 16 inmates appeared before a three member board with only 3 to 4 granted paroles. Board questioned inmates on plans housing employment and past issues before deciding.
Edwin Wiles, director of the West Virginia Coal Association, told a legislative subcommittee that coal production has bottomed out and 35 to 40 new mines could open in five years. He noted state output would rise toward 50 percent from 1974’s 101.7 million tons, and cited lower per man day tonnage and stricter environmental rules as limiting factors.
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