Soviet Leader Podgorny Heads to Hanoi on Peace Mission
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny arrived in Calcutta en route to Hanoi amid speculation Moscow aims to push a Vietnam peace settlement after Nixon talks. Indian officials welcomed him. Moscow provided no details, and Vietnam talks remained unconfirmed with broader diplomatic hints of possible resumption in Paris.
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Nikolai V. Podgorny
Soviet Union
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Moscow
Vietnam
Nixon
Podgorny
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America
United States
New Delhi
Paris
Swaran Singh
D.P. Dhar
Singh
Kissinger to visit China amid Hanoi talks
Henry A. Kissinger prepares a fourth trip to the People's Republic of China for consultations on normalizing relations as Soviet leader Podgorny meets North Vietnamese officials in Hanoi.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Nixon
People’s Republic of China
Nikolai Podgorny
Hanoi
Unemployed Vietnam Vet Finds Quick Help After Job Search
A Boone County veteran, unemployed for about three months, learned last week how fast government can respond to need as aid arrived promptly after his lengthy job hunt.
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Charleston
Boone County
Sanitary Board hires adviser for sewage project
The Bluefield Sanitary Board hires Mark Smith of Wheat First Securities as financial adviser for the West Virginia portion of the city sewage system upgrade plan. A pending trial over a contract dispute with the Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council accelerates as eight witnesses testify to alleged poor workmanship in remodeling and expansion of the council center.
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Mark Smith
Wheat First Securities
West Virginia
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
The
Health Council
Wall Street Rises After Week of Declines
After a week of declines and two days of indecision the stock market shows new direction upward with higher trading volume. Page 26.
General Telephone seeks 1.6 million annual WV rate rise
General Telephone Co of the Southeast files new rates with the Public Service Commission to add about 1.6 million dollars in yearly revenue from over 35 000 West Virginia customers across 29 exchanges. Rates would take effect July 15 but may be suspended 120 days for investigation and hearing.
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W. Va
General Telephone Co
Southeast
West Virginia
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Public Service Commission
PSC
Mercer
McDowell
Panhandle
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Hampshire
Jefferson, Mineral and Morgan
Bluefield
Bluewell
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Oakvale
Princeton
Charles Town
Harpers Ferry
Shepherdstown
Ed Muskie Emerges From Howard Hughes Spotlight
The report notes that Ed Muskie exists beyond the Howard Hughes backdrop and signals a movement to focus on Muskie as a public figure rather than the Hughes mystery. The piece frames Muskie as a credible political presence amid media curiosity.
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Howard Hughes
Ed Muskie
Government Appeal Succeeds Job Run Around Ends For Vet
Michael Kessinger a 24 year old Vietnam veteran from Camp Creek near Madison faced months of job searches in Kanawha Valley. Capitol aides secured him a security post and a messenger job within hours along with food stamps rent and utility relief. He previously toiled as a welder at GM Lansing and ambulance driver earning meager wages while caring for family.
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Boone County
Michael Kessinger
Camp Creek
Madison
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Kanawha Valley
The
Norman Yost
Sam Rush
John Gates
Walter Reed
Washington
Vietnam
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
Lansing
Mich
General Motors
Mrs. Janet Prince Weller Dies in Bluefield
Bluefield widow Janet Prince Weller, widow of Harry C. Weller former vice president of Norfolk and Western Railway, died Wednesday at St. Luke's Hospital after a long illness. Born January 24, 1879 in Prince she was a daughter of the late James and Jennie Prince. She survived by a niece and nephew and cousins and had been active in civic and church work in Bluefield including Red Cross and library duties.
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Janet Prince Weller
James Lively
Charleston
Lewis C. Tierney
Charles M. Scott
Bluefield
Weller
St. Luke’s Hospital
Japan
Roanoke
Norfolk
Huntington
Red Cross
Public Library
Symphony
Garden Club
Davis-Stewart School Inc
Lewisburg
Air Raiders Hit North Vietnam In Large Scale Blitz
U S fighter bombers conducted a record number of raids on North Vietnam destroying factories and bridges and knocking out dozens of supply trucks and boats. Navy jets hit Hai Duong and other targets while B52s struck troops near the Laos border and the A Shau Valley near Hue. A patrol clash left one American dead and fighting continued around An Loc as river and rail links remained contested.
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U. S
North Vietnam
Hai Duong
Midway
Hanoi
Haiphong
Air Force
Hung Hoa
U.S
South Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
A Shau
Hue
1St Air Cavalry Division
An Loc
An Loe
Census finds American wives expect smaller families
The Census Bureau reports wives aged 18 to 39 expect an average of 2.8 children, down from 3.1 in 1967. The survey aligns with 1971 birth data showing a national birth rate decline from 23.7 to 15.8 per thousand since 1960, with two or fewer births increasingly common among young wives.
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U. S. Census Bureau
U. S
George Hay Brown
Brown
Britain
France
Italy
West Germany
United States
Bureau
Teenager Without a Name Reunited With Parents in Key West
A 16 year old boy identified as Kim Basil Kadas, missing from Indiana since April 11, was reunited with his parents Mr and Mrs William Kadas of Fast Chicago after ten days in Key West. Police said the youth remembered a flashing green light in the Gulf of Mexico and showed emotional reunion. The family left for Indiana soon after the meeting.
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Key West
Fla
William Kadas
Fast
Kadas
Gulf of Mexico
Japanese DC8 crashes near New Delhi killing 83
A Japan Airlines DC8 with 89 aboard slammed into farmland near the Jumna River during approach to New Delhi. Officials said 83 died, two children survived with good prognosis, four others critically burned. Heat haze and dust reduced visibility amid 110 degree heat.
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Jumna River
Japan Airlines
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