Ford declares recession ends and vows deregulation push
President Ford tells 1,500 at NFIB conference that the worst recession since the 1930s is ending and pledges to ease federal rules on small business. He cites rising consumer confidence, 2.2 percent May retail gains, and a 553,000 employment uptick March to May, while naming eight members to a new federal paperwork commission.
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Meeting on Tech affirmative action called fruitful
BLACKSBURG aHEW meeting to discuss Techs affirmative action plan described as fruitful and encouraging. Charleston W Va sentencing of former state Labor Commissioner Robert A McConnell on a felony falsifying state accounts charge continued to June 27. Washington HUD approves a million grant for the service. Washington Solzhenitsyn will visit later this month as guest of AFL CIO Meany announced.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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Appalachi n Power surcharge questioned by group
Ed Light of the West Virginia Citizen Action Group criticized Appalachian Power Co. for a high proposed surcharge to fund pollution control at the Philip Sporn plant in Mason County. He argued costs are excessive and mainly borne by West Virginia customers, noting outside sales and tax-free bonds as alternatives. Hearings continued to June 26.
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Mason County
Ed Light
West Virginia Citizen Action Group
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PSC
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Court ruling on fee schedules may impact area lawyers
A U S Supreme Court ruling declaring minimum fee schedules by bar associations a antitrust concern could affect local attorney charges. Mercer and McDowell county groups say their guidelines are non mandatory and used to steer fair pricing.
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Jim Gilberth
U. S. Supreme Court
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McDowell Counties
Marshall G. Walls
McDowell County Bar Association
Walls
Robert Hensley
Thefield
Mercer County Association
Mercer County
Hensley
Scheel cites reunification as test of east west detente
West German President Walter Scheel told a joint session of Congress that reunification remains a key goal and a major test of detente. He said a sincere policy of detente must ease life for split Germans and warned that detente does not erase deep East West ideological divides while praising sustained European American solidarity.
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West Virginia Eyes State Ownership in Coalcon Plant
Gov Arch A Moore Jr discussed a plan for West Virginia to gain up to a one third equity in the Coalcon project a $1.2 billion coal conversion facility Moore said no legislation would be needed and five potential West Virginia sites would be advanced at a June 26 meeting in New York Two sites in Mason County near Point Pleasant Apple Grove and additional sites in Jackson Tyler Monongalia counties were named Two sites in Wood and Mason counties were dropped as they did not fit the project footprint
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Simon Says Rules Hamper Coal Output Growth
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon told a National Coal Association convention that excessive regulation blocks a goal of 1.2 billion tons of annual coal production by 1985. He urged Congress to remove impediments and create incentives for production while Ford seeks a unified energy policy amid debates over the Clean Air Act and mining controls.
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Helms Named to Fill Dillon's Senate Seat
Gov Arch A Moore Jr appointed 43 year old Hinton businessman Jack L Helms to the State Senate seat created by J C Dillons vacancy. Helms has spent about 20 years in business in Hinton and was chosen from a Democratic Executive Committee list for the 10th Senatorial District covering Mercer Summers and Monroe counties.
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Hinton
Arch A. Moore Jr
Tofilla
State Senate
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Democratic Executive Committee
Helms
Mercer
Summers
Monroe
Turkey demands U S talks on military bases
Turkey delivered a note ordering negotiations with the United States within 30 days on the future of U S bases in Turkey. It warned that failure to start talks would put American installations in a new situation and cited Incirlik Air Base and three intelligence bases as vital assets.
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United States
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Ankara
Tazewell County Man Faces Murder Charge
A 23 year old Tazewell County man is charged with murder in the slaying of his wife at their Gratton home. The couple’s seven month pregnant wife was killed by a 308 rifle slug on the front steps. The husband fled then turned himself in to the sheriff.
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Tazewell County
Gratton
Anderson
Tazewell
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