FPC backs Blue Ridge hydro project amid environmental concerns
The Federal Power Commission ruled the power need outweighs unavoidable environmental effects of the Blue Ridge hydroelectric project. It endorses construction by Appalachian Power despite 40 000 acres of countryside inundation and displacement in Ashe Alleghany Grayson Carroll Wythe counties.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Blue Ridge
FPC
North Carolina
Virginia
Kanawha River
Ashe and
Alleghany Counties
Grayson
Carroll and Wythe
Galax
Fires
Independence
American Electric Power Company
Michigan
Appalachian Power Company
AEP
Appalachian Power
Sub rescue ends as two freed from Johnson Sea Link
A four man midget submarine rises after a 30 hour Atlantic ordeal off Key West. Navy say two survivors from the front section are in good condition aboard the USS Tringa while Clayton Link and Albert Stover remain inside the rear compartment.
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Navy
Robert Meek
Santa Barbara
Calif
Archibald
Jock’’ Menzies
Vero Beach
Fla
Link
Stover
Leaders Open Summit With Pledges Of Peace
President Nixon and Soviet leader Brezhnev began a White House summit with pledges to seek world peace and broader U S Soviet cooperation. They planned to discuss trade and nuclear controls including pooled research on thermonuclear tests and fast breeders.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
Moscow
United States
Soviet Union
Brezhnev
George Washington
Oval Office
Ronald L. Ziegler
Leonid M. Zamyatin
Tass
Zamyatin
William P. Rogers
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Andrei Gromyko
Anatolyi Dobrynin
Maryland
Catoctin Mountains
Men freed from tangled wreckage after 30 hour sub ordeal
Two crewmen survived a 30 hour ordeal after rescuers freed a minisub trapped 351 feet down in tangled wreckage of a destroyer in the Atlantic. Navy spokesmen said the fate of the other two men was not known. A commercial ship camera helped guide the delicate unsnarling.
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Key West
Fla
Atlantic
Navy
John Maurer
Key West Naval Station
Clayton Link
Edwin A. Link
Albert Stover
FPC Backed Blue Ridge Hydroelectric Plan Despite Environmental Tradeoffs
The Federal Power Commission ruled that the urgent need for electric power justifies the Blue Ridge hydroelectric project despite unavoidable environmental effects. In Logan WV authorities charged 27 people in a suspected mine machinery theft ring with potential for more arrests as the investigation continues.
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LOGAN
West Virginia
Forest Management Review Chair Defends Facts Amid Criticism
Mercer County House of Delegates member C. E. Tate Lohr blasted critics as misrepresenting facts while leading the Forest Management Review Committee. Princeton council adjourns with Jim Morrison Sam Thurmer and Lacy Shrewsbury leaving office. new members to be sworn in July 2.
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Mercer County House of Delegates
C. E. “Tate
Princeton
Jim Morrison
Sam Thurmer
Lacy Shrewsbury
Market slides as rate hike hits investor nerves
Prices declined steadily on Monday as traders faced higher prime rate. Investors moved cautiously in slow trade, reacting to the central bank action and broader market uncertainty.
Senate Delays Dean Hearing Amid Brezhnev Visit
The Senate Watergate committee voted to postpone John W Dean III's appearance until next week as Leonid Brezhnev visits. White House drops privilege claims. Archibald Cox studies possible subpoena or indictment of the President. Dean may be questioned on national security limits. delay supported by Mansfield and Scott with Weicker opposing.
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Washington
John W. Dean
Senate
Watergate Committee
Leonid I. Brezhnev
White House
Dean
Watergate
Archibald Cox
Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
John W. Dean III
Leonard Garment
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Sar J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Roo
Mansfield
Scott
Russia
United States
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr
R-Conn
Cox
Nixon
Washington Post
Post
FDA Granted Authority to Remove Ineffective Drugs
The Supreme Court upheld FDA power to delist ineffective drugs from the market in 74 related rulings. The court said the FDA is the proper forum to determine new drug status and may remove me-too drugs administratively if evidence of efficacy is lacking. Reapportionment cases from Texas and Connecticut limit district judges against overreaching state legislatures.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Flood and Drug Administration
FDA
Texas
Connecticut
High Court
UMW Backs Black Lung Picketers Over Benefit Changes
United Mine Workers support appears to back the Virginia Black Lung Association and other groups protesting changes in disability benefits. A meeting with UMW officials led to a promise to help arrange a grievance session with federal officials as picketing targets Social Security offices in West Virginia Kentucky and Virginia.
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Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers
Bill Bowman
Virginia Black Lung Association
UMW
Loren Kerr
Federal
Social Security Administration
Social Security
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
Bernard Popick
Bureau of Disability Insurance
Cease Order Halted Miner Work At Itmann Coal Mines
U S District Judge Dennis R Knapp issued a temporary restraining order forcing Itmana Coal Company miners to return to work after a 12 01 a m shift stoppage over a job posting dispute. The four Itmann mines in Wyoming County employ 857 hourly workers operated by Consolidation Coal Company Pocahontas Fuel Division.
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U. S. District Court
Dennis R. Knapp
UMWA
Itmana Coal Company
Wyoming County
Itmann
Consolidation Coal Company
Pocahontas Fuel Division
Defense rests as Pass trial heads to juror deliberations
An Erie County jury will begin deliberations in the murder trial of Albert E. Pass ex UMW official. Closing arguments followed the defense resting its case. The trial concerns the 1969 Yablonski killings of Joseph Yablonski his wife and daughter.
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Erie, Pa
Erie County
Albert E. Pass
United Mine Workers
Yablonski
UMW
Joseph A
Jock’’ Yablonski
Edward Carney
Pass
Middleboro
Albert Pass
Harold Gondelman
Lohr Defends Forest Panel Trip Against Critics
Mercer member C. E. Tate Lohr accuses Charleston press of misrepresentation over a proposed study trip to Germany's Black Forest. The joint committee on Government and Finance authorized 5000 dollars to study forest management, with a feasibility study delaying any trip until approved.
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Jack Honaker
Mercer County House of Delegates
C. E. ‘Tate
Lohr
Forest Management Review Commission
Germany
Black Forest
Charleston
Joint Committee On Government and Finance
U. S
Joint Committee
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