Two Ex POW Officers Face Misconduct Charges
Navy Adm. James V. Stockdale files misconduct charges against Marine Lt. Col. Edison Wainright Miller and Navy Capt. Walter E. Wilber, the first ex POW officers to face such accusations. Details to come as charges reach Washington. Air Force Col. Theodore Guy previously charged enlisted men. Miller and Wilber are described with service histories and family notes.
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James V. Stockdale
Pentagon
Edison Wainright Miller
Tustin
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Walter E. Wilber
Columbia Cross Roads
Stockdale
Coronado
John Warner
Air Force
Theodore Guy
North Vietnam
Guy
Public Service hearing on $1.6 million G T E Southeast rate hike
The Public Service Commission finished hearing testimony Thursday on General Telephone Co of the Southeast 1.6 million rate increase affecting 52 000 customers in the Southern and Eastern regions of Charleston The case advances as regulators weigh impact on local telephone service and rates.
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Charleston
Public Service Commission
General Telephone Co
Bramwell Mayor Re-elected by Narrow 41 Vote
Bramwell Town Council re-elects Mayor Glen Scott by a 41 vote margin during Thursday night session. Mercer County officials discussed WV Rehabilitative Environmental Action plans to spend five months harvesting junked autos in Roemii Ang. Bluefield Urban Renewal Authority reviewed bids from local firms for Northside street paving sidewalk and driveway projects.
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Glen Scott
Mercer County
Princeton
West Virginia
Aes Ang. 1
Bluefield
Stock market slips on thin trading amid cautious investors
Prices fell Thursday as investors stayed on the sidelines amid uncertain markets. The report notes mixed sectors and a cautious tone across major indexes, with little appetite for risk as traders await clearer signals.
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Emda
Bramwell Council Reelects Scott After Recount
In a 4-1 vote the Bramwell council reelected Scott as mayor following a recount of the June 5 election that produced a 174-174 tie with challenger Gordon Short. The process included a disallowed ballot and a $300 bond, with Scott represented by Randall Veneri and Ed Short’s counsel Dan Wells.
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Bramwell
Glen Scott
Scott
Gordon Short
Short
Bluewell
Princeton
Randall Veneri
Ed Wi Short
Dan Wells
Bluefield
Astronauts Ready to Return From 28 Day Skylab Mission
Space Center Houston reports Skylab crew Charles Conrad Jr Joseph Kerwin and Paul Weitz preparing to end a record 28 day mission. They will splash down in the Pacific Ocean about 830 miles southwest of San Diego at 9 50 a m EDT Friday after imaging filming and sampling.
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Ticonderoga
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Senate panel approves 5.5 percent Social Security rise
The Senate Finance Committee backed a 5.5 per cent cost of living increase for 28 million Social Security recipients effective next January, costing about 2.75 billion annually. The plan also boosts welfare guarantees for the aged, blind and disabled under a new federal program starting Jan 1, 1974, with states required to provide supplements to maintain current benefits.
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Senate Finance Committee
Wallace F. Bennett
Rutah
Paul J. Fannin
Rariz
Nixon
House
Finance Committee
Nixon Brezhnev Sign Nuclear Arms Pact at White House
United States and Soviet Union signed a 10 year pact to expand cooperation on peaceful atomic energy and agreed in principle to limit offensive nuclear weapon stockpiles by end of 1974. The White House East Room ceremony followed a Camp David accord and aims to spur SALT talks in Geneva with verification limits and on site inspection concessions.
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Soviet Union
Nixon
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Brezhnev
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Camp David
Maryland
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Moscow
Henry A. Kissinger
Supreme Court tightens limits on obscenity in pornography
The Supreme Court, in a 5 4 ruling, expands local community standards to define obscenity and allows broader prosecutorial reach. Justices set concrete guidelines focusing on prurient appeal, explicit sexual conduct, and lack of social value, with a Denver desegregation note and a ban on sex segregation in help wanted ads.
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Supreme Court
High Court
Warren E. Burger
William J. Brennan Jr
Denver
Colorado
Barber
Nixon
Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr
William H. Rehnquist
Byron R. White
PSC Ends Testimony In Rate Hike Case For GenTel
The Public Service Commission wrapped up hearing testimony on GenTel Southeast’s 1.6 million rate increase affecting 52 000 customers in Southern and Eastern West Virginia. Additional hearings in Bluefield and Romney were considered, with a final decision not expected for at least six months. The case notes include scrutiny of a 10 000 relocation expense for two officials and marks GenTel’s third such request in four years.
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GenTel
Charleston
W.va
Public Service Commission
General Telephone Co
Bluefield
Romney
Mercer
McDowell
Grant
Hardy
Hampshire
Jefferson
Mineral
Morgan
Panhandle
Robert Les Ao
Princeton
Stewart
Gerald F. Gawronski
Retired diver cites mystery ship Cyclops off Virginia coast
Dean Hawes, a former Navy diver, says he stood on the submerged deck of the Cyclops in 1969 about 70 miles off Cape Henry. Navy officials say his account is plausible and plan to use salvage ship Kittiwake in September to relocate the wreck as a training exercise for divers.
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Cyclops
Navy
Norfolk, Va
Dean Hawes
Virginia
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Hawes
Kittiwake
Baltimore
Barbados
Apm
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Cape Henry
Bibby
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