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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1972
Page
1
The Appomattox River near Petersburg should crest below 16 feet after tropical storm Agnes. Authorities say flood danger diminishes as rainfall subsides and water levels drop.
Gov. Arch A. Moore Jr. asks FEMA to designate 16 West Virginia counties as disaster areas after Ohio River floods. Damage reached 25 million dollars with 18 million along the river. Counties named include Barbour Berkeley Greenbrier Jefferson Hancock Marshall Monongalia Ohio Preston Wetzel and others. Restoration efforts progress in Parkersburg Richmond Farmville Petersburg and City of Richmond as pumping and water services resume.
On site surveys by the Soil Conservation Service found the proposed flood protection and recreation watershed for Bluefield to be unfeasible. Also noted were Mercer County leaders debating a county chamber of commerce idea and Angles Hollow residents fearing a new landfill may affect their water supply.
An executive order by Gov. Arch A. Moore may designate a state agency to supervise water impoundments to fill gaps in current laws. The action would formalize oversight and clarify enforcement.
Uncertainty about the international monetary situation kept traders cautious as prices fell broadly in moderate trading. Investors watched policy signals and global economic cues as markets slid, reflecting risk-off sentiment across sectors.
President Nixon moved to dampen rising meat costs by easing imports while rejecting a general food price freeze. He warned of possible future controls on other farm goods and said the quota lift should ease a short term shortage though not fully solve the price problem. Officials noted import levels under the 1972 program and discussions with Australia and New Zealand as Congress debated stock price controls and oversight.
Agricultural groups meat packers and ranchers doubt quota lifting will curb rising prices. American National Cattlemen's Association warns prices could rise further as competing products enter. Farm Bureau urges broader fiscal reform while Swift Fresh Meats and Wilson Certified Foodssee limited price impact.
In Peru Indiana farmers recovered a half million dollars paid to the hijacker and the submachine gun he carried after an American Airlines Boeing 727 was commandeered Friday night. The moneybag bounced suggesting it fell to earth. investigators planned to resume the search.
In Belfast and across Northern Ireland a tentative cease-fire by the IRA took effect at midnight. Gunfire and bombings continued in several spots, leaving eight dead and scores wounded amid a three-year sectarian war that has toppled leaders and widened British control. Provisionals warned breaches could restart fighting. casualties and IRA losses remain high.
Gov Arch Moore signaled an executive order to create a state agency to regulate water impoundments filling a regulatory void. He discussed using National Guard engineers to halt a sliding mountain in Harrison County and cited the Buffalo Creek disaster as impetus for action.
Washington AP Democrats rejected a Wallace backed bid to amend the platform to outlaw busing for school desegregation by a 78 to 16 vote after a 90 minute debate. The panel endorsed stronger support for busing while also admitting it as one of several methods.
U S backed South Vietnamese troops beat back a North Vietnamese assault near Hue on the My Chanh River after heavy shelling and air strikes by B52s. Paratroopers repelled a ground attack southwest of My Chanh, with 35 enemy killed and one American dead. Air power, including 100 B52s, aimed at Quang Tri and the Hue area.
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