Winds Ease Pollution After Judge Closes 23 Birmingham Industries
Birmingham air quality improved as weather shifts aided by a federal court order forcing 23 major industries to shut down. EPA officials weigh lifting the injunction after assessing whether the new pattern reduces particulates, while health officials report no surge in respiratory cases.
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Birmingham
Ala
John White
Environmental Protection Agency
U.S. District Court
Sam Pointer Jr
EPA
Justice Department
National Weather Service
Jefferson County Health Department
Pointer
George Hardy
Sday
Short peace talks stall as sessions end quickly in Paris
Paris reports the 342 year peace talks closed after the American delegation failed to advance from a dead center. In Washington the Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 3.3 billion defense cut and backed bringing 50,000 U.S. troops home from Europe while rejecting another plan to force Indochina withdrawal.
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Paris
Vietnam
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Nixon
Europe
U. S
Indochina
Charleston Industry Witnesses Protest Pollution Regulation Costs
Industry witnesses protested Thursday that prohibitive costs to industry and higher electric bills to consumers would result from proposed changes in a state air pollution control regulation.
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Charleston
Appalachian Power strike offers $25,000 rewards
Appalachian Power Company with about 850 union electrical workers striking in Virginia and West Virginia offered a $25,000 reward for information related to possible damage to company facilities or injury to employees their families and property.
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Appalachian Power Company
Virginia
West Virginia
Green Valley landfill to spend 23000 to fix drainage problem
Mercer County officials operating the Green Valley sanitary landfill plan spending 23000 to correct a terrible drainage problem. Gov Arch Moore Jr notified Bluefield and Princeton they will receive substantial funds through the Emergency Employment Act to hire additional employees.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Arch A. Moore Jr
Bluefield Faces 2.6 Million Cost for Edison Hollow Watershed
City officials were informed on Thursday that Bluefield must raise about 2.6 million dollars before starting the Edison Hollow Watershed project. Page 2.
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Bluefield
Edison Hollow
Market slips as early lead fades in moderate trade
Stock prices fall with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 6.79 points to 15.35 at mid-session trading. The report notes a cautious tone and momentum fading as investors weigh mixed earnings and economic signals.
Meany Rules Out Cooperation on Pay Board
Labor chief George Meany won AFL-CIO approval to stay on the Pay Board but refused to cooperate with wage decisions he sees as unfair. He welcomed a Senate proposal for retroactive payment of frozen wage hikes and warned the President could remove labor members if terms are unacceptable. Meany hailed measures to extend wage price controls while the board’s retroactive pay rulings fuel labor's dispute with the policy.
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Miami Beach
Aflcio
George Meany
Nixon
Meany
Senate Banking Committee
Afl-Cio
Labor
United States
Coal Pickets Refuse Return as Pay Board Ruling Looms
Across Appalachia miners walk off the job over a new labor management contract. In Logan County West Virginia 4200 union miners join roving pickets as 12 United Mine Workers locals vote to reject the pact. Leaders call for contract changes before returning to work.
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Craig Ammerman
Associated Press
Charleston
W. Va
Appalachia
West Virginia
Logan County
W.va
United Mine Workers Union
Richard Cooper
Ronald May
Washington
Industry Says West Virginia Pollution Rules Unrealistic
Industry witnesses charged the proposed amendments to Regulation 2 would trigger prohibitive costs and higher electric bills, claiming the rules exceed federal requirements and would stiffen WV standards versus other states. Appalachian Power’s W S White called the changes unrealistic and impractical, while WV Manufacturers Association director Donald Santee warned of hindered growth if WV becomes the toughest state on industry. Hearings on Regulations 2 and 8 followed federal clean air amendments, with Regulation 8 largely uncontroversial but Regulation 2 drawing sharp industry opposition in the Kanawha Valley.
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Charleston
W._ Va
West Virginia
W. S. White
Appalachian Power Co
White
Donald E. Santee
West Virginia Manufacturers Association
APCC
Congress
Senate panel cuts defense budget and withdraws troops
The Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a 1972 defense package cutting $3.3 billion from Nixon’s plan and ordering 50,000 U.S. troops home from Europe. Chair Ellender defended the move, arguing it won’t harm security as Laird warns against a 250,000 European force limit. The panel set $70.2 billion in defense spending, $800 million below the House total and $3.3 billion under administration requests, while trimming intelligence funding by $68.4 million.
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House
U.S
Indochina
Accidental Shooting Claims Local Veteran
A former serviceman returning from Vietnam was fatally shot in the head by his younger brother, Raymond Hood, 15, as he loaded a .22 caliber rifle in the family kitchen near Glen Fork between Jeffreys and Wyoming County. The shooter stated he had been loading the weapon when it fired.
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Vietnam
Jackie Hood
Wyoming County
Glen Fork
Jeffe
Oceana Medical Center
Raymond Hood
Hatfield
Coal output at Norfolk and Western down from normal
Norfolk and Western Railway reported coal operations at about two thirds normal. Of 225 mines, 179 were active and 4030 cars of coal were to be loaded, far below the normal 6000. About 5500 workers were laid off at the peak of the miners' strike.
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Roanoke
Norfolk & Western Railway
Miners Idle as Pickets Spread Across Regions
Pickets halted work in northern West Virginia and western Pennsylvania while provisions debated sick pay, workers' compensation, and Social Security. Other miners idled in Indiana and eastern Ohio. Roving picket bands were seen in several areas as mines in Mingo County and southern counties closed early Thursday with eight carloads of pickets reported by state police.
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West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Ohio
Mingo County
W. Va
Bluefield and Princeton Win Federal Hiring Funds
Gov Arch A Moore approves 84 553 for Bluefield and 64 746 for Princeton under the Emergency Employment Act. Bluefield will hire 18 new workers and Princeton 15, with funds provided on a 90 10 match. Bluefield’s crew includes jailer clerk typist dispatchers laborers firemen and a draftsman. Both cities must give veterans first priority and welfare recipients second.
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Jim Terry
Bluefield
Princeton
Arch A. Moore Jr
Charleston
Edwin Elliott
Ira Southern
Southern
Elliott
Moore
Fred Burton
Mary Bowyer
Landfill to Spend 23000 on Drainage Correction
Landfill operators plan spending 23000 from landfill fees to correct a serious drainage problem at Green Valley. Mercer officials outlined the plan to build a sediment control dam costing 16000 and to spend 7000 on drainage treatment and control. Aiming to divert polluted water from the site away from a stream feeding Brush Creek, the project awaits bids and confirmation of its effectiveness.
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Robert Silvagni
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Connor
Silvagni
Brush Creek
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Mercer County
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Boyle
W. A
Tony) Boyle
United Mine Workers of America
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Panhandle
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House of Delegates
Kanawha Valley
Gauley Bridge
Winfield
Senate
Alan J. Ellender
D-La
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Ellender
H. L. Hatfield
Rail Report
Abby
Jim Calfee
Robert Connor
Mercer Technical Advisory Committee On
Mercer Court
Donald Anello
Jeremy Krauss
Golden Gate Bridge
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