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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1971
Page
1
The Labor Department reports May consumer prices rose six tenths of 1 percent seasonally adjusted, doubling the January to April rate. The gain, not mainly due to food, came from apparel, used cars, homes and postage,raising the index to 120.8 from 120.2 and 44 percent higher than a year ago.
Charleston city council approved a United States Housing and Urban Development Neighborhood Facilities Program grant to replace the razed North Charleston Recreation Center with an estimated top cost of 500 000 dollars. The plan could see two thirds or up to three fourths matching funds and retains the old site.
President Nixon visits the Playboy Plaza Hotel in Miami Beach to meet with the Teamsters executive board and constitutional committee, which designated Frank Fitzsimmons as the new president. A Tennessee leader, Don Vestal, vows to run and filed suit to block the July 5 Miami Beach convention.
Col. David H. Hackworth says the United States had the assets to win in Vietnam but wasted them on amateurs and ticket punchers. He criticizes high command, questions Vietnamization, praises soldiers, and predicts many officers may resign by 1973 as the war drags on.
A U S District Court judge refused to stop Washington Post publication of a secret Vietnam study, ruling the matter of paramount public importance. The government appealed and a higher court extended the injunction pause until today as hearings proceeded, while The New York Times faced a similar case delayed for a hearing.
Federal Power Commission examiner OKs Appalachian Power Co. Blue Ridge hydroelectric project on the New River with a 50 year license but lowers initial releases to 3,000 cfs until studies finish and imposes a 400,000 acre feet year round storage limit. Environmental concerns and state opposition noted. decision subject to further review and 40 day window for exceptions.
Washington reports a Pakistan registered freighter prepared to sail from New York to Karachi with U S military equipment in apparent defiance of a three month old ban. State Department officials acknowledge another ship on the way carrying foreign military sales items from Defense Department excess stocks amid administration confusion.
Rep Harley Staggers vows to cite CBS President Frank Stanton for contempt if he does not hand over unused footage from The Selling of the Pentagon. Stanton faces subpoena Thursday to produce film cut from the documentary, as the clash over information freedom intensifies and could reach the Supreme Court.
Partly cloudy today with highs in the 70s and 80s. More details on Page 2. Fashion report from New York. Medina case calls Daniel as witness. High Court to rule on wiretaps. New honey delights. Strikes and a tax hike hit by young. Perry and Brown motions filed. 200000 receive stamps in state. Kindergarten plans shaping up.
County reports indicate Parks Chief supports enforcing a rule on a concert slated for December 12. Councilman Cited in Split over approach, with debate shaping local authority and event oversight. Stock market slide prompts analysis of retrenchment timing as Dow closes lower. Bombing around Fire Base Fuller marked a bold U S strike near a South Vietnamese outpost amid mounting conflict developments.
Washington AP reports a welfare reform Social Security bill advanced past an initial House barrier as lawmakers rejected an attempt to drastically alter it. The major test arrives Tuesday when opponents may push to remove the welfare section entirely, reflecting Nixon's plan for a $2,400 federally assured annual income for a family of four.
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