12 Nov 1973
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1973
Page
1
Partly cloudy with warming trends across zones 1 2 5 3 4 and 6 8 9. Highs range from the 50s to the 60s with lows in the 20s to mid 40s. Western Pennsylvania Virginia Ohio expect cooler or variable conditions with similar temperatures. Sunday humidity and wind data noted at 5 am 12 noon and 5 pm.
Willis H. Ferley branded proposed air pollution deadlines as scare talk while urging West Virginia to resist delay. Gov. Moore seeks EPA extension for fly ash and sulfur oxide limits. utilities debate coal sources and costs, with figures showing western coal could raise delivered prices to about 17.50 per ton.
A House banking subcommittee reported possible criminal abuses in some Small Business Administration offices and urged FBI and Justice Department action. The probe centers on one state with potential organized crime influence, large debts, and widespread loan defaults, prompting calls to pause lending until investigations conclude.
Inmate Cordell Reed started a mail order business from Kanahwa County jail to raise funds for his appeal of a five year sentence for attempted rape. Jail officials shut it down after customers complained of slow delivery. Reed says he earned about $30 profit and will use it to hire an investigator for his appeal.
A Basque Catholic protest grows as 50 priests sit in Bilbao and 150 clergy and laypeople seize the papal nuncio in Madrid. They champion seven priests held in a remote Basque prison, six of whom are Basque nationalists, who attempted to burn the facility last week to demand placement with other political prisoners.
Washington AP reports the United Mine Workers top wage rises to 50 dollars a day effective today under the 1971 National Coal Wage Agreement. The raise, the final under the three year pact expiring next November, lifts the top from 45.75 and the bottom from 39.75 to 42.25 a day.
New York detectives fear a fresh gangland war after a man believed to be an underworld figure was found shot to death in Central Park. The victim Gaetano Peas, 60, of New Rochelle, was discovered shot twice in the rear seat of a late-model blue Cadillac, marking the second such killing in two days.
Mrs. Howard, called the Greatest Mom in the World by a roomful of smiling faces, recalls caring for 11 foster children while juggling two bus commutes. She fostered many beyond her own and at 75 joined Charleston Day Care Center as a foster grandparent for mentally retarded children, seeking to help and honor those in need.
In Fond du Lac Marcia Jean Darbeau and John Garret Chaloupka were married Saturday and, hungry after the ceremony, they and their wedding party dined at a local drive-in in full nuptial attire. A reception and dinner were planned for later but hunger dictated the stop.
Rep Lester L. Wolff asked the General Accounting Office to probe charges that U.S. oil firms ship oil abroad for re importation to dodge Cost of Living Council rules. He warns the rumor distorts the energy crisis while urging industry cooperation. Rep Les Aspin notes potential missed domestic gains, claiming 10.3 million barrels per day possible by March 31 vs 9.3 million actually produced.
A five member panel approved a 9.3 percent total package for hospital and nursing home workers including 6 percent wage increase and 3.3 percent fringe benefits. Local 1199 AFL CIO Drug and Hospital Workers union plans a Monday vote on the settlement which exceeds the state guideline of 5.5 percent. The agreement, reached after weekend talks in Washington, faces potential ratification despite strike threats and concerns over patient transfers and threatened shorter lifespans for some elderly patients if hospitals remain on strike.
Lowell Reycember of Valley Brook Drive was injured Sunday in a single vehicle collision on Sugar Creek Drive. The Newcomber was admitted to Charleston General Hospital in satisfactory condition.
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