19 Nov 1973
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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1973
Page
1
Weather report shows mixed conditions across regions. Charleston area zones forecast showers with highs upper 40s to 50s and lows around 30s. Virginia and Kentucky expect partly cloudy to warm periods with similar temperature ranges.
Arab oil nations agreed to a one month reprieve for Europe amid Mideast tensions. The Nixon administration drafted a heating oil contingency plan cutting household use by 15 percent and commercial use by 25 percent. EPA identified 46 East Coast plants that might switch from oil to coal. Mansfield and Proxmire warned of recession risks without steps, urging cautious balance with social and environmental concerns.
General Motors and the United Auto Workers pressed deadline bargaining as the union lets its GM contract expire at 10 a.m. The UAW hints at local ministrikes to pressure a settlement, with Woodcock saying the strategy could cripple national production and that a national walkout is avoided for now.
Richard J. Vizzini, president of the Uniformed Firefighters Assn., admitted fabricating that union members voted overwhelmingly in secret ballots to endorse a strike. Under district attorney investigation, his lawyer said the misrepresentation was to protect his bargaining position with the city.
James C. Carter, 28, of Woodward Drive, was admitted to Charleston General Hospital with a gunshot wound to the right leg after a Sunday incident on Seventh Avenue. William Frank Smith, 47, of Kemp Avenue, faces felonious shooting charges as detectives investigate the altercation.
Pat Ramseur aged 49, manager of the Johnson Cotton Gin in Brownfield Texas, was buried under tons of cotton burrs that fell from an overhead bin while he worked. His body was found about three hours later. authorities say he suffocated.
Edward M Kennedy Jr., son of Senator Edward Kennedy, remains improving after right leg amputation above the knee at Georgetown University Hospital to halt bone cancer. A hospital spokesman said he is satisfactory despite expected discomfort from the procedure.
David Ben-Gurion, 87, was hospitalized Sunday with a blood clot in the brain and paralysis on the right side. Dr. Boleslaw Goldman said treatment has improved his condition and there are hopes for recovery. He was moved to Sheba Medical Center with no operation planned.
At the Atomic Industrial Forum annual meeting in San Francisco industry leaders forecast a bright long term for nuclear power while short term concerns linger. They welcomed Nixon’s energy plan to reduce the time to ready a plant from ten to six years and discussed breeder plants near Oak Ridge Tennessee expected to operate by 1980.
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Investigators reveal that on March 6, 1972 an ITT attorney delivered 13 politically sensitive documents to the White House. The same day Ehrlichman urged the SEC not to subpoena the materials, raising questions about potential white house collusion and possible perjury in the ITT settlement era.
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urged calling President Nixon chief of staff Alexander Haig before the Senate Judiciary Committee. He wants Haig to explain his view on the firing of Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox amid disputes over limits on Cox and access to White House tape recordings.
A 61-year-old inmate with a club foot at Walla Walla State Penitentiary sues for a new pair of shoes claiming executive privilege limits his testimony. He argues other inmates Cox and Biances should be called to clarify the dispute with Superintendent B. J. Rhay while citing a lack of funds to buy special footwear.
Belgium ordered a Sunday driving ban to curb gasoline use by about 10 percent, or 2.51 million gallons weekly. From 3 am Sunday to 3 am Monday only vehicles with permits or in transit operated, yielding 84 infractions from 4,500 checks and fines around 75 dollars.
The USSR shows limited civil rights gestures to improve Western opinion after cracking dissident groups in 1972. Pardons for Ukraini an critic Ivan Dzyuba and reduced punishment for historian Andrei Amalrik, plus halting some Western broadcasts, are noted. Emigration of Jews continues sizable numbers, with 4,200 leaving in October and over 28,000 this year. Convicted dissidents Pyotr Yakir and Viktor Krasin were released to exile.
Governor George C. Wallace met with the Southern Conference of Black Mayors in Tuskegee Alabama for its final session. He spoke on education industrial development and social services and defended his record of serving all people. He noted Alabama school buses are accessible to white and black students near home, provoking laughter when mentioning busing.
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