Coal Camps in West Virginia Mired by Floods and Pollution
Logan County and southern West Virginia host many coal camps with miners earning low shares and enduring pollution. The 1970 census counts 46,209 people across 455 square miles as rail routes thread through unpaved roads and dusty summers. Life centers on churches and lodges, with family activity tied to biweekly pay and driving licenses, while streams are polluted by mining silt and flood damage reshapes daily routines.
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Logan , W
Logan County
West Virginia
Lorado
Landale
Israel intensifies Lebanon raids amid border clashes
Israeli warplanes bombarded southern Lebanon as Lebanon accused Beirut based guerrillas of firing on Israeli positions. Israel said its action targeted terrorist encampments and denied invading Lebanese territory while Lebanon reported heavy artillery exchanges and casualties among guerrillas and villagers.
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Israel
Lebanon
Preeh Hirsiéd
Far-An
Rabbani
of Ghorra
Se Council
Banon
Doron
Deron
Beirut
Middle East
Ulster crowds vow to fight any Irish unification
William Craig of the Ulster Vanguard Movement urged rallygoers in Ennis Killen to mobilize 200,000 men for a Belfast march on March 18 to show Protestant resolve against a united Ireland. In Wexford, Brendan Corish warned that the crisis is English Irish and requires a political fix, as Dublin and London wage a diplomatic battle amid economic strain. Bombings hit Belfast and Banbridge area stores, wounding several as teens triggered alarms, while Northern Ireland’s home affairs minister John Taylor said there is no immediate danger.
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William Craig
Ulister
Ennias
Killen
Ergand
Treland
Craig
Belfast
Wexford
Labor Party
Brendan Corish
Dublin
London
Shankhill Distri
Bondonlerry
Ireland
John Taylor
Sai ‘Itate
Gfibhut
Indochina Budget and Vietnam War Updates Highlight Ed Budget
Reports from Da Nang and Cam Ranh Bay describe helicopter crashes killing nine Americans and Vietnamese officers, pilot error blamed, with three Americans rescued. Holton requests Medicaid funding, education gains, and tax revenues for schools, while lawmakers trim welfare and health costs, debating a 24 percent state pay raise and future funding.
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Presa
Holger Jensen
da Nang
U.S
North Vietnam
Laos
da Nang Harbor
Cam Ranh Bay
Everg
G Dinh Soan
U.S. Chief of Naval
Five Killed In Carolina Accidents
Traffic accidents left at least five dead in North Carolina over the weekend raising the year toll to 235, compared with 231 in the same period last year. A separate item reports East Berliners tunneling under the Berlin Wall to reach the U.S. sector, with details scarce and officials not fully releasing information.
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Associated: Press
North Carolina
DIG For Freedom Berlin
Berlin Wall
Kreugberg
U.S
West Berlin
East Berlin
Horder
Evnen
Sabin and others involved in fatal car crash noted
A confused dispatch lists deaths and injuries amid a string of crashes near Sylva and Waynesville. Dr. Sabin, 65, was hospitalized after a vaccine field test incident. Claretta Young, 20, died after a fall from a moving car in Charlotte. others including Rose Richardson and Teddy Johnson were reported dead or missing as authorities investigated a sequence of highway wrecks across North Carolina and Cleveland.
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Passivonne Richardson
Warrenton
N.C
Bear Waeretignies
Charlotte
Claretta Young
Broadus Bivins
Cleveland
al Marshville
Whihert B. Sabin
Marghuille
Salisbury
Paul Brisson
Sabin
Sylva
Jackson
Eeen Jon
Teddy Randall Tohnson
Cincinnati
Rt. 1
Saluda
Israel
Weizmann Institute
of Science
U.S
Foundation
Waynesvi
Lawmakers Consider One Cent Local Tax Revenue
Del. Robert E. Gibson of Chesapeake cites that doubling the current one cent local tax could yield 97 million dollars annually for counties and cities. The House Appropriations Committee under Chairman W Roy Smith of Petersburg completed its budget work after a long session.
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Del
Robert E. Gibson
Chesapeake
House
W Roy Smith
Petersburg
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