Congress alters strip mining bill tightening mountain top rules
The House rolled back an exemption from steep slope rules for mountaintop removal in Appalachia while rejecting other changes. It also defeated efforts to ban coal waste impoundments after Buffalo Creek disaster and did not approve using stripped land for wider development. Nixon veto threats loom over Consumer Protection Agency legislation as hearings begin on media cross ownership and newspaper TV combinations.
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Appalachia
Buffalo Creek
W.va
Nixon
Consumer Protection Agency
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Consumer Federation of America
Federal Communications Commission
Israeli Warplanes Strike Southern Lebanon Targets
Israeli warplanes hit guerrilla installations in Khreibe and Rachaya El-Fakhar in southern Lebanon for several minutes, causing crop damage but no casualties, according to Arab reporters and an Israeli military spokesman. The attack was first since more than a month.
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Aviv
Lebanon
Khreibe
Rachaya El-Fakhar
Beirut
Gurney quits race to clear name in Watergate case
Senator Edward J. Gurney withdrew from the Florida U S Senate race after indictment for conspiracy bribery and perjury over a 223000 fund. He pledged to complete his term and seek to prove his innocence in court while considering a political return. Meantime his filing fee will be refunded due to his late withdrawal. The case aligns with broader Watergate era legal probes affecting Florida political figures.
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Edward J. Gurney
Nixon
Watergate Committee
Gurney
Washington
Senate
Florida
Dorothy Glisson
United States Senate
First Woman Seeks U S Senate Nomination in Connecticut
A 1 year old Republican housewife Norma Anderson Jorgensen announced her bid for the U S Senate nomination in Connecticut. She argues a female voice is needed as 100 men sit in the Senate. Other Republicans joined the race against Democratic incumbent Abraham Ribicoff. Grounded by the National Airlines strike, stewardess Normie Kane pumps gas in Miami Massachusetts and plans to return to flying after the strike ends. Jerry Lewis launches a $70 000 national campaign to fund a full figure statue of Harry S Truman for the Truman Library, donating 100 and visiting Mrs. Truman. Gilbert Franklin to sculpt the monument for the library site.
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U.S. Senate
National Airlines
Normie Kane
Miami, Ma
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Norfolk
Jerry Lewis
Harry 8. Truman
Truman
Lewis
P.O. Box
Independence Post Office
Bess ‘Truman
Truman Statue Committee
Gilbert Franklin
Truman Library
All in the Family star Carroll O'Connor absent again
Carroll O'Connor did not appear at a Tuesday taping of All In The Family amid a money dispute with Tandem Co. producers. CBS suggested a possible rejoin date, while legal actions over contract and back salary continue.
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Archie Bunker
O'Connor
Tandem Co
Norman Lear
Tandem
CBS
Stringbean Akeman stage costume recovered in pond
The stage costume of slain Grand Ole Opry star Davie Akeman was recovered from a Greenbrier Tennessee pond by a reporter photographer team with police accompaniment. The vinyl handbag contained the costume, $3,300 in undashed checks, letters, and Hee Haw scripts.
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Akeman
Greenbrier
Tenn
Nashville Banner
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