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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1972
Page
9
Saltville Virginia faces plant shutdowns and job losses as antipollution rules curb discharges at the Olin-Mathieson Solvay plant. The town of 2900 loses about 900 jobs as 300 factories may close nationwide, with Mer rury and salt waste restrictions driving the decline.
The Saltville plant closure in mid 1971 and subsequent shutdowns cut 881 workers to 748 then ended chlorine and lye. The community faces a 192000 dollar annual tax shortfall and major revenue losses for Appalachian Power and Norfolk and Western. Barberton sees harsher effects with a 12 million loss and a 400000 budget gap after PPG exit.
In Belfast Provisional IRA chiefs ordered intensified intimidation to deter Catholic cooperation with British troops occupying Catholic districts in Belfast and Londonderry. Fraternizers face harsh punishment and informers will be shot. The Provos claimed responsibility for Saturday’s murder of Protestant factory owner James Neill after a spying mission in a Catholic bar. An additional man was found beaten and shot near Belfast, the 516th religious warfare death in three years. British troops reported clashes across Belfast and the border, and found an IRA bomb factory in Armagh with three gallons of nitrobenzene. three metal barrels containing over 180 pounds of explosives were found near a Catholic church, though only five pounds exploded. The suspected assailants are linked to the Ulster Defence Association.
Admiral Harold R. Stark, former chief of U S naval operations during Pearl Harbor, died of a heart attack at 91 in Washington. A 1903 Naval Academy graduate from Wilkes-Barre Pa, Stark propelled prewar shipbuilding and a two oceans Navy. Surviving are two daughters.
Miami Beach AP Vice President Spiro T. Agnew says no decision to run in 1976 though he keeps options open. He notes rising delegate support per Miami Herald and Washington Post polls but stresses he has not decided. He focuses on youth turnout and Nixon programs including draft phase-out and a foreign policy aimed at avoiding costly wars.
Alf M Landon says the distinguished Senior Statesman award at the Republican national convention in Miami Beach is a deeply honored moment. He travels from Topeka with his wife and son John to attend the event and will be presented the award by Senator Hugh Scott.
About 50 000 persons attended the Leavenworth County Fair four days ending Saturday. G F Murphy president of the fair association said the midweek days were the heaviest. The event showcased 4 H and open contests in foods livestock and other skills plus carnival events and the livestock auction. Plans for 1973 aim for bigger and better.
Six people perished in Kansas traffic incidents over the weekend. Susan M. Kauffman, 22, and Susan E. Kramer, 21, died Sunday in a crash on I 70 east of Grainfield. Alvin Zimmerman, 30, died in a crash north of Morrowville near the Nebraska border. Oliver Paul Kernodle, 74, died in a one car Kansas Turnpike crash in Douglas County. Max Crowell, 68, and Henry D. Olthoff, 56, both died in separate Wichita area crashes Saturday.
A brief notice highlights Hallmark franchise Seablue Products and Hammerschmidt Specialties as key providers for swimming pool construction and supplies at 842 5522, outlining available services and contact points.
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