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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1972
Page
8
Reports say U S air forces pressed raids above Haiphong Hanoi and Haiphong area as B52s pounded targets around An Loc in a widening campaign. North Vietnamese MIGs clashed with U S fighters while Soviet ship Simferopol reportedly damaged in Haiphong amid ongoing ground fighting near the DMZ.
UPI reports Nixon withdrawal cuts U S ground forces in Vietnam by about 11 000 as air war manpower increases by at least 17 000. Missing advisers from Loc Ninh escape to Bien Hoa. Air and helicopter losses rise near Hanoi Haiphong DMZ and Quang Tin. Cambodian command says Communist withdrawal from Kompong jtrach.
Hanoi proposed new secret peace negotiations if President Nixon ends air raids and resumes weekly Vietnam talks. Thuy warned of retaliation to any invasion while Le Duc Tho would join in Paris once conditions are met. US officials previously paused private meetings with Thuy.
Secretary of State William P. Rogers told the Senate that U S bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong shows U S resolve to prevent a Communist takeover in South Vietnam. He said no ground troops will be sent back, but air and naval power will aid South Vietnamese forces. He called the war now different and warned against a U S withdrawal, citing possible mass killings and regional instability.
Residents inside Beckley city limits should contact the Beckley Police Department to move junked cars. Outside city limits, no current remover is available, per a Beckley State Policeman, as the cleanup campaign reportedly fell through. West Virginia Historical Drama Association offers memberships from $10 with two drama tickets at Cliffside Amphitheatre Grandview State Park.
Mario Maimone 30 hijacks Swissair flight 610 from Geneva to Rome. Police lure him from the aircraft with an unmarked car and claim the U.S. ambassador is aboard. After landing at Ciampino, officers overpower him as he demands to meet U.S. Ambassador Graham A. Martin and Pope Paul VI.
Nixon will spend four days of talks in Moscow from May 22 to 30 with the Kremlin Troika and will also visit Leningrad and Kiev. The president and Mrs. Nixon will stay at the Kremlin Palace. A White House advance team has left for the trip. Nixon plans a Poland stop on the return leg.
West Virginia Governor Arch Moore sets a 14-item special session agenda focusing on a $100 million highway bond authorization, public employee insurance expansion, and other reforms after a stalemate in the regular session. He plans to address the Legislature with a written request.
A Saturday night crash near Pittsburgh killed five girls and one boy when a car turning from Route 51 into Round Hill Road was struck broadside by a station wagon. The dead are Leah Taylor 20 Linda Taylor 16 Paula Paterra 19 Linda Davison 18 all of Versailles Diana Nutt 16 of Perryopolis and John Hotkewicz 17 of Elizabeth. Dexter Stockhill 17 of Elizabeth drove the station wagon. Debbie McKnight 16 of Belle Vernon Vicki Smith 15 and Joseph Stockhill Hotkewicz twin were injured. Miss Smith was listed in critical condition with others in fair condition.
Sunbeam Bakery employees at Raleigh Baking Co in Beckley went on strike and picketed the plant at 432 City Ave. over wage differences. District 50 Allied Technical Workers says 51 workers seek a 25 cent across the board raise, while the company offers 15 cents.
The April 1 deadline was extended to April 15 with no settlement and a strike was called. Bolen and Davis note no new meetings are scheduled but expected. Area bakers were notified to fill Sunbeam customer needs while Beckley advances a new donut operation. The union seeks higher wages, citing Bluefield and Charleston pay levels and saying Beckley should catch up.
Rep. Les Aspin releases a so called secret study he says disproves IRS claims about form 1040 simplicity. The interview based survey of 2 761 taxpayers conducted by Crossley Surveys Inc. for TRS completed in June 1971 finds 97 percent of non high school graduates had someone prepare their return.
Weather forecast for Beckley and vicinity calls for clear skies this afternoon and tonight with temperatures in the upper 50s this afternoon and the low 30s to upper 30s tonight. Partly cloudy and warmer Tuesday with highs near 70 and only a light chance of precipitation.
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