Laird Says Everything Is Open To Vietnamization Policy
U.S. officials testified that all options are open to stop the North Vietnamese offensive and defend Vietnamization. Melvin Laird told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that air strikes continue in North and South Vietnam as well as Laos and Cambodia, with no stated limits on naval action. He and Rogers indicated ground troops and nuclear weapons remain excluded, but bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong could occur if necessary.
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UPI
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South Vietnam
Nixon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
North Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
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Hanoi
Haiphong
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
U.S. Naval Armed Services Committee
Saigon
High Administration
Rogers
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
William P. Rogers
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
Armed Services Committee
Navy Casualties In Vietnam As Communists Press
Communist gunfire off Vietnam killed two American sailors and wounded 16 as two ships were put out of action. Heavy B52 and fighter-bomber strikes followed with raids reported across South Vietnam. Front reports said bases in Quang Tri and Kontum were shelled and the An Khe Pass supply route remained blocked.
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Arthur Higbee
U.S
South
North Vietnam
Kontum Province
Tan Canh
An Khe
Bastogne
Hue
Beckley Weather Forecast Sunny and Warm This Afternoon
Sunny and warm in Beckley this afternoon with a high in the upper 70s. Clear tonight with a low in the low 50s. Wednesday will turn increasingly cloudy with a high in the upper 70s and a 20 percent chance of rain through tonight and on Wednesday.
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Beckley
White House Aide Consents To Limited ITT Testimony
Presidential aide Peter M Flanigan agrees to provide limited Senate testimony on his role in the ITT antitrust settlement. Senate Judiciary chair James Eastland reads Flanigan's letter indicating he may testify only about limited involvement with McLaren and Geneen related meetings from February 1971.
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ITT
Washington
UPI
Peter M. Flanigan
Senate
International Telephone and Telegraph
James O. Eastland
Dmiss
Senate Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
Judiciary Committee
Richard W.) McLaren
Harold S
Geneen
Kleindienst
Flanigan
Lorne Greene To Campaign For Humphrey In West Virginia
Actor Lorne Greene famed as the Cartwright patriarch will stump for Hubert Humphrey in West Virginia next week. He will fly into Huntington at 11 a.m. April 26, visit Logan Welch and Bluefield, spend April 27 in Beckley, then appear in Beckley Hinton White Sulphur and Charleston before morning of April 29. Senator Alan Susman of Beckley announced the tentative schedule.
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Cartwright
Hubert Humphrey
West Virginia
Beckley
Alan Susman
Greene
Huntington
Logan and
Welch
Bluefield
Beckley and
Hinton
Susman
White Sulphur
Charleston
Apollo 16 Guidance Glitch Delays Moon Rendezvous Proceedings
Electrical interference knocked out Apollo 16's main guidance system for 18 minutes. Ground commands guided pilot Thomas Mattingly to fix the system, allowing the 12 day mission toward a Wednesday lunar rendezvous to continue.
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Space Center
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UPI
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Casper
Mission Control
Mason Named To Empty Seat In West Virginia Legislature
Gov Arch Moore filled two vacancies in the West Virginia legislature appointing Bob C Mason of Oak Hill to the Senate seat left by Robert Holliday and Betsy Jordan Edgar of Hillsboro to the House seat created by the death of Tommy Edgar.
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Charleston
Unknown cause of Iowa sailor's death sparks family confusion
The Sterling family of Arispe Iowa learns their son Robert A Sterling 23 died on the Worden after a rocket explosion then an official says unknown origin. Pentagon delayed confirmation and relatives seek full details amid conflicting reports about the Gulf of Tonkin incident involving a North Vietnamese gunboat.
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Iowa
UPI
Worden
U.S. Defense Department
Ivan Sterling
Robert. A. Sterling
Sterling
Patricia Hainline
Maryville
Robert
Gulf of Tonkin
Pentagon
IRA Funeral Ends Fight as Belfast Violence Surges
In Belfast a funeral for IRA commander Joseph McCann known as The Fox drew thousands. British troops reported five attackers killed as gun battles raged in Catholic districts. police cleared barricades while the day marked the worst violence since internment began.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Joseph McCann
Irish Republican Army
TRA
the Fox
Unemployment In State Dips In March
West Virginia publicized a fall in March unemployment to 7.2 percent from 7.4, while total employment declined from 614000 in February to 607900 in March. Gov Arch Moore cited out of state layoffs as a drag on job numbers.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Arch Moore
Moore
West
Jury selection underway in Huddleston case linked to Yablonski murder
Stephen D. Morrow reports from Washington Pennsylvania that jury selection began in the murder trial of Silous Huddleston as new confessions surface. Kenneth J. Yablonski says the payoff for killing the UMW rebel leader likely totaled tens of thousands of dollars, far above prior figures.
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Stephen D. Morrow
Washington, Pa
UPI
Joseph A. Yablonski
Yabloski
Kenneth J. Yablonski
Yablonski
Annette
L. Gilly
Silous Huddleston
Senate Passes Black Lung Bill to Aid Miners and Dependents
The Senate approved a one year extension liberalizing benefits for pneumoconiosis victims and dependents while altering cost projections. Critics fear the one year limit shifts more burden to coal operators and imperils long term aid. The measure moves to conference with the House version.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
House
Kentucky
John Sherman Cooper
Marlow W. Cook
Senting
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Raleigh County Q and A on local topics across animal care and construction
A local question and answer roundup covers cleaning genuine deer skin with county guidance, animal shelter practices, building permits outside city limits, maple sap timing, dampness and mold prevention in homes, and Maxwell Hill Park and Pool opening schedules.
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County Extension
Raleigh County
Raleigh County Clerk’s Office
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