House Approves $80 Million Road Bond Authority
The House passed the road bond bill on an 8 to 4 vote after opposition sought a $30 million reduction and a delay. Senate leaders heard Highway Director William S. Ritchie Jr explain the need for $80 to $100 million, with committee members noting no immediate need for extra funds. Governor Arch Moore endorsed the plan and outlined highway projects while warning of inflation and fluctuating highway trust fund allotments.
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House
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
State Highway Department
William S. Ritchie, Jr
Mittee
Alan Susman
D-Raleigh
Ritchie
House Finance Committee
Moore
Senate Finance
Highway Trust Fund
McCourt
McManus
State's Only Member Absent On Strip Mining Bill Writing
West Virginia's Rep. James Kee is absent as the House Subcommittee on Mines and Mining begins drafting strip mining legislation in Washington D C. CASM members led by Mrs. Joan Young push Kee to support stronger curbs while Western legislators guide the process.
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House
Kee
Jean Campbell
House Subcommittee On Mines and Mining
Washington, D. C
West Virginia
Strip Mining, Inc
Washington
James Kee
D.W. Va
Bluefield
Joan Young
Charleston
CASM
Willis Farley
Young
Harold T. “Biz” Johnson
R.calif
Johnson
Jorge L. Cordova
Puerto Rico
U.S
Ed Edmondson
Okla
Walter S. Baring
Phillip Burton
Calif
Thomas Foley
Wash
Robert Kastenmeier
Wis
Abraham Karen Jr
Tex
Bill Burlison
Joseph Digorito
John Melcher
Mont
James A. McClure
Idaho
Craig Hosmer
Kan
Sam Steiger
Ariz
John IN. Camp
James E. ‘Kevitt
Col
Ladequate Strip Mining Legislaton
Democrats push end of U S military involvement in Indochina
Washington Democrats denounce the North Vietnamese invasion and the U S bombing campaign in North and South Vietnam. They approve a resolution urging a 300 day timetable to end U S military involvement in Indochina and set a date to terminate all such actions.
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Washington
UPD
House
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
U.S
Indochina
House caucus pressure on Democrats stalls bill in fight over Vietnam
Senate Republicans led by Barry Goldwater push a resolution condemning North Vietnam for invading South Vietnam and calling for an honorable peace. The House caucus uses party loyalty to whip Democrats, keeping the chamber divided as members seek to amend the measure to condemn the North’s action.
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Senate
Lonly
House
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
South
Hechler Attacks Opponent On Vietnam War Vote Absence
Rep. Ken Hechler criticizes his May 9 primary rival for being absent during passage of an antiwar bill. Hechler argues stopping wartime casualties is vital to the nation and urges lawmakers to vote on the issue rather than campaign.
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Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Vietnam
Hechler
Flanigan declines to answer ITT contacts questions
President aide Peter M. Flanigan balked at addressing ITT contacts or agents in the out of court antitrust settlement. He said such questions exceed the scope agreed with the Senate and White House for his appearance at the ITT inquiry.
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Washington
UPI
Peter M. Flanigan
Senate
ITT
Flanigan
Senate Judiciary Committee
White House
GOP
National Transvention
Richard G. Kleindienst
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Attorney General’s Office
Felix Rohatyn
Rrr
Hartford (Fire Insurance Co
Edward M. Kennedy
D‘mass
Eastland
First World Series winner and pool plans from Beckley notices
The Boston Red Sox won the first World Series in 1903 by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates five games to three. The Beckley pool is slated to open by July 1 with the Beckley Recreation Department running it under Frank Rodriguez. Zoning rules limit outbuildings in residential districts, barring encroachment on front yards and setting side yard minimums in various districts.
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Boston Red Sox
Pittsburgh Pirates
Beckley Recreation Department
Frank Rodriguez
Beckley
Apollo 16 Crew Prepares To Set Lander On Moon
Apollo 16 astronauts John W. Young and Charles M. Duke suit up and plan to land Orion on the central lunar highlands at 3:41 p.m. EST after a near 12 mile approach. Ken Mattingly guides the descent from the Command Module as the crew charts a 73 hour lunar surface stay with three planned excursions. An electrical anomaly briefly alarmed the ship but was deemed a minor overload and quickly resolved.
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Moon
AL Rossiter JR
Space Center
Houston
APC
Lunar
John W. Young
Charles M. Duke
Orion
Moidule
Thomas K
Ken” ‘Mattingly
Duke
Bharren
Indochina war toll climbs with heavy losses reported
Saigon reports last week saw 1,002 South Vietnamese troops and twelve Americans killed. Allies claim 7,117 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese deaths, the heaviest Communist casualties since early 1968. American fatalities match the prior week as wounded rise to 63 and 10 more Americans missing.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
USS
Weather Showers Over Beckley In Coming Days
Cloudy with showers and thundershowers today through Friday. Highs in the upper 70s, low tonight in the mid 50s, Friday's high near 60. Probability of precipitation 80 percent through Friday. Details on Page 14.
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Beckley
Huddleston Agrees To Sing On Yablonski Murder Case
Secretly and securely Huddleston, a dying UMW pensioner, has agreed to tell investigators what he knows about the Yablonski murder conspiracy. The 63-year-old ex-local president will be questioned in Pennsylvania while facing possible life or death penalties if convicted.
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Washington, Pa
UPI
Huddleston
United Mine Workers
UMW
Joseph A.yablonski
Sweet
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
System Malfunction Knocks Traffic Lights Off In Beckley
Traffic signals in downtown Beckley flashed and some failed during a system malfunction. Beckley police chief Tom Durrett said the state Department of Highways Division of Engineers in Charleston was alerted to repair the problem and local drivers faced confusion as they waited for fixes.
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Beckley
Tom Durrrett
Durrett
Department of Highways, Division of Engineers
Charleston
Inmate Dies After Yard Attack at Moundsville Prison
Moundsville Penitentiary inmate William E. Lewellyn aged 24 from Morgantown died in a Wheeling hospital days after a yard assault. Lewellyn, serving 2 to 10 years for malicious wounding, received a blunt instrument head wound. Attacker remains unidentified among inmates.
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Moundsville
UPD
Moundsville Penitentiary
Wheeling
William E. Lewellyn
Morgantown
Moore Indicates I-64 Could Route North of Beckley Area
Gov Arch Moore reports federal planners consider rerouting I-64 to pass east around Mossy Fayette County toward Greenbrier County rather than go south to Beckley and east through Summers County. The change would enable a New River gorge crossing near Fayetteville and Hico with a proposed $45 million bridge. No final decision has been made.
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Charleston
UPD
Arch Moore
Beckley-Hinton
Mossy
Fayette County
Greenbrier County
Beckley
Summers County
Hinton
Moore
Summersville
New River
Rockies
House
Senate
Judiciary ‘Committees
West Virginia
Huntington
White Sulphur Springs
Alderson
White Sulphur
Fayette and
Nicholas County
Teir
Fayletteville
Hico
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Joint Assembly
Sion
Billy Burke
Subcommittee
Soviet Union
Nixon
Descartes Crater
Earth
Silous Huddleston
Here
W. A
Tony’ Boyle
George Pappas
Richard A. Sprague
FBI
Fin Fallamine
Henry Paterick
The
S. Bureau of Public Roads
Paterick
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