Viet Cong Objects to Nixon Peace Plan in Paris
Madame Nguyen Thi Binh outlined Viet Cong objections calling Nixon May 8 proposals incomplete, unreasonable and unrealistic. She argued military and political questions in South Vietnam are inseparable and urged U.S. end intervention and neocolonial domination. Xuan Thuy repeated Hanoi’s charge of bombing dikes in North Vietnam as Kissinger met negotiators nearby.
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Paris
UPI
Nixon
Nguyen Thi Binh
America
Madame Binh
Viet Cong Ibargeiner
South Vietnam
Saigon
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Tor
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Henry A. Kissinger
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Firefighters and Hippies Battle Wildfire in Big Sur
An army of firefighters and hippie volunteers battled a fast spreading coastal fire in Big Sur California. The blaze had burned 3500 acres and was moving toward Ventana Wilderness with winds easing offering containment hope within two to three days. Over 2000 residents evacuated as 1400 professional firefighters and heavy equipment fought the flames.
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Calif
UPI
Forest Service
Big Sur State Park
Ventana
Los
Padres National Forest
Hans Edwardson
Esther
Idaho
Henry Miller
Robinson Jeffers
Bomb explosion on border road kills British soldier
A booby trapped oil drum exploded on a border road today, killing a British soldier who attempted to disarm it. Another person died of wounds suffered Monday, raising Ulster violence deaths to 491 over three years.
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Belfast
UPI
Ulster
COPD Pickets protest black lung rules at federal building
Charleston demonstrations organized by the Black Lung Association accuse the Social Security Administration of withholding a copy of new black lung regulations before publication. Protesters urge timely release and oppose delays affecting miners' health protections.
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Charleston
W. Va
Federal
Social Security Administration
Black Lung Association
Parkersburg Scores On Two Fed's Projects
Rep. Mollohan announces final congressional approval for a Parkersburg federal office complex and a related depository for the Bureau of Public Debt. Both projects use private funding and long term leases. Office on Juli ana and Second streets, ready by March 1974. depository delivery in March 1973.
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Washington
UPI
Robert H. Mollohan
D-W.va
Parkersburg
Mollohan
U.S. Bureau of Public Debt
Juliana
Second Streets
Thieu Plans New Saigon Press Decree
The Thieu government will issue a press decree bypassing the National Assembly to curb dissident papers. It would require large deposits to guarantee censorship fines and debt payments, and bars any newspaper with more than one edition from publishing during censorship appeals.
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Saigon
UPI
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
National Assembly
Thieu
Five Cited In Beckley Traffic Violations
Beckley city police cited five persons for traffic violations on Wednesday and ordered them into municipal court. Frances Ellen Lucas 26 of Cool Ridge Deborah Andrews 17 of 1029 Woodlawn Ave and Michael W Lege 19 of Glen Daniel were cited for speeding and driving without a state operator s license. Creston Fulton Jamison Jr 28 of Roanoke Va was cited for speeding at 6 50 p m and Harold L Symonds II 18 with address unavailable was charged with speeding and driving without a license.
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Beckley City
Frances Ellen Lucas
Cool Ridge
Deborah Andrews
Woodlawn Ave
Michael W. Lege
Glen Daniel
Creston Fulton Jamison Jr
Roanoke
Harold L. Symonds II
One Killed Two Critical In Domestic Argument
In Wallace West Virginia police and deputies hunted for Duane McIntyre after a domestic dispute that left Duane Walker, 12, dead and his sister Duana, 11, wounded. Bessie Walker, 40, was shot or stabbed with a small caliber handgun and survived. The body was found beside a junked car near Little Elk Run four miles from town.
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Wallace
W.va
UPD
Harrison
Duane McIntyre
Bessie Walker
Duane Walker
Duana Walker
Walker
Little Elk Run
Austin Desegregation Plan Rejected Over Narrow Busing
The Fifth Circuit rejected Austin Texas desegregation plans as inadequate for not fully desegregating. The court faulted the plan for excluding white students from busing and failing to relieve black and Mexican American segregation, despite DOJ support for the school board.
Austin School Plan Under Fire Over Busing Racial Mix
The Austin area with 34 970 students is 64 6 white 20 3 Mexican American and 15 1 black. Nixon opposes busing and urged courts to dismiss the HEW plan for busing blacks whites and Chicanos. DOJ argued, court required a new plan for next month start. The appellate court rejected DOJ claim that discrimination was limited to certain schools.
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Austin
Nixon
HEW
Justice
Department
Justice’ Department
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Department of Justice
July Fire Loss Totals in Beckley Reach $6160
Beckley Fire Department reports July property damage totaling $6160. A major blaze at Charles Samples residence on 212 Quarry St accounts for $5500 of the damage, with 17 fire calls that month and most other calls being assistance with no property loss. First aid calls numbered 27, bringing total month calls to 44.
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Beckley
Fire Department
Charles Samples
Quarry St
Samples
Kunstler Seeks Privilege Testimony In Attica Riot Probe
William Kunstler fights a grand jury subpoena arguing attorney client privilege for his role as observer during the Attica uprising. A state justice set Aug. 16 to hear why he should not be compelled to testify about inmate actions and negotiations. Ball ordered briefs with a Sept. 6 hearing.
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Warsaw
N.Y
UPI
William M. Kunstler
Attica
State Supreme Court
Carman JF. . Ball
Viera
Kunstler
Ball
Down
Inmates questioned in Moundsville pen stabbing death
State Police planned to question several inmates at Moundsville Penitentiary in the stabbing death of Raymond Daniel Harper 21 Elkview County. An inmate confessed but retracted. Sgt Higby said no charges yet. Up to 50 inmates to be interviewed for clues.
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Moundsville
J. W.va
UPI
Moundsville Penitentiary
Raymond Daniel Harper
Elkview
Kanawha County
South Hall
JD. Higby
Higby
Cour Harper
West Virginia to audit highway department project in Charleston
Governor and Comella outlined an internal audit led by a three member panel evaluating a proposed facility in Charleston. The group must report in nine days with recommendations and ensure the building has a low profile an underground Capitol passage and a public cafeteria.
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Charleston
Moore
Capitol
Comella
State Highways Department
West Virginia Highway Department
Deaths and Funerals in Toughkennamon and Nearby Towns
Obituaries list Lonnie Wallace 63 of Toughkennamon Pa. and Walter Green 52 of Pineville among those mourned. Wallace’s rites set 2 p.m. Friday at East Burn Funeral Home Evandale Pa. Green died of a heart attack after a short illness born April 22 1920 in Pineville. Isabell Campbell 51 of MacArthur to be laid to rest Friday at Crab Orchard Church of the Brethren Mount Tabor cemetery following services at 2 p.m. burial in Mount Tabor.
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Toughkennamon Pa
Odd
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Evandale
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Viola Logan Wallace
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Ohio
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Allen Park
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Robertson- Phillips Coal Co
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Larry Walter
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Leon Karen Bailey
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Edna) Belcher
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Dick Cook
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Kennedy
Portland
Oregon
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Mansfield
Charles Kennedy
Florida
Reward Posted By Oil Firm In Two Murders
Humble Oil offers 5000 dollars for information leading to arrests in the double murder of two gas station attendants in Morgantown West Virginia. State Police check leads, some out of state. Monongalia County prosecutors and the sheriff pursue an anonymous tip about a getaway car and occupants.
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Morgantown
UPD
Humble Oil, Co
Monongalia County
Joseph A. Laurita Jr
Joseph Janco
Eight More U.S. Servicemen Killed in Vietnam
SAIGON reports eight U.S. servicemen killed in combat in South Vietnam last week, raising the total U.S. deaths in Southeast Asia over 11 years to 45,836. Wounded total increased by eight to 17, with cumulative wounded reaching 303,260 since records began.
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Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
U.S
Bremer Trial Hears Diary Details in Wallace Assassination Attempt
The defense opened its case in Bremer’s trial with diary passages describing political assassin studies and missed opportunity to shoot Wallace. The diary notes two 15-year-old girls’ proximity to a glass, a near-aimed shot, erotic experiences in New York, and a $70 suit to appear older. A telephoned threat halted proceedings as Bremer’s life was menaced.
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New York
Wallace
Laurel
Ralph W. Powers
New York City
Nixon
FBI
Milwaukee
Shiela H. Gray
Gray
Dewey E. Taylor of Oak Hill Dies After Illness
Dewey Elmer Taylor aged 66 of Oak Hill died in a local hospital at 2 am after an extended illness. He was a retired timberman born April 14, 1906 in Whitetop North Carolina. Survived by wife Violet Brown Taylor and multiple children, siblings, and grandchildren. Funeral set for 1 pm Sunday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Visitation Saturday 6 to 9 pm.
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Dewey Elmer Taylor
Oak Hill
Whitetop
N.C
John
Rebecca Taylor Taylor
Violet “Brown. Taylor
Walter E
Hampton, Va
Clarence S
San Francisco
Calif
Everett W
Mount Hope
Funeral arrangements incomplete for Mrs Alice V Curtis
Mrs. Alice V Curtis 85 of Mount Hope died Wednesday in a Beckley hospital after a long illness. A member and pastor of the Glorious Church of God in Christ at Harlem Heights she was born August 16 1886 in Glen Daniel daughter of the late Jacoby and Jenny Mallory. Survivors include son James F Robinson Mount Hope daughters Ethel Myers Mount Hope and Jenney Toney Beckley brother Bud North Beckley. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Home Beckley.
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Alice V. Curtis
Mount Hope
Beckley ‘Hospital
Glorious
Church of God ‘In Christ
Harlem Heights
Glen Daniel
Jacoby
Jenny Saunders Mallory
James F. ‘Robinson
Ethel Myers
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