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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1971
Page
9
The Nixon administration urged effluent charges on polluters as an automatic enforcer of environmental laws. The White House Council on Environmental Quality estimated cleanup costs at about 105 billion over six years, averaging 525 dollars per person, with higher costs if action is delayed.
The council proposes a pollution charge system to fund cleaner air water and health efforts. It cites estimates of 1970 76 costs totaling 23.7 billion across air water health and waste and argues charges would push faster abatement and reduce delays by polluters.
Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott James Irwin and Alfred Worden face Saturday landing in the Pacific after a 12 day mission. Weather at splashdown 10 mile visibility and four foot seas. moon camera failed but science samples and film from a 1.5 mile spacewalk promise years of study.
FCC offers proposed regulations for CATV systems and sends a letter of intent to Congress delaying the rules until March. Chair Dean Burch cites congressional request not to adopt rules. proposal allows import of distant signals with local carriage, setting minimum station requirements for top markets.
UPI reports a 250 pound Viet Cong booby trap killed five Americans and wounded two near Da Nang. A civilian bus hit a pressure mine 19 miles south of Da Nang, killing 20 South Vietnamese and wounding 16. American losses included an armored personnel carrier blast in the Que Son valley, with five Americans dead and two wounded.
Diminishing cloudiness through this afternoon and tonight with highs in the mid 70s and lows in the upper 50s. Saturday looks partly cloudy and pleasant with highs in the upper 70s and a 20 percent chance of rain this afternoon, 10 percent tonight, and 20 percent Saturday. Details on page 10.
The Labor Department places July unemployment at 5.8 percent, up 0.2 point from June, with 1.2 million more people employed. White House calls it good news though economists warn August may see further job losses, tied to steel layoffs.
United Press International reports that after a mass miners walkout in northern West Virginia and eastern Ohio, all but two mines resumed operations. The Ireland and Shoemaker mines of Consolidation Coal in Ohio remained idle, leaving about 1,000 workers out of work. The stoppage arose from a labor dispute at the Ireland mine over a job assignment, with federal marshals serving contempt citations on 11 miners suspected of illegal picketing.
The West Virginia Supreme Court will hear requests to overturn a Kanawha County ruling that gave the State Water Resources Board sole authority to issue Linan Smoakless Coal permits for three mines in the Monongahela National Forest. Officials contest the board’s authority and the finality of the June 4 decision enabling mining on the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River.
A tough new election reform bill clears the Senate 88 to 2 on the path to a House vote. It would require full reporting of contributions over 190, cap six tenths of a cent per eligible voter, limit candidate personal spending, and mandate equal access to advertising time. A bipartisan six member federal elections commission would police compliance and store reports.
Cairo crackdown on leftist elements sparks regional unease as Egypt arrests two pro Communist figures Khalem Mohieddin and Ibrahim Saaduddin. Sadat rejects Soviet influence seeking recognition of Khartoum’s pro Communist regime and hints at a rift with Moscow.
Twenty two inmates sue Suffolk County jail officials in State Supreme Court claiming their trained pet mouse Morris was assassinated. They allege the jail is overrun by wild rodents and pests and seek to compel officials to show cause and address the infestation. Morris was found June 2 in a prisoner made cage and flushed down a toilet.
The notice describes oak wilt symptoms from June to September with rapid leaf drop on White and Chestnut oaks and slower decline on others. It advises girdling wilting trees, removing bark from stumps, pruning infected limbs, and monitoring areas for four years. For more information contact the State Department of Agriculture in Charleston.
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