State Demo Platform Pledges Ban On Strip Mining
The Democratic platform adopted at the West Virginia convention urges a ban on coal strip mining and endorses a phased program to reclaim mined land. It calls for funding priority to family practices, postsecondary vocational education, and a state health director appointment, while criticizing the Moore administration for environmental policies.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Mittee
Jready
Democratic Party
West, Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia Univer
Sity Medical School
Democrats Propose Strip Mine Phase-Out Plan with Jobs Aid
The platform outlines education improvements, better secondary roads healthcare and environment. It calls for an immediate strip mine ban with no new permits during enactment and directs the Department of Employment Security to aid displaced workers. A reclamation program for orphan mine banks would create jobs.
McGovern slams GOP Jewry pitch before Midwest trip
Senator George McGovern denounced a Republican claim that Nixon Moscow talks spurred Soviet Jewish migration to Israel. He warned the tactic cynical and cruel and said migration results from Soviet Jews' own resolve, as he prepared for a Midwest campaign swing including Youngstown Illinois and Wisconsin.
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United Press International
George
McGovern
Israel
Midwest
Youngstown
Ohio
Illinois
Wisconsin
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon
Moscow
Richard ‘Nixon
Houston
Jerome D.cohen
Associa‘tion
Cohen
Chicago
Richard Daley
Miami Beach
Daley
Cook County
East German Airliner Crashes Near Berlin Killing 156
An Interflug jet from Schoenefeld to Burgas exploded after engine trouble and crashed near Koenigs-Wusterhausen killing 156 people. All victims were East German. no Westerners aboard. Rescue crews worked through the night to recover bodies and prevent forest fires.
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Interflug
East Berlin
Japan
Berlin
Schoenefeld
Burgas
Koenigs-Wusterhausen
Oe Interflug
ADN
Iceland Rejects Fischer Demand in World Chess Match
In Reykjavik Icelan organizers refused to advance Bobby Fischer’s share of the prize money and postponed indefinitely a meeting with his lawyer to discuss demands. Fischer trailed Spassky by three points as protests and a sharp letter to arbiter Lothar Schmid continued, just hours before game 14 of the $250000 championship.
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Reykjavik
UPI
Bobby Fischer
Fischer
Boris Spassky
Lothar Schmid
Mob hit man kills wrong men in Manhattan bar
In a bungled mob killing at the Neapolitan Noodle in Manhattan, a would be assassin hired by remnants of the Gallo mob opened fire on four men he mistook for rivals of the Colombo family, killing two and wounding two others. Police say the hit man wore a shoulder length black wig and targeted supposed mobsters.
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New York
UPID
Derworld
Joseph. A. Colombo Sr
Upper East
Murphy
Compromise On GOP Reforms Drafted By Regulars At Miami Beach
Republican regulars draft a compromise on party reforms led by Sen. John Tower to broaden party participation. The plan, aided by Rep. Jack Kemp, aims to attract women, youth and minorities via a delegate pool for the 1976 convention and a nonquota mechanism. White House was consulted as the convention committee moves toward final reforms.
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Daniel Rapoport
Miami
Beach
UPI
GOP
John G. Tower
Texas
Jack Kemp
New York
Spiro T. Agnew
Kemp
Nixon
House
Mass Arrests Promised By GOP At Miami
UPI reports U.S. Attorney General Richard E. Kleindienst promised sweeping arrests to deter unruly crowds at the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach, citing Washington's 1971 May Day actions. He said such protests were not expected at Miami. he would replicate that response if needed.
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GOP
Miami
San, Francisco
UPI
U.S
Richard E- Kleindienst
Washington
American Bar Association
Kleindienst
Miami Beach
Mitchell Claims Ramsey Clark Duped by Hanoi Offer
Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell accuses Ramsey Clark of being duped by North Vietnamese negotiators who promised free U S prisoners in exchange for settlement. Mitchell calls on George S. McGovern to answer whether he endorses Clark and if Clark is fit to head the FBI.
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UPD
John
N. Mitchell
Ramsey Clark
Mitchell
Nixon
George S. McGovern
Hanoi
Sen. McGovern
Ramsey ‘Clark
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Clark
San Francisco
U.S
McGovern
U. S
London
UPI
Britain
Shetland Islands
Aberdeen
Iland
Foreign Ministry
United States
North
Vietnam
Sen. George
I McGovern
Miner Johnson Hughes Dies After Slate Fall at Caples Mine
A.Mc Dowell County slate fall at Caples Mine near Welch West Virginia killed 62 year old Johnson Hughes Haveco an employee of the Semet Solvay Coal Company. Hughes died Monday from injuries sustained earlier in the day in the slate fall.
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W.va
UPI
McDowell County
Caples
Here
Johnson Hughes
Haveco
Semet-Solvay Coal
Clark Denies Talking Over Hanoi Radio
Former attorney general Clark denies broadcasting from Radio Hanoi during a North Vietnam visit. He returns to Washington with materials on bombing damage and says his Hanoi comments may have been taped and aired.
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UPD
Ramsey
Clark
Radio Hanoi
North Vietnam
Washington
Hanoi
Clay Will Bolt GOP Ballot as Hylton Nominee Controversy
Eustace Clay of Arnett, a lifelong Republican candidate for the Raleigh County House of Delegates, says he will remove his name from the ballot if Tracy Hylton is chosen as the Republican Ninth District nominee. He strongly rejects the party’s move to back a Democratic loser who would harm the GOP.
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Hylton
House of Delegates
Raleigh County
Tracy Hylton
Eustace Clay
Arnett
Republican Ninth District Executive Committee
Clay
del. Warren ‘McGraw
Wyoming
McGraw
Marsh Fork Wildlife Rod and Gun Club
Citizens To
B52s Hit Near Saigon as Nixon Sends Kissinger
UPI reports B52s dropped about 2000 tons on Communist troop concentrations 21 miles from Saigon, the closest strike since the big offensive four years ago. In Saigon, shells rattled windows while Hanoi infiltrations increased in surrounding areas. Nixon sent Kissinger to Saigon to push for peace talks.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Parrot’s Beak
Cambodia
Weather Forecast for Beckley Area Showers Today
Scattered showers and possible thundershowers this afternoon. Chance of lingering showers tonight and Wednesday then partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 70s, lows near 60. Precipitation odds 70 percent this afternoon 40 percent tonight 20 percent Wednesday.
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Beckley
Editorial Chameleon Test for Republican Integrity in District 9
The 9th Senatorial District Republican Committee weighs inviting State Senator Tracy Hylton a former Democrat to run as a Republican. The debate questions party principle versus money power and whether a principled Republican, Eustace H. Clay Sr., opposes the arrangement. The issue probes if Democrats with money can cross over to influence the ticket and undermine party unity.
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Tracy
Hylton
Wyoming
Eustace H. Clay
Rock Creek
Nader mailing address and snake deterrent tips
The text states Ralph Nader's address at 1719-19th Street N W Washington DC. It then quotes Larry Cavendish offering no remedy for snakes and advising yard care to deter snakes by keeping grass short removing hiding places and eliminating prey like mice and rats.
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Ralph Nader
19Th Street
N. W
Washington, D.C
Larry Cavendish
Area Appalacian Center
West Virginia University
Ruby One Man Conglomerate Dies at WVU
John Wesley Ruby, 69, described as a one man conglomerate, died Monday in the West Virginia University Medical Center after a long illness. A Plainfield Ohio native, he moved to Morgantown in 1940 and built or saved about two dozen enterprises with interests in 18 at his death. Funeral services are set for Wednesday.
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Morgantown
W. Va
John Wesley Ruby
Ruby
West Virginia University Medical Hospital
Plainfield
Ohio
Sterling Faucet Co
Newcomerstown
Man Dies In Fire In West Virginia Home
Clarence Emmett Price, 73, of Upland, died Monday in a living room fire at his one story frame house in Welch. Authorities say a lit cigarette likely started the blaze by igniting upholstery.
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Welch
W. Va
Clarence Emmett Price
Upland
Market Hits 4 Year High on Wall Street
The Dow Jones rose 9.33 to 973.51 as New York Stock Exchange trading reached near four year highs. Analysts say the market could push to 980 and toward 1,000 as gains outpaced declines 80 to 5 with major movers including Superior Oil, J Ray McDermott, Corning Glass, Dupont, Natomas, Digital Equipment and Black and Decker.
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UPI
New York Stock Exchange
Dow
Harry Laubscher
Walston Co
Laubscher
J. Ray McDermott
Corning Glass
Dupont
Black and Decker
American Stock’ “Exchange
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