Beckley Creates Board of Public Works to Overhaul Departments
Mayor John H. McCulloch announced a Board of Public Works to coordinate streets parks sanitation and utility operations in Beckley. The 12 member group cochaired by James Calvert and Lt Chester Clyburn will oversee sanitation storm sewers rights of way and traffic while deputies Robinson and Palmer assume leadership roles.
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Eve Breck
Board of Public Works
City of
Beckley
John H. McCulloch
McCulloch
D. E. Warden
James Calvert
Chester Clyburn
Fire Department
Larry F. Stover
Clyburn
Palmer
Jack Alexander
Jack Bonds
The
Recreation
Board’ of Public Works
Japanese Will Buy More U S Goods
President Nixon met with Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka as Tokyo pledged to purchase an additional 1.1 billion dollars of American goods and products in the coming year to reduce Japan’s 3.8 billion dollar trade surplus. The pledge is seen as short term unless Japan liberalizes its distribution system. Tanaka travels toward Beijing plans, while Washington and Tokyo weigh competing accelerations from Moscow and Peking in broader Asia policy.
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Peter Lisagor
Chicago Daily News
Honolulu
Nixon
Kakuei Tanaka
Asia
Tanaka
U.S
Japan
United States
China
Russia
Masayoshi Ohira
Hickam Air Force Base
Pearl Harbor
Hickam
Pacific
Ellsworth Bunker
U. S
South Vietnam
Siagon
Peking
Moscow
Chou En-Lai
Tokyo
Taiwan
Rockefeller Outlines West Virginia Education Goals
Secretary of State John D Rockefeller IV, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee, detailed three major proposals on construction needs equal educational opportunities and professional pay for teachers at the West Virginia Education Association meeting. He backs the 200 million Better Schools Amendment and calls for reforms including vocational funding balance, health insurance, duty free lunches paid vacations a stabilized retirement fund a statewide salary schedule with 12 year doubling and merit advancement for teachers. State Schools Superintendent Daniel B Taylor echoed the urgency of the school facilities amendment noting antiquated facilities threaten the state’s future.
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
John D Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
West Virginiation Association
Rockefeller
Arch Moore
Daniel B. Taylor
Taylor
Becketts or Beckley Wats Ring Register Public Q A
A community information feature lists contact details and schedules. It includes mobile X ray unit availability for Aug 29 to Sept 1 at multiple WV locations and times, Raleigh County school start date, hunting and fishing pamphlets sources, a clarification on a school maintenance pay raise, and the Epilepsy Foundation address.
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Coal City
Crab Orchard
Hills Department Store
Hills
Clay May Not Quit House Race
Arnett Republican Clay Eustace of Raleigh County contemplates staying in the race for the 9th Senatorial District after area voters and party figures urged him to remain in. He previously pledged to quit if former Democrat Tracy Hylton became the Republican nominee for the district.
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Eustace Clay
Arnett
House of Delegates
Raleigh
Tracy Hylton
Clay
Hylton
Mullens
Republican
Istate’s
Ae Clay
Miller Quadruples Yablonski Nominations in Big Rally
Logan West Virginia United Mine Workers reform candidate Miller reports over 400 local nominations for his campaign doubled from Yablonski's 1969 effort. He plans a Labor Day rally at Chief Logan Park with Rep. Ken Hechler and Dr. Donald Rasmussen among speakers. Mike Trbovich and Harry Patrick also on the program. Miller asserts Boyle is unseen in coalfields while he campaigns across eight states.
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Miller
Chief Logan Park
Yablonski
Ken Hechler
Boyle
Donald Rasmussen
Mike Trbovich
UMW
Harry Patrick
MFD
Tony Boyle
Washington
Imine
Bathhouse
Consol Request Turned Down
The U S Bureau of Mines refused Consolidation Coal Co request to revise its mine violations record following the Blacksville No 1 fire that killed nine. President John Corcoran argued many cited violations were housekeeping but the agency said the request protected the employer and mine supervisor from criticism.
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Morgantown
W.va
UPI
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Consolidation Coal. Co
Blacksville
Consolidation
John Corcoran
Paul Zinner
Bureau of Mines
Corcoran
Four UMW Members Face Hearing Over Picketing in WV
Four United Mine Workers Local members in Fayette County faced a federal hearing on charges they defied a court order restraining picketing that idled up to 1,000 miners across southern counties. Simultaneously, twenty two coal mines in a four county area remained affected.
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UMW
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
United Mine Workers Union
Fayette County
U. S
Dennis
Knapp
Consolidation Coal& Co
Earl Carney
Everette Kirk
Five Americans Killed In Vietnam
Five Americans were killed and three wounded in Indochina last week, the U S command said. The toll was the lowest weekly casualty since U S troops entered combat in 1965, though the deaths exceeded the previous week by two. The report notes the wounded total was the lowest since weekly statistics began Jan 1, 1965.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
CPC
High Command
Prek Phneou
Chhang Song
Prasath Neang Khmau
Saigon
U.S
McGovern backs troop withdrawal inducement for POW release
Democratic candidate George McGovern proposes accelerating U S troop withdrawal from Indochina and closing bases in Asia as an inducement for North Vietnam to release prisoners of war He suggests a speedier withdrawal could be offered while keeping some troops in Thailand until POWs are freed He predicts victory over Nixon despite polls.
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Washington
Nixon
U.S
Europe
United States
Israel
Klaus Toksvig
Denmark
McGovern
DES Testing Linked to Cancer in Daughters of Users
Boston specialist Dr. Arthur Herbst reports DES exposure in mothers during the 1952 1953 Chicago experiment and elsewhere is linked to more than 40 cases of vaginal cancer in daughters most teens and twenty somethings. He notes most daughters did not develop cancer and emphasizes early detection aids cure.
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Boston
UPID
Arthur Herbst
Vincent Memorial Hospital
Des
University of Chicago
Beckley Area Forecast Sunny This Afternoon And Friday
Sunny conditions are expected in Beckley and vicinity this afternoon and Friday. Highs will reach around 86 degrees both days. Clear tonight with a low in the upper 50s and a near zero chance of precipitation through Friday.
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Beckley and
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