Senators Seek Expanded Black Lung Aid to All Impairments
Washington D C senators push Randolph and Byrd bills to extend coal miner benefits to pulmonary and respiratory impairments beyond pneumoconiosis. UMWA and Black Lung groups back the expansion, citing total disability cases and inadequacy of current benefits. Hearings before the Senate Labor subcommittee continue with support from Republicans and testimony highlighting need for broader coverage and fair evaluation.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Senate
Byrd
West Virginia
Sen
Jennings Randolph
Senatejate Labor Subcommittee
Randolph
House
Vance Hartke
Cind
Sup
Richard
Schweiker
R-Pa
Lorin Kerr
Thej Say
UMWA
Arnold Miller
Charleston
W. Va
Lung Association
Earl Stafford
Blackberry City
W. t.Va
Car Taken By Mercer Jail Escapees Found
Deputy Michael Forbes’s car was found Wednesday on a Roanoke street. Inmates Floyd Brown and Willie Day remain at large after a Roanoke area attempted market robbery. Sheriff Winthrop Shrewsbury called the robbery case sketchy with little to go on.
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Winthrew
Shrewsbury
Michael Forbes
Roanoke
Floyd Brown
Willie Day
Forbes
Viet Nam War Updates From Front Lines and Market Attack
South Vietnamese forces captured Dam Be in Cambodia amid heavy clashes at the border in the Central Highlands. In a separate incident, Viet Cong guerrillas hurled a grenade into a marketplace crowd at Thuan Luan, 42 miles northwest of Saigon, killing 11 and wounding 37.
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Dam Be
Central Highlands
Thuan Luan
Saigon
Heated Senate clash over partisan financing debate
In Washington lawmakers clash as Sen Fred Harris and Sen Scott accuse the administration and Earl L. Butz of partisanship amid talks on campaign finance. The quarrel centers on treasury funds and a tax checkoff, with Mills noting ongoing conferees work toward a Democratic financing plan despite Nixon’s veto pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Hughj
Earl L. Butz
Scott
Fred R. Harris
D-Okla
U.S. Treasury
Treasury
Uns
Nixon
House Senate
Wilbur D. Mills
Senate
Nine Americans Killed In War In Vietnam
SAIGON UPI reports nine American servicemen killed and 78 wounded in the Vietnam conflict last week, the highest battle deaths in two months as combat losses rose. The tally brings total U.S. deaths to 45,613 and wounded to 302,283 since January 1, 1961, with seven nonhostile deaths and 1,471 missing or captured.
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Saigon
USDA Allows Miners Stamps Expanded Food Aid in WV
The U S Agriculture Department supports Governor Arch Moore's plan to extend food stamp aid by two weeks for 27 000 coal miners and their families this month. A spokesman said WV will ensure families who become ineligible after December 15 exit the program.
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Washington
UPS
U. S. Agriculture Department
West Virginia
Arch Moore
Department
FDA Deluge on Student Food Label Proposal Faces Opposing Views
The FDA published a student led proposal in the federal register in May inviting public and industry comment. The publicity drew over 5000 letters largely urging approval with endorsements from GMA Quaker Oats Swift Pillsbury Procter & Gamble and Heinz, while some firms and groups opposed it citing legal authority concerns.
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FDA
Federal Register
Grocery Manufacturers of America
GMA
Quaker Oats
Swift & Co
Pillsbury
Procter & Gamble and
Heinz
Food and Drug Law Institute
Nixon Pledges Aid For Aging At White House Conference
President Nixon vowed a minimum annual income for older people and tax relief for the elderly at the White House Conference on Aging. delegates endorsed $4,500 minimum annual income for an aged couple and called for food stamp boosts, relaxed retirement laws and national health insurance.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Rockefeller Plans for Voter Registration Drive
Secretary of State John D. Rockefeller IV says 120000 to 125000 new 18 to 21 year olds may register before the May 9 primary, with activity rising after Jan 3. Ralph Bean notes about 15000 registered so far, 30000 brochures printed, college outreach to follow after exams.
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John F. Scott Charleston
UPI
John D. Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller
Ralph J. Bean, Jr
Bean
Mountain
Deaths And Funerals In The Beckley Area
A list of memorial services and obituaries for residents including Bernard Gladwell 70 and Myr Gladwell 70, with services in Sophia and Beckley. Details note survivors, burial sites, attending churches, and funeral home arrangements, plus death notices for Montgomery, Kokoski, Glover, Short, Minor, Page and others with service times and burial locations.
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Bernard
Moran
Sophia
Beckley
Myr! M
Mike) Gladwell
Williams Funeral
Kanawha St
Owen Lilly
Dewey Wilson Keyser-Bryant
Sunset Memorial Park
Donnelly
Charles Ichols
Floyd Gladwell
Stotesbury
UMWA
Sophia First Baptist Church
Louise
Kenneth
George
Calvin
Herman
Crab
Cheat Orchard
Bridge
Cleveland
Ohio
Scott
Alice Quick
James
Anne) ‘Hicks
Helen
Rufus
Roanoke
Henry McDaniel
Burdette McKinney
Chester Smith
Tony Milano
Kim Lawrence
Dave Collins
Russell McKay
Herbert Tlash
Ir. A. Montgomery
Calvary Baptist Church
Oak Hill
Russell Arias Montgomery
Fayetteville
Henry Loving
High Lawn Memorial Park
Montgomery
Gauley Bridge
Samuel Carrick
Margaret van Buskirk Montgomery
Tony Kokoski
Tyree
Lighty Glover
Harvey
Goochland County
Joe
Phyllis Glover
Thurmond Baptist Church
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Catherine Glover
Don
Michael
Raymond
Frederick Glover
Washington, D
Oma G. Short
Oma Green Short
Baileysville
Woosley
Mary Ford Green
Ale Short
Deferred Sewage Rate Hike Unfrozen in Beckley
Beckley officials announced that the Public Service Commission chairwoman said Beckley would join 19 other WV areas in unfrozen sewage rates. City Treasurer Larry Stover noted solvency hinges on the order, with rates retroactive to Nov. 14 and built to fund the completed sewer system. The PSC had approved a $19,000 rate increase to support construction, now paused by the wage price freeze. Rates for various usage tiers are outlined, with the average citizen facing higher charges once unfrozen, potentially taking months to implement.
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Daniel B. Taylor
Rockefeller
Bean
Kanawha
Cabell
Logan
City of
Beckley
Larry Stover
Public Service Commission
Elizabeth V.hallanan
West Virginia
Stover
City Hall
PSC
Hallanan
Genene
Ber Aga
Nixon
Chicago
Mercer County
Bram Lall
America
Mixon
Qwell
Nixon Addresses National 4 H Meetings Seeks Young Voters
President Nixon spoke to National 4 H Congresses seeking young voters. The audience gave standing ovations at the start and end, singing patriotic songs. He stayed with his prepared text and avoided policy changes or nomination controversies.
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Nixon
America
Earl Tarts
Ticom
WV Young Farmers leaders attend national institute in Greenville
Charles W. Furrow of Shady Spring joined two other West Virginia delegates at the Fifth National Young Farmers Educational Institute held in Greenville from Sunday to Wednesday. Furrow serves as president of the West Virginia Young Farmers Association. Also attending were George Sisler of Morgantown and Guy Cain of the Vocational Education Division, State Department of Education.
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Furrow
Farmers Institute
Charles W. Furrow
Shady Spring
West Virginia
National
Young Farmers Educational Institute
Greenville
W. Va
Young Farmers
Ciation
George Sisler
Morgantown
Guy Cain
State Department of Education
Lodge Election Meeting of King Hiran Lodge No. 25
The King Hiran Lodge No. 25 Free and Accepted Masons will hold a 6 p.m. meeting on Saturday to elect officers. The session takes place at the Masonic Hall on South Fayette Street, per worshipful master Philip Washington.
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Masonic Hall
South Fayette Street
Philip Washington
Fragments Signal A Murky Historical News Item
Readable fragments point to a local newspaper item about a person or event with unclear details. Names or places are partially visible, but the full story is not recoverable from the OCR snippet. The record preserves the main readable elements without speculation.
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Black ‘Lang Association
Hank
Thut
Mercer
Princeton
Ercer County
Anthariise Menartad Trv
Indochina
Harris
Family Weekly
Melania DePratt
Maleigh
Negieter
USDA
Ey Alliran
Rockefeller Maps
M. Gladwell
Bernard Moran
West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
Naval S
Engerson
Fletcher Mann
Edward Quigg
James Gladwell
Lionel Herrald
S. C. Ballard
James Meadows
Jesse Ronald Minor
Oak Grove Christian Church
L. A. Garten
William H. Booth
Oak Grove
Henry David Burrell
Eccles ‘Road
Melton
Dwayne Hutcheson
Larry
Morrison Plumiey Jr
Jimmy Kelch
Basil Dew
Russell Bailey
Curtis
Jackie Tolbert
Ova Page
Summerlee
Mary Washington Hospital
Fredericksburg
Clifty
Tenn
James Frank
Elnora Maggerson Rackley
Walter
Jerry
W. M. Page
San Diego
Calif
Agnes Saxton
Detroit
Mich
Earl Kahle
Stafford
Robert Rackley
Ecolog Fest
By Bill Dana
Jay
Gan
Yner Davies
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