State selects Equitable Life for state employe insurance
Charleston UP I reports Equitable Life Assurance Society, among 14 bidders, was chosen to provide medical and life insurance for about 18 500 state employees. Estimated annual premium around 6 million with 75 percent participation. Plan to take effect February 1 1972 with employee premiums about 4 1 2 a month and state contributions of 12 50 per month plus 1 000 for miscellaneous. Governor Moore seeks six month implementation funded by legislature plus possible extra funds in January.
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Charleston
UPI
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Willard Ann
Hostes
Uas Group Plan
Arch A. Moore
Peace Talks Continue Amid Delayed Negotiations
Porter signals flexible schedules for upcoming talks to resolve Vietnam peace issues. American and South Vietnamese liaison officers may meet before Dec 23 to set the next conference date. Thuy rejects a neutral embassy in Hanoi for POW mail and reiterates Hanoi and Viet Cong demand for the seven point package before any prisoner releases. Porter demands confirmation or denial of Communist threats to pressure allies with new actions in Laos and Cambodia.
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Porter
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Thuy
United States
Viet Cong
Dinh Ba Thi
Laos
Cambodia
Fish farming plan eyed for Comacchio lagoon
The Po Delta Authority outlines a program to raise annual fish catch from 50 to 2000 tons by 1975 in the Comacchio coastal lagoon, a 2.6.67 hectare body of mixed water. Comacchio aims to produce 1500 tons of eels as its main output.
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Comacchio
Italy
UPI
Po Delta Authority
Nixon Aims Pension Plan for Self-Reliant Little Men
A Senate committee hearing described a pension approach for workers who leave before retirement. The measure would ensure partial pension benefits based on years of participation, targeting self-reliant individuals as described in the testimony.
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Nixon
Pension Plan
Senate
Nixon urges pension reform to aid workers and tax deductions
President Nixon proposed a broad pension reform plan to let individuals deduct up to 1300 a year for retirement savings and to guarantee private pension benefits when workers switch jobs. The plan targets those without employer plans, estimates 14 million takers, and would reduce tax revenue by about 480 million annually.
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Norman Kempster
Washington
Nixon
Con
Congress
White House
Hess
Smith
Theodore Roose
Welt
Police Beat: Prosperity Man Charged In Accident
Bobby Ray Cochran 19 of Prosperity charged after a two car crash at Valley Drive and City Avenue. He posted 5000 bond, vehicle reportedly not under control prior to rear ending another 1971 model. Damages estimated at 1100 to 800 and 300 for Cochran and Green vehicles.
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Bobby Ray Cochran
Prosperity
Cochran
Harold Valley
City Avenue
Gale Green
Hanks
Harper Road
Valley Drive South
Joe Rodriguez
Carte
Beckley Police Charge Five In Multistate Style Arrests
Beckley city police jailed Mickey Smith 19 of the Beckley College Dormitory at 11 55 am on five charges reckless driving no operator license no registration obstructing an officer and intoxication. Others include Michael Hubbard 24 cited for expired registration and marijuana. Patrick Carte 21 jailed for concealed weapon. Billy Warrah 12 45 am jailed for DUI no license and passing in a no passing zone. Frank Ferrel 28 fined for trespassing on a school bus.
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Beckley City
Mickey Smith
Beckley College
Michael Leonard Hubbard
Mose N. Randall
East Gulf
Imame
Lorinson Griffin
Grand
Wallace
Billy Glinden Warrah Jr
Prince Street
Joe Rodriguez
Harrah
Frank Ferrel
Josephine
Ferrell
Board of Education
Survivor of Nazis Donates Torah in Memory of Smothered Son
In Tel Aviv a Nazi survivor donated a Torah scroll to a synagogue to honor his 18 month old son he smothered to save 47 Jewish fugitives from capture in Latvia during a German raid. Josef Kramer recalled the bunker scene as German troops closed in and the baby’s sobs risked discovery.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Josef Kramer
Duhinow
Latvia
Kramer
Civil Rights Review Highlights Police Bias and Unmet Federal Rules
Civil Rights notes criticize LEAA funding to the DC Police amid a discrimination suit over black promotions. It cites missing standards for harassment claims and height requirements disadvantaging several ethnic groups. It also cites lawsuits against states over sex discrimination in justice systems and calls for prison staff integration after Attica.
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LEAA
District of Columbia Police Department
Chicago
Connecticut
Colorado
Massachusetts
Nebraska
Attica
Ulster Militiaman Shot at Home in IRA-Linked Killing
A second Ulster Defence Regiment member, Sean Russell, was killed in his Meir home while his family watched television, hours after Pvt. Dennis Wilson was shot in bed. Police linked the gunman to the IRA, as violence in Northern Ireland rises with sectarian targets.
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Ulster
IRA
Ase
Alraiily
Aelpast
Yelatti
Tog
Meir
Pvt
Dennis Wilson
Sean Russell
Ulster ‘Defense Regiment
UDR
Russell
Steahyarker
Irelind
Amar
Sean
Wilson
National Guard
Citizens
Gunnen
Northern Ireland
Army
Britain
Newspapers, Union Report No Progress
Charleston reporters and the International Mailers Union met briefly to resume talks with Newspaper Agency Corp. No progress was reported as the strike, ongoing since November 19, continues while the agency keeps publishing Charleston’s three papers amid reports of clashes between picketing workers and nonstriking staff.
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Charleston
UPI
Newspaper Agency Corp
International Mailers Union
Senate moves to close debate on Rehnquist confirmation
The Senate voted to end debate on William H. Rehnquist’s Supreme Court nomination with cloture expected Friday. GOP leaders filed a cloture petition. if needed a second petition could trigger a Saturday vote. Rehnquist | support grew including Sen. Proxmire amid questions on desegregation and a 1952 memo.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Supreme Court
William H. Rehnquist
Robert P. Griffin
GOP
Griffin
Rehnquist
Birch D. Bayh
D-Ind
Bayh
Congress
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Ahnquist
James 0. Eastland
D-Miss
Judiciary Committee
Robert Jackson
Jackson
West Virginia Strip Mine Law Praised By EPA Expert
Elmore C. Grim of the U.S. EPA says West Virginia's new surface mine law is the strongest in the nation and could lead in setting standards for other coal states. He cites grading pace, 80 percent revegetation within two growing seasons, and road inclusion as key provisions and notes potential water quality benefits. Grim spoke during the Steering Committee meeting for Surface Mine Research in West Virginia.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
Elmore C. Grim
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Grim
Kentucky
Appalachia
West, Virginia
Natural Reeoeries Department
U.S. Forest Service
Indian forces claim Dacca near as Chandpur port falls
In Calcutta General Jagjit Singh Aurora reported the Indian air force destroyed the last Pakistani aircraft in East Pakistan. He said Chandpur, a major river port near Dacca, is under Indian attack as tanks opened fire on a river steamer carrying 400 to 500 Pakistani troops. Indian navy planes then scorched the vessel. Across the Madhumati the two sides traded fire and bridges in the area were blown up by the Pakistani army.
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Dacca
Calcutta
Jagjit Singh Aurora
Eastern Front
East Pakistan
Chandpur
Aurora
Madhumati
Deaths and Funerals Mrs F A Gillespie
Mrs Frances A Gillespie 75 of Lawson Missouri formerly Mount Hope died after a long illness in Lawson. Born in Ohio August 26 1896 she is survived by two daughters a brother and a sister eight grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral services Monday at Tyree Funeral Home Chapel Mount Hope with burial at End of the Trail Cemetery Rainelle. Friends may call Sunday evening.
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Frances A. Gillespie
Lawson
Mount Hope
Claude Walker Funeral Arrangements Incomplete Mabscott
Claude Walker 57 of Mabscott died at 7 30 p m Wednesday in a local hospital after a long illness. The body is at Melton Mortuary.
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Claude Walker
Mabscott
Melton Mortuary
Funeral announcements list five Beckley area obituaries
Obituaries note services for Ruth Short MacKebee 45 of Linthicum Heights Maryland with 11 am Saturday funeral at McCully Funeral Home Brooklyn. Ernest Neal 37 Paterson New Jersey will be buried Greenwood Memorial Park after 2:30 pm Saturday service. Carrie Robertson 71 Beckley to be honored at St Matthew AME Church with services Saturday. John McCain 88 Shamrock burial Hilltop Cemetery after Friday viewing.
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Ruth Short MacKebee
Linthicum Heights
Tams
McCully Funeral Home
Brooklyn
Frances Short
Sophia
Ballard Short
John MacKebee
Ruby Kincaid
Shady Spring
Jack Short
Silver Spring
Buck Short
Bill Short
New Haven
Ind
Ernest Neal
Paterson
N. J
Beckley
Ritchie and Johnson
Thomas Pryor
Greenwood Memorial Park
Carrie Robertson
Carrie
Robertson
St. Matthew Ame
Mills Street
Abner Wright
Pollution measures advance deadlines for sulfur dioxide standards
The APCC moved the deadline for secondary sulfur dioxide standards from 1975 to 1977 and set a December 15 hearing on the regulation. It will distribute the document to county libraries and courthouses for inspection before the hearing. The commission also adopted interstate agreements with Ohio and Kentucky covering three air quality regions Huntington Ashland Ironton Parkersburg Marietta and Wheeling Weirton Steubenville to share data and coordinate emissions responses. Director Carl Beard noted recent SO2 concerns in Northern Panhandle counties and cited EPA recognition of two WV plants for pollution control efforts Union Carbide at Allied Fayette County and Weirton Steel for BOF furnaces.
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Commission
APCC
Ohio
Kentucky
Huntington - Ashland - Ironton
Parkersburg - Marietta
Wheeling-Weirton - Steubenville
Carl Beard
Panhandle
Beard
EPA
West Virginia
Union Carbide
Alloy
Fayette County
Weirton Steel
FDA proposes doubling iron and removing vitamin D from white bread
The FDA plans a nutritional facelift for white bread and enriched flour. Iron would double, vitamin D removed, with fixed levels for thiamin riboflavin niacin and calcium. Industry reaction from the American Bakers Association sees minimal cost impact while noting wide iron deficiency concerns drive the change.
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Washington
UPI
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
American Bakers Association
United States
City of Weirton reports missing old financial records
Mayor Mike Andochick confirmed missing city financial records and an ongoing investigation. He stated no material facts can be released until the inquiry ends. The records involve wreckers and cancelled checks from 1970 and earlier.
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Weirton
UPI
Mike Andochick
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United Mine Workers
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Reliable Coal Co
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Monongahela Power Co
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John McCain
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