West Virginia urged to regulate coal imports
Willis Farley of Citizens for Environmental Protection called on the West Virginia Legislature to regulate coal imports. He says utilities may import high quality western coal for about 10 dollars per ton more than WV coal and could pass the cost to consumers, while PSC regulations may not stop higher pricing.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
West Virginia
Willis Farley
Citizens For Environmental Protection
Farley
Public Service Commission
PSC
John Carrigan
Mitchell Stans Trial Delayed Amid Legal Maneuvers
UPI reports Judge P. Gagliardi postponed the Mitchell Stans obstruction case to prepare for trial. Key witnesses include Dean and Haldeman with Vesco tapes under review. Vesco extradition failed. Sears to be tried later in the New Jersey fund-raising matter.
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New York
UPI
Emer
Oklahoma
Start
Fleming
John Mitchell
Maurice Stans
P. Gagliardi
Mitchell
Peter Fle
Ting
Gagliardi
Oklahoma City
Ceeding
Stans
Commerce
Securities and Exchange Commission
New Jersey
Robert L. Vesco
Nixon
Vesco
Costa Rica
Bahamas
U.S
Harry Sears
Walter Bonner
White House
Bonner
Senate Watergate Committee
John W. Dean II
H.R. Haldeman
Dean
Mitchell- Stans
Edward
Lawyer Vows Full Disclosure Of Nixon Taxes
Nixon attorney Dean S. Butler of Los Angeles says a full public disclosure of Nixon California income tax status will come after state Franchise Tax Board privately reviews all facts. Board member Dennett disputes exemption and the board will privately examine the tax status.
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Sacramento
Calif
State Franchise Tax Board
White House
Nixon
Houston I. Fiournoy
Wellcome
California
Washington
District of Columbia
William Dennett
Franchise Tax Board
Nixon Budget Faces Large Deficit and Defense Rise
Nixon plans a budget with an $8 billion rise in nonrequested spending for fiscal 1975 and a $5.7 billion defense increase. Social security boosts add about $4.2 billion, while overall outlays push the total over the current year’s $274 billion. Energy and welfare notes hint at nonbinding reforms and standby actions in case unemployment rises. If icecap melt runoff could feed rivers for 800 years.
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Ash
Congress
Nixon
White House
Pentagon
Nixon weighs benefits bill amid staff fishing claim
The committee pursues a benefits bill while staffers are described as on a fishing expedition. The President remains at the Western White House, facing a record $300 billion budget and an economic report due by February 1 after a news conference schedule remains unclear. Watergate questions dominated last year’s briefings.
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White House
Nixon
Whch
Car Rams Shoney's Big Boy Restaurant on Valley Drive
A motorist attempting to park rammed his car into the front of Shoney's Big Boy Restaurant on Valley Drive about 11 30 am. Homer McComas the manager said Paris Shrewsbury of Daniels drove in and accelerator stuck causing partial wall entry. Damages to the restaurant were about 5000 and Shrewsbury's car incurred minimal damage.
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Shoney’s
Valley Drive
Homer McComas
Paris Shrewsbury
Daniels
McComas
Shrewsbury
Federal moves push gasoline prices higher across New England
The report notes a price adjustment system to offset a 20 percent supply drop, likely adding a penny per gallon for dealers. Nixon signs fuel and energy actions, including lower speed limits to protect highway funds and a plan to open 7.7 million acres off California for oil and gas leases.
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Simon
New England
Maine
Kenneth M. Curtis
Boston Edison Co
James M. Lydon
Nixon
Midwest
The
Conference Board
Air Transport Association
Interior Department
California
Los Angeles
IRS Plans To Audit Nixon Taxes
IRS says it will re examine President Nixon s income tax returns with the President s approval. The move targets 1969 to 1972 filings, including deductions for giving vice presidential papers to the National Archives and capital gains on San Clemente estate land. Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation and Mills committee say they will exchange information and cooperate fully.
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Gene Carlson
Washington
UPI
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Nixon
Congress
Joint Committee On Internal Revenue Taxation
National Archives
San Clemente
Calif
Mills Committee
Joint Committee
Gerald Warren
California
Miners and Heath Government Face UK Energy Crisis Showdown
The three day week and coal shortages trigger a national clash as miners refuse overtime and threaten a total strike while Prime Minister Edward Heath blames the miners for inflation fears. Labour opposes the policy, accusing it of targeting the poor and worsening economic woes.
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Edward Heath
Labor Party
Anthony Wedgwood Benn
Dollar Rises Against Major Currencies Across Markets
The dollar strengthened after Wednesday’s fix, opening at 4.78 in the official price setting. It gained to 621 lire in Milan, 3.3535 Swiss francs in Zurich, 42.30 Belgian francs in Brussels, and 2.8875 guilders in Amsterdam, up from prior closes.
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Milan
Zurich
Brussels
Amsterdam
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Choe Dunn Burchett Sophia
Funeral services for Mrs. Choe Dunn Burchett 76 of Sophia will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Williams Funeral Home Chapel in Sophia with Revs. Dewey Wilson and Cleve Young officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Park. Born May 17, 1897, she was a retired Sophia Elementary School teacher and member of Sophia First Baptist Church. She died after an apparent heart attack Wednesday afternoon. Survivors include a brother Holden Dunn of Sophia. Friends may call Friday 6 to 9 at Williams Funeral Home. Pallbearers named Johnny Milano Watson Bowman Floyd Richards Glen Paisley Donald Weddle Clyde Weddle.
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Choe Dunn Burchett
Sophia
Williams ‘Funeral Home
Dewey Wilson
Cleve Young
Sunset ‘Memorial Park
Burdett
Andrew J
Annie Bailey Dunn
John Dee Burchett
Holden Dunn
Williams
Johnny Milano
Watson Bowman
Floyd Richards
Glen Paisley
Donald
Clyde Weddle
Funeral services for Alfred Cresce and Anna Crist scheduled
The notices announce funeral services for Alfred Cresce 57 of Mount Hope to be held Friday at 1 p m at Tyree Funeral Home with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. He died after a long illness in Beckley hospital. Survivors include Lena his wife three sons daughters brothers sisters and five grandchildren. Friends may call today 6 to 9 p m. The second funeral is for Anna Myrtle Crist 73 of Oak Hill to be held Friday at 2 p m at Dodd Payne Funeral Home with burial in Richmond Cemetery Leander. She died Tuesday in Oak Hill after a long illness. Survivors include one son two daughters a brother three sisters eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Friends may call today 6 to 9 p m.
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Alfred Cresce
Mount Hope
Tyree
Ernest Barley
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Prosperity
Beckley Hospital
Glen Jean
Ralph Cresce
Lena
Floyd
Anna Myrtle Crist
Oak Hill
Dodd-Payne
Fayetteville
Jack Barker
Lee Dilley
Richmond Cemetery
Leander
Finley
Nancy Cavendish Koontz
Calvary Baptist
Ona King
Funeral services for Dewey Burman Gray
Funeral services for Dewey Burman Gray six of Suitland Maryland formerly of Pemberton will be held Thursday at 1 p m in the Blue Ridge Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs W F Tolliver and James Rubin officiating Burial will follow in Thompson Cemetery in Coal City He died Sunday in Suitland Pallbearers were Marquis and James Brooks Thomas Trail Jack Underwood Billy Joe Farley Kenneth Young James Moore and Chester Testerment
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Dewey Burman Gray
Suitland
Pemberton
Blue Ridge Funeral ‘Home
W. F. Tolliver
James Rubin
Thompson Cemetery
Coal City
Marquis
James Brooks
Thomas ‘Trail
Jack Underwood
Billy Joe Farley
Kenneth Young
James Moore
Chester Testerment
Barker Leaves Prison Today
Washington UPI report notes only six of 19 Watergate related offenders remain in prison as Barker, foreman of the break in team, is released on personal bond pending appeal. Hunt freed pending appeal. Chapin seeks delay. others remain jailed or under parole review.
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E. Howard Hunt Jr
White House
Senate
Watergate Committee
Sam Cash
Dwight L. Chapin
U.S. District Court
Gerhard A. Gesell
Leon Jaworski
Chapin
United Airlines
Chicago
Hunt
Court of Appeals
Barker
U.S. Court of Appeals
Miami
Washington
CIA
Cuba
Watergate
James W.mccord Jr
Committee
CRP
G. Gordon Liddy
District of Columbia
Eugenio Martinez
Frank Sturgis
Virgilio Gonzalez
Federal Parole Board
Spradley Posts 15000 Bond On Shooting Charge
Carlo O. Spradley, 48, of 228 G St, posted a 15000 bond to the Raleigh County Circuit Court and was freed. He faces a shooting charge in the December 18 incident that left Herman Askew, 53, dead from a head wound after an argument at the American Legion Club.
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Carlo O. Spradley
G St
Raleigh County
Spradley
Herman Askew
Sylvia St
East Beckley
Askew
Beckley
Joe Rodriguez
American Legion Club
319 South
Fayette St
Edward Pittman Jr
Scott Ave
Pittman
Lorena ,Wallace
Hussein warns Geneva talks over peace with each Arab
In a Beirut interview King Hussein warned against Israeli moves toward separate Arab agreements. He expressed hope Geneva talks would advance peace while noting Jordan would keep troops in Syria under Damascus control as long as the Syrian government wanted them. US officials said Egyptian and Israeli negotiators near disengagement milestones.
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Iraq
Jordan
Syria
Damascus
Beirut
Hussein
Geneva
U.S
Rocket Attacks Kill and Wound Troops in Indochina
Saigon high command reports five government troops shot at in a Wednesday clash with Communist forces near Ben Cat district town, three rebels killed, fourteen soldiers wounded. In Phnom Penh a Soviet made rocket destroyed a monastery near the general staff, killing one and wounding thirteen including a monk, while other rockets hit a market and royal sites, wounding and killing several.
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Saigon High Command
Ben Cat
Saigon
Phnom Penh
Long Boret
Preah Keo
Royal Palace
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OMB
Neville ST
Chloe Burchett
Anna M. Crist
Mamie Darnall
Mamie C. Darnall
Lawrence LaPrade
High Lawn Memorial Park
W. H. Darnall
William
Rose) Wender
Joseph Moon
Glen White
St. Matthew Ame
Abner Wright
George Favors
W. D. Canty
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson
Mr. Moon
Maude A. Price
Maude Akers Price
Williams St
Melton Mortuary
Dewey B. Gray
Raleigh
Register
Beckley Newspapers ‘Corporation
Prince &J
Becky
W. Va
Aintes
WW. Va
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