Prosperity and Beauty Seen for West Virginia
Dr. Jay Hillary Kelley of West Virginia University predicts an era of unprecedented prosperity for the state if gas prices rise and production stays strong. He cautions against gas rationing and urges value adding near coal resources to improve local livelihoods and reclamation efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Wilson
Slab Fork Coal Company
Jay Hillary Kelley
School of Mines
West Virginia University
Twin Falls
Wyo
John Hodel
the Register
West Virginia University School of Mines
West Virginia
Kelley
West Virginia Personnel Association
Twin Falls State Park
Wyoming County
Area Coal Company
Britain’s rails crippled as engineers walk off jobs
Britain’s rail system halted as 260,000 coal miners refuse government appeal to resume normal work and a three day week spreads. Engineers’ unions with 3 million workers vow a overtime ban while demanding higher pay. Heath faces toll of industry shutdowns and potential wider strikes.
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Joseph W. Grigg
London
UPI
Britain
National Economic Development Board
Hugh Scanlon
Trades Union Congress
TUC
Edward Heath
Union offer rejected as Barber ends talks on wage limits
The government refused the TUC proposal after a meeting with labor and management leaders. Len Murray urged Heath to accept the offer in a personal letter while engineers walked off jobs protesting a tough line from the state run British Railways Board. No immediate government reaction was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Barber
Heath
TUC
Len Murray
British Railways Board
Rrail Board
Nixon impounds $3 billion in sewage treatment funds
President Nixon blocked $3 billion of the $7 billion authorized for sewage treatment, part of a 18 billion three year program to clean rivers and streams. The EPA funds cover building wastewater plants and facilities for cities to meet secondary treatment by mid 1977 with stricter tech by 1983. Nixon notes competing national priorities and says $7 billion will be available next year after accounting for previously unspent funds due to contracting delays.
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Michael J. Conlon
Washington
UPI
Nixon
Congress
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Russell E. Train
Simon Forms Task Force to Audit All Refineries
Energy Chief William E. Simon created a task force to audit price, profit and supply records of every petroleum refinery in the nation. The IRS and FEC will staff the program to verify refinery reports and ensure price increases reflect costs rather than extra profits.
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Robert F. Buckhorn
Washington
UPI
William E. Simon
Federal Energy Office
Simon
Internal Revenue Service
The
FEC
United States
FEO
Nixon warns energy shortage endangers world stability
President Nixon says the energy shortage threatens world prosperity and stability and urges Canada and eight European and Asian allies to join a Washington oil policy meeting on February 11. The report notes refinery audits and price rules under FEO and rising public criticism of oil firms.
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San Clemente, Calif
UPI
Nixon
Canada
West Germany
France
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Norway
Britain
Washington
News in Brief of Fr Cia l Case
Washington lawyers for Dwight L. Chapin asked to move his trial due to pretrial publicity and DC demographics. Chapin faces four counts for allegedly lying to a Watergate grand jury about Donald H. Segretti. Other items note SBA lending probes and diplomatic recall of Nicholas Platt after a fatal car incident near the Great Wall. Paris cites energy crisis strains. Colombia reports a deadly airliner crash in the south. A Belfast shooting leaves a Catholic man dead in Milltown Cemetery.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight L. Chapin
District of Columbia
Chapin
Donald H. Segretti
Treasury Department
Florida
U. S
Peking
China
Great Wall
Nicholas Platt
State Department
Rain Floods Beckley Area As Flooding Persists
Rain totaling over an inch drenched Beckley and surrounding Raleigh County from 3 12 a m to 10 a m causing widespread flooding. Hartley Avenue and Massey Branch areas reported extensive water and stranded cars. Fire dept assisted in shutting gas supplies and extinguishing pilot lights. Authorities warned of continuing rain with 80 percent odds this afternoon tonight and Friday.
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Beckley
Hartley Avenue
Eisenhower Drive
Raleigh County Armory
Beckley Fire Department
Beckley Board of Public Works
Granville Avenue
Glenn Avenue
Grant Street
Raleigh
Arnett
Goldie Massey
Massey
Weather Service
Lester
State Department of Highways
SDH
Howard L. Spears
Saxon-Posey
Spears
Arlene Chambers
A. A. Farmer
Bolt
Kissinger trip to Aswan linked to attack threats report
Al Sharq in Cairo cited reliable Arab sources claiming Kissinger moved his Egypt visit forward due to imminent Egyptian attack threats on Israeli forces along the Suez Canal. He met Sadat in Aswan, then briefed Fahmi before heading to Jerusalem for talks with Meir on troop withdrawals.
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United Press International
Beirut
al 'Sharq
Cairo
Henry A. Kissinger
Egypt
Washington
West Bank
Suez Canal
al Sharq
al Ahram
Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Aswan
Sadat
Jerusalem
Golda Meir
Suez
U.N
Israel
Geneva
al. Sharq
Kurt Waldheim
Ismail Fahmi
U.S
Hermann Eilts
Eilts
Fahmi
Moscow
Oil Industry May Be In For Tough Time On Capitol Hill
Rising belief on Capitol Hill credits U S petroleum companies more than the Arab embargo for shortages. Congress eyes punitive reforms, including data disclosures, excess profit taxes, and possible public utility status for the oil industry. Hearings are planned in February.
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Kim Willenson
Washington
UPI
Capitol Hill
U.S
Congress
United States
Congressional
House
Bond rates rise to five and a half percent in June 1970
The article states that both Series E and H U.S. Savings Bonds saw their interest rates boosted to five and a half percent in June 1970. It also notes the 1922 list of states on the back of the five dollar bill and details which states appear on the Lincoln Memorial design.
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U. S
Lincoln Memorial
Arkansas
Michigan
Florida
Texas
Iowa
Wisconsin
California
Minnesota
Oregon
Kansas
West Virginia
Nevada
Nebraska
Colorado
North Dakota
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Georgia
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Maryland
Carolina
Hampshire
Virginia
New York
South Carolina
New Hampshire
H. T. Krisak
U. S.department of the Treasury
Flood Warning For Beckley And Vicinity
A flash flood warning is in effect until 7 p.m. today for McDowell, Wyoming, Raleigh, Fayette and Summers counties. Radar and rainfall reports indicate flash flooding and heavy rain. Expect periods of heavy rain throughout the day with highs in the low 50s and lows near the upper 40s. Chance of precipitation remains 100 percent through Friday.
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Beckley
McDowell
Wyoming
Raleigh
Fayette
Summers
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Richard Schweiker
Rpa
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Alan Cranston
Dcalif
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Small Business Administration
House Banking Committee
SBA
Small Business Subcommittee
Paris
Georges Pompidou
Bogota
Colombia
Belfast
Milltown
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Foregin Relations
Henry ‘Jackson
Wash
Frank Church
Idaho
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