Warships Surround Paracels as Saigon Forces Move In
South Vietnamese warships mass near the Paracel Islands after losing the area to China last week. Saigon ordered naval reinforcements and air power to deter renewed fighting, as casualties mount in Vietnam and Cambodia amid ongoing cease-fire pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nguyen Anh Tuyet Saigon
UPI
Paracel Islands
China
Saigon
South Vietnam
South China Sea
Tran Khanh du
da Nang
Paracels
Saigon High Command
Cambodia
Phnom Penh
Mekong
Henry A. Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Oil Fuel Crunch Deepens as Congress Eyes Emergency Powers
The piece reports on a widening energy crisis with heating oil tightness and a push in Congress for an emergency energy bill granting Nixon powers to regulate gasoline. It covers multinational oil firms, tax debates, potential rationing, and international responses from Yamani and Saudi Arabia, plus regional price actions in South Vietnam and Hawaii.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon
Houses
Congress
President Nixon
Senate
House
Senate Foreign Relations
State Department
Nixon
U.S
James Akins
Saudi Arabia
Cost of Living Council
American Petroleum Institute
Frank Ikard
UPI
Ikard
NBC
I Meet the Press
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Washington Post
New York Times
Jackson
CBS
Face
Hawaii
Oregon
Tokyo
Ahmed Zaki Yamani
Japan
United States
Washington
Yamani
America
Faisal
Nixon Urged to Repeal 1968 Veterans Day Change
Senators Mathias and Conte urged reforms to GI Bill benefits for Vietnam veterans describing unemployment and rising education costs as a national disgrace. Mathias proposed 80 percent tuition coverage plus 220 a month subsistence and guaranteed jobs. Conte urged equal opportunities amid wartime draft controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Congress
Sen
Charles McC. Mathias
R-Md
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Special Veterans Opportunity Committee
Mathias
Educational Testing Service
Korea
Massachusetts
Conte
EPA Hearing Set On One Year Pollution Standards Extension
The EPA opens a hearing to consider a one year extension of pollution standards amid the energy crisis. The session, led by Paul F. Pfeiffer, will run into Thursday with Russell Train delivering the final decision. Seven West Virginia plants involving AEP subsidiaries including Kammer Mitchell Cabin Creek Kanawha River John Amos Harrison Fort Martin are under review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
Paul F. Pfeiffer
U. S. Maritime Administration
EPA
Russell Train
West Virginia
AEP
Kammer
Mitchell
Ohio Power Co
Moundsville
Cabin Creek
Kanawha River
Appalachian Power Co
Harrison
Monongahela Power Co
Fort Martin
Monongahela Power
Duquesne Light Co
Appalachian and
Ohio Power
Reverend Mitchell a Pioneer in Civil Rights and Education
Rev. Mitchell helped form Beckley City Council proposals for a City Commission on Human Rights and open housing. He led Ebenezer Baptist Church from a small parish to a new brick building at 770 S Fayette. He studied at Germantown High, Lincoln University, Penn, Crozer Seminary and taught at Lincoln and Virginia institutions. He and wife Marion have two daughters Francene Williams III and Portia Coombs and seven grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Beckley City
Commission On Human Rights
Ebenezer Baptist Church
S. Fayette St
S. Fayette
Germantown High School
Lincoln University
Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
Crozer Theological Seminary
Chester
Lincoln
Virginia Theological Seminary and College
Lynchburg
Virginia Union University
Richmond
Marion Chambers Mitchell
Hugh F
Francene) Williams III
Portia Coombs
Skylab 3 Astronauts Set Record on Earth Photography Pass
The Skylab 3 crew Gerald Carr Edward Gibson and William Pogue completed the longest single earth photography pass to date. They photographed from California to West Africa and later California to South America, gathering geology topography weather and ocean data. They used extra thrust gas to stabilize the ship and maintained high scientific work pace in the mission’s final weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas G. Belden
UPI
Houston
Gerald P. Carr
Edward G. Gibson
William R. Pogue
Carr
Gibson
Pogue
Skylab
California
West Africa
South America
Musgrave
WV Legislature Confronts Lottery Metro Government Proposals
West Virginia lawmakers move into controversy with a lottery constitutional amendment and a metro government measure poised for votes. Committees debate redistricting and consumer protection while energy prices and animal traps face hearings and potential floor action.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Senate
Judiciary
House Judiciary
A. L. Sommerville
D - Webster
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Constitutional Revision Committee
T. E. Myles
D-Fayette
Metro
Mario Palumbo
D - Kanawha
Palumbo
Egypt to hand land to U.N. forces as Kissinger plans pullback
The article describes Israel handing over a one third portion of a West Bank bulge to U.N. troops amid a 40 day pullback deal negotiated by Henry Kissinger. Egyptian 3rd Army units retreat, the Cairo Suez highway to be turned over at Kilometer 101 desert outpost, and Kissinger expressing cautious optimism about a broader troop withdrawal with Syria.
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Egypt
West Bank
Israel
Middle East
U.N
Henry A. Kissinger
Cairo-Suez
Canal City
Kilometer 101
Kissinger
Syria
Tel Aviv
Andrew Young
D-Ga
Adabiya
Thej
William Jennings Bryan Dom
D-S.c
Nixon
John Rousselot
Calif
White House
House
Kenneth Robinson
Rva
Albert W. Johnson
R-Pa
Phil M. Landrum
Landrum
Welfare System Improvable Says U S Welfare Official
U S Welfare Commissioner Robert B Carleson says the nation welfare system is improvable and should be improved rather than replaced with a guaranteed annual income for needy families. He criticizes plans like the FAP for potential roll-overs and dependence, urging work and self reliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
U.S
Robert B. Carleson
Carelson
California
JAGAPAL CMIDAVy LAL WUEly Beno RNS Notice
Mrs Adelia Brackenrich Dosier 94 Birmingham Ala died Jan 15 after a short illness in Birmingham She was buried in Highland Memorial Gardens Her survivors include two daughters Mrs Pauline Minks Beckley and Mrs Louise Green Baltimore two sons Mathew Detroit and William Orlando a sister Mrs Golden Jones Rupert and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Adelia Brackenrich Dosier
Birmingham
Ala
Dosier
Highland Memorial Gardens
Elmwood Chapel
Louis
Vince
Pauline Minks
Louise Green
Baltimore
Wildlife Report Attacks Judge's Timber Ruling
The West Virginia Wildlife Federation criticizes a federal judge's timbering decision as disastrous for conservation. Ted Fearnow argues the ruling shifts Forest Service work from management to salvage and harms pulpwood and other products, with deer and trout programs facing limits without funding. Fearnow also proposes selective deer removal and a special trout license to cover hatchery costs.
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Berkeley Springs
W.va
UPI
West Virginia Wildlife Federation
Ted Fearnow
Fearnow
U.S
Robert E. Maxwell
Congress
Truck Drivers Strike Momentum Builds in Ohio Protests
About 400 truckers met in Youngstown to discuss action as a national strike looms at midnight Tuesday. They cited government delays and lack of written offers, with Barberton organizers predicting up to 75,000 could join a broader stoppage. frustr ations rose as violence flared in Youngstown after Steel Haulers of America joined the protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown
Washington
Barberton
Ohio
George Ryan
Council of Independent Truckers
Fred Shaw
Shelby
Zag
Shaw
Steel Haulers of America
Egypt Israel pullback near Suez Canal ends tensions
The withdrawal, starting last Friday, aimed to conclude March 5 with Egyptian forces on both banks of the waterway. In exchange for Israel retreating from the Sinai, Egypt would thin forces along the canal’s east bank and remove surface-to-air missiles from the desert.
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Middle East
Sinai Desert
Egypt
Traffic Mishaps Claim Two Lives In West Virginia
Two deaths from Saturday crashes raise West Virginia’s yearly toll to 13. David Gilmer, 86, of Coopers Mercer County, died at Welch hospital after a two car crash on U S 2 near Elkhorn Mountain between Maybery and Northfork. Linda Jean Van Meter, 31, of Upper Tract Pendleton County, died from injuries in a U S 220 wreck in Pendleton County.
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United Press International
McDowell
Pendleton
West Virginia
David Gilmer
Coopers
Mercer Couny
Welch Hospital
U. S.2
Elkhorn Mountain
Maybeury
Northfork
Linda Jean van Meter
Upper Tract
Pendleton County
U.S. 220
Weather Extremes Reported Across US Today
The day featured a high of 85 in Fort Myers Florida and lows of 8 below across Alamosa Colorado and Roosevelt Utah indicating a wide temperature swing.
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Fort Myers
Fla
Alamosa
Colo
Roosevelt
Utah
Environmental impact statements for Appalachian Corridor routes
Federal Highway Administration says three routes are being studied for the Appalachian Corridor east of Elkins West Virginia. The options would pass through or around Canaan Valley State Park in Tucker County with northward swings from Wymer Randolph County to Scherr Grant County.
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Elkins
W.va
Canaan Valley State Park
Tucker County
John McBee
FBA
McBee
West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
Wymer
Randolph County
Scherr
Grant County
Amin bans wigs in Ugandan government and public events
President Idi Amin declares a ban on wearing wigs in government offices and at public functions to avoid imitating dead imperialists. Private wear is allowed, and family members are forbidden from using wigs under penalty of losing their family status.
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Kamapal
UPI
Idi Amin
Funeral Notices From Mullens and Pineville
The funeral for Mrs Sagatha Lynch Gaines 79 of Mullens will be Tuesday at First Baptist Mullens with Rev Sam McClure. burial Restlawn Memorial Estates Princeton. She died in Orange New Jersey after a long illness born Powhatan February 18 1894. She taught in Virginia and West Virginia and is survived by a niece and a nephew. Funeral home services today 7 to 9 pm. The funeral for Mrs Lillie Ann Kincaid Gunter 69 of Pineville is Tuesday at Cook Memorial Baptist Pineville with burial Sunset Memorial Park Beckley. She died Saturday in Welch hospital. Visitation today 4 to 9 pm at Robertson Foglesong Funeral Home and one hour prior to service at the church. Pallbearers named Bob Stewart Charles Cook Jr and stepsons.
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Virginia Dilley
Johnson St. Oak Hill
Tyree
Oak Hill
Joe Cuthbert
High Lawn Memorial Park
Marion
William and
Cornelia Anderson
Missionary Baptist Church At
Scarbro
Marvin Thomas
Buck) Dilley
Prudence
Howard Lee
Sagatha ‘Lynch Gaines
Mullens
First Baptist Church
Virginia Street
Sam McClure
Restlawn Memorial Estates
Princeton
Orange
N. J
Powhatan
Anderson
Josephine Iverson Lynch
Salem
Storer College
Bluefield State College
Virginia
West Virginia
Maxine Johnson
East Orange
Augustine Mortis
Weston
Sam Foglesong
Nease and Neely Funeral
Lillie Ann Kincaid Gunter
Pineville
Cook Memorial Baptist Church
Harry Stevens
Sunset Memorial Park
Beckley
Garvie E White dies after apparent heart attack in Detroit
Garvie E White 61 of East Detroit Michigan died Friday in a Detroit hospital after an apparent heart attack. Survivors include Beckley resident Mrs W E Wassum of Kessinger Street a sister. Funeral services for White were attended by Mr and Mrs Wassum on Saturday in Warren Michigan.
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Garvie E. White
East Detroit
Mich
Detroit
Beckley
W. E. Wassum
Kessinger Street
Wassum
White
Warren
Wettest Year in Hong Kong Sees Record Rainfall
Hong Kong recorded its wettest year on record in 1973 with rainfall exceeding 124 inches, over 40 percent above average, alongside nine typhoons and tropical storms impacting the crown colony.
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Hong Kong
UPI
Crown Colony
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Dminn
Treasury Department
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Florida
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D - Wood
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Sumer Protection and Credit Act
Arch Moore
Senate Insurance and Corporations Committee
Natural Resources Committees
Nation
Thejwiley
Rayeteville
Orville Edward
Fayetteville
Larry
Jack Blackwell
Albuquerque
N. M
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HEW
Carleson
Enieeae Ae
Jagapal Cmidavy
Lal Wuely Beno
Ruby Fernandez
Carlisle
Marie Ellison
Mrs
Adelia Dosier
Wildlife Report
Judge
Mrs. Sagatha Gaines
Mrs. Lillie Gunter
Raleigh S Negister
Beckley Newspaperstoration
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Bacetey
W. Vandinten
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