Lawmakers push federal control to end strip mining blight
Ohio congressman Wayne Hays proposes a three member federal commission to set strict reclamation standards and shut down firms that fail them. The plan, backed by others including Ken Hechler and Carl Perkins, faces rough passage amid industry opposition and energy concerns.
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Washington
UPI
Ohio
Congress
Wayne L. Hays
Hechler
D-W.va
Hays
Senate
National Coal Association
NCA
Carl Bagge
Barron Receives 12 Year Prison Term and Fine
Former West Virginia Governor William Wallace Barron was sentenced by U S District Judge John A Field Jr to 12 years in federal prison and a 50000 dollar fine after pleading guilty to three counts of bribing a juror in a 1968 conspiracy trial in which he was acquitted. Buckalew of Dunbar also received 12 years.
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Charleston
UPI
U. S
John A. Field Jr
West Virginia
William Wallace Barron
Barron
Field
Ralph Buckalew
Dunbar
Buckalew
John Kay Jr
Martin Bowles
U.S. Bureau of Prisons
Kay
Bowles
Bureau
Nixon to Visit China Sets Historic UPI Announcement
President Nixon accepted Premier Chou En Lai's invitation to visit the People's Republic of China before May 1972. The move aims to end isolation of the communist nation and improve US China relations, announced after Kissinger's secret Peking trip. Thant welcomed the development at the United Nations.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Chou En-lai
Red China
Peking
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Asia
Islamabad
Pakistan
Peoples Republic of China
United States
United Nations
Thant
U.S
China
Henry Kissinger
Chou Enlai
Republic of China
Chiang Kai-Shek Protests Nixon Peking Visit
Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist government in Taiwan protests Nixon plan to visit Peking calling it de facto recognition of China. Tass reports Soviet support for the visit while Britain notes improving relations. The note to U S Ambassador McConaughy was delivered but details were not released.
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United Press International
Chiang Kai Shek
Nixon
Peking
Tass
Washington
People’s Republic of China
Taiwan
U.S
Walter P. McConaughhy
Taipei
James Wei
Chiang Kai-shek
China
London
Two Railroads Shut Down As Washington Talks Fail
United Transportation Union members walked off the Southern and Union Pacific railroads after a 12 hour bargaining session in Washington failed to reach an agreement on work rules. The strikes could add about 30,000 unemployed amid broader labor unrest across communications, copper, shipping and farming equipment sectors. Talks were to continue later with federal mediators despite strikes beginning at 6 and 7 am.
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United Press International
United Transportation Union
Southern
Union Pacific
Washington
Southern Railroad
UTU
Chicago
Partly Sunny Beckley Area Forecast
Partly sunny this afternoon with a high in the upper 70s. Clear tonight upper 50s. Saturday partly cloudy with a chance of thundershowers near 80. Precipitation probabilities: 20 percent this afternoon 10 tonight 30 Saturday.
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Beckley
Ranger opens new deep mine near Bolt with 4000 tons daily
Ranger Fuel Co. starts a deep mine near the Bolt tipple aiming 4000 tons of coal per day when full operation begins. Construction includes a 2400 foot slope and two shafts to the Beckley seam. Operations expected mid 1971 with about 300 workers within two years.
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Ranger Fuel Co
Bolt
Beckley
Eugene Copeland
Copeland
Ranger
War Eagle
Upper
Build A Goal To Date To Go
Revenue figure shows a milestone of 80 thousand dollars. The text lists subsequent totals 24,860 and 55,140, implying progress toward a target goal. No clear event, date, or organization is specified in the fragment.
Government opens case against UMW trusteeships
The U.S. government moves to dissolve seven Washington controlled UMW districts seen as the union’s core power base. The trial before Judge Joseph Waddy features concessions by UMWA lawyers who admit districts settle grievances but argue they are administrative arms, not independent trusteeships. Districts span Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Tennessee with two Canadian districts autonomous.
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Ihillsides
Appalachia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Four Corners
Arizona
Colorado
Utah
New Mexico
Hays
Nixon
UMWA
United States
Canada
U. S
Joseph Waddy
Landum-Griffin
International Union
International Union In Action
Willard P. Owens
Tennes
House Committee Pushes Aid Cuts to Greece and Pakistan
The House Foreign Affairs Committee, citing sanctions to promote democracy, moved to amend the Foreign Aid Act by withholding most military aid to Greece and limiting Pakistan aid. Debate featured Rep. Thomas Morgan and subcommittee chairs Rosenthal Fraser Hamilton Culver, with Rep. Hays gaining ground for Greece amid NATO pressure discussions.
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Olla Linccil
Greece
East Pakistan
West Pakistan
India
Pakistan
Nixon
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Penn
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-N.y
Donald Fraser
D-Minn
Lee
Hamilton
D-Ind
John Culver
Iowa
Cornelius Gallagher
D-N.j
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Rosenthal
Hays
NATO
Be the Reporter Quiz Answers and Local Inquiries
A reader questions distance to Huntington 104 miles per AAA Beckley Travel Center. where to get a Beckley area National Geologic Survey quad map for 60 cents at Gates Supply 201 N Kanawha St. It notes Beaver Ave parking limits require petition and council action. WWHS Hot Line aims for summer hours, open two weeks after new HQ, Fridays 5 p.m. to Sundays 8 p.m. It guides on becoming a State or City Policeman with local HQs and Beckley City Hall.
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National Geological Survey of
Beckley Area
Gates Supply
N. Kanawha St
Beaver Avenue
Beckley
Tom Durrett
Woodrow Wilson High School
Jim Comerci
Wwhs Key Club
Beckley City Hall
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Jennings Randolph
Byrd
Randolph
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Lewisburg
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Soviets
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CWA
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CWA District S
Ray Stevens
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
UMW
United Mine Workers
Labor Department
David Orlikoff
Justice Department
Orlikoff
Labor Sec
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Internal Revenue Service
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TRS
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