Hopes Dim For Nine Miners Trapped In WV Coal Mine
Officials report a fire in Consolidation Coal No 1 mine near Blacksville West Virginia may have been caused by safety violations. Nine miners are missing after an overhead electrical cable contact ignited oil and foam in a tunnel about 540 feet below the surface. Owners and inspectors say rescue teams search every possible area as conditions remain unfavorable.
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W.va
UPI
Federal
Miller
West Virginia
Corcoran
Mary
Egypt Fires Missiles At Israeli Jets Over Suez Canal
Israel reports surface to air missiles fired from the Egyptian side at two Israeli aircraft east of the Suez Canal during a routine patrol. Neither plane was hit and they returned to base. Cairo radio claimed four planes were involved and one was shot down, an assertion not corroborated by Israel. The incident followed President Sadats speech vowing to fight Israel to regain Arab land.
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Suez Canal
Israel
Cairo
Anwar Sadat
Sadat
Egypt
West Virginia Endures Heat Wave and Air Stagnation
A four day heat wave in West Virginia disrupted water supplies and caused a power outage in Huntington. Officials lifted a northern Panhandle air stagnation advisory as winds dropped but warned conditions would remain marginal with a cold front approaching. The state faced water shortages in Milton and strained power service as temperatures fell.
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United Press International
West ‘Virginia
Trouma
NWS
State Air Pollution Control Commission
Milton
Cabell County
Hubert Harshbarger
Mud River
West Virginia
Huntington
Appalachian Power Co
Reader Call For City News Help At The Register
The Register seeks information or tips from readers about local situations. Call 253-2441 between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. or write to The Register with details. The page also answers questions on Nixon’s birth date, a Beckley water tank height, rare-book dealers, and mattress tag laws.
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City Ata
King Register
Beckley
C. H. Graham
Raleigh
International Book Finders
Olympic Station
Beverly Hills
Calif
Nixon Tanaka Will Meet In August
President Nixon will visit Hawaii on August 31 for a two day meeting with newly elected Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka. The talks aim to repair strained ties and cover the full range of U.S. Japanese relations including China policy and the 3 billion dollar U S trade deficit with Japan.
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UPI
Nixon
United States
Japan
Hawaii
Kakuei Tanaka
China
America
Interim Committees Hear Flood Industry Forestry Reports
Interim legislative committees opened three days of meetings in Charleston. Tax Commissioner Richard Dailey praised 1969 credit legislation for spurring over 150 million dollars in industrial expansion and predicted another half a billion in growth in eight years if better use is made of the law. Commerce Commissioner Lysander Dudley cited high wage rates and a unionized 44 percent of West Virginia’s workforce as barriers, noting chemical and stone glass sectors drive up costs and deter new industry. Harold J. Snyder discussed coal waste disposal with an interim committee on the Public Service Commission and called for state action.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPD
Richard Dailey
Dailey
Dudley
Harold J. Snyder
State Public Service Commission
Pankovich Agrees on Safety Failures in Blacksville Mine Tragedy
UMW leaders Miller and Pankovich fault federal and state enforcement of mine safety laws after a fire trapped nine miners at Consolidation Coal Co.’s Blacksville mine. Miller, campaigning in West Virginia, said men violated rules by moving a continuous miner. rescue efforts continued as officials sought a full hearing.
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Blacksville
W.va
UPD
Arnold Miller
Reform
United, Mine Workers Union
Miller
West Virginia
Obley
W. Va
Miners For A Democracy
Clarksville
Consolidation Coal Co
Blacksville Raine
E. J. Pankovich
UMW
Consolidation Coal
Pnakovich
George Titler
Union
Pankovich
Antiwar Bill Debated as Senate Holds Final Round
The Senate moved to a final debate on the Mansfield antiwar amendment demanding a full U S withdrawal from Vietnam by October 1 in exchange for POWs and MIAs accounting. Debates include proposed alternatives by Cannon Cooper and Stennis, with a separate open on a $20.6 billion military procurement bill funding the B 1 bomber and Trident submarine.
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UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Vietnam
Mansfield
Southeast Asia
Howard W. Cannon
D-Nev
Johnn Sherman Cooper
John Stennis
Dmiss
Senate Armed Services Committee
Weather Warm and Humid Beckley Area
The Beckley area remains warm and humid with a chance of thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Temperatures reach the mid 80s this afternoon with upper 60s overnight. Mostly cloudy conditions persist with a 40 percent chance of precipitation through Tuesday and highs in the low 80s.
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Beckley
Strip Permit Conversion Hearing Opens in Charleston
Kanawha County Circuit Judge Frank Taylor heard arguments on issuing a temporary injunction to block enforcement of state strip mine rules. Eight surface mine operators seek to challenge the 1971 Surface Mine and Reclamation Act and may renew intervention requests as amici curiae after the judge weighs a declaratory judgment. The case centers on a regulation requiring permit conversions, with operators estimating costs around 75 million dollars.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Kanawha County
Frank Taylor
Cision
Taylor
John L. Boettner Jr
Ray. E. Ratliff Jr
Attorney General’s of
Natu
Cass Fire Devastates Scenic Railroad Shop in West Virginia
An early morning blaze at Cass Scenic Railroad in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, destroyed a maintenance building, machinery, and tools estimated over 250000 dollars. Two engines were damaged, one museum piece, but the line kept running with four engines as fire officials investigate the cause. The facility had no insurance beyond a 50000 dollar blanket policy.
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Cass
W. Va
UPI
Cass Scenic Railroad
Pocahontas County
Kermit McKeever
Parks and Recreation
Natural Resources Department
McKeever
State buys railroad for centennial parade lure draws crowds
The railroad purchased by the state for the 1963 centennial celebration drew more than 80,000 visitors last year, marking a popular showcase during the anniversary events.
Environmental Spy Satellite Put Into Orbit
A satellite designed to observe the earth’s environment to aid pollution fight was placed in a polar orbit today from Lompoc California. Officials said the orbit differed slightly from plan but should not affect the mission as photographic and scientific instruments were to start operating soon.
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Lompoc
Calif
UPS
Earth Resources Technology
Protestants threaten to kill IRA members if troops fail
In Belfast a Protestant spokesman for the Ulster Defense Association warns the British army has one week to wipe out the outlawed IRA or face its own measures. The UDA vows to enter Catholic areas and kill IRA members, amid ongoing sectarian violence that has left 472 dead since August 1969.
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UPD
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Ulster Defense’ Association
UDA
Provisional
A Siper
Vere Foster School
Ballymurphy
Londonderry
Springfield
Northern Ireland
Iris Republicans Arm
Ulster
Hawaii Ecology Group Seeks Surgeon General Auto Health Study
Honolulu API reports Life of the Earth group urges the U.S. Surgeon General to study health hazards of automobiles. They call cars a public menace and demand banning car ads with a warning label on each vehicle. The group cites a warning from the Surgeon General about automobiles being dangerous to health.
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API
Hawaii
U.S
Life of the Earth
Surgeon General
Lso
United States
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