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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1971
Page
12
President Nixon authorized U S businessmen to export many goods to mainland China ending a decades long embargo. Freely sellable items include farm and forestry products rubber textiles metals equipment vehicles appliances and roadbuilding gear with no China specific approval required.
President Nixon announced a major easing of trade controls with Communist China by placing wheat flour and other grains on an unrestricted list. The move allows most exports to China and requires case by case Commerce Department approval for items not on the list, signaling a shift in U.S. policy and broader growth of trade with Beijing.
The Senate approved Senator Kennedy’s amendment to cap the draft at 130000 in the next year and 140000 the following year, aiming to curb escalation of the Vietnam war. The measure passed 78 to 4, with House action pending and debate over a two year extension continuing.
Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard testified to the Senate Banking Committee that Lockheed faces bankruptcy even with the Nixon administration loan guarantee. He warned the $250 million rescue could set a dangerous precedent and could raise unemployment in aerospace, though he doubted core defense contracts would be jeopardized.
Sergeant William E. Higdon was found guilty by a court martial panel on counts of larceny and graft for irregularities in a Vietnam servicemen's club. He accepted 7200 dollars from Envoy International and 723 dollars for monthly invoices from International Consultants, tied to a club contract. He was acquitted on other kickback accusations.
The statement notes two thirds of the court concur in each charge of larceny and graft. Higdon faced court martial for acts as custodian of the NCO club at Long Binh Vietnam during 1967 and 1968.
West Virginia Penitentiary inmate John Boggess of Dry Branch Kanawha County faces murder charges after a Marshall County grand jury indictment for the April 26 fatal stabbing of fellow inmate Robert McGilton of Wheeling in the prison yard.
Aubran Martin, 22, a suspect in the slaying of UMW official Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter, was extradited from Ohio to Pennsylvania to face murder charges. He was moved from a Cleveland jail to a state correctional facility late Wednesday night as the second of five suspects to be returned.
Mostly sunny this afternoon with a high in the mid 70s. Some cloudiness tonight with a low in the mid 50s. Friday will be partly sunny with a high in the upper 70s. Probability of precipitation is 10 percent this afternoon and tonight and 20 percent Friday. Details on page 6.
Del Warren McGraw cites heavy stream pollution in his Wyoming district and says a single water resources inspector covers 11 counties, including major coal regions. He called for a special grand jury to investigate Pinnacle Creek pollution and urged immunity for workers to identify violators, with proceedings possible under a new law.
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat accused the United States of backing Israel and occupying Arab land in a radio broadcast from Cairo. He warned that American support amounts to participation in aggression and suggested a hard line could stall peace efforts amid tense moves over the Suez Canal.
Three Soviet cosmonauts aboard Salyut 11 report space weather data and atmospheric studies as part of the station's flight program. Tass notes orbital stations can warn Earth about cyclones and hurricanes and measure development direction. The crew, Georgi Dobrovolsky Vladislav Volkov Viktor Patsayev, docked after Soyuz 11 transfer.
After 14 years on death row Edgar H. Smith Jr was nearly free on bond when the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia reversed a New Jersey district court order setting 5000 bond The court postponed release and scheduled July 12 hearings on a new trial while noting coerced interrogation and rehabilitation questions.
In Paris, Hanoi and Viet Cong negotiators insist on discussing POW releases only if Nixon sets an early troop withdrawal date. UPI reports no new flexibility in their demands despite rumors of possible prisoner releases. In Saigon, U.S. command says 19 Americans were killed last week, the lowest weekly total in almost six years, totaling 45,250 since Jan 1961.
The swimming area at Lake Stephens opens Memorial Day and closes after Labor Day. The lay reader is advised of seasonal timings and related public notice details.
UPI reports British air force jets delivered doctors nurses and millions of anti cholera vaccine doses to five million East Pakistan refugees to curb outbreak. Four thousand deaths cited. Page 9.
Havana radio reported Cuba seized two U.S. vessels and handed five American crewmen to a revolutionary tribunal for illegal entry. A third vessel with eight U.S. crewmen was under investigation as very suspicious. The broadcast tied actions to four Cuban skippers convicted in Key West and noted other seized craft and a canoe voyage to Mexico.
West Virginia Democrats face a potential disruption at the Jefferson Jackson Day Dinner in Charleston as the National Union of Hospital and Nursing Home Employes plans picket lines at the Charleston Civic Center. Union director Larry Harless condemns former governor Hulett C. Smith as a "union buster" amid a related Beckley hospital strike.
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