Multiple Shootings Reported Across Belfast and Worldwide Turmoil
A string of violent incidents reports shootings in Belfast leaving two dead and several wounded during protracted gun battles between Protestant snipers and troops. Simultaneously UN Security Council debates Middle East crisis ahead of Nixon Brezhnev talks as global markets show modest moves and tensions rise over Vietnam cease-fire negotiations.
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High Court Favors Clean Air Interpretation Ruling
The US Supreme Court and EPA faced years of debate over the Clean Air Act of 1970 and state versus federal standards. The decision involved multiple states and environmental groups, with the Court affirming lower court results in several tied votes and signaling no single broad legal precedent until final regulatory updates.
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Texas
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Chiefl
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Warren E. Burger
Utah Power & Light Co
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ESA
Arizona
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Chamber of Commerce
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Sierra
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American Mining Congress
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California
Connec
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Florida
Iiets
Kansas
Lewis F.j
Louisiana
Maine
Massa
Sierra Club
Powell Jr
Airchusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Mexico
New York
North Atomic Workers Union
Sally Harmony Watergate Joke Dominates Washington Secretaries
Sally Harmony, the secretary tied to G. Gordon Liddy, becomes the punchline of the week as reporters and party secretaries react to her Watergate testimony. Secretaries across the capital compare memories while Muzak pipes hearings into DNC and RNC offices, highlighting job frustrations and loyalty.
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G. Gordon Liddy
Senate
Watergate Committee
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Liddy
Sally Harmony
Vera Murray
Robert Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Kathryn Higgins
DNC
Watergate
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Jane Kenney
George Bush
Two Trade Unions Accept Revised Contracts
In Charleston West Virginia two unions have accepted a revised contract offer from the Kanawha Valley Builders Association paving the way for resumption of construction work. Pickets halted work on May 31 as plumbers iron workers and others joined in accepting the new pact.
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UPI
Kanawha Valley Builders Association
Plumbers
Charlestony Building Construction Trade Council
Gimbels Case May Affect All Shopping Plazas
The Federal Trade Commission and Gimbel Brothers Inc. near a settlement on restrictive covenants in 24 shopping centers. The consent agreement would acknowledge Gimbels and other top tenants to maintain content control over adjacent store fronts, a move likely to set a national precedent.
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N. Y
Wahington
Federal Trade Commission
Gimbel Brothers Inc
F.T.C
Commission
ACLU Lawyer Locations in Beckley Area and WV Laws
Questions cover ACLU attorney options in West Virginia including Huntington Charleston and Summers Street James B McIntyre details. Also notes WV marriage age rules and a celebrity age claim. Mentions FHA lending advice and a historical cannery closure affecting local canning options in Shady Spin County Grenville Weston.
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American Civil Liberties Union
Beckley
Huntington
ACLU
Charleston
James B. McIntyre
Summers Street
Shady Spin County
Agnew Says Ervin Can't Ferret Out Watergate Truth
Vice President Spiro Agnew warned the Senate Watergate hearings would muddle justice and likely fail to deliver ultimate court convictions. He argued missing courtroom safeguards jeopardize truth and could ruin innocent people, as the Watergate probe resumes with witnesses and calls for higher officials.
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UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
Senate
Agnew
National Association of Attorneys General
St. Louis
Senate Watergate Committee
Sam Ervin
Dn.c
John W. Dean
Nixon
White House
April Sn
Dean
Charles N. Shaffer
Ater
Skylab 2 Moves Onto Launch Pad
Skylab 2 prepares for launch at Cape Kennedy as ground crews move the transporter to the firing site. The crew ferried to the site aboard the 224 foot ship after a five hour thirty four minute crawl, with Skylab 1 astronauts Conrad Kerwin and Weitz embarking on day 18 of their Earth orbit mission.
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Kennedy
Houston
UPI
Jspaceport
Charles
Pete” Conrad
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Mission Control
Canberra
Australia
Ing
Conrad
Earth
Fess
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack Ara Lousma
Kerwin
Weitz
U.S. Pays Laotian Pilots Not To Fly
A Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee report alleges U S payments to Laotian Air Force pilots not to fly and salaries to Cambodian soldiers, funded by the Pentagon and routed through a CIA post in Vientiane. It also notes thousands of underage children on the Cambodian Army payroll and cites south Laos ceasefire pressures.
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UPI
Investige
United States
James G. Lowenstein
Richard M. Moose
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
SoutheastAsia
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Foreign
Lui Py
Pentagon
Central Intelligence Agency
Vientiane
Shaver's Fork Protection Urged In House Hearing
Rep. Ken Hechler urged federal protection for Shaver's Fork in Monongahela National Forest during a House Interior Subcommittee hearing. He supported bill HRI401 to include Shaver's Fork in the national wild and scenic system, shielding it from mining and logging. Hechler praised the river as a fisherman's paradise and a canoeist challenge across its 80 mile course.
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UPI
House
Interior Subcommittee On
National Parks and Recreation
Ken Hechler
Shaver’s Fork
Monongahela’ National Forest
Hechler
West Virginia Democrat
Beckley Area Weather Outlook For Today And Tuesday
Sunny and humid this afternoon with a high in the mid 80s. Clear tonight with fog and a low near 60. Sunday remains sunny with a chance of afternoon showers. Tuesday brings another warm day with a mid 80s high and a 10 percent chance of precipitation this afternoon and tonight.
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Hartford official decries West Virginia flood insurance shortage
Edward C. Brinley, director of Hartford catastrophe unit, says WV residents show alarmingly little flood coverage with just 842 single family policies state wide out of an estimated 490000 homes. He notes disaster relief only if an area is designated and highlights minimal coverage in Buffalo Creek, Logan County after last year’s dam breach.
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UPI
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Logan County
Explorer 49 Moonbound Probe Heads Straight Course
Explorer 49, a small unmanned radio astronomy satellite, set a direct path to the moon for its five day journey. Ground control scheduled a minor mid course correction if needed as the Delta launched craft listens to radio signals from the sun, earth, Jupiter, and distant galaxies.
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Radio Explorer
Explorer 49
Radio Astronomy
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Earth
Jupiter
Milky Way
Robert G. Stane
Chie Ientist
Playwright Ince Dies
Hollywood tracing the death of William Inge 60 a renowned modern playwright who sank into gloom over his failing talents and died from inhaling car exhaust in a garage his works include Come Back Little Sheba Picnic Splendor in the Grass Bus Stop and Dark at the Top of the Stairs with an Oscar for 1962.
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UPT
William Inge
America
Inge
Little Sheba
New York
Former Beckley Judge Harry L McCreery Dies
Harry L McCreery 69 of 107 Hill Park Drive died in a Greensboro hospital at midnight Sunday after a life spent in Raleigh County as a judge and attorney. He was born October 21, 1903 in Beckley and practiced law at the Main and Kanawha streets building later replaced by a parking lot. A Democrat, he served as Raleigh County Criminal and Juvenile Court judge before resigning in 1971 and was elected in 1980 as a successor to Winton A Rifte. Survivors include Eugenia Adams McCreery, son Harry Jr. in Washington and daughter Mrs O E Philpot in Memphis. Body returned to Caffee Funeral Home.
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Hill Park Drive
Greensboro
N. C
McCreery
Beckley
Myrtle Beach
Judge McCreery
Henry II
Anatoletta Saunders McCreery
Raleigh County
Birmingham
Ala
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Raleigh County Criminal Court
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Winton A. Rifte
Ned H. Ragland
Augusta Military Academy
Fort Defiance
West Virginia University
Main
Kanawha
Roo
Bank of Raleigh
Quinnimont
Soviets Visit Cincinnati Lab for Pollution Study
Three prominent Soviet scientists began a three day visit to the University of Cincinnati's Kettering Laboratory to research the biology and genetic effects of environmental pollutants. The stop centers a broader American tour on cooperation in environmental protection, signed by President Nixon during his Moscow trip. The Raymond Su noted Kettering was chosen as the site because it is the largest single heavy metal toxicity research activity in the United States.
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University of Cincinnati
Kettering Laboratory
Aviet
Nixon
Moscow
Raymond Su
Kettering
United States
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