Strip Mine Issue Hangs Over Top Races in Raleigh County
Raleigh County faces a high turnout for the primary with 10 000 new voters and 42 246 registered, including 18 year olds. Key races include the Fourth District Democratic contest for U S House Kee and Hechler and a State Senate fight featuring Hylton and McGraw. Civil Service rules limit deputy campaigning as voters weigh strip mine legislation and party dynamics.
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Jean Campbell
Inog Register
Raleigh
In County
James Kee
W. Va
Ken
Hechler
D-W.va
Dr. H. A
Raleigh County
Sonny” Wells
Homer
Heck
National
Legisla
House Mines and Mining
Kee
West Virginia
Tracy Hylton
Mullens
del. Warren McGraw
Nion
Ken Larabee
Joe Herrera
Larabee
Secretary of State
Fayette County
Summer County
Wyoming County
Nixon summons urgent NSC meeting on Vietnam crisis
President Nixon orders William P. Rogers back from Europe and calls an NSC session to plot new Vietnam policy. Options speculated include a South Vietnamese counter invasion with U S airpower, an allied seaborne assault south of the DMZ, or a Haiphong harbor quarantine to starve Hanoi of supplies. Rogers returned Sunday from Bonn and may resume European visits. Kissinger reportedly delays Japan trip as policy role continues. Former officials warn escalation would be a dangerous mistake.
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Washington
UPI
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Europe
National Security Council
Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Haiphong Harbor
Hanoi
White House
Rogers
Bonn
Moscow
Robert McCloskey
West Germany
Paris
Rome
Madrid
Tokyo
Henry A. Kissinger
Japan
Kissinger
Kennedy
Johnson
Defense
Paul C. Warnke
U S Navy Jets Hit Targets West of Hanoi in Raid
U S military officials said Navy aircraft struck a military base and training camp about 15 miles west of Hanoi. Hanoi radio claimed raids hit irrigation dikes in the Red River Delta, potentially choking North Vietnam's food supply, as planes shot down several MiGs in three days of fighting.
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Saigon
UPS
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Navy
U. S
Red River Delta
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S
Sunshine Silver Mine Fire Deepens Trapping 58 Still Missing
At Kellogg Idaho the Sunshine silver mine fire intensified delaying rescue efforts for 58 miners trapped a mile underground for six days. Fifty five bodies had been recovered with 11 additional confirmations of missing workers. a capsule rescue system awaited repairs as power faults and smoke hindered operations. Relatives gathered outside a makeshift tent as officials warned of worsening conditions.
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Kellogg
Idaho
UPI
Sunshine
Marvin C. Chase
Chase
No. 10
Last Day Flurry in West Virginia Primary Race
Final day activity surrounds the Fourth Congressional District contest with incumbent James Kee and rival Ken Hechler. Kee accuses Hechler of printing adverse material about Kee and family and questions Hechler’s overlapping political roles. Supporters of all candidates rally with calls and visits to the Raleigh Register as campaigns press for votes.
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Raleigh Register
James Kee
D.w.va
Ken Hechler
H. A
Sonny” Wells
Homer Heck
Fourth Congressional District
Frank Tsutras
Kee
Senate leaders weigh timing of end the war debate
After three weeks in China Senate leaders Mansfield and Scott study whether to push a Vietnam War debate now or delay until after Nixon's Moscow trip. Democrats discuss tactics at a caucus as Republicans show split opinions. The plan may be set aside until next month with Church and Clifford backing the measure.
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Senate
China
Washington
Vietnam
Moscow
Scott
Relatives of POWs denounce Nixon policy in surprise move
In a shift from seven months earlier the National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia condemned Nixon’s Vietnam policy. About 50 activists planned to deliver a letter demanding a face to face meeting with Nixon within 10 days, signing as “Relatives,” and seeking answers from three representatives.
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Nixon
League
Washington
UPI
Vietnam
National League of Families of
Southeast Asia
America
West Virginia primary race shows long ballot and big turnout
Campaigning in West Virginia winds down with a record length ballot and voters surpassing one million. Humphrey and Wallace campaign stops draw crowds as Moore runs unopposed in the GOP primary. Rockefeller, Myers, and Kenna seek the Democratic nomination amid union endorsements for Myers and Hechler’s southern tour supporting McGovern.
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West Virginia
Wallace
Baltimore
Arch Moore
John D. Rockefeller IV
Bob Myers
Lee Kenna
Kenna
Kanawha County
Rockefeller
Princeton
Moore
James Sprouse
Myers
Whitesville
United Mine Workers
Raleigh
Boone
Fayette
McDowell
Logan
Kanawha
Ken Hechler
James Kee
4Th
Hechler
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Sen
Fred Harris
Oklahoma
George McGovern
Lengthy West Virginia primary ballot tests long voting time
In Charleston and Huntington tests show voters cannot finish the Democratic primary ballot within legal limits. In Kanawha County the ballot lists nearly 300 candidates for 32 offices, with warnings that voters must hurry. Voting machines' counties restrict time to three minutes, while paper ballots allow five.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Secretary of State
Kanawha
Hunjtington
Cabell, Hancock, Logan
Mingo
McDowell
Wayne
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Charleston Gazette
Ralph J. Bean Jr
Secre
Gray aims to lead FBI long term after Nixon win
Acting FBI Director L Patrick Gray III says he seeks the top post, aiming to impress Nixon and become the President’s leading candidate to permanently head the bureau after Hoover’s death. He meets with 59 special agents in charge and plans to visit each field office, while exploring reforms in files, intelligence, and organized crime and drug enforcement.
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Isabelle Hall Washington
UPI
FBI
L. Patrick Gray III
Nixon
Washington
Jeach
Gray
Edgar Hoover
Meridian
Miss
James C. Eastland
Eastland
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Will and estate questions answered by local attorney
A widow can leave her real estate and personal property to a future husband without naming her children, an attorney says. A will is personal and can be changed or destroyed by the maker, though it has no effect until death and may require court action to alter. Life insurance proceeds go to the policy beneficiary, not the will, according to the attorney.
Arraignment Of Pass Delayed In Slay Case
Albert Pass a United Mine Workers International Board member linked to the 1969 Yablonski killings remains in custody in Kentucky and his federal conspiracy arraignment has been delayed indefinitely.
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Pittsburgh
API
Albert Pass
United Mine Workers International Board
Yablonski
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Pass
UMW
U. S
Richard L. Thornburgh
Kentucky
Weather Showers in Beckley Area Likely Through Tuesday
Beckley and vicinity expect showers and possible thundershowers this afternoon and tonight, ending Tuesday afternoon with decreasing clouds. Highs reach upper 60s today and Tuesday, lows around 50, with precipitation chances about 80 percent today and tonight and 60 percent Tuesday.
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Beckley
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Lacenes
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D-Miss
Senate Armed Services Committee
ABC
Robert Rae Nelson
West Virginia House of Delegates
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Kansas
J. D
Jay” Rockefeller
Hubert Humphrey
Alabama
George Wallace
Minnesota
Huntington
Michigan
Tion
Pett
Pss
Pere Eerners
Joe Herrera, Sr
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