Poverty Among Elderly Jumps Sharply
Washington report from the Senate Committee on Aging warns that poverty among Americans over 65 has risen to 14.7 million, with many retirees retiring early or living in unsatisfactory housing. The panel urges federal action and notes Social Security benefits and housing efforts lagging, pushing elderly poverty higher since 1968.
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Senate Committee
Committee On Aging
Via
Congress
First Northeaster Delays Thanksgiving Travel Across Seaboard
The first northeaster of the season grips the North Atlantic Seaboard and Appalachians, stranding thousands. Interstates 8 and 61 in northeast Pennsylvania, I 70 near Frederick, Maryland, and a 30 mile stretch near Middleburg Virginia report heavy snow and numerous stranded vehicles. Fireman Christopher Allen and fiancée Linda Stafford wed at Middleburg Methodist Church after a storm delay.
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North Atlantic Seaboard
Appalachians
Virginia
New England
Pennsylvania
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Middleburg
Christopher Allen
Linda Stafford
Winchester
Williamsburg
Michael Noble
Middleburg Methodist Church
Canada
Bondville
Power Company Strikers To Meet In Roanoke
ROANOKE Virginia UP I reports bargaining opened between Appalachian Power and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers IBEW Local over a dispute sparked by the nationwide strike. The union seeks higher pensions and fringe benefits while the company asks for concessions and faster return to work for 850 linemen meter readers and maintenance staff. The union says service to customers remains curtailed but is willing to discuss improved safety standards for high voltage work.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Fire Hydrant Stolen Near WVU. Replacement Cost $275
Morgantown police pursue a missing fire hydrant stolen Wednesday night in the West Virginia University student area. Investigators say a water cutoff valve was turned off to prevent water gushing out, with replacement estimated at 275 dollars.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
Chamber Of Commerce To Select 8 New Directors
Beckley Raleigh County chamber voters will certify eight directors from a 16 nominee slate at the December meeting. Nominees include John A. Darling Eugene Foster Arnold Graybeal Thomas Hayes Ralph Jackson James Lilly Jr Paul Loflin Robert Markham James Miller Sara Otto Dr Robert Pulliam Robert Sayre David Schmauss John Schulte William Watts W Wilbur and George Wilson. Members may write in votes.
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Beckley-Raleigh
J. 0. Lively Manufacturing & Equipment Co
Thomas J. Hayes
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Ralph H. Jackson
Webby Neal Funeral Home
James 3. Lilly Jr
James D. Lilly
Beckley Cut Flower Co
William F. Watts
R. D. Watts
Insurance Agency Inc
W. A. Wilbur
Bays Buick Inc
George Wilson
BJW
Deer on the Loose Roams Huntington Streets
In West Virginia's Huntington a deer fled from police and chasing crowds Thursday as it ran through Ninth Avenue and past a state liquor store window. The animal dodged capture, last seen near Marshall University's campus amid a recent string of wild animal sightings in the city.
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Turkey
West Virginia
Ninth Avenue
Marshall University
Nixon Heath meeting planned in December talks
British government sources say President Nixon and Prime Minister Heath will meet in the second half of December to discuss the world trade and money crisis. They will also cover relations with the Soviet Union and Communist China and tensions in the Middle East and India Pakistan. The discussion will follow Nixon's two day talks with Georges Pompidou in the Azores December 13-14 as part of his Western leaders consultations prior to visits to Peking and Moscow.
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UPI
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Edward Heath
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China
Middle-East
India
Pakistan
Castro expresses hope for improved Cuba U.S. ties
In a farm grove near Santiago Fidel Castro stated he hopes for peace and better relations with the United States. He predicted improved ties in the near future and unity of the United States and Latin America, noting this as a pacific path. The remark marked a moderation since his Chile arrival on November 10. President Eisenhower severed Cuba relations in 1960 after Batista’s overthrow.
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UPI
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Castro
Salvador Allende
Chile
Eisenhower
Fulgencio Battista
Prison uprising grips English jail after hostage drama
In Wallingford England inmates seized two wings of a prison after a night of unrest sparked by grievances over penitentiary conditions. About 150 hardcore inmates led the takeover while 5 guards and the warden were among those injured as authorities worked to end the revolt.
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Vukcevich
Wallingford
England
Tim
Hartnett
West Virginia Population Rises After 20 Years of Decline
The U S Census Bureau estimates West Virginia's population grew about 8 000 from July 1970 to July this year rising from 1 744 000 to 1 752 000. The gain, derived from births deaths registrations and tax and school data, ends a twenty year decreasing trend.
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Charleston
UPI
U. S. Census Bureau
West Virginia
Bureau
Nader Urges Volpe Action On Chevrolet Engine Mount Problem
Consumer advocate Ralph Nader pressed Transportation Secretary John Volpe to personally intervene in the NHTSA engine mount probe for 1965-69 Chevrolets. He cited 300 complaints since September and GM warranty repairs totaling about 100000 mounts, urging GM to notify owners and fix remaining defects at its expense.
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API
Auto Safety Agency
Ralph Nader
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Automaker
Volpe
NHTSA
Chevrolet
General Motors
Nader
Rhodesia Peace Accord Moves Toward End to Sanctions
Funeral services for Mandeville Farley, 61, Coal City, held at Williams Funeral Home Sophia with Rev. James Duff. burial at McKinney Cemetery. Rhodesia war of independence nears settlement as Britain promises up to 12.5 million annually for 10 years to aid Africans. Critics call terms unsatisfactory. UN denounces pact as racist imperialist bargain. Mary Carr, 70, Glen View, dies after long illness. funeral arrangements pending.
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Coal City
Williams Funeral Home
Sophia
James Duff
McKinney Camatarity
Rhodesia
Britain
Salisbury
Mary Carr
Glen View
Caffee
Pakistan Claims 300 Indian Dead at Jessore Front
Radio Pakistan reported more than 300 Indian Army troops killed in fighting around Jessore East Pakistan near the Indian border. A Calcutta report said Bangla Desh cabinet members were summoned to New Delhi for possible Indian recognition within 10 days.
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Radio Pakistan
Jessore
UPI
Ajit K.das
Bongaon
Das
Calcutta
Bangla Desh
Bengal Land
New Delhi
New
Delhi
Islamabad
West
Pakistan
India
Strike Hits Charleston Newspapers One Week Old
The Charleston Newspaper Agency Corp. offered rewards from 100 to 25 000 for information leading to arrests for damage to property and injuries to workers amid a strike by about 200 International Mailers Union members. Rocking trucks and verbal abuse have been reported as guards are increased. union leaders consider urging readers to boycott the papers. The agency publishes the Daily Mail, the Gazette Mail, and the Sunday Gazette Mail and says replacements are being hired as the strike continues.
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UPI
Newspaper Agency Corp
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Daily Mail
S Gazette
Gazette Mail
International Mailers Union
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Miles C. Stanley
West Virginia Labor Federation
Aflcio
Stanley
Five Southeast Asian Nations pledge joint neutrality
Five ASEAN members Philippines Thailand Malaysia Singapore and Indonesia sign a pact to pursue regional neutrality via a Kuala Lumpur based committee and schedule a Manila summit next year to ratify a declaration of peace freedom and neutrality.
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Kuala Lumpur
UPI
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Thailand
Malaysia
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Indonesia
China
Razak
Association of Sarma Asian Nations
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White House
Food and Drug Administration
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Soviet Union
United States
Speneira
FDA
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Funeral service for Philadelphia veteran William W Smith
William Wesley Smith 97 of 2466 Frankford Ave Philadelphia died Tuesday at the Veterans Administration Hospital after a long illness. A Spanish American War Navy veteran born October 22 188? in Philadelphia he was the son of Andrew and Isabell Foster Smith. Survived only by grandson George Mall Jr. of Philadelphia. Body at Keyser Bryant Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Frankford
Ave
Philadelphia
Veteran’s Administration Hospital
Navy
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Isabell Foster Smith
George Mall Jr
Keyser- Bryant
Breck Brother Theodore Breck dies after extended illness
Theodore Breck seventy six year old brother of Graham K Breck died Thursday in Mount Royal Villa North Royalton Ohio after an extended illness Funeral services will be held in Brecksville Ohio with burial in Brecksville Cemetery Time not set Mrs Breck a resident of Mount Royal Villa also survives
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Graham K. Breck
Northwestern Ave
Mount Royal Villa
North Royalton
Ohio
Brecksville
Breck
Viount Royal Villa
Pollution Damage Suit Filed Against FMC Plant
A $26,000 damage suit filed in Putnam Circuit Court targets the FMC Corp American Viscose Division plant for air pollution violations. Attorney General Chauncey Browning filed the action at the request of the Air Pollution Control Commission, which on Oct 14 voted to seek civil damages for 26 alleged violations. The suit seeks the maximum $1,000 penalty per violation, the commission’s first use of such civil damages.
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UPS
Putnam
American Viscose Division
FMC Corp
Chauncey Browning
State Air Pollution Control] Commission
Nader urges students to fund own public interest firms
Ralph Nader proposes a three dollar revolution on campuses to finance student led public interest law groups. He envisions firms with about 15 members and a yearly budget around 52 000, funded by tuition assessments to replace protests with reform work in consumer, environmental, and political fields.
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Robert F. Buckhorn
Washington
Nader
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University of
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University of Minnesota System
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Minois
Missouri
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Washington, D.C
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