Budget Ceiling May Be In For Tough Senate Fight
Nixon presses for a fiscal restraint plan as the Senate debates a $250 billion spending ceiling. The House backed the measure despite Democratic resistance to presidential power to cut or abolish federal programs. Senator Long probes limits on cuts with a 15 percent cap, while Packwood seeks a $1.6 billion tax amendment targeting single filers.
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Washington
Opt
Nixon
New
House
Congress
South
Senate Finance Committee
Russell Long
D-La
Long
Finance Committee
Wee
Robert Packwood
R Jore
Packwood
Weather and river briefing with one major temperature note
Airport conditions show a nine hour period ending 10 at night with a low at 8:30 am wind from the north at 5 mph and steady barometric pressure 30.16. River reports for Greenbrier Shermal and Sowa all clear and normal. gauge at Hinton 2.4. Today’s extremes list high 95 at Coolidge Arizona and low 25 at Houghton Lake Michigan. Extended forecast calls for fair cool weather Sunday through Tuesday with highs in the high 50s to low 60s and lows in the 30s to low 40s.
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Greenbrier
Shermal
Clear
Sowa
Hinton
Coolidge
Ariz
Houghton Lake
Mich
McGovern and Nixon Campaign Across the Nation
United Press International reports McGovern focusing on the West Coast with a 16 hour cross country tour while Nixon lobbies labor and courts crowds from Boston to Atlanta. Nixon vows no tax increases and cites a tax free spending ceiling as he campaigns in multiple states. Goldwater criticizes liberal press over Watergate coverage. A Gallup poll places Nixon ahead on Vietnam handling and Shriver cites hunger in America as a campaign issue.
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United Press International
George McGovern
West Coast
White House
Nixon
McGovern
Boston
Seattle
Johnson
The
Utility Workers of America
Vietnam
Bugs
Barry Goldwater
Republican National Committee
Martha Mitchell
Gallup
Agnew
Roswell
Sargent Shriver
East Lansing
Mich
America
Narcotics agents killed in Manhattan hotel shootout
A federal narcotics agent and two men were killed in a shootout at the Sheraton Motor Inn on 42nd Street in Manhattan during an arrest attempt. A second agent was wounded. the two dead men were believed to be pushers who had planned to buy narcotics from the agents in a 10th floor room. The Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs handled the inquiry as about 20 police stood nearby.
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New York
UPD
Sheraton Motor Inn
42Nd ‘Street
Manhattan
Westside
Roosevelt Hospital
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous ‘Drugs
Treasury Department
Tho Leaves Paris as Peace Talks Stall
North Vietnam's Le Duc Tho departed for Hanoi after saying difficulties remain in the Paris peace negotiations with Kissinger. Aides said he would confer in Moscow and Hanoi, with possible talks in Peking, to review the latest private discussions and the deadlock in ending the war.
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Paris
UPI
le Duc Tho
Hanoi
Vietnam
Moscow
U.S
Henry A. Kissinger
Peking
Kissinger
C P Workers End 3 Day Walkout In West Virginia
About 165 workers of the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. in three southern West Virginia cities agreed to resume work Thursday after a three day walkout. The dispute centered on hiring and workers consented to submit the matter through regular grievance channels. The walkout began Monday at the Logan office and spread to Man and Williamson.
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United Press International
Chesapeake & Potomac Tele Phone Co
West Virginia
Logan
Man and Williamson
Fivefold Rise in Heroin Use in Thailand Reports U.S. Defense
Defense officials say heroin availability in Thailand is up and prices are lower than in Vietnam. Tests show a fivefold increase in user rate among U.S. service members, from 0.5% to 2.5%, while overall drug use in the forces declines and rehabilitation returns about half of former users to active duty.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
Thailand
Vietnam
U.S
Defense
Richard Wilbur
United States
South Vietnam
Fibur
Wilbur
Pentagon
Ment
Pennsylvania teacher strikes end with new contracts
In Clairton near Pittsburgh 160 public school teachers approved a three year wage contract resuming classes for 3,000 students. Philadelphia Community College faculty voted on a two year agreement affecting 6,000 students with expected approval and return to classes next week. The settlements include 5.5 percent raises and a workload compromise of 15 hours of instruction weekly in fall and 12 hours otherwise. North Cambria teachers ended a court-ordered work stoppage awaiting negotiations.
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Pittsburgh
TPS
Pennsylvania
Clairton
Here
Philadelphia Community College
Philadelphia
Harry Takiff
Takiff
North Cambria
Kissinger Talks in Paris Draw Criticism and Ploy Claims
Senate Republican Leader Hugh Scott warned of no pre election settlement after a White House meeting as Kissinger talks in Paris draw Republican and Democratic reactions. Sargent Shriver denounced the Paris discussions as an election ploy by the Nixon administration amid neocolonialist policy debates.
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Ment
Nixon
Senate
Hugh Scott
White House
Sargent Shriver
Kissinger
Paris
14 Contracts Given For Highway Work In Charleston
The West Virginia Department of Highways announced 14 contracts totaling 13 million dollars. Black Rock Contracting, Inc. of Charleston won a 10.2 million dollar bid to construct nearly three miles of a new four lane U.S. 33 segment from Canfield area east of Elkins to county route 512 as part of the Appalachian Corridor H project.
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Charleston
W.va
CUPD
State Department of Highways Today
Randolph County
Black Rock Contracting, Inc
Canfield
Elkins
Four More Drug Arrests In Charleston
United Press International reports four additional arrests in Charleston and Huntington as part of a state drug crackdown. Two Marshall University students were detained, raising total arrests near the campus to 27, with Charleston arrests bringing the city total to 46 amid raids launched after months of undercover work by the drug strike force.
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United Press International
Charleston
Huntington
Marshall University
Petition Seeks Safe Lillybrook Mountain Road for School Bus Traffic
More than 100 residents meet at Stoco High School in Coal City to push the West Virginia Department of Highways for safety improvements on Lillybrook Mountain Road. The group cites student travel risks and education inequality, plans to circulate a formal petition through the Stonecoal area.
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Cchildren
Lillybrook Mountain
Stoco High
Coal City
Joe Fowler
Raleigh County Community Action Associaton
West Virginia Department of Highways
Stonecoal
Department of Highways
Governor’s ’Office
Fowler
Mason Anderson
Raleigh County
ACCAA
District 10
State Department of Highways
Martha Crider
Mary Darnell
David Sims
Bill Forrest
Moore campaigns on education and reform in West Virginia
Governor Moore touted a plan to build eight new medical schools with Veterans Administration hospital ties including Huntington and urged the January Legislature to boost state college funding. He claimed progress in diversifying state government, defended his record against Rockefeller, and noted a Buffalo Creek disaster image remark as context. He toured Fayette County communities despite rain and planned events in Raleigh and Beckley College.
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Congress
Veterans Administration
Huntington
John D. Rockefeller
Moore
Rockefeller
Buffalo Creek
West Virginia
Fayette County
Raleigh County
Beckley College
Welding Firm Submits Low Bid for Buffalo Creek Tank
Welding Inc of Charleston submitted a bid of 66 666 dollars for a 300 000 gallon water storage tank. The project is part of a 1.9 million dollar system for the Buffalo Creek disaster area following the February dam collapse near Lorado.
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Charleston
W.va
UPD
Buffalo Creek
Welding Inc
Lorado
Four Suits Filed In Raleigh County Circuit Court
Nancy McVey sues Raymond Thompson for 3056 in damages after a car collision in Dorothy. Okey B. Moore sues Robert Daniel for 444.38 over damages from burns to furnishings in a Charleston apartment. Henry Dowdy defends a 500 suit for the deposit on an unenforceable oral agreement. Klaus Office Equipment Co. Inc. seeks 488.64 from Shelterbest Roofing Co. Inc. on a lease purchase of office equipment.
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Nancy McVey
Dorothy
Raleigh County
Cotlce Agaist
Raymond Thompson
Colcord
Thompson
McVey
Okey B. Moore
Charleston
Robert ‘Nelson Daniel
Beckley
Daniel
Burns
Moore
Henry 0. Dowdy
Norman R. Wright
Wright
Dowdy
Klaus Office Equipment Co. Inc
Shelterbest Roofing Co. Inc
Bradley
Shelterbest
Defult
Louisv ille Man Sues Over Mouse Bite At Local Store
Lowell Wilcox of Louisville sues for 500 dollars in U S District Court claiming a pet mouse roamed freely in a local department store and bit him, seeking damages for injuries alleged.
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Louisville
UPI
Lowell Wilcox
U.S. District
Wilcox
Teachers Union Sees Nixon as Major Threat
David Selden president of the American Federation of Teachers warned in Washington that a Nixon win could endanger public schools. He urged a merger with NEA to form a single powerful teachers union to save school systems from fiscal and policy threats.
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Teachers Union
Nixon
New York Times News Service
Washington
American Selden
Af.t
National Tire Administration
Pro- Education Association
Selden
Thhe
National Education Association
Deaths of Mrs Margaret S Jennings at Oak Hill
Mrs Margaret Sarah Rhodes Jennings 61 of 222 Hardy Road Oak Hill died Wednesday after a short illness. Born December 26 1910 in Page she was the daughter of Thomas Jackson and Lottie Rhodes. Survived by husband Roy C two sons and one daughter three sisters 13 grandchildren and one great grandchild. Funeral at Tyree Funeral Home Oak Hill Saturday at 1 with burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. Friends may call 6 to 9 this evening.
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Margaret
Sarah Rhodes Jennings
Hardy Road
Oak Hill
Tyree
Bill Menefee
High Lawn Memorial Park
Page
Ishe
Thomas Jackson
Lottie Radford Rhodes
Roy C
Roy Jackson
James McCraw
Cleveland
Ohio
Kenneth Grady
Cuyahoga Falls
iMarion
Barbara) Johnson
Pratt
Mae Woodrum
Oak Hills
Funeral services for Mrs Alice Onori announced
Mrs Alice Warden Onori of Arlington Texas formerly Beckley is to be buried following a 2 pm service at Moore Funeral Home Arlington. She died Wednesday night after a long illness born Grandview daughter of Walter and Janet Warden. Surviving are two daughters Judy and Mrs Daniel Weeden, one grandchild, two sisters Thelma Cottle and Carrie Zufelt, and four brothers Lloyd Lewis Paul and Leslie Warden. Final rites for Carl Hartley are also noted.
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Alice Warden
Onori
Arlington
Tex
Beckley
Moore Funeral Home
Grandview
Walter
Janet Carper Warden
Vincent
Judy
Daniel Weeden
Irving
Texas
Thelma Cottle
Carrie Zufelt
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lloyd and
Lewis Warden
Paul Warden
Ft. Myers
Leslie Warden
Tampa
Carl Hartley
Jodie
Jodie Baptist Church
Harmon Gray
Omar Nicholas
Restlawn
Ansted
Ronald Greer
Montgomery
Combs Funeral Home
Gauley Bridge
Garnet Maynor Funeral Services Set for Saturday
Garnet Maynor 58 of Marietta Ga formerly of Eccles dies after heart attack in a Marietta hospital. Funeral services planned for 11 a m Saturday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial at Toney's Fork Community Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p m today at the funeral home.
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Garnet
Maynor
Marietta
Eccles
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Toney’s Fork ‘Community Cemetery
UF Campaign Nears Halfway to Goal in Raleigh County
The United Fund of Raleigh County reports over half the $95 000 goal raised in week two of the 1972 drive. Total pledges reach 55 713 with 29 918 added this week and 25 795 carried from last Friday. The Pacemaker Division led by John W Shumate adds 14 016 to a first report of 22 049 for 37 065. Major Gifts head James Perry Jr increases to 6 816 from 3 746. Special Gifts chaired by Dr William Harris reports 5 485, plus 3 000 from Appalachian Regional Hospital and 3 347 from federal agencies.
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United Fund
Raleigh ‘County
John W. Shumate
James Perry Jr
William Harris
Appalachian Regional
Conditional Grant for Emergency Care Expansion in West Virginia
Senators Randolph and Byrd said the Appalachian Regional Commission approved a 936 845 grant to expand emergency care communications and ambulance service in the Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council area. Local funds total 229 322, bringing project cost to 1 176 167, expanding into Summers and Monros counties and continuing operations in Logan Mercer Raleigh and Wyoming counties.
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Washington
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Appalachian Regional Commission
West Virginia
Platypus Spurs on Hind Legs With Poisonous Discharge
A fragment notes the platypus possesses spurs on its hind legs that release venom, comparing it to a rattlesnake. The text is an isolated observation without broader context or dates.
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Tracy Hylton
Tracy
Bluewell Smokeless
Otsego
Wyoming
Raleigh
Sen
W. Hylton
West Virginia State Senate
John Hedrick
West
Atlanta
Minneapolis
Quality Pastry Shops, Inc
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Beckley Plaza
Tees
Monte
PLAZA
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Millard Fillmore
Espanola
j.Mex
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MR. Cash
Beckley National Bank
FDIC
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Hel
American Federation of Teachers
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organization
Teachers ‘Union
A.F T
Democratic Party
Ahid Fuasedhi
Marg. Jennings
Alice W. Onori
Garnet Maynor
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