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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1972
Page
11
Two Israeli soldiers were killed and a third wounded in a Thursday night clash with Palestinian guerrillas near the Lebanese frontier. Israeli jets later struck Syria and Lebanon as part of retaliatory actions.
Dellinger and an eight member delegation urged President Nixon to bar using freed POWs to train U S pilots fearing it could delay future releases. He warned that if released men help plan attacks more prisoners would end up in North Vietnam and questioned rumors of further releases. The group planned to return with the POWs soon but safety factors could affect travel due to U S raids.
Presidential hopeful Sen. George McGovern will tour West Virginia Sunday with a stop at Huntington Tri-State Airport and a 7 p.m. address at the Marshall University student center. He follows with a 10 a.m. talk at the Logan County Courthouse on Appalachia issues.
Partly cloudy this afternoon with a high near 70. Tonight partly cloudy with a low in the mid 50s. Variable clouds bring a chance of showers Saturday. High about 70. Precipitation probabilities: near zero tonight, 10 percent tonight, and 30 percent Saturday. Details on Page 13.
Two 15 year old West Virginia girls were detained by Petersburg police after hijacking a school bus. They claimed they ran away to seek driver training at Petersburg High School but were turned away due to full classes. Police halted the bus on I 95 near Manassas as the girls said they were bound for Richmond.
Henry Kissinger met North Vietnam’s Le Duc Tho and Xuan Thuy in Paris for the 17th private session aimed at ending the Vietnam conflict. The talks followed Moscow and London meetings with Soviet leaders and British officials, with no details released.
Britain prepares for a possible arms deal with Egypt as Mohammed Assan Zayyad visits, with a rumored 250 million dollar shopping list. Officials say Britain will not supply offensive weapons and aims to avoid escalating regional tensions while weighing Jaguar fighter sales.
Two large freighters the Republica de Colombia and the Trans Hawaii lay locked together twelve miles offshore as salvage experts weighed whether to pry them apart or tow them to port. One crewman is missing and four injured after the collision, with the chief engineer feared dead. The Coast Guard and Navy destroyer USS Hawkins plus cutters Chilula and Laurel stood by to assist as salvage teams assess fire risk from fuel tanks.
South Vietnamese forces, aided by flamethrowers and allied artillery, breached the Quang Tri Citadel after a 140 day stalemate and captured the fortress as darkness approached. Marine units had stormed the Citadel earlier in a rapid offensive, according to Saigon military spokesmen.
A witness told a military jury Pvt. Bill D. Smith claimed he was framed after Army CID said a grenade pin found at his Bien Hoa arrest matched a fragmentation grenade used in an officers quar ters attack that killed two lieutenants in 1970. Smith faces charges in the deaths of 1st Lt Thomas Delwo and 2nd Lt Richard Harland amid a broader court martial at Fort Ord.
Gov Arch Moore says federal approval for water and sewage construction in Buffalo Hollow is imminent after officials advised of upcoming clearance. He noted drilling for a new water source and tank line will begin soon and highlighted housing, health care, and a proposed hospital as urgent needs.
U S District Court Judge K K Hall gives attorneys until Dec 1 to file briefs in 17 suits arising from the 1970 Marshall air crash. The cases span five states plus the District of Columbia with questions including West Virginia's 110000 wrongful death limit. The disaster on Nov 17, 1970 killed 75 people as a Southern Airways jet returning from East Carolina crashed near Tri-State Airport Huntington.
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