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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1970
Page
1
Monongalia County faces a surge in strip mining with a 100 percent rise that could set 1970 as the best year for coal production in six years. The expansion adds new challenges for County Assessor John Pyles as the boom reshapes appraisal work.
Senate hears conflicting claims on a voluntary textile quota agreement with Japan. Mondale cites a report from a textile spokesman. Dole disputes it and says Flanigan denied any deal. The White House reportedly withheld announcement to protect trade legislation on imports.
Robert A. Maheu failed to retain control of Howard Hughes Nevada operation after a district court ruled he was legally fired by the Hughes Tool Co. board. The 52-year-old former FBI agent had run the $300 million operation.
Washington food stamp conferees disbanded amid sharp disagreements threatening to cut federal grocery aid for 8.8 million people. House demands work requirements while Senate balks on state cost sharing and funding terms, with expiration looming and no further talks planned.
A short aphoristic verse notes that most people use a very thin thread when mending their ways. The line suggests caution and personal improvement with a light, reflective tone.
In Warsaw special police moved into factories to curb go slow strikes over a government price rise for food. A week of riots ended but death toll rose with about 12 killed and many injured. Fire set by a mob destroyed the Communist Party HQ in Szczecin on the East German border.
Washington UPI reports the Senate again halted passage of the SST plane while dashing administration hopes for welfare reform and rejecting Nixon's call for round the clock sessions including Sundays to finish work.
The Senate voted 65 to 15 to consider Nixon welfare reforms amid broad belief the plan will not pass this year. Williams opposed the plan, arguing it creates incentives to remain on welfare, while leaders warned enactment is unlikely and attention shifts to next year’s Congress.
A nationwide ACE survey of 180,684 freshmen at 275 colleges shows the 1970 cohort is older and more liberal with 83.4 percent backing legalized abortion and 38.4 percent favoring marijuana use. Women show higher support for equal opportunities and student input on curricula.
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