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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1975
Page
8
Nessen outlines Ford's plan to veto a congressional bill extending old oil controls and rolling back new oil prices. He warns Congress to act by Wednesday or risk expiring limits on old oil and a potential price surge. Ford favors a six month extension only if Washington negotiates a broader deal.
Astronauts and cosmonauts orbited together after a Tuesday launch, the Apollo and Soyuz crews kept nose to nose in a near collision free flight 139 to 141 miles above Earth. The joint mission marked a new era of cooperation as they prepared for planned separations and color telecast footage.
West Virginia University starts a record freshmen orientation with about 2,400 students and 1,700 parents signing up. Transfer orientation runs July 28 and 29 with around 260 students, while the general program continues through August 5.
Jose Lopez Rega, once the president's trusted adviser, left Argentina on a presidential jet to an unknown destination. He traveled with several ministers but it was unclear who accompanied him. The departure comes amid impeachment talks and his forced resignation after influence over Isabel Peron and a right wing squad claim.
Kenneth F. Foyles of New Geneva rode a motorcycle with a injured passenger in a collision with a northbound car driven by Leonard Lee Starkey Jr. of New Geneva on Tom Cat Hollow Road. Both injured were treated and released at WVU Hospital. damage was estimated at 750 dollars.
Labor negotiators for about 600,000 postal workers and management and federal mediators reopened talks with four union contracts due to expire at midnight Sunday. W J Usery Jr led the bargaining sessions as federal law blocks a nationwide strike and a 45 day fact finding period follows if no agreement.
Herb Martin of Charles Town was elected chairman of the board of directors for the Eastern Panhandle Outdoor Drama Association Inc. He called the outdoor drama a giant step toward making the eastern panhandle a cultural center of the eastern United States.
A series of Friday and Saturday incidents on Walnut High College and Rt 7 involved multiple vehicles with minor damage and no injuries. Notable drivers include Loman A. I Maidsville 66 Edward L Sever 22 Cassville 1970 Pontiac and Arduth Triplett 58 Jere 1965 Ford, with police citing damages and no injuries. City Court fined Brad Haines 48 for nine overtime parkings and one no permit. Arduth M Tripieh 59 Jere jailed for intoxication.
Bangkok officials call the Apollo-Soyuz flight a warning to China while Italian and Polish leaders praise the mission as a step toward world peace and international cooperation. Sandro Pertini hails astronauts embrace as evidence enemies will not exist. Kazimierz Olszowski links the event to a shift from force to cooperative policy.
On July 1 1975 self employed owner operators who haul coal for signatory companies became ineligible for UMWA Health and Retirement Funds. Some will stay eligible if they become common law employees of signatory firms or form corporations that incur employer FICA taxes. Funds chairman Harry Huge said the effort targets those no longer eligible for benefits.
The forecast calls for afternoon and evening thundershowers today and tomorrow. Temperatures likely reach the high 80s with overnight lows in the 60s. Yesterday’s high 88 and low 61 at Morgantown Lock and Dam, with no precipitation. Sunset 8 43 p.m. today and sunrise 6 09 a.m. tomorrow.
Obituaries list multiple individuals with ages and residences including Timothy Marshall Nicholson Kate Roller James Stone Herbert C Strawler Lloyd F Stewart William Coleman Teets and William L Wilson. Details cover death dates July 17 to 19 1975 funeral home arrangements services and burial locations in Summersville Kingwood Terra Alta Point Marion and Aurora with various pastors officiating.
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