UNEP Council Allocates 5.5 Million To Global Environment Fund
The United Nations Environment Programme council approved a 5.5 million dollar initial allotment from its fund to promote global cooperation on environmental problems. Maurice Strong, UNEP executive director, noted cautious optimism as developing nations sought more control, aiming for a global framework rather than tying funds to individual country needs.
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New York Times
Geneva
United Nations Environment Program
The
Stockholm
U.N
Maurice F. Strong
UNEP
Strong
Voluntary Environment Fund
Trailer Fire Kills Three Near Yuma
Three people died in a mobile home fire near Yuma Arizona early Saturday Henry Vines 61 his wife Frances 62 and their grandson Jimmy Garber 4 were inside when neighbors alerted the scene Firefighters and a sheriff deputy entered with air masks and pulled the victims out Mrs Vines died on arrival at Yuma Regional Medical Center while the other two died about an hour later all deaths attributed to smoke inhalation.
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Yuma, Ariz
UPI
Henry Vines
Frances
Jimmy Garber
Know Your Daily Climate Quiz Prompts Reader In Weather Notes
The weatherman hosts a short quiz titled Know Your Daily Climate asking readers to pick weather fit days. It presents five questions with answers indicating a sunny outlook and typical temperatures.
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the Weatherman
Beast
Man
Colson knew early of office burglary
Charles W. Colson, former Nixon aide, said he learned before January 1972 that G. Gordon Liddy and E. Howard Hunt burglarized Daniel Ellsberg's psychiatrist office. He denied knowing their broader plan and said he urged a hearing for them without details. A separate note reports a West Virginia University program with Mason County schools to develop a technology education project directed by Professor Paul W. DeVore.
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Washington
Charles W. Colson
Nixon
G. Gordon Liddy
E. Howard Hunt
Daniel Ellsberg
Colson
Jeb. S. Magruder
Liddy and
Hunt
West Virginia University
College of Human Resources and Education
Mason County
Paul W. DeVore
WVU
Mysterious grit vanishes at Morgantown Waste Plant
Morgantown Waste Water Plant reports the mysterious black grit that fouled machinery since April has disappeared suddenly in June. Superintendent Paul Soccorsi says investigators sought a dumping culprit but found none, and he fears a repeat may occur, promising action if it returns.
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Morgantown
Paul Soccorsi
Soccorsi
Jury clears James R. Jones in falsifying state records
Calhoun County Circuit Court jurors acquitted James R. Jones a former state highways official after a 12 minute deliberation. The defense argued workers built a $40 000 home for Jones on their own time and were not paid. The judge ordered copies of testimony for possible perjury probes at the next grand jury term.
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Grantsville
W.va
Calhoun County
James R. Jones
Highways Department
Jones
State Highways Department
Purchasing, Practices and Procedures Commission
George M. Scott
Scott
Cyclist Injured in W Va 7 Crash Near Morgantown
A motorcyclist, Lorenzo J. Turner 24 of Westover, sustained injuries in a crash on West Virginia Route 7 west of Morgantown at 3:30 p.m. He was taken to University Hospital. State Police said a full report was not available at presstime.
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W.va
Morgantown
Lorenzo J. Turner
Westover
University Hospital
Death notices for Elmer Nicholson of Gary and Morgantown
Elmer Nicholson Ward has died at 51 in Gary Indiana formerly of Morgantown Survivors include his wife Mary McNamar Nicholson of Morgantown two daughters Roberta and Beverly in Gary four brothers Wilbur Ketchie Nicholson Archie Nicholson Morgantown Glen Nicholson Gary and Joe Nicholson Charleston two sisters Margaret Lands Uniontown and Bessie Persinger Charleston
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Elmer Nicholson
Gary
Ind
Morgantown
Mary McNamar Nicholson
Roberta
Beverly
Wilbur ‘‘Ketchie
Nicholson
Archie Nicholson
Glen Nicholson
Joe Nicholson
Charleston
Margaret Lands
Uniontown
Bessie Persinger
Obituary notices for Davis Blosser Pifer and others
Several Morgantown area obituaries note C Wayne Davis 67 of 640 Madison Ave died at University Hospital after illness. Also listed are Robert John Blosser 19 of Masontown in an auto crash and Frances Buchanan 78 formerly of Monongah. Junior Forest Pifer 69 of Terra Alta, Theresa Nero 84 of Westover, and Raymond G Nagle 86 of Rowlesburg are named with burial or service details and family survivors. Funeral arrangements are incomplete or announced by local mortuaries.
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Madison Ave
Morgantown
University Hospital
Fairview
Forest A
Elizabeth Teagarden Davis
Monongahela Railroad
J. & R. Watkins Co
Robert John Blosser
Masontown
Kingwood
Frances L. Buchanan
Elysian Ave
St. Barbara’s
Monongah
Hugh C
Pauline Davis Allison
Joseph K. Buchanan
Trinity Episcopal Church
Joseph K. Buchanan, Jr
Clarksburg
John A. Buchanan
Pittsburgh
John R
Junior Forest
Jeff) Pifer
Rt. 2
Terra Alta
Preston County
Samuel
Vera Maude Shaffer Pifer
Whitedale Brethren Church
Terra Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
Arlene Kelly Pifer
James
Cameron
Isa Gazelle
California
Vera Hayden
Rowlesburg
Leoma Bargastock
New York
Harland George Pifer
Raymond Griffith Nagle
Alderson-Broaddus
Phillips
Bethlehem
Hiram and
Rebecca Rocher Nagle
Christ United Methodist Church
Raymond G. Nagle Jr
College Park
Bruce
Eileen) Gibbons
Walter
Dorothy) Nine
Henry
Marguerite) Cropper
Minnie Boogher Nagle
Blosser
Robert John
Morgan Funeral Home
Reedsville
Wayne F. Britton
Pifer
Junio Forest
Jeff
Fike-Watson Funeral Home
W.C. Danson
Stanley Waybright
Pine Run
Funeral Notices from June 1973 Area Deaths and Services
Obituaries list Robert John Blosser Frances L Buchanan C Wayne Davis Howard Michael Hando Ward Wayne Hibbs Raymond Griffith Nagle Theresa Nero Junio Forest Pifer with call times and service details at local funeral homes and pastors. Burials planned at Masontown East Oak Grove Beverly Hills Mount Vernon Pine Run and other cemeteries.
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Hando
Howard Michael
Mike
Afton St
Fred L Jenkins
Chapel of Prayer
Fred L. Jenkins
Wilmer Crummett
Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
Hibbs
Ward Wayne
Philippi
Phillips
Paul Cook
Hilding Lind
Beverly Hills
Nixon Brezhnev summit yields broad nuclear arms accord
Leaders at the Moscow follow up push for reducing arsenals and maintaining high level talks to ease Cold War to cooperation. Brezhnev taped a national address to air Sunday. Nixon hosts a lavish California reception with stars like Sinatra and Eastwood. In Kansas City an escalator crash at the Royals Rangers game injures 20 to 25 people, including a boy with injuries from the trampling.
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Moscow
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Nixon Estate
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George Murphy
U.S
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Tony Martin
Bob Hope
Edgar Bergen
Pat Boone
Clint Eastwood
Buddy Ebsen
Glenn Ford
Art Linkletter
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Rosalind Russell
Kansas City
UPI
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Ruth) Neely
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