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Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1971
Page
1
The document details how strip mining operations clash with state law and highway permits. It outlines that enforcement is weak, notes DOH rules for encroachments, and explains permit requirements, advance notice, and bond provisions to cover road damages.
South Vietnamese forces with U S air support seized Sepone 27 miles inside Laos after heavy saturation bombing. U S bombers knocked out 11 North Vietnamese tanks and reported 283 enemy dead. Two Americans were killed at the Khe Sanh base during a Communist artillery attack.
Rep. F Edward Hebert announced the Navy will develop air cushion ships capable of 100 knots and 10 day ocean voyages in 70 hours. The SES 100B test craft was christened in New Orleans at Textron Bell Aerospace with a $1 million-plus Bell contract to build the 100 knot future Navy at the Michoud plant.
Senate enacts stricter enforcement of strip mining with amendments that could have paused new permits for a year in some counties. Brotherton amendment would have barred permits in counties with no 1970 permits and limited new works in others. House panel raised bond to 750 per acre from 500.
A Defense Department planning estimate contemplates retaining more than 150 000 U S troops in Vietnam in summer 1972 and upwards of 50 000 the following summer. The guidance, circulated among top services, informs budget drafting but is not a firm withdrawal schedule.
Turkish security forces search Tuz Golu south of Ankara for four U S airmen seized by the Turkish Peoples Liberation Army and threatened with execution. Troops and aircraft comb swamps while protests flare in Ankara leaving five dead.
Negotiations between railroad management and the United Transportation Union ended in recess with no settlement on key work rules. A government mediator noted a nationwide strike unlikely, but selfhelp actions, including selective walkouts, remained possible. About 150,000 UTU crewmen have been free to strike since last Sunday, following emergency legislation.
The West Virginia Senate passed measures beyond strip mining including congressional redistricting, a drug law revision reducing first offense marijuana penalties from felony to misdemeanor, and a provision to seal records after probation. A new Fourth District would pit Reps. Hechler and Kee in 1972 if they run. The bill awaits Gov. Moore's signature.
A Wall Street Journal note asks who benefits from an alarmist morning message. It questions who should heed it and who actually needs it, implying the message reaches the unlikely or unaware readers.
Tallahassee police arrested six youths, including Scott Simmons Carswell, the 20-year-old son of former federal judge G Harrold Carswell, on marijuana possession allegations. Carswell claims his son is innocent and expects charges to be dropped after a brief visit to a trailer with friends.
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