Jungle-busters aid Viet Bush in Laos border push
U S planes dropped 7.5 ton jungle-buster bombs to clear new helicopter landing zones north of Sepone Laos, bringing South Vietnamese troops closer to the North Vietnamese border. One U S helicopter was shot down but crew rescued. 35 North Vietnamese soldiers and seven South Vietnamese were reported killed in clashes.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Laos
South Vietnam
Sepone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi
North
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Thieu
Mansfield notes Soviet pull back along Suez Canal
Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield said Soviet troops have withdrawn from Egyptian SAM sites along the Suez Canal with Egyptians now manning the installations and only advisers present. He called it a significant step toward revived Egypt Israel negotiations and noted reports that Soviet pilots no longer flew Egyptian planes.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Suez Canal
Mansfield
Egypt
Israel
United States
End of fights urged by Boiarsky in 1971 session
Charleston report notes House Speaker Ivor Boiarsky, near retirement, urged an end to partisan bickering as a strip mining bill work session continued. He asked successor Lewis N. McManus to convey a message for a constructive end to the debate.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
House
Ivor Boiarsky
Lewis N. McManus
Boiarsky
McManus
Senate
Morning Sayings Highlight Softened Speech
Colloquial quip notes that many things are opened by mistake but none as often as the mouth, reflecting on speech and caution in daily talk.
Coup in Turkey ousts Suleyman Demirel
Turkish military commanders pressed pressure on civilian leaders after forcing the premier to resign stationing tanks near Ankara and staging maneuvers with US jets near the capital. Demirel urged calm as Izmir saw pro military demonstrations and talks with President Sunay began for a new government. In Vienna SALT talks US delegation rejects Soviet limits on missiles seeking a broader cap on offensive and defensive forces.
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Ankara
Turkey
UPI
Suleyman Demirel
Cevdet Sunay
Vienna
US S
Nixon
Soviet Union
Helsinki
West Virginia Legislature Passes Strip Mine Bill and Raises Pay
West Virginia lawmakers approve a strip mine bill 24-9 after a late session, boost state police and teacher salaries by 7.5 percent, authorize $110 million more in road bonds, and move several tax and safety measures to the governor. The vote drew strong opposition from several senators including Galperin and Moreland.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Senate
Tracy Hylton
Wyoming
William A. Moreland
Monongalia
Si Galperin
Kanawha
Galperin
Moreland
William T. Brotherton
D-Kanawha
Robert K. Holliday
D-Fayette
Robert R. Nelson
D Cabell
Mario Palumbo
John T Poffenbarger
Rkanawha
Lafe Ward
Arch A. Moore
Supreme Court
Textile talks with Japan hinge on Japanese initiative
Washington UPI. White House aide Peter Flanigan says negotiations with Japan can restart only if Japan takes the next step after calling them off. He is the lead U.S. representative in the talks.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Peter Flanigan
U.S
Japan
Flanigan
Secret proposed strip mine rules revealed by West Virginia commission
The Dominion Post discloses for the first time a 17 page draft of revised surface mining regulations prepared by Norman Williams and the Reclamation Commission. Governor Moore and the commission have blocked public access citing legislative timing. The draft would redefine terms and expand haulageway scope, with other changes to definitions and permit area roads.
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Penn
Duquesne
West Virginia
Dominion Post
Ron Rittenhouse
Jim Wolf
Mike Barr
Barry Nelson
Ray Martin
Charleston
Reclamation Commission
Arch A. Moore Jr
Norman Rider Williams
Department of Natural Resources
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Williams
Benjamin C. Greene
Division of Reclamation
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Greene
DNR
Ira S. Latimer Jr
Department of Mines
John Ashcraft
Moore
Commission
Joint
House-Senate Conference Committee
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