Mississippi Queen Welcomed Home in Cincinnati Treasure
Thousands greet the Mississippi Queen as the $23.5 million paddlewheeler arrives in Cincinnati after an overnight delay. Crowds, a fireboat spray, red carpet, bands, and dignitaries mark a historic launch amid river nostalgia. Delta Queen sister ship Delta Queen seen. vessel departs Tuesday for New Orleans on maiden voyage.
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Cincinnati
Mark Twain
Yeatman’s Cove Park
Ohio River
Sullivan
Bobbie Sterne
Ernest Wagner
New Orleans
West Virginia Coal Miners Strike Idle 1500 at Meigs Mines
Wildcat action by West Virginia miners closes virtually all state mines and spreads to southern Ohio. About 1,500 workers at Southern Ohio Coal Co three Meigs County mines idle after pickets set lines. UMW Local 1886 president says pickets will stay. crossings blocked and statewide shutdowns noted with massive wage and tax losses.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Ohio
Meigs County
Southern Ohio Coal Co
Gene Osler
United Mine Workers
William Baker
Southern Ohio Coal
Edwin Wiles
West Virginia Coal Association
West
Wiles
Cedar Coal Co
Kanawha County
Pennsylvania
Millfield Bicentennial Dinner and Flag Presentation
Millfield marked its Bicentennial with a Sunday dinner and program featuring the Bicentennial flag presentation and a history reports segment. The event highlighted local heritage and community memory.
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Millfield
Funeral Industry Regulation Hearings Underway in Washington
Hearings in Washington on proposed federal funeral industry regulations highlight public focus on death. The coverage notes attention on industry practices and policy implications as stakeholders await outcomes.
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Washington
Carter kin in prison for two armed San Francisco robberies
SAN FRANCISCO AP: William Spann, 29, nephew of Jimmy Carter, is serving 10 years to life for two armed robberies in San Francisco. Spann, who has cycled through California prisons since 1969, told reporters his mother Gloria Spann urged against aiding the campaign. The Chronicle notes Spann’s family ties and long residence in the state. Washington AP: The body of Daniel Gearhart, an American mercenary executed in Angola, was returned to the U.S. for burial, arriving at Dulles International Airport in a rough plywood box aboard an Orion Airlines 747.
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San Francisco
William Spann
Jimmy Carter
Carter
San Francisco Chronicle
Spann
Gloria Spann
Chronicle
California
Washington
Daniel Gearhart
Angola
Dulles International Airport
Orion Airlines
Livermore
Madera
Ed Bates
Frederick N. Woods IV
James L. Schoenfeld
Woods
Schoenfeld
Richard
Alameda County
James Schoenfeld
FBI
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Illinois
San Francisco Examiner
Mississippi Delegation Stays Uncommitted in GOP Contest
Ford and Reagan wage a scramble for delegates as Mississippi's full state delegation remains unaligned and pledges to vote as a bloc. AP tally shows Ford at 1,096 and Reagan at 1,024 with 138 uncommitted. Carter and Mondale prepare for a week of policy talks in Plains.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Ford
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Jimmy Carter
Walter F. Mondale
Plains
White House
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ron Nelsen
Five in Chowchilla kidnap gang possible says AP
Investigators say as many as five people may have been responsible for the Chowchilla bus kidnapping imprisoning 26 children and their driver for 18 hours in a buried moving van. One man jailed two sought and two more potential suspects named in a nationwide manhunt.
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Chowchilla
Calif
Associated Press
Intruder Slain By Guard at White House
A 30-year-old Washington cab driver Chester M. Plummer scaled the White House fence and threatened guard Charles A. Garland with a three-foot pipe. Garland fired one shot, killing Plummer about 60 feet from the fence as President Ford and family were inside. Garland placed on administrative leave pending a grand jury review.
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Washington
White House
Chester M. Plummer
Executive Protective Service
Charles A. Garland
Plummer
Pennsylvania Avenue
Lewis McClain
Secret Service
McClain
Jack Warner
White House Laan
Susan Ford
Red Top Cab Co
Arlington
Ford
George Washington Hospital
EPS
Garland
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Betty Blake
Delta Queen Steamboat Co
Leonor Sullivan
D-Mo
House
Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee
Meigs
Hayes Holstein
U.S. District Court
Dennis Knapp
Local 1759
Athens County
Athens
American Legion
Logan
Glouster
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Regan
Time Magazine
John Tower
R-Tex
Tower
Texas
John Connally
GOP
The
Oakland Tribune
Ed Ray
Beirut
Lebanon
Camille Chamoun
East Beirut
Chamoun
National Liberal Party
Nabaa
Tal Zaatar
Tigers
Phalangist Party
Tripoli
Chamoun's
Leba
Arab League
Hassan Sabri Khali
No Man's Land
United States
Mak
Ing
Iwo Jima
U.S
Chester Plummer
Pennsylvania Ave
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