Mitchell Writer To Face Probers In ITT Probe
Senators hear from key figures on why the Justice Department dropped its antitrust suit. John N Mitchell and Jack Anderson expected to testify, with Dita Beard hospitalized in Denver. Beard linked to a Derby Day dinner controversy and ITT financing remarks surface in committee inquiry.
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Justice Department
Atty
John N. Mitchell
Jack Anderson
Dita D. Beard
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Denver
Mitchell
Anderson
Judiciary Committee
Richard G. Kleindienst
Justice Antitrust
Richard McLaren
Felix Rohatyn
ITT
Kleindienst
Gered Mitchell
Governor’s
Bomb Explodes In Unoccupied TWA Jet In Las Vegas
A bomb exploded in an empty TWA Boeing 707 at McCarran International Airport hours after arrival from New York. No injuries were reported. Authorities say the blast fits a ransom extortion plot aiming at 2 million dollars and triggered a worldwide jetliner alert.
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Nev
Trans World Airlines
New York
TWA
Sheriff's Office
Los Angeles
McCarran International Airport
Kansas City
Muskie Wins Narrow New Hampshire Presidential Primary
Sen. Edmund S. Muskie of Maine won the New Hampshire Democratic primary but faced a tight fight for the delegation with Sen. George S. McGovern. By 7 a.m. 38 percent of delegate votes counted gave Muskie 11 to McGovern 9, as Florida head to head contests loom and the field expands beyond New Hampshire. Nixon won the Republican race with about 70 percent as 94 percent of votes reported.
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N.H
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
New Hampshire
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Muskie
McGovern
Florida
New England
White House
Nixon
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Hubert H
Speculation Grows Over Buffalo Creek Dam Burst Cause
Eyewitnesses claim an explosion preceded the flood release as 13 days pass since the Buffalo Creek disaster. The flood ravaged 16 coal camps. about 60 remain missing and 4,000 homeless. Officials deny explosives and cite natural or past blasting as possible causes while the National Guard and engineers continue cleanup and assess damage costs.
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W. Va
Buffalo Creek Hollow
National Guard
Buffalo Mining Co
Chiago Daily News
American Broadcasting Company
Pittston Coal Co
For Buffalo
Senate Strip Mine Debate Draws 500 In Columbus Statehouse
In Columbus the Senate Urban and Highway Affairs Sub committee revived a contentious strip mine bill drawing upwards of 500 protesters and miners. Operators oppose stricter land reclamation requirements after coal removal.
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Columbus, Ohio
Eastern Ohio
Statehouse Rotunda
Statehouse
Southeastern Ohio
Senate Urban and Highway Affairs
Extra money tips and a standup for a two-act offer
The piece urges readers to sell unused items at home and use a coupon in the classifieds to obtain a two action act. It then describes a legislative proposal by Sen. Harry Armstrong to amend a severance tax bill. The amendment would dedicate half of the tax to reclaim strip mined land with restoration starting within three months and finishing within six months after mining ends.
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Harry Armstrong
Logan
Federal law urged to grant bargaining rights for public workers
Washington AP report quotes AFL-CIO leader Jerry Wurf pressing a federal law to guarantee collective bargaining and the right to strike for about 10 million state county and municipal employees. He spoke to a congressional panel outlining the need to curb labor strife with formal bargaining rights.
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Washington
Jerry Wurf
Afl-Cio American Federation of State
Faulkner imposes Belfast security checks on public buildings
Prime Minister Brian Faulkner ordered new security rules in Belfast to curb bombings in crowded areas. Guards must search bags and purses and limit building entrances to control access.
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Belfast
Brian Faulkner
Faulkner
Prisoner Vanishes From Ohio Penitentiary
Darrell Oney a 32 year old serving life for burglary in six counties was found missing from the Ohio Penitentiary butcher shop during a 4 p.m. headcount. State Patrol continued a search as officials weighed whether he escaped or remains hidden inside the walls.
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Columbus, Ohio
State Highway Patrol
Ohio
Darrell Oney
Oney
Ohio to not make retroactive raises amounting to five million
Ohio Personnel Director Paul Corey says state workers lose nothing as raises from Dec 26 1971 won’t be retroactive. The $5 million would be paid in some other form. Unions have filed suits seeking full back pay to Dec 26 under new legislation.
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Columbus
Ohio
Paul Corey
Corey
Public Employes Union
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
General Assembly
GM Strike Expands at Lordstown Plants
Negotiations resume to end a strike by 7,800 GM workers at Vega and Chevrolet truck plants in Lordstown Ohio. UAW Local 1112 began the walkout Saturday and Tuesday’s actions at the Fisher Body plant laid off more than half of its 2,150 workers.
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Lordstown
Ohio
General Motor Corp
Vega
Chevrolet
United Auto Workers
Fisher Body
Public hearing planned for Zimmer Nuclear Plant in Ohio
The Atomic Energy Commission will hold a public hearing in May or June on a proposed license for the William F. Zimmer Nuclear Power Plant at Moscow Ohio. People wishing to speak must file with the AEC by April 6 as stated in a memo to U.S. Representative Donald D. Clancy.
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Cincinnati
Atomic Energy Commission
William F. Zimmer
Moscow
Ohio
AEC
U.S
Donald D. Clancy
Man Struck and Killed on Cross-Bronx Expressway
A man walking on the Cross-Bronx Expressway near Jerome Avenue was hit and killed by a hit and run driver. Police said as many as 50 cars may have run over the body before a motorist stopped traffic. Witnesses saw the man enter the eastbound lanes around 4 30 p.m. The victim was mangled beyond recognition and had no ID.
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New York
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