West Virginia miners walkout spans 12,000 workers
More than 12,000 West Virginia miners stayed off the job as pickets closed 32 Logan County mines, idling 4,200 workers. Officials cite snow and disputes over contract terms. unions urge return while dissidents push for gains for disabled miners and widows.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Logan County
Southern Virginias Coal Association
Northwestern Virginia
United Mine Workers Union
Coal Industry
Pay Board
Tax Vote Result Questioned in Ohio Budget Bill
In Columbus, lawmakers head toward a vote on a budget tax bill that would raise about 1.011 billion dollars in new revenue. Supporters foresee passage in both chambers while opponents raise concerns over tax relief and local government funding.
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Columbus
Ohio
William Chavanne
Gilligan
House
Senate
Harold Hovey
Charles F. Kurless
Meany Plans Pay Board Showdown to Force Nixon Action
An AFL CIO aide outlined a strategy to provoke Nixon into removing AFL CIO members from the Pay Board or ending wage controls. Meany aims to pressure action before the 1972 presidential race, with noncooperation continuing as the board drafts wage reporting forms.
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Miami Beach
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
White House
Meany
Labor
Bers
Florida
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Labor Federation
Aflcio
Cost of Living Council
Pay Board
Senate panel approves Butz for agriculture secretary
Washington AP reports the Senate Agriculture Committee approved President Nixon's nomination of Earl Butz as secretary of agriculture by a narrow 8 to 6 margin. The vote included a condition that Butz move all agribusiness stocks into a blind trust and divest within 10 days.
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Washington
Senate Agriculture Committee
Nixon
Earl Butz
Butz
Inside Editorial And Sports Entertainment
A brief index shows sections for Editorial Sports Entertainment Television Classified Theaters Obituaries and Women with page prompts guiding readers to coverage and features throughout the issue.
Eban Urges Sadat to Seek Peace Over Bombast
Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban called on Egyptian President Anwar Sadat to negotiate a peace settlement with Israel and curb public bombast while touring Suez Canal positions. Israel also announced a new chief of staff as Sadat urged troops to fight vigorously and said talks with the United States on reopening the canal were broken off.
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Jerusalem
Abba Eban
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Eban
Sadat
Suez Canal
Egypt
United States
U.S
Construction Committee Quietly OKs 400 Pay Hike Contracts
Miami Beach AP report says Nixon's Construction Industry Stabilization Committee approved about 400 contracts with pay hikes over the weekend while 50 were ordered reconsidered. No totals on increases, but trends show roughly 10 percent yearly hikes, potentially subject to Pay Board appeal. Labor wary of possible clashes over final approval.
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Nixon
The
Con
Labor
Pay Board
Construction Committee
One Dead In Bus Mishap In Akron
A Greyhound bus traveling from Cincinnati to Youngstown skidded into a road abutment on the Akron Expressway, killing Samuel P. Fisher, 28, of Akron. Eight others were injured, with several listed in serious or fair condition at Akron City Hospital.
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Akron, Ohio
Greyhound
Cincinnati
Youngstown
Akron
Samuel P. Fisher
Akron City Hospital
Mary O'Hara
Girard
Purushoptan Shiska
Andrew Mallin
Niles
Shirley Muse
Robin Tolbin
Poland
Patricia Major
No One Helped as 10 Year Old Carmen Colon Is Stranded
At least 100 motorists failed to stop to aid 10 year old Carmen Colon who stood along a busy Rochester highway pleading for help. She was later found hurt and strangled, and police believe she was held against her will before escaping and fleeing along the road.
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Carmen Colon
Rochester
N. Y
Son Of Slain Physician Dies In High Speed Crash
Charles D. Cottrell III, son of murdered Dr and Mrs Cottrell, died when his car struck a tree at high speed in Mount Vernon Ohio. Police labeled him a suspect in the killings. investigators had narrowed suspects to him, and a missing 22 caliber revolver linked to the case remains unfound.
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Charleston
Knox County
Paul Rowe
Rowe
W. Va
Lawrence Morris Sunday
Cottrell
West Virginia
Univer
Morris
Arlie Robinson
Young Cottrell
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Miners For Democracy
MFD
Harry Patrick
Patrick
Pennsylvania
UMW District 29
James Leeber
Beckley
Leas
Leeber
Gov
Arch A. Moore Jr
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Shirley Chisholm
D-N Center
Jackson
NBC
John Gillgan
Legislative Chamber
Len Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Humphrey
Muskie
Sen Henry M. Jackson
Buzz
Cambodia
Saigon
Chrum
Chicago
National Safety Council
Council
Miami Beach, Fla
Construction Industry Stablization Committee
Mount Vernon
Charles D. Cottrell
Ili
Sity
Robinson
Kanawha County
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