Recovery teams begin mine search for 78 entombed miners
Two rescue teams with breathing apparatus descend 543-foot Atha's Run shaft at Consolidation Coal No. 9 mine. Seventy eight miners died in November fire and explosions, with teams working to locate bodies and restore ventilation as they probe the west section while sealing and reconditioning the eastern portion.
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Associated Press
Farmington
W. Va
Atha’s Run
Consolidation Coal Co
Danny Kuhn
John Ashcraft
Peter Ferretti
Ferretti
On- Coal Co
40 500 to go home reveal troop withdrawal
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky said 40 500 more U S troops will be withdrawn from South Vietnam by the end of November with 150 000 to 200 000 out by year end 1970. Thieu approved after meetings with Abrams and Berger as Nixon plans progress.
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George Esper
Abrams
Washington
Nixon
U.S
Saigon
U.S. Navy
South Vietnam
U.S. Naval Command
U.S Command
Vietnam
Mekong Delta
Israel presses Gulf of Suez air strikes amid fighting
Israeli planes hit Ras Za'farana and Ras Gharib on the Gulf of Suez coast for the fifth time in six days to force Egypt to shift forces from the Suez Canal front. An Egyptian agency said planes were driven off and an eight hour artillery duel occurred near Port Said. Two Israeli soldiers were wounded in a Golan Heights ambush as UN talks on Arab-Israeli settlement prepare to resume at the General Assembly.
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Associated Press
Egypt
Gulf of Suez
Suez Canal
Ras Za'farana
Ras Gharib
Middle East
Cairo
Port Taufiq
Ras Za’farana
Tel Aviv
Moshe Dayan
Golan Heights
Syria
Sea of Galilee
United Nations
U.N. General Assembly
Paraplegic shoplifter caught in fall at store
Buffalo AP report says a paraplegic, Jeffrey Meruked aged 29 of West Seneca, was arrested on robbery charges after his wheelchair toppled on the sidewalk when a cohort, Leroy Workman aged 18 of Buffalo, pushed him from a Variety Store during a hold up. Meruked previously lost use of his legs from a spine gunshot in Kansas City in 1967.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Jeffrey Meruked
West Seneca
Kansas City
Leroy Workman
Meraked
Haynsworth set for Senate confirmation on high court
President Nixon's nominee Judge Clement F. Haynsworth Jr. appears headed for Senate confirmation despite opposition from civil rights and labor leaders. Senate hearings begin Tuesday, with Sen. Javits likely to vote against, while Sen. Griffin supports the nomination after cautioning his stance.
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Washington
Nixon
Clement F. Haynsworth Jr
Supreme Court
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Haynsworth
House faces clash over student loan interest bill
In Washington AP Nixon and House leaders risk embarrassment as lawmakers debate a bill to add up to 3 percent concessional interest on government guaranteed student loans. Proponents back speed, while opponents led by Rep. Wright Patman seek to block it or attach anti riot amendments.
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John Beckler
Washington
House
Nixon
Congress
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Carl D. Perkins
Dky
Office of Education
Senate
Patman
Perkins
Body of missing girl found near Mankato
The badly decomposed body of 17 year old Peggy Broas was found about 30 miles from the earlier discovery of 14 year old Sandra Meinke. Authorities suspect foul play and seek a blue or green pickup with a homemade camper near North Mankato.
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North Mankato
Minn
Nicollete County
Peggy Broas
Mankato
Wilmer Broas
Sandra Meinke
Richard Meinkes
Webster
Montgomery
Here
Nicollet
George Witty
State Crime Bureau
le Sueur
Rice County
Witty
Miss Broas
Dale Schmidt
Miss Meinke
Meinke
Miss Mein
Budapest issues certificate for striptease dancers
In Budapest a decree from the cultural department of the metropolitan council requires strippers to hold a valid permit to perform as solo dancers in public venues. The rule aims to regulate performances in the city's six or so night clubs.
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Budapest
Cultural Department of
Toll for Minnesota Road Deaths Tops 55 in Two Weeks
Minnesota road accidents killed 55 people in the first 14 days of September. Nine deaths occurred over the weekend, including a two car crash in suburban Minneapolis. The toll stood at 661 now, down from 752 a year ago, with multiple fatal crashes across the state. Nicholas Bayne, 20, was found dead in a wrecked car near Wabasso. Other fatalities occurred in Maple Grove, Kimball, Aitkin County, Hastings, Owatonna, Proctor, and Detroit Lakes, with several injuries reported and vehicles overturning or colliding in construction zones and on highways 494 94 13 14 59.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Nicholas Bayne
Wabasso
Minn
Clark Sherrett
Coon Rapids
Tanis Telander
Maple Grove
Hennepin County
James Telanders
St. Louis Park
Telander
Lanie
Sherrett
Frank A. Rigali
St. Paul
Stearns
Kimball
Highway Patrol
Lonnie Tobler
Wayzata
St. Cloud
Lawrence Ahern
Hastings
George Dougherty
Dakota County
Twin Cities
Dougherty
Owatonna
Thomas J. Warrin
Highway 14
Lester J. Warrin
Dennis G. McGovern
Proctor
Duluth
Robert A. Gjarde
Detroit Lakes
Highway 59
Gjarde
Evans trial hears crews testimony
Subic Bay Philippines AP Lt Cmdr Albert S McLemore skipper of the destroyer Frank E Evans testified he insisted on being awakened if ordered to change station Witnesses said he was strict about night alarms The defense aimed to shift fault to the officer of the deck and two junior officers Ramsey and Hopson with reprimands noted for Ramsey
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Subic Bay
Philippines
Albert S. McLemore
U.S
Frank E. Evans
McLemore
Long Beach
Calif
Evans
Melbourne
J.g
Jeffrey W. Covert
Glenview
Ill
Ronald T. E. Bowler
Annapolis
James A. Hopson
Kansas City
Kan
Cmdr
Robinson Lappin
U.S. Naval Justice School
Newport
R.1
Hopson
Ronald C. Ramsey
Ramsey
Alaska Accepts Bids In Arctic Oil Lease Sale
Alaska withholds judgment on 15 bids while accepting 152 bids totaling about 862.3 million dollars from an oil lease sale. Commissioner Thomas Kelly reported 15 postponed bids totaling 37.9 million. The sale covered 179 tracts in the oil-rich Arctic, bringing in 900.22 million in apparent high bids.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Thomas Kelly
Natural Resources
Arctic
Thant calls for disarmament talks with Reds
United Nations Secretary General U Thant urged serious efforts to bring Red China and France into disarmament talks with the five nuclear powers. He cited lack of progress in the past year and gaps between Peking and the two superpowers. Thant said direct negotiations among the five are essential to a world free from fear and hoped Sino Soviet and Sino American relations could normalize.
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United Nations, N.Y
U Thant
China
France
Peking
Thant
Moscow
Washington
Secrtary
Alexe
N. Kosygin
Chou En-lai
Hijacked Ethiopian airliner lands as crew and passengers released
In Addis Ababa Ethiopian Airlines flight hijacked to Aden by Eritrean Liberation Front commandos landed with thirty six passengers and two crew members aboard a special aircraft. Three other crew members held in Aden by Southern Yemen authorities. One crew member reportedly shot on landing. Earlier reports said a policeman aboard wounded one hijacker.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines
Aden
Eritrean Liberation Front
Yemen
Meeting shifts on Voya geurs National Park site
Interior Secretary Hickel will meet park opponents at 1 30 p m Thursday at Nelson s Resort Crane Lake meeting moved from International Falls. 4 000 plus request wallet sized organ donation cards Alexandria Daily News begins with 6 800 paid circulation first issue. Government steps to curb illegal drugs border inspections planes cooperation with Mexico. Talks between US and North Korean officers Panmunjom over release of three Americans. At least six dead nearly 200 injured as Moitadova spectators collapse during race.
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Alexandria, Minn
Minnesota
Alexandria Daily News
Ray Vallentine
Publishing Corporation
Daily News
Seoul
U.S
Panmunjom
Bly
Helder
North Korea
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