Mine Safety Reform Moves Up In Congress After Mine Tragedy
Two coal state congressmen pledge bills to tighten the federal mine safety act after the Mannington disaster at Mountaineer Coal No. 9. The No. 9 mine tragedy lifts calls for closing loopholes as inspectors report repeated unsafe conditions and withdrawals while 260 miners have died this year nationwide.
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West Virginia
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Dent
Mountaineer Coal Co
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Texas White House
W. A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers
Charles Lanman
Bureau of Mines
Lanman
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Senate Committee On Labor and Public Welfare
War stories persist as ranks shrink at WWI reunion
PARIS Texas AP veterans recounts at the annual Company E 38th Infantry reunion near Veterans Day. The Lamar Fannin area unit drew about 230 attendees, as rosters shrink yet tales endure, reflecting lingering memories of World War I.
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Tex
38Th Infantry
Lamar
Fannin
Maubcbe
Texas SMU Rewrite SWC Record Books
The SWC season closed with record rewriting by Texas and SMU. Texas set career and season marks in rushing and total offense while SMU claimed passing and total offense titles. Jidd Hargett and Jerry Levins highlighted school records alongside Chuck Hixson and Chris Gilbert, with Arkansas Bill Burnett leading scorers.
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NCAA
SWC
Jidd Hargett
Texas A&m
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Levins
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Gilbert
Chuck Hixson
Hixson
Texas Longhorns
Longhorns
TCU
Mike Hall
Arkansas
Bill Burnett
Hayden tells HUAC leftist label is racist philosophy
Tom Hayden, leader of antiwar protesters, testifies before a House subcommittee on Chicago disorder, denounces the era as a racist philosophy. He details anti-Vietnam work, the Helsinki festival episode, and claims CIA once hired him to spread Old Glory. He notes nine prisoner releases and defends police actions as disciplined. He also cites independent income from lectures amid media notoriety.
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House Un-American Activities Subcommittee
Tom Hayden
Subcommittee
Hayden
Chicago
North Vietnam
Central Intelligence Agency
Helsinki
Finland
Richard J. Daley
San Antonio Mayor Still Fair Conscious on HemisFair Role
SAN ANTONIO AP Mayor W. W. McAllister, eight years on the City Council, remains focused on HemisFair 68, viewing the former world fair as a crowning jewel in the city’s development and his public service.
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Maylor W. W. McAllister
HemisFair ‘68
Kidney transplant saves mother’s son at Dallas hospital
In Dallas the E L Mitchells kidney was transplanted to her son Wesley Barker 32 after he lived without one since Oct 1. The 6 hour operation by University of Texas Southwestern Medical School doctors marked the 19th such transplant at the facility. Barker was born with a single kidney which functioned poorly for two years due to chronic infection, leading to removal on Oct 11 and temporary life support with an artificial substitute.
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Czechoslovakia
Senate
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White House
Dallas
E. L. Mitchell
Wesley Barker
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Barker
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