Coal miners strike ends in Britain but life remains hard
Coal deliveries resume to thousands of cold British homes after six weeks of strike. Power cuts remain and full supply could take a month. Arthur Hawkins, chairman elect of the Central Electricity Generating Board, says they are sourcing coal by any means to restore output, amid a widespread fuel shortage.
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Britain
London
UPI
Hook
Crook
Arthur Hawkins
Central Electricity Generating Board
Department of Trade and Industry
Hawkins
National Coal Board
Enemy intensifies incidents targets ammunition dump
Vietnamese Communist forces conduct a surge of incidents across South Vietnam during President Nixon's visit to Peking. At least 50 incidents were reported, resulting in casualties including three Americans and 40 South Vietnamese soldiers, and damaging a large ammunition dump.
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Saigon
API
Nixon
Peking
South Vietnam
U.S
UPI
Stewart Kellerman
Khe Sanh
West Coast dockers end 135 day strike in San Francisco
Longshoremen returned to the docks after 135 days marking the longest and costliest waterfront walkout in U.S. history. Rank and file members voted 71 percent to accept a new 18 month contract with an $1.12 hourly pay rise and a $5.2 million annual package.
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San Francisco
UPI
U.S
Mack Smith
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Pacific Maritime Association
Seattle
San Francisco Bay
Nixon
Walter Winchell dies at 74 chronicler of radio gossip
Columnist Walter Winchell, famed for rapid fire broadcasts and a thousand newspapers, has died at age 74 from cancer after a long career tracing show business and world events. He rose from Broadway gossip to national influence, retiring in 1969 and briefly returning before final retirement.
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Walter Winchell
Breathless
Los Angeles
UPI
America
Winchell
Damon Runyon
Winchellisms
Ucla Medical Center
Walter Winchell Jr
New York Daily Mirror
June
Gus Edwards
Eddie Cantor
George Jessel
Billboard
Vaudeville News
The
New
Blasts in Belfast Cause Rush Hour Traffic Chaos
Bombs exploded in downtown Belfast near City Hall during the morning rush hour, prompting evacuations and injuries from shock. In Londonderry British troops exchanged fire with snipers in the night, amid reports of the worst violence since Bloody Sunday when 13 civilians died.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Londonderry
Chichester Street
Army
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Bogside
Dublin
Des O’malley
Britain
St. Eugene’s
Rosemount
Blighs Lane
Harrington accuses Nixon of favoring oil firms over New England environment
Rep. Michael J. Harrington D Mass accuses President Nixon of prioritizing oil company profits over New England environmental protection. He cites the oil import quota raising prices and urging offshore drilling near Cape Cod despite spill risks. Harrington warns of possible campaign influence and calls for delaying offshore work until safer, cheaper options exist.
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Boston
UPI
Nixon
New England
Michael J. Harrington
D-Mass
Harrington
Special Legislative Commission On Marine Boundaries and Resources
Cape Cod
Santa Barbara
Calif
Martin Lobel
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Federal Department of the Interior
Francis W. Sargent
Commission
William M. Bulger, Dboston
Com
Robert H. Quinn
U.S. Geological Survey
Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Quinn
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