Mine tragedy deepens as 11 more die in Kentucky mine
Partridge Kentucky mine disaster widens after 11 inspectors and miners die 1,600 feet underground while strengthening tunnel supports. Two escapees. 13 crew in the rescue team perished, 15 earlier victims buried, officials seal the section. President Ford orders added survivor benefits oversight. EPA official promises better survivor entitlements.
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UPI
Scotia Coal Co
Black Mountain
Blue Diamond Coal Co
Knoxville
Harvey Sturgill
James
Sturgill
Jimmy Sturgill
Ford
Southeastern
Kentucky
Jack Ravan
Atlanta
Environmental Protection Agency
Hyden
Ravan
Zebra killers convicted in San Francisco killings
Four Black Muslims were found guilty of murder kidnap and assault in the Zebra killings case that killed 14 white people in late 1973 and early 1974. A racially mixed jury deliberated for four days after a year-long trial. Sentencing to follow. life terms mandatory due to pre capital punishment era.
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San Francisco
UPI
Arthur Agnes
Jessie Lee Cooks
Larry Craig Green
Manuel Moore
J.C. Simon
Weicker cites secrecy over Dan Schorr case and Reagan
Senator Lowell Weicker criticizes excessive secrecy in Washington as the real problem while defending CBS reporter Dan Schorr. He calls for House investigation, dismisses Reagan campaign as a waste of money after four primaries, and questions Reagan’s chances of winning or becoming vice president on the Newsbeat program.
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Weicker
Dan Schorr
House of Representatives
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Hearst case label remote deal as stupid claim
Patricia Hearst's lead attorney F Lee Bailey denounces a claim by the New World Liberation Front that a secret deal with the Ford campaign ailured Hearst's freedom. The ongoing trial nears its eighth week as prosecutors press psychiatric witnesses and the defense argues coercion and brainwashing.
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San Francisco
UPI
Patricia Hearst
F. Lee Bailey
New World Liberation Front
Miss Hearst
Hearst
Ford
Agency adds 250 employes to help contain hog cholera
The Agriculture Department hires 250 temporary workers at a cost of 650000 dollars to bolster nationwide hog cholera surveillance. Focus areas include farms feeding garbage to swine in the northeast amid outbreaks in New Jersey Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The plan expands food waste inspections sick pig reporting cattle and interstate swine shipment checks. Walter Lewis,
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Walter Lewis
Massachusetts Animal Health Division
New England
Bristol County
Lewis
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Puerto Rico
Federal inmates top 26,000 in federal prisons and halfway houses
Attorney General Edward H. Levi announced 26,047 federal inmates were held on March 7, marking a new high and nearly 2,000 more than January 1. Director Norman A. Carlson noted the population is within 1,000 of a long-range 1986 projection, while factors include rising crime and intensified prosecutions.
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Washington
UPI
Edward H. Levi
Levi
Norman A. Carlson
Bureau of Prisons
Jackson and Carter clash over health plan costs
United Press International reports on Sunday shows Jackson disputing Carter's goal of a national health care program while cutting federal bureaucracy. Carter defends total reforms, saying administrative costs could fall though details will take time. Campaign trails include Illinois primary moves and tensions in White House staff after Callaway's exit.
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Jimmy Carter
Henry Jackson
Georgia
Carter
Chicago
Illinois
Jackson
George Wallace
Sargent Shriver
Fred Harris
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Reagan
North Carolina
Washington
Illinois Do or Die for George Wallace and Sargent Shriver
Illinois is a pivotal battleground as George Wallace Sargent Shriver and Ronald Reagan seek to salvage sinking presidential campaigns. Wallace and Shriver face weak early primary showings while Reagan remains underdog in GOP race. Daley backs Stevenson as a strategic favored son for Illinois delegate bloc. Weather hints at turnout implications as Walker Howlett contest looms in gubernatorial race.
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