78 Trapped Miners Feared Dead at Mannington Mine
In Mannington West Virginia explosions and fires choked seven miles of tunnels at the Consolidation Coal Co mine. Carbon monoxide and spreading fires end the rescue effort hopes for 78 trapped miners. Union leader W A Boyle arrived to support families as prayer circles formed.
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Mannington
W. Va
UPI
William Poundstone
Consolidation Coal Co
Poundstone
W. A
Tony) Boyle
The
United Mine Workers
UMW
Washington
New Jersey liquor dealers serve no liquor at convention
UPI reports that New Jersey liquor dealers are not serving liquor at the annual convention as a two week strike by the Teamsters Union against liquor wholesalers halts deliveries to the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association event in Atlantic City.
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Atlantic City
N.J
UPI
New Jersey
Teamsters Union
New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association
Vermont teachers lead New England turnover in 1967
Vermont posted the region’s highest teacher turnover at 28 percent in 1967, with 5,500 teachers affected. Most leavers took higher paid posts, averaging $500 to $1,000 raises, as Vermont educators face noncompetitive salaries. The Education Department urged raising minimum salaries from 5400 to 6000, while per pupil costs rose for secondary and elementary education.
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Department of Education
GOP State Chairman Named Special Assistant to Davis
Montpelier Vermont NIX GOP State Committee approves leave of absence for Elbert G. Moulton and names Russell Merriman interim head. Moulton becomes special assistant Jan 9 with salary around 20000. Davis will review candidates and attend budget hearings amid warning of a financial crisis.
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GOP State
Davis
Montpelier
UPI
Deane C. Davis
GOP
Elbert G. Moulton
Moulton
Russell Merriman
Merriman
John Alden
Woodstock
Fred Westphal
Belmore
Orleans County
Melvin Mandigo
Glover
State Committee
Luther Hackett
South
Burlington
Hackett
House
Billion Dollar Swap Aids French Franc Crisis
Bonn reports say the world’s 10 richest nations move toward a $1 billion swap to bolster the franc and avert chaos. Bankers say devaluation of the pound and franc or revaluation of the mark are alternatives. Strauss notes a solution outline forming as talks heat up. France shows a $200 million weekly drain in gold and foreign reserves.
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Bonn
UPI
France
Switzerland
Franz-Josef Strauss
Bank of France
U.S
West Berlin
United States
West Germany
Britain
Strauss
Group of Ten
Harold Wilson
Harold Lever
Lever
Royal Air Force
Wilson
London
Western
Europe
Japan
U.S. Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Holland
Belgium
Canada
Sweden
NATO Forms Maraimed Command To Counter Soviet Threat
In Naples NATO inaugurated a new air command named Maraimed led by Rear Adm. Edward C. Outlaw to seek Soviet ships and subs in the Mediterranean. Italy USA Britain planes will operate with Greece and Turkey to join later.
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Naples
Italy
UPI
NATO
Mediterranean
Middle East
Mansi Brosio
Maraimed
U.S
Edward C. Outlaw
Greenville
N.C
Greece
Turkey
France
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Europe
Brosio
Czechoslovakia
Lemnitzer
Diplomats Fear Thieu May Sabotage Talks
Allied diplomats in Paris warn South Vietnam under President Nguyen Van Thieu may join the Vietnam talks to undermine them. Thieu has agreed in principle to end the boycott and send a delegation led by Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, a hardliner likely to resist concessions. Saigon publicly boycotts talks, while U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker works to finalize an agreement to end the boycott.
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Paris
UPI
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen Cao Ky
Thieu
United States
North Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Ellsworth Bunker
Independence Palace
Bunker
Rockefeller Told Offered Second Spot on Humphrey Ticket
New York Times report cites sources claiming Endicott Peabody offered Nelson Rockefeller the vice presidency on the Humphrey ticket. Rockefeller and Peabody offered the notion during Miami and Chicago conventions, with mixed confirmations and no comment from Rockefeller.
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Rocky
Humphrey
New York
New York Times
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Washington
Rockefeller
Peabody
Caribbean
Miami
Richard M. Nixon
Chicago
Sen
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Harvard
Federal Office of Emergency Planning
Inside National Water Crisis Warning for President Johnson
A national water crisis warning is outlined for President Johnson offering policy options. The piece notes ambiguities in state interim zoning proposals and critiques by an editorial condemning Bennington selectmen. Dorset Elementary School fashion show slated to be aired on Vermont ETV.
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Johnson
Bennington
Dorset
Vermont
Czech Students End Four Day Sit In At Charles University
Hundreds of students at Charles University ended a four day sit in with bedrolls and empty milk bottles as they agreed to stop protests against cuts in reform programs. No police appeared as students filed out by groups and headed home. Brno Nitra and Kosice campuses planned to continue protests tonight. The leadership warned of social upheaval if protests persisted following the Warsaw Pact invasion and Dubcek era reforms.
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Prague
UPS
Charles University
Czechoslovakia
Philosophy
Brno
Nitra
Kosice
Communist Party
Alexander Dubcek
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