Yablonski Faces $750000 Libel Suit By UMW Official
UMW vice president George Titler sued Joseph A. Yablonski for 750000 in Charleston federal court over a Beckley speech alleging Titler’s under the table dealings with Olga Coal Co. Titler claims 500000 in damages and 250000 in punitive damages. He said Yablonski will have 20 days to answer.
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Joseph A. Yablonski
United Mite Workers
UMW
George Titler
Fairmont Civic Center
U. S. District Court
Charleston
Titler
The
Daily Telegraph
Welch
Yablonski
U. S
Fairmont
Ballard
McDowell County
Elmer Brown
West Virginia
U. S. Department of Labor
GOP Eyes Gains In Senate As Campaigns Take Shape
AP surveys identify about a dozen states as key targets for Republicans to gain Senate control in 1970. Nine GOP and 25 Democratic seats end this term. the GOP must net seven seats. Florida, Connecticut, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Ohio feature as pivotal races with strong GOP organizing and notable candidate dynamics.
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Senate
Washington
Congress
Cramer
Florida
White House
Edward J. Gurney
Claude Kirk
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Predicted Indictments Target Boyle Lieutenants UMW
At a campaign rally in Fairmont Joseph Yablonski predicted a federal indictment of Boyle lieutenants and possibly Boyle himself for embezzling UMW funds and funneling them into Boyle's campaign. He urged Boyle to resign as UMW president amid assertions of money siphoned from the union treasury to campaign war chests.
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United Mine Workers
Joseph Yablonski
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Boyle
Yablonski
Hall
Washington, D.C
Grand Jury
Washington
Boyles Election Fund
Boyd
Lew Evans
UMW Journal
Rex Lauck
Ken Hechler
Dw.va
Filme: Brown
Yabionski
Runaning
Donald
Communist Chinese pilot claims shooting down U S air marauder
In Peking Review a Chinese fighter pilot is quoted claiming he shot down a U S air marauder. The piece notes no outcome for the American pilot beyond being blasted from the air and recalls a prior 1967 claim of a manned U S plane shot down.
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Sunday
U.S
Peking Review
Red
China
Radio Peking
Kwangsi Province
Common Market Expansion To Be Considered At Hague Summit
Six European leaders meet at The Hague to discuss expansion of the common market. The summit marks the first without Charles de Gaulle who previously blocked Britain and other entrants. Norway Denmark Britain and Ireland seek access while de Gaulle had urged broader political cooperation among six members.
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Charles de Gaulle
Britain
Norway
Denmark
de Gaulle
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Europe
AEC Seismic Signals Likely From Soviet Nuclear Test
The AEC reports seismic signals from the Semipalatinsk region suggesting another underground nuclear blast. Officials say the disturbance equates to 200000 to one million tons of TNT. This marks the ninth such 1969 recording by the AEC after a prior report on Oct. 14.
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Semispalatinsk
Russia
Telegraph Tie Spurs Con cord Bowl Ambition
The Concord school hopes a school bowl game could lift morale after losing its last 22 football games in a row, with plans to host a team at home and avoid inviting outside opponents.
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Concord
Life Magazine prints My Lai death photos amid court case notes
Photos from My Lai published by Life Magazine include a scene of piled bodies and testimony from eyewitness Sgt Michael Bernhardt who says the killings were not lawful orders. Attorney F Lee Bailey says he is involved for Capt Ernest Medina pending court martial updates and calls for Nixon to lift public statement bans.
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Life Magazine
My Lai
Michael A. Bernhardt
John Kinch
Vietnam
Ernest L. Medina
Medina
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
Springer, N.M
20Th Infantry
11Th Light Infantry
William L. Calley Jr
Charles West
Chicago
Associated Press
Capt
Columbus
Ohio
Green Berets
Nixon
Cailey
Life
Ronald Haeberle
Cleveland
Joseph Eszterhas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Army
Stanley Resor
Armed Services Committee
Helicopters Shot Down Near Song Be in Vietnam Clash
U S Army helicopters were shot down by North Vietnamese anti aircraft guns about 10 miles southeast of Song Be near the Cambodian border. Five crewmen were killed and four wounded. The action came as U S forces pressed heavy air and artillery strikes in the area.
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Saigon
Cambodia
Song Be
Vietnam
U.S
Draft Aged Have Tickets In Tonight's Draft Lottery
The Selective Service lottery assigns draft chances by birthday with 19 to 25 year olds eligible. About 290000 would join in 1970 and 560000 total remain, with roughly 260000 to be drafted. first birthdays drawn face early year notices while later dates face longer suspense.
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Washington
White House
Armed Services
Apollo 12 hints Moon as a complex body with varied rocks
Early Apollo 12 data show the Moon may be more complex than expected. Seismic responses differ from Earth patterns and lunar magnetic activity is higher than thought, challenging prior lunar origin ideas based on Apollo 11 rocks. Apollo 12 samples lack breccias common in Apollo 11, suggesting diverse formation histories.
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Moon
Earth
Lunar
Marin
Sea of Tranquility
Virginia Sider Killed In Crash
A Bluefield Virginia man Roy McCroskey 23 was killed when a car left the highway near Bishop McDowell County and struck three trees. Brothers Daniel 35 and Winford 31 were injured and taken to Bluefield Sanitarium with Daniel in satisfactory condition and Winford in critical condition. The three men were en route to Skygusty in a 1964 model vehicle. State Police Troopers D M Shade J W Childers and J L Tryall investigated and the body was later taken to Shumate Newman Funeral Home in Poe Virginia.
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McDowell County
Roy McCroskey
Rt. 1
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Winford
Bluefield Sanitarium
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Swerv
Roy
Skygusty
McDowell
D. M. Shade
J. W. Childers
J. L. Tryall
Shumate - Newman Funeral Home
Poe
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