Iceland Summit Sees U S and France Split on Key Issues
Presidents Nixon and Pompidou failed to resolve trade monetary and defense differences during talks in Reykjavik. They agreed on steps to improve Atlantic alliance and potential high level talks, while gold price and troop presence remain contentious.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
Nixon
Pompidou
Europe
Oas
Enry A. Kissinger
Sig
United States
Ean
Atlantic
U.S
Prompidouses
Nixon aide denies Watergate coverup in testimony
H R Haldeman told investigators he did not participate in any coverup while serving as Nixon's White House chief of staff. His claim contrasts with statements from others who attended a June 23 White House meeting, noted by a senator and a congressman on probe committees.
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Washington
H. R. Haldeman
Nixon
White House
Democratic defections free $218 million in appropriations
Charleston report says defections from the Democratic side to the Republican minority loosened 218 million dollars in previously bottled-up appropriations from the House Finance Committee. The item appears on page 1. Coal miners win United Mine Workers district elections under Miners for Mass, while winners say the movement should end. Virginia General Assembly enacts laws affecting bingo players and bicyclists, effective Friday.
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Charleston
House Finance Committee
United Mine Workers
Maasseey
MFD
Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Fire tears through Bradmann on Bland Street in Bluefield
A blaze roared through Bradmann on Bland Street Bluefield early Thursday destroying or severely damaging nine business establishments with losses estimated over 1 million dollars. Also a Buchanan County circuit judge fined Southern Tri-State Corporates 500 dollars daily for contempt related to an injunction. Two more candidates join Bluefield's June 12 primary race bringing total to eight.
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Jim Gilreath
Bradmann
Bland Street
Bluefield
Lee Puckett
Curtis Thompson
Bluefield Sanitarium
Flat Top Insurance Agency
Mervin G. Anderson
Oace
Pas
Grandsto
Bowen Field
Ihek
Richard Poe
Hankln
Northside
Monte Wall
Puckett
Southside
Princeton
Poe
Bradley’s Ladies Shop
Tabor’s Market
Princeton Fire Department
Ramsey Street
Federal Street
Appalachian Power Company
Appalachian
Ramsey School
Williams Street
James Green
Edwin Elliott
Dan Lucas
WHIS
Tom Buckley
WKOY
Elliott
North Street
Georgia Lumber Company
Buchanan County
Glynn Phillips
Tri- State
Island Creek Coal Company
District 28
United Mine Workers of America
State Appropriation Bills Freed From Deadlock in West Virginia
Democratic defections loosened 218 million dollars in supplemental appropriations in a special legislative session. The House Finance Committee approved 34 Moore-recommended appropriation bills to the floor without recommendation, while a sales tax bill to raise to five percent and exempt food was also sent out without recommendation. The measures await amendment in the House.
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Charleston
W.va
House Finance Committee
Arch A. Moore Jr
Senate
Moore
Department of Environmental Protection and Control
House
State Supreme Court
Miners for Democracy winners push unity in UMW
Miners for Democracy swept several United Mine Workers district elections across West Virginia Pennsylvania and Illinois while new officers urge unity and say the MFD has accomplished its goals. Veterans warn divisions linger as observers note lingering wounds.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Miners For Democracy
MFD
Jack Perry
1 17
West Virginia
Joseph “Jock” Yablonski
W. A
Tony”’ Boyle
Arnold Miller
UMW
Pennsylvania
Ilinois
Kentucky
Boyle
Miller
Lawrence Hays
Indiana
District 11
Ken Dawes
District 12
National Cochairman
District 17
Senate votes to halt money for Indochina bomb missions
The Senate voted 63 19 to end spending on U S bombing in Cambodia as part of a $3 6 billion supplemental bill The move aims to force an end to raids in support of Lon Nol while a House Senate conference negotiates a compromise.
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Senate
Indochina
Washington
Cambodia
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Nixon
Pentagon
Congress
Lon Nol
Senate House
House
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Robert Dole
R-Kan
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
North Vietnam
U.S. 1
Southeast Asia
Ane
Stnte
U.S
Laos
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France
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Ataenaa
Herb Little
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D-Gilmer
Abby
Dixon
Giles County
Society
Virginia
Byrd
Randolph
W Va
Aes
Scott, Va
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