Miners Protest Boyle Ouster Amid West Virginia Strike
About 13,000 miners at 200 mines walked out in protest of the April 28 court ruling removing W A Boyle as trustee of the Welfare and Retirement Fund. UMWA leaders say the fund should have a worker voice on the board and note the strike spread across five Appalachian states.
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W. A. Boyle
Miners Welfare and Retirement Fund
United Mine Workers of America District 29
James Leeber
West Virginia
Appalachian
Leeber
UMWA
Ohio
U.S
Virginia’s Lt Gov Reynolds Laid In State In Capitol
The body of Lt. Gov. J Sargeant Reynolds arrives in Richmond to lie in state at the Capitol with a state funeral planned the next day. Gov. Holton and Sen. Spong deliver elegies as services proceed at the Capitol and Second Presbyterian Church before graveside rites in Patrick County. Flags fly at half staff and state offices close for the observance.
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Virginia
J. Sergeant Reynolds
State Capitol
Reynolds
Richmond
J. Sargeant Reynolds
New York
Virginia Capitol
Jefferson Davis
Capitol
Linwood Holton
U. S
William B. Spong Jr
Second Presbyterian Church
Winston-Salem
N. C
Crutz
Patrick County
Rolling Valley
Supreme Court allows pool closings to avert integration
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that officials may close swimming pools and other public facilities to avoid integration. Justice Black said the measure is not unconstitutional if blacks and whites are treated equally, as authorities cite a prohibition on enforcing segregation through separate facilities. The decision upheld pool closings in Jackson Mississippi after a district court blocked segregation. Chief Justice Warren Burger joined Black in noting not all good is required by the Constitution.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Black
Jackson
Miss
Warren E. Bur Ver
B52s Pound Khe Sanh Stockpiles
American B52 bombers pounded the Khe Sanh area as North Vietnamese stockpiles and troop movements were reported near the Laos corridor. U.S. forces observed new roads and shifted traffic, with shelling affecting two South Vietnamese positions and Fire Base Warrior. Cambodian clashes near Krekon Highway 7 added to ongoing fighting across the region.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
U.S
Laos
Luos
da Nang
Demilitarized Zone
Warrior
Cambodia
Krekon Highway 7
Banks Lift Prime Rate Sparks Market Slump
Alike in the prime lending rate by two banks triggers renewed concern over rising costs. Investors pushed stocks lower as market prices tumbled on renewed fear of higher interest rates.
Nixon Backs Amendments to Weaken Desegregation Bill
The Nixon administration, involved with drafting the desegregation bill in the Senate, now backs House amendments aimed at weakening the measure. The move places the administration on split terrain in a year long stalemate, marking its fourth proposal to modify the bill.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
House
Congress
Walter F. Mondale
D-Minn
Detroit slayings drive nationwide manhunt for four
Four women and three men were shot to death in a Detroit flat as a ninth-month tied violence campaign linked to narcotics control raged. An eighth victim was wounded and hospitalized, while four gunmen fled on foot, leaving detectives to piece together a web of motive and suspects.
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Detroit
Ford Hospital
Violence erupts as police charge 200 youths in Albuquerque
Violence flared on Monday in Albuquerque as police charged about 200 youths on the University of New Mexico campus. The Army National Guard deployed 200 troopers, curfew hours were set, and dozens were arrested after Sunday night rioting that saw looting, arson, and gunfire injuries, with police sustaining non fatal wounds.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Central Avenue
Army National Guard
Roosevelt Park
Court ousts Telegraph reporter from Mercer County courthouse
By a 2-1 margin the Mercer County Court voted to evict Jim Caffee the Telegraph courthouse reporter from a six by ten foot office used since 1969. The action followed Wilkinson and Anello backing the eviction over Compton who opposed it amid a dispute tied to a prior airport dump story and alleged retaliation.
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Mercer County Court
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bernard Wilkinson
Don Anello
0. D. (Bus) Compton
Wilkinson
Mercer County
Jim Caffee
Telegraph
Mercer County Circuit
Calfee
Leland Carter
FAA
Carter
Bluefield Board of Directors
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Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Pentagon
Johnson Administration
North Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Justice Department
St. Louis
Black Jack
Andrew McCutcheon
Richard S. Reynolds
Golden Boy’ of
Democrats
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Holton
Wall Street
Dragnet
Bor
12Th Street
James Bannon
South
Mondale
Bruce King
Army National
Robert Murray
Murray
LaRue
City Commission
Charles Barnhart
N. M
By Jim Gilberts
the Mercer
Bluefield
Board of Directors
Compton
Caffee
Anello
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