Thai Democracy Dumped In Coup By Kittikachorn
Bangkok reports say Premier Thanom Kittikachorn dissolved Parliament suspended the constitution and assumed absolute power. Paratroopers and tanks surrounded the Parliament as martial law and police checkpoints began. The Revolutionary Council will govern while foreign policy remains anti Communist and pro American.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Thanom Kittikachorn
Radio Thailand
Thanom
U.S
Revolutionary Council
House Rejects June 1 Cutoff for Vietnam War Funds
Washington officials report the House rejected a June 1 cutoff for Indochina war money as President Nixon pledged to ignore Congress on troop withdrawal deadlines. Leaders revived the $3.4 billion foreign aid bill for an up or down vote to push it toward a conference. The Price Commission approved a 2.5 percent price increase for 1972 American Motors cars and delayed Chrysler’s 5.9 percent request.
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Washington
Senate
the Price Commission
American Motors
Chrysler Corporation
The
Price Commission
House
U.S
Nixon
Congress
Appalachian miners rally as Pay Board weighs contract
More than 35,000 Appalachian coal miners remain off the job as they await word on contract approval by the Pay Board. An Appalachian Power Co. spokesman said no negotiating sessions are scheduled during the four day strike by 850 union workers in two states. A West Virginia Health Board vote endorses state takeover of milk inspection.
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Roanoke
Appalachian Power Co
Charleston
State Health Department
West Virginia Board of Health
Local mines reopen after union deal with brief picket in McDowell
Most area mines resumed full operation Wednesday after a back to work agreement between union officials and management. A mine in McDowell County faced picketing late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning.
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McDowell County
New York Blue Chip Stocks End Mixed to Close Higher
Blue chip stock prices trace a zigzag path in moderate Wednesday trading finishing with gains after fluctuating through the session, marking a cautious uptick for the market.
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New York
Right Of Way Standoff Delays Morgantown Traffic
A bus and a compact car blocked a Morgantown intersection for 30 minutes on a campus afternoon. WVU student Thomas R. Jones and city bus operator Frank White argued over right of way as about 400 students watched. Police intervened with no citations issued.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Thomas R. Jones
West Virginia University
Grandville
Thad
Jones
Frank White
Gumbein
Cpl
Bill Smith
Price Commission OKs 2.5% rise for 1972 American Motors
The Price Commission approved a 2.5 percent price hike for 1972 American Motors cars and deferred Chrysler’s 5.9 percent request. It also weighs Ford’s proposed 2 percent average increase while General Motors awaits action. The Pay Board challenges a four day old soft coal mine contract raising pay up to 35 percent over three years. Union leaders vow to keep Pay Board reps, while an order limits raises in the construction sector pending clarification.
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Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Miami Beach
Afl-Cio
The
Price Commission
American Motors
Commission
Court Reverses Vote To Close Bluefield Tax Office
In a special session the court rescinded its decision to close the Bluefield tax office after Bluefield leaders including Mayor Edwin Elliott urged reconsideration. Sheriff Shrewsbury supported restoring rural offices while Compton and Anello debated costs and logistics. Anello announced plans to pursue an instrument landing system at Mercer Airport and a county coordinator role if funding allows.
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Mercer County Court
Bluefield
Southern West Virginia Regional Health Council
Green Valley
Federal Aviation Administration
Mercer
Edwin Elliott
Victor DeVault
Fred Burton
Fred Langenheim
Chamber of Commerce
Princeton
Winifrey Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury
Donald Anello
Anello
Bernard Wilkinson
O. D
Bus
Compton
Wilkinson
Hanging Of Princeton Youth Ruled Accidental
An 11 year old Princeton boy Gary Keith Martin was found hanging from a rope in his upstairs bedroom by his father Rev. Jerry C. Martin. Police said the death appeared accidental with no note left. He was a Thorn school sixth grader and Johnston Chapel member. Survived by his father mother Ruth Reasor Martin sister Lori Martin and brother Larry Martin and paternal grandmother Lena Martin.
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Princeton
Gary Keith Martin
Kirk St
Jerry C. Martin
Rev. Martin
Johnston Chapel
Princeton Community Hospital
Thorn School
Johnston Chapel Church
Ruth Reasor Martin
Lori Martin
Larry Martin
Lena Martin
House Rejects June 1 Cutoff Of Viet Funds
The House rejected a June 1 cutoff on all U S money for the Indochina war by a 238 to 164 vote. The action backed Nixon’s call for no restrictions while he pursues a negotiated end, amid a defense bill passage and concurrent Mansfield and Boland amendments. Church challenged Nixon’s authority, urging enforcement through Congress purse powers.
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House
Edward P. Boland
Dmass
Senate
White House
Nixon
Congress
Mike Mansfield
Montana
U.S
Mansfield
Frank Church
Idaho
Soviets Lead West in Space Age Weapons, Jane's Says
London reports Jane's Weapons Systems 1971-72 credits the Soviet Union with leading Western powers in space age weaponry. The book cites Soviet advances in radar, navy armament, and an operational ABM system around Moscow, plus a rival supersonic bomber project and rapid acquisition by Soviet authorities.
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London
Soviet Union
Moscow
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Jane’s
Jane
Russia
NATO
U.S.S. R
R. T. Pretty
D. H. R. Archer
U. S
BSA
Pretty
Miners Defy Jobs as Pay Board Reviews Three Year Pact
More than 35,000 Appalachian coal miners stayed off the job awaiting Pay Board action on the three year contract signed last Saturday. Gov. Arch Moore planned to testify before the board at the 9:30 a.m. Thursday session as the work stoppage, once widespread, began to narrow with Logan County mine closings and scattered reinforcements to return to work.
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Charleston
W. Va
Washington
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore Jr
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Logan County
McDowell Mine Picketing Affects Area Operations
Officials reported three mines picketed and three inactive mines resuming full operation after a midweek check of area coal firms including Eastern Associated Coal Corp Pocahontas Fuel Co southern division U S Steel Gary unit and district 29 UMW officials. District president James Leeber named Eastern Associated No 1 Mine at Keystone among those picketed. Leeber said the Page Two Column Three.
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Eastern Associated Coal Corp
Pocahontas Fuel Company
Southern Division
U.S. Steel Corp
Gary
UMW
District 29
Eastern Associated
Keystone
James Leeber
Leeber
Space Age Weapons Rise as Cold War Feuds Spark
A terse report notes the Soviet Union accelerates space age weaponry while domestic rumor hints Aunt Beulah schemes about a Christmas fruit cake, underscoring a climate of looming tensions and personal diversions.
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Soviet Union
Beulah
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