Mine air deadly in collapsed West Virginia mine trapping 78
Air samples from Mountaineer Coal No 9 mine show 7.4 percent methane and one percent carbon monoxide, far above safe limits. Officials say no rescue teams will be sent in immediately as fire still roars in deep tunnels and another explosion occurred. Twent y one men escaped or were rescued. 78 remain uncontacted since Wednesday.
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Mannington
W.va
Consolidation Coal Co
Corcoran
De Gaulle Deploys Elite Police to Halt Currency Outflow
Paris reports say President De Gaulle ordered the Compagnie Republicaine de Securite to border posts to enforce harsh exchange controls as the franc and markets fluctuated. Zurich and Frankfurt saw mixed gains while confidence in De Gaulle’s plan battled cautious foreign reaction.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Zurich
de Gaulle
Companie Republicaine de Securite
Europe
Herbert Klein Named Top Press Aide For Nixon
Herbert G Klein chosen as director of communications for the executive branch coordinating public information across the federal government. He will work from the Executive Office Building and not in the White House, with Ron Ziegler named chief White House spokesman.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Klein
California
Executive Branch
Nixon
White House
Ron Ziegler
Los Angeles
Two American Jets Downed by MiGs Over North Vietnam
AP reports two U S planes were shot down over the North in separate incidents after attacks by Communist MiGs and surface to air missiles. Rescue efforts followed as Hanoi radio later claimed a reconnaissance plane and a F4 fighter bomber were shot down and their pilots captured. In the Mekong Delta border area, U S and Vietnamese forces clashed with about 155 enemy soldiers.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
North
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
Bo Trach
Dmz
Mekong Delta
1St Air Cavalry Division
Italy moves toward center-left majority government
Rome reports indicate Italy is headed for a center-left government with Mariano Rumor as top pick for premier. President Saragat gave Alessandro Pertini a mandate to assemble support, aiming to include the Socialists and stabilize labor unrest and Western Europe’s financial woes.
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Italy
Christian Democrat
Mariano Rumor
Christian Democrats
Giuseppe Saragat
Alessandro Pertini
Christian Democrat Council
Europe
Rumor
Aldo Moro
Pertini
Saragat
Four Arrested in Bluefield State bombing conspiracy
Three more are arrested in the Bluefield State College bombing case bringing the total charged to four. Banks, 20, a U S Army private on leave, was held on conspiracy and explosives charges after police found him at his Mercer County home. Other arrestees include Nathaniel B Johnson 21 of Crumpler and William C Travis 20 of Willow Grove Pa plus Edgar James 26 of Bedford Street, all tied to the conspiracy. Bonds total 125000 for the three and 25000 for Banks. The case, led by State Police Sgt R A Hall, remains under investigation with a preliminary hearing slated before Mercer County Judge Belcher.
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Shannon Dwight Banks
Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Banks
Vietnam
Fairfax St
Mercer County
Princeton
Bluefield State
R. A. Hall
Nathaniel B. Johnson
Crumpler
McDowell County
William C. Travis
Willow Grove
Justice of the
J. E. Belcher
James
Welch
Archie Day
Travis
Johnson
Belcher
Grand Jury
BSC
Sgt. Hall
C. W. Slater
N&w Railway
Richlands High School
Richlands
Thomas W. Hagy
Hagy
Willard Brown
Charleston
NAACP
R. M. Hall
Princeton State
W. L. Pike
State Board of Education
Wendell G. Hardway
Hardway
Board of Education
Carter Mitchell
Hulett C. Smith
Currency Revision Debated By U S And France In Brussels
The United States and France spar over holding a major international currency conference to revise global values for the first time in 25 years. Secretary Fowler opposes. Johnson administration wary ahead of Nixon transition. De Gaulle supports a conference as Debre presses for one amid ongoing market volatility.
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United States
France
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Vietnam
Kidnaped Tot Is Returned Home
Brenda Ann Maquar, 3, was found in Needles, California after being abducted from New Orleans area. she was flown to New Orleans and reunited with her shaken but relieved parents. FBI charged Frank Castle Castile of Fresno with kidnapping after an extensive manhunt by city, parish, state and federal agencies plus hundreds of volunteers.
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Brenda Ann Maquar
Tyke
New Orleans International
Las Vegas
New
Philip Maquar
Brenda
Needles
Calif
Frank Willis Castile
Fresno
Topock
Ariz
FBI
Terry
Brenda Ann
Robert Rightmyer
Local Retail Merchants Move to Close Flair After Sunday Opening
The Bluefield Retail Merchants Association met to consider action against Flair Discount Inc after Flair opened Sunday to about 4 000 customers challenging state closing laws. Mercer County Citizens Committee members plan complaints over legally sold Sunday goods. Flair warns of reciprocal action if sued. A district manager says Sunday dates were not changed due to an abnormal work day and that theft rumors are alleged.
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Bluefield Retail Merchants Association
Flair Discount Inc
Flair Establishment
Fred Langenheim
Bluefield Area
Flair
Langenheim
The
Merchants Association
Bluefield
Flair Store
Bob Herrick
Herrick
Bill Ellis
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Freeman
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Frankfurt
Herbert Klein
Edgar James
Bedford Street
Bonds
By Carl Hartman
Henry H. Fowler
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury
Michel Debre
Castile
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