Back-To-Work Pledge From WV Miners Amid Walkout
In Charleston, 250 elected UMW District 17 officials pledged to return to work and urged punishment for right-to-strike activists. The meeting targeted the wildcat walkout spreading from West Virginia into Pennsylvania, with thousands idled across multiple states.
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Wayne Slater
Charleston
W.va
United Mine Workers
UMW District 17
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
UMW District 28
Southwest Virginia
District 17
Wise County
Virginia
UMW
Harry Patrick
Miller
Blue Union Constitution
Secret Service Agent Buendorf Guards President On Ski Slope
Larry Buendorf, the Secret Service agent who saved President Ford from an assassination attempt, is an athletic, affable officer who has guarded Ford on skis and on foot. He leaped on the attacker in Sacramento, grabbing a pistol and wrestling her to the ground.
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Washington
Larry Buendorf
Secret Service
Ford
Buendorf
Navy A
Vail
Colo
Sacramento
Calif
Boonie
Wells
Minn
Mankato State College
Minnesota
Navy
Chicago
Sargent Shriver
White House
Shriver
Maria Shriver
Assassination Attempt Foiled on Ford at Capitol Visit
A Secret Service agent foiled a loaded Army Colt .45 aimed at President Ford by Lynette Fromme outside California’s Capitol. Fromme, 26, is charged with attempted murder and held on $1 million bail. FBI probes possible conspiracy. Manson ties noted. others questioned and released.
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Secret Service
Ford
Lynette Fromme
Sacramento
Calif
Lynette Alice Fromme
Charles Manson
Sharon Tate
Larry Buendorf
Miss Fromme
Alabama
George Wallace
FBI
Manson
Convicted Manson Alone in San Quentin Cell
San Quentin California Friday Charles Manson the convicted murderer sat by himself in his prison cell unaware that one of his followers faced charges for attempting to kill President Ford amid a flurry of other distant events and reports across the nation.
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San Quentin
Calif
Charles Manson
Ford
Jobless Figures Report Mixed US Labor Market
The Labor Department said the overall unemployment rate held at 8.4 percent for August, with employment rising for a fifth straight month and improvements in adult men and household heads. Separately wholesale prices rose 0.6 percent, keeping annual inflation high and arousing concern about the pace of the economic recovery.
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Washington
Labor Department
Gov
Virginia Governor Sees Slow Yet Rising Economic Recovery
Virginia Gov Mills Godwin voiced cautious optimism about a gradual economic upturn while warning belt tightening in state government will continue. He cited a fall in unemployment claims and a small drop in the jobless rate, and said the 1976 78 budget may rise about 15 percent, or roughly 450 million more than the current 6.2 billion biennial budget.
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George W. Wilbur Richmond
Gov
Mills Godwin
Godwin
Ance
London Blast Kills 2 Dominated by War.Months and Names
A London blast killed two and left several others in serious condition at St George's hospital. Survivors described it as the end of the world, with a police officer likening the scene to a butcher shop. Americans among the injured included Gen Jeans Capucci and James Agee.
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London
St. George's
Incle
Jeans Capucci
Strike Takes Effect On State Businesses
West Virginia merchants report sales declines as a four week coal miners strike disrupts normal business. Car dealers, department stores and suppliers describe lower revenue, with some extending payment terms for miners. Miners may not receive pay for about a month, impacting Christmas spending and local economies.
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Charleston
W.va
O County
Danny Dotson
D&t Jet Sales Inc
Bradshaw
Jeannie Thompson
Frank Divita
Montgomery Motors, Inc
Kissinger Predicts Soviet Acceptance of Sinai Accord
Secretary of State Kissinger predicted the Soviet Union and Congress will accept a joint Sinai monitoring plan. He said 200 U.S. technicians will be stationed in Sinai to observe troop movements and noted Soviet boycott of the Egyptian Israeli signing in Geneva. He anticipated talks with the Soviet foreign minister in New York to clarify UN and U.S. roles.
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N.Y
Geneva
Kissinger
Soviet Union
U.N
Middle East
New York
U.S
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Dwayne Keyes
San Francisco
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Sandra Collins Good
Esther Mix
E. Richard Walker
Betty Ford
Wheeling
W. Va
Organization of Oil-Exporting Countries
Johnnes Witteveen
International Monetary Friday
Khartoum
Sudan
Jaafarek Numairi
Shoremen’s Union
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