Judge orders coal strike settlement in West Virginia
A federal judge in West Virginia ordered United Mine Workers and the Bituminous Coal Operators Assn to form a 10 member arbitration panel by month end to address grievances. The wildcat strike began Aug 11, idling 30,000+ miners in West Virginia and affecting Kentucky and Virginia. Union officials and dissidents blame injunctions and penalties for the stoppage.
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West Virginia
United Mine Workers
Bituminous
Assn
K. K. Hall
UMW International Union
Associaion
UMW
West
Virgina
Kentucky
John Taylor
District 17
Charleston
W. Va
Taylor
Arnold Miller
Boone County
Hall
Officials Relax Seal on RFK Files Then Refuse Full Access
Los Angeles officials backed down slightly from keeping police files on the Robert Kennedy assassination sealed. They will answer written questions about the 1968 shooting and the police probe, but the police commission will not release files to any party including investigators seeking a possible second gunman.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Robert Kennedy
Police Commission
Sirhan Sirhan
L.A. Wants Both 1976 Conventions
Los Angeles city officials offer the Democratic party free services and facilities for its 1976 nominating convention if held here and promise similar concessions to the Republicans for 1978. New York is also competing, with proposals due in Washington by Friday. The city’s upper limit for costs is cited as 1.7 million, with potential county matching up to 1 million for both conventions.
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Los Angeles
Democratic Party
Republican Party
New York
Washington
Maurice Weiner
Tom Bradley
Radiation Monitoring Rescheduled Near Duane Arnold Plant
Radiation monitoring around the Duane Arnold Nuclear Energy plant near Palo has been rescheduled for next Monday. A twin engine plane will conduct low level passes to allow the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to perform radiation level tests.
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Duane Arnold
Palo
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Encephalitis Toll Rises in Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi AP report says Mississippi encephalitis deaths hit 31 with Governor Waller urging intensified mosquito control. Health officials note the outbreak has stabilized but stress expanded spraying to prevent future breaks and 197 reported cases with five late deaths now included.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Bill Waller
State Board of Health
Bjornson Urges Active Parent Involvement In Schools
Cedar Rapids at large candidate Serbara Bjornson urged parent participation at Grant Wood and Erskine schools during a Thursday meeting at Roosevelt Roy ale. She said parent input at the school level is vital and explained teacher evaluations occur in annual conferences with principals, linking board policy to school actions and progress feedback. Bjornson has served on the board for nine years.
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Serbara Bjornson
Cedar Rapids
Cilens
Bjornson
Grant Wood
Erskine
Roosevelt Royale
Paroled Rockwell killer Patler may win release
ROANOKE Va AP John Patler 37 who killed American Nazi party leader George Lincoln Rockwell eight years ago faces parole Friday a Virginia corrections spokesman says He was sentenced to 20 years Rockwell was shot to death at a northern Virginia shopping center following Ful ler s expulsion from the American Nazi party Bjornson challenges board President Ronald Moore for a three year term Swint large is a school board member
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Roanoke
John Patler
George Lincoln Rockwell
Virginia Department of Corrections
Patler
Rockwell
Virginia
Fuller
Bjornson
Runaig
Ronald Moore
Ship Blasted in Argentina by Montoneros Guerrillas
Noticias reports a leftist Montoneros attack on an Argentine navy missile frigate under construction in La Plata. An underwater charge allegedly hit the engine room causing the Santísima Trinidad to sink. no confirmed casualties. Security is on high alert as Trelew deaths anniversary coincides.
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LA Plata
Argentinia
Noticias
Monténero
Trelew
Buenos Aires
Santisima Trinidad
Aidh
Montoneros
People’s Revolutionary Army
Argentina
Trelow
Navy
Magistrate Hears Eight Linn Cases
In Magistrate court several defendants faced charges. Virgil Webb pled guilty to drunk driving with sentencing deferred after June 17 arrest. Donald Owens pleaded guilty to gross fraud with a $200 fine plus costs. John Depaitis was bound over to the grand jury after a preliminary hearing for drunk driving. Jack Allison pled guilty following a July 5 arrest for an unspecified drunken offense. Michael Strattorr’s charge of drunk driving was dismissed. he was arrested April 5. Bruce Brusha’s charge of possession of marijuana was dismissed. he was charged June 22. Michael Alden’s drunk driving charge was dismissed. arrested August 9. Thomas Duffy pled guilty to drunk driving, fined $300 and costs. arrest May 18.
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Virgil Webb
East Toad SW
Donald Owens
Syas
Franco
Leslie Duke
John Depaitis
Vine Avenue SE
Jack Allison
Avenuue SE
Michael Strattorr
Lexington
Bruce Brusha
Walford
Michael Alden
Central City
Thomas Duffy
Cascade
Australia to honor Pine Gap defense pact with US
Prime Minister Gough Whitlam told Parliament that Australia will not terminate the agreement with the United States for operating the joint defense space research facility at Pine Gap in central Australia. The Labor government reaffirmed its commitment to the Pine Gap alliance amid questions in Parliament.
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Canberra
Australia
United States
Pine Gap
Gough Whitlam
Assault and Battery Count Filed in Robbery Attempt
The county attorney charged Kevin Leyse 18 of 1202 L Street SW with assault and battery for allegedly trying to rob Randy Vandersee 15 of 116 Second Avenue SW as he sat on a chair in his front yard. Police said Leyse and a 17-year-old boy assaulted Vandersee, knocked him from the chair, searched his pockets, and fled, later arrested near the police station.
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Kevin Donald Leyse
L Street
Leyse
Gazette
Juvenile Probation Office
Randy Vandersee
Second Avenue
Louse
Vandersee
Moore charges crisis claim as opponent biases school board
Cedar Rapids board president Ron Moore accused Barbara Bjornson of creating a crisis illusion with accusations and gossip. He told the P T S A stakeholders that seven hard working board members would not let any single leader meddle in district administration. He praised the board's year including scrutiny of costs and policy work while urging voters to separate rumors from facts.
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Moore Charg
Cedar Rapids
Ronan Moore
Moore
Educational Services Center
Barbara Bjornson
Washington
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