Sealed Mine Fires Delay Rescue at Mountaineer No 9
Explosions and fierce flames in Mountaineer Coal No 9 tunnels kept 78 trapped miners out of reach as a new blast swept through the complex. Officials wary of sealing entrances, citing oxygen loss, while limestone was dumped down shafts to curb the fire.
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Joe Krovisky
Mannington
Mountaineer Coal Co
William Poundstone
Consolidation Coal Co
Mountaineer
Consol
John Roberts
United Mine Workers Union
Company
Poundstone
Evans
Bureau of Mines
Jerusalem market bombing shocks nation
In Jerusalem a parked car exploded in a crowded market in the Jewish quarter. Eleven people were killed and 54 injured. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol blamed Arab state rulers for the attack, the worst since Israel’s founding twenty years ago.
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Jerusalem
U. Tn
Israel
Levi Eshkol
Deadly Viet Cong Attacks Hit Two Mekong Delta Hamlets
Viet Cong lobbed grenades into underground refuges and sprayed villagers with rifle fire in two Mekong Delta hamlets. Thirty eight women children and elderly killed in the attacks reported today. Officials called it the worst in five months as allied forces say they inflicted heavy casualties but lost four helicopters during sweeps in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
Mekong Delta
VA. S
U. S
South Vietnam
Railroads to Take Over Sleeping Car Service
The nation's railroads plan to assume operation of sleeping cars after year end, replacing the Pullman company in the management of these cars.
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New York Times
New York
Pullman Company
Plante Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Kanawha County Intermediate Court jurors convicted Charles Gratton Plante of the slaying of Helen Louise Miller. The verdict carries a life sentence with a mercy recommendation, making parole possible after about ten years, per West Virginia law.
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George Steele
Kanawha County
Charles Gratton Plante
Helen Louise Miller
Plantz
West Virginia
George W. Wood
Bombing at Bluefield State College prompts state reward
Gov. Hulett C. Smith invokes the Red Man Act to pursue multiple suspects after a bomb shattered the Bluefield State College gym, prompting a $5,000 reward for information leading to arrests and indicating a conspiracy. The attack caused extensive damage but no injuries.
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Hulett C. Smith
Bluefield State College
Smith
Woman vows to give birth at mine as husband trapped
Barbara Toler, wife of Dennis, 26, waits 500 feet underground with 77 other men after Mountainair Coal No 9 collapse. She plans to stay at the mine entrance for the birth due Friday, fearing hospital carry restrictions and hoping he survives. Nurses may transport her to Farmington Clinic if warned.
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Poundstone
William Parks
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Lewis B. Evans
UMW
Parks
Dennis Toler
Niles
Jackson Mannington
Barbara Toler
Dennis
Mountaineer Coal Co
Barbara
Farmington
France Devalues Franc After Allied Agreement
France loses its monetary battle with West Germany and accepts a devaluation of the franc as part of a 10-nation package. The measure, tied to an emergency conference at the Elysee Palace, provides $2 billion in credits and sets the new rate at a ministerial meeting today.
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Bonn
France
West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Council of Ministers
de Gaulle
Elysee Palace
Paris
State Bond A Regained by Moody’s on WV Road Bonds
Moody’s Investors Service restored the A-rating on West Virginia road bonds and Korean War veterans bonus bonds. Gov Hulett C. Smith announced the rating change Friday, noting it comes in time for a $26 million road bonds package whose bids open next Tuesday.
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Moody Investors Service
West Virginia
Hulett C. Smith
Smith
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Vietnam
Plante
Bluefield
Edgar James
Hardway
James
T. A. Welty
Wendell Hardway
Red Cross
No. 9
Chad
Melissa
Bennis
Mahtah
Onyud
Japan Air Lines
San Francisco Bay
Tokyo
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