70 Trapped In Mine Explosion
In Mannington West Virginia an explosion and ensuing fire crippled the Mountaineer Coal No 9 mine trapping up to 70 miners. Seven to nine men reportedly reached the surface while eight were said to be at the bottom of the Mod's Run shaft awaiting rescue. Rescue teams pressed at Farmington Portal as smoke blocked entry and a second blast occurred around 8 30 a m. The mine normally employs about 360 workers across three shifts.
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Mannington
W.va
Marion County
Robert Tennant
Mod
Tennant
Mountaineer Coal Company
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Fairmont
Llewelyn
Farmington Portal
Elmer
Union City Budget Drafts 1969 Deficit Reduction Plans
Union City's Borough Council wrestles with a 33007 deficit as it tightens a 913040 budget proposal. Officials expect possible 50000 in shared cuts, shift to a county reassessment with millage at 40 percent, reducing mills from 24 to about 15 while bills may rise. Budget display begins December 10 before January adoption.
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Union City
Union City Public Library
Harry Smiley
Smiley
Damage Nears 10000 In Two Fires In City
Fire damaged a Kasper home at 315 South Center Street with losses around 5000 and contents at 3000, rekindling later. A Shea Street trailer fire caused by a defective furnace led to total loss of 1000 and 500 in contents, with 15 firefighters responding twice.
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Joseph Kasper
South Center Street
Jerome Davis
Davis
Kasper
Vernon Gutz
South Center
Shea Street
Clay Braswell
Columbus
Miniskirt Tests Help Faster Aid Than Granny Type
Long Beach crowds staged a roadside test to see who would receive aid first when stranded. Temre Jaco, 19 in a miniskirt, drew help within three minutes repeatedly, while Ula Seamon, 73, waited 17 minutes for assistance. The stunt, staged by the Long Beach Independent Press Telegram, drew many volunteers and noted a public tendency to respond quicker to youth and attire.
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Long Beach
Calif
Pretty Temre Jaco
Ula B. Seamon
California State College
Scanlon
Seaway Driver Recalls Narrow RR Crossing Near Miss
An unidentified Seaway Coach Lines driver told police he nearly collided with a eastbound freight at a Corry rail crossing. He described seeing the green signal and gates lowering as he backed up just off the tracks to avoid a crash with the train. He planned to report to supervision.
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Seaway
Surplus Wheat Raises U S Dilemma Over Hungry World
AID and Agriculture Department reports warn of rising carryover stocks and difficulty meeting export targets as world demand slows. The summaries note slack imports from the Soviet Union and Red China and reduced grain aid from India and Pakistan, signaling ample wheat supply this year and limited trade expansion.
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Washington
United States
Agriculture Department
Agency For International Development—Aid
Soviet Union
Red China
India
Pakistan
Agency For International Development
Explosion and fire aboard Continental 707 near Denver
The Denver bound Continental Airlines 707 carrying seven crew and 63 passengers including Senator Clifford Hansen endured an explosion and smoke as it descended to a foam covered runway. One passenger Lawrence B. Havelock was arrested on federal aircraft destruction charges and held on $10,000 bail.
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Denver
Colo
Continental Airlines
Clifford Hansen
R.wye
FBI
Lawrence B. Havelock
Lake George
Helga
Wood
Hansen
Lander
Wyo
Havelock
U.S
Denver Veterans Administration Hospital
PBI
Crash Kills Former Spartan Girl in Diamond Area
A fatal highway crash in Diamond Pennsylvania claimed Barbara Sandor 20 of Titusville, a former Spartansburg area girl, when her car struck a tree near a three foot trunk. Norman Kohl 37 of Ashville and Williams Johnston 35 of Sharon died in separate accidents as the area reported its escalating death toll with three vehicular collisions in two days. Kohl died after a three car crash near Jamestown. Johnston’s car left the highway on a curve near Greenville and struck a tree.
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Irratate
Spartansburg Area
Barbara Sander
Titusville
Norman A. Kohl
Ashville
Williams. Johnston
Sharon
Sandor
Julius Sandor
R. D
Spartansburg
Titusville Hospital
Diamond
Kohl
Jamestown General Hospital
Jamestown
Chautauqua County
Carlos Lombardo
Lombardo
Johnston
Greenville
Greenville Hospital
Battery powered car hits high speed at Salt Flats
A Ford sponsored speed run at Salt Flats Utah saw driver Jerry Kugel average 188.862 mph in the Autolite Lead Wedge a battery powered vehicle. The car uses 20 production lead acid batteries wired in series powering a rear mounted motor similar to forklift units.
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Puniveyiliss Salt Flats
Utah
Salt Flats
Ford Motor Co
Jerry Kugel
LBJ Urges Nixon to Match Civil Rights Gains
President Johnson challenged Nixon to extend civil rights progress as he spoke at the Urban League in New York. He noted gains over five years while urging government, business, labor, media, and schools to provide real opportunity for all Americans, including Harlem youths.
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LBJ
Nixon
NEW York
Johnson
National Uran League
Richard M. Nixon
Toke
New York Hilton
The
Urban League
Whitney M. Young
League
Lyndon Baines Johnson
University of Texas
Harlem
Pennsylvania absentee voting bill heads to governor
A bill to overhaul Pennsylvania absentee voting cleared the Senate 27 to 19 and moves to Gov. Shafer. It would broaden valid reasons for absentee voting, require on election night counting, impose a $10 challenge deposit, and include tech provisions. Democrats opposed a provision allowing vacationers to vote by absentee, while Republicans touted support prompted by former Gov. Scranton.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Senate
William W. Scranton
GOP
Scranton
House
Robert 0. Beers
York
No New Long-Overdue Horse Race Licenses Shown
The Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission approves two thoroughbred licenses for Philadelphia area and one each for Luzerne and Dauphin counties and asks lawmakers to authorize a fifth license. The chair cites license conditions and potential substitutions if tracks fail to meet stipulations. In a separate report, Robert S. Stoltafus, 27, of Lancaster died in a car crash on a rural road north of Hansel in southern Lancaster County.
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Narhussuneary
Pennsylvania Horseacing Commission
Philadelphia
Luzerne
Dauphin Counties
Racing Commission
Roy Wilkinson
Eee Pennsylvania
Wilkinson
Elso
Lancaster
Robert S. Stoltafus
Hansel
Lancaster County
State Police Clear Capitol Sit-In Over Welfare Bonus Demands
Harrisburg police moved in after eight hours to end a sit-in by about 150 welfare demonstrators in the Capitol rotunda. Officers, backed by Shafer administration orders, ejected mostly women and children before 11 p.m. No arrests or injuries were reported. one window was broken when a teen hurled a bucket. The cleanup followed a 10 p.m. closing rule cited by Atty. Gen. Sennett and Shafer aides.
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Harrisburg
Shafer
Capitol
William C. Sennett
Sennett
Nome
Repre
Red China Shut Out Again By UN
United Nations votes marked a setback for advocates of Communist China membership. The General Assembly rejected expulsive action for Nationalist China by a 44 to 23 with 23 abstentions, while Italy's two-China seating study group proposal failed amid mixed positions from key powers. Britain and France backed removing the Nationalists, aligning with Peking's stance.
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United Nations, N
U.N
China
General Assembly
Albania
Peking
United Nations
Cuba
Romania
Soviet Union
Italy
Formosa
United States
U.S
J. R. Wiggins
Britain
France
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Plaza
G.C. Murphy Co
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Youngstown
Ohio
Journal Today
Irwin Thomases
Thomases
Eran
Crash
Spartanir
Assembly
Erie County
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