Miners resist Carter back to work order in nationwide strike
The Associated Press reports miners across Appalachia to Oklahoma reject Carter’s Taft Hartley back to work move. A panel will study an eight day order while civil penalties and possible food stamp ineligibility loom. Union leaders warn a fraction will return as many oppose. Arnold Miller predicts under half return. tensions rise amid threats of violence near Pikeville Kentucky.
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Ohio
Carter
United Mine Workers
Midwest
Army
Appalachia
Oklahoma
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
Arnold Miller
Taft Hartley
Chester Newsome
Pikeville
Carter threatens cutting food stamps over miners strike
President Carter intends to end food stamp eligibility for striking coal miners who refuse a Taft Hartley injunction to return to work. Deputy director Joe Shepherd said action will be prompt if courts order miners back and they refuse, viewing disobedience as illegal and sanctions possible.
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Washington
Carter
Joe Shepherd
Shepherd
Senes Oey Dewan Sn
Taft-Hartley
States
Widow shares home with rats in Miami apartment
A gray haired widow named Dorothy Tyler lives amid 20 to 30 rats in her Miami home. Neighbors feared health hazards, but police found no legal violation and she refused offers of aid. Health officials questioned jurisdiction and suggested she may keep them as pets. A neighbor recalls her reclusive life and refusal to allow inspectors. Public school transport figures follow in the report.
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Miami
Richard Morgan
Dade County
Dave Collis
Collis
Weather outlook for Delaware and New Castle counties
Mostly sunny and milder today with highs in the mid to upper 30s. Tonight becomes cloudy with lows in the low to mid 20s. Wednesday brings cloudiness and a chance of snow with highs in the low to mid 30s and precipitation near 50 percent. Thursday and Friday forecast warmer, then possible rain or snow weekend. Northern Chesapeake region data notes include airport totals and tide times.
Fiddle, land profits, and curious world facts in Boyd column
L. M. Boyd muses on fiddle versus violin lore, quirky global divorce rules, and a plan to turn 10 acres into a million with walnut trees. He cites a Montana joke, Scilly Isles prayers, Mexico’s Chevrolet Nova, pig intelligence, and ends with a copyright notice from 1978 Crown Syndicate.
Weather facts for the day and sun events
The past 24 hours recorded a high of 32 and a low of 17 with average and normal temperatures noted at 21 and 39 respectively. Sunrise occurs at 6 26 a.m. and sunset at 5 59 p.m.
Pittsburgh lottery numbers issued for March 6
The Pennsylvania daily lottery drawing on Monday March 6 shows numbers 8 7 3. The report lists the sequence as the winning combination for that draw.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Publisher shot twice Flynt remains in critical condition
Hustler owner Larry Flynt was shot outside a Georgia courthouse during an obscenity trial and underwent a four hour operation to stop internal bleeding. Surgeons reported removal of parts of his large and small intestines and spleen during the emergency procedure.
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Lawrenceville
Hustler Magazine
Larry Flynt
Flynt
Carter
Gene Reeves Jr
Atlanta
Walt Fielding
Reeves
Herald Fahringer
Speck admits killing seven nurses in 1966 killings
Al Speck, while high on whiskey and heroin, confessed to killing seven of eight nursing students in a South Side townhouse massacre in July 1966. He claimed an accomplice killed one girl and was tossed into a railroad boxcar. Officials discounted any accomplice. Speck described the other killer as an effeminate homosexual. Speck also discussed motives and the ambush plan, saying the attack began as burglary and escalated after a girl spit in his face.
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Chicago
al Speck
South Side
Alrost
Speck
Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Police Department
Bob Greene
Supreme Court
Greene
Stateville Penitentiary
Joliet
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Luis Benavides
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Delaware County
New Castle County
Chester Tidewater Terminal Pier
L.M. Boyd
Montana
McDonald's
Scilly Isles
Saint Mary's Church
Uruguay
General Motors
Mexico
L. M. Boyd
P. O
Weatherford
Crown Syndicate, Inc
Delaware County Daily Times
Central States Publishing, Inc
Mildred Ave
Primos, Pa
Andrew Jaffee
Jaffee
Tahier Bagheri
Button Gwinnett Hospital
John Hughes
Fahringer
Hughes
Althea
Ruth Carter Stapleton
Doug Campbell
Hustler
Co Hospitality
Blue Lake
Baltimore
Glen Mills
West
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Winten Sale
Ony Gays
Kirkwood Hwy
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Town & Country Fine Furniture
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