Pickets Arrested in Virginia Coalfield Rock Throwing Spree
In Brief by the Associated Press, most Eastern coalfields were quiet as the UMW strike entered its sixth week. In Virginia, 23 pickets were arrested for unlawful assembly after rocks hit two police cruisers. 30 more pickets were dispersed at another site with no arrests. No injuries reported as 160,000 soft coal miners have been off the job for 37 days. Negotiations have not met since April 17 and no resumption is planned.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
Virginia
W.S. Hicklin
Kentucky
R.L. Baumgardner
Norway liner resumes voyage after 24 hour power loss
The SS Norway, the world’s largest passenger liner, regains power at 4 a.m. EDT and continues to Miami after 24 hours without water or electricity. Capt. Aage Hoddevik says the ship drifted 25 nautical miles south and remained out of danger. About 1,780 aboard were treated to free beer and ice cream as passengers slept on deck.
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Norway
Miami
Aage Hoddevik
Hoddevik
Kansas Legislature Nearing Adjournment In Tax Push
The Kansas Legislature moved toward adjournment amid fights over tax relief funded by budget cuts and restoring the Campaign Finance Act. Key actions included school finance funding to curb property tax increases, opposition to shifting Ethics Commission duties, Sunset Law renewal, and a utility rate bill to avert bankruptcy.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Wendell Lady
Ways and Means
House Democrats sue to force El Salvador pullout of U S advisers
Eleven House Democrats file suit in U S District Court seeking a declaratory judgment that the War Powers Resolution applies to El Salvador. The suit accuses the Reagan administration of deploying 54 U S advisers without congressional approval and calls for immediate withdrawal of all U S armed forces and military aid to El Salvador. The defendants include President Reagan and secretaries Haig and Weinberger.
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Washington
el Salvador
House Democrats
U.S
President Reagan
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Caspar W. Weinberger
George W. Crockett Jr
D-Mich
House
White House
Larry Speakes
Richard M. Nixon
Tens of thousands march on Pentagon to protest Reagan policies
DC demonstrators opposed to Reagan foreign and domestic cuts gathered near the Pentagon after marching from the Lincoln Memorial to the State Department. Organizers projected tens of thousands while Defense Department estimates placed 10,000 to 15,000 outside the building. A separate Spar tacist League Anti-Imperialist Contingent of about 500 planned a rally in a parking area, with Pentagon officials warning of possible militant actions.
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Reagan
el Salvador
Pentagon
Fred Goldstein
People’s
Defense Department
Goldstein
New York
Lincoln Memorial
State Department
Spartacist League
Pentagon Building
Eight Die As Helicopter Crashes Near Williston North Dakota
Eight people were killed when a helicopter used for oil exploration crashed in rugged terrain about 20 miles southeast of Williston near Lake Sakakawea. Recovery was delayed by darkness and rough ground. the cause was not immediately known.
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Williston
N.D
North Dakota
Williams County
Jim Quickstad
Quickstad
CGG
Brian Stein
Stein
Seismographic
Denver
Lake Sakakawea
Garrison Dam
Missouri River
Irish jet hijacked en route to Tehran
An Aer Lingus Boeing 737 with 108 to 118 aboard was hijacked over London and diverted to Le Touquet France for refueling before continuing to Tehran. Iranian Third Secret Fatima Sect suspected. initial IRA links ruled out. Officials said hijackers demanded publication of the third secret of Fatima.
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LE Touquet
France
London
Tehran
Fatima
Iran
Irish Republican Army
Aer Lingus
Dublin
Heathrow
English Channel
Traffic lanes reduced on Kansas and Jones Avenues
City engineers announce cold milling and resurfacing will restrict Kansas Avenue from 3rd Street to 5 Points and Jones Avenue from 5 Points to the city limits to a single lane in each direction for about eight to 10 days starting Monday. Overlay work begins around May 18 with new pavement markings to follow. Contractors Chapin and Chapin Inc of Norwalk Ohio handle milling, Smith Land Co of Garden City oversees overlay, Kansas Department of Transportation directs markings.
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Kansas Avenue
Jones Avenue
Steve Cottrell
3Rd Street
Jones
City Limits
Kansas Ave
3Rd
Chapin and Chapin, Inc
Norwalk
Ohio
Smith Land Co
Garden City
Kansas Department of Transportation
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