Coal Strike Heightens UK Tensions As Pickets Block Coal
Britain faces disruption as miners strike against Heath wage policy. Unions urge power plants to halt coal handling and fuel oil after stocks run down, with pickets at Scunthorpe and east coast ports delaying 500000 tons from Poland. Conservatives threaten welfare cuts to strikers’ families.
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Peter Muccini
Associated Press
London
General and Municipal Workers’ Union
Britain
Transt and General Workers’ Union
Union of Railway
Edward Heath
British Steel Corporation
Scunthorpe
England
Poland
Gedling
Nottinghamshire
South Wales
Heath
Conservative Party
Gold Price Hits Record In Europe
In London and Zurich gold surged to fresh records amid fears on paper money value. Prices reached $146 in London and $147 in Zurich as market optimism grew over a possible official price increase this year.
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Europe
London
Zurich
Johannesburg
France
Italy
West Germany
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Impeach Sentiments Measured
Washington observers assess Nixon impeachment prospects with many undecided senators and no clear two thirds majority. House action remains months away as indictments and investigations shape the outcome amid White House and Jaworski clashes.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate
House
House Judiciary Committee
White House
Leon Jaworski
Boy Trapped in Narrow Well Dies in Miami Field
Glen Greenstein 2 1/2 years old slipped feet first into a public tomato field irrigation well south of Miami. The shaft 12 inches wide at the top narrowed to 10 inches, filling with debris as rescuers worked. Despite lowering volunteers and drilling a parallel shaft, the boy suffocated before help could revive him.
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Miami
Glen Greenstein
Glen
Melvin Greenstein
Bill Bauers
Miami Area
Tamiami Airport
Mark Treble
Treble
Florida Power & Light Co
Answers to practical questions on guns health and writing
Readers inquire about locating Smith & Wesson in Massachusetts and dating an older pistol. The article lists Springfield address and references public libraries and reference guides for gun age. It also covers emission controls legality, uterine cancer symptoms, Pap smear, and Fayetteville State University contact plus markets for amateur writing.
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Massachusetts
Smith & Wesson Firearms Company
Smith & Wesson
Bangor Punta Co
Roosevelt Avenue
Springfield
Mass
Gun Traders Guide
Red Book of
American Cancer Society
George Papanicolaou
Fayetteville State University
Murchinson Road
Fayetteville
N. C
Kissinger Opens Multinational Energy Conference
Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger opened a 13 nation energy conference with a seven point plan to ease the global fuel crisis. He urged dialogue between oil producers and consumers, fuel conservation, alternate energy sources, and emergency energy sharing while seeking international financial cooperation and development aid for less developed nations. European and Japanese leaders urged caution amid threats of oil supply disruption, with France pursuing separate deals and pressuring for a broader consumer producer framework to be completed by May 1.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
United States
Truck Strike Winds Down as Traffic Returns Across States
The Associated Press reports the violent truck strike has largely ended with scattered incidents. Many trucks resumed deliveries, 15,000 of 100,000 laid off workers planned to return, and police noted rising traffic in Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania though some groups vow to continue until diesel prices fall.
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Associated Press
Chicago
South Water Street
Peoria
Ill
Ohio Council of Independent Truckers
Lester Salsgiver
George Ryan
J. Leonard Fleet
Legal Council
Ryan
San Bernardino
California
Beaumont
Tex
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
Perlis
Cordele
Seaboard
Ohio
West Virginia
Midwest
Pennsylvania National Guard
Health plan views differ on cost and quality of care
HEW Secretary Caspar Weinberger defends Nixon health plan as raising standards nationwide with no new taxes and modest federal outlays. Senator Ted Kennedy counters that administration proposals may not guarantee universal health as a right and would raise taxes, while both expect legislation this year.
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Washington
Nixon
Caspar Weinberger
Edward M. Kennedy
Congress
Massachusetts Democrat
Weinberger
Kennedy
NBCTV
CBS
HEW
Kennededy
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Germany
European Community
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U.S
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