Nationwide coal strike halts vast UMW walkout
The United Mine Workers launched a midnight strike idling about 130000 miners and shutting 1800 mines, cutting national coal output by half. Talks ended with no break, mediator Horvitz says negotiators will resume Thursday. Miners expect a three month stoppage. wage demands remain strong. Carter not invoking Taft Hartley now.
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United Mine Workers Union
West Virginia
Ohio
UMW
Washington
Arnald Miller
United Mine Workers of America
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Wayne L. Horvitz
White House
Rex Granum
Carter
Granum
U S subs still spy in Russie amid renewed covert run
The Chicago Tribune reports U S submarine spy missions under the Holystone code name continued in Soviet waters for about 30 months. Navy kept the program active despite official denials and State Department concerns after earlier disclosures. Submarine incursions included a Vladivostok harbor grounding and ongoing data collection on Soviet subs.
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U.S
Chicago Tribune
Ford Administration
State Department
Capitol Hill
The
Navy
Nixon
Egypt breaks ties with five Arab nations over peace move
Cairo reports Egypt cuts diplomatic relations with Syria Libya Algeria Iraq and South Yemen after their Tripoli meeting forming a resistance to Sadat’s rapprochement with Israel. Iraq abstained from signing, while the PLO is not a country, and Egypt recalls diplomats within 24 hours as foreign ministers seek to preserve talks.
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Egypt
Libya
Anwar Sadat
Israel
Foreign Ministry
Syria
Algeria
Iraq
South Yemen
Trisigli
Palestine Liberation Organization
Tripoli
Sadat
Diplo
Mats
PLO
Voice of Palestine
Jerusalem
St. Syria
Geneva
Soviet Union
Vance to Visit Middle East to Back Israel Egypt Talks
Secretary of State Cyrus R. Vance plans a Middle East swing with stops in Lebanon Jordan Saudi Arabia Egypt and Israel to back direct Israel Egypt negotiations in Cairo mid December. Syria trip talks depend on technical issues. Carter says the mission aims to show U.S. support and help bridge Sadat’s split while pursuing a comprehensive settlement.
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Cyrus R. Vance
Middle East
Israel
Egypt
State Department
Vance
U.S
Cairo
Lebanon
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Department
Hodding Carter II
Anwar Sadat
Carter
Sadat
Long hunt for mother ends in joy
Nancy Ann Palmer spent a decade tracing her birth mother. The Long Beach woman, born in Denver to an unwed mother, found her mother in Phoenix, ending a 26 year search. The reunion followed the mother placing Nancy for adoption as a newborn when she was a high school junior.
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Mark Gladstone
Nancy Ann Palmer
Denver
Long Beach
Nancy Ann
Phoenix
Ariz
Nancy
Col
Arizona
Mexican prisoners await transfer to Mexico under swap plan
In San Diego twenty five Mexican men and one woman appear for hearings to confirm voluntary transfers to Mexican prisons. Additional Mexicans in Texas join a chartered flight to Mexico City as part of the no nation prisoner exchange, with U.S. citizens to be processed back.
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San Diego
Metropolitan
Mexico
U.S
Texas
Mexico City
Metropolitan Correctional Center
Texas International Airlines
Storms lash Midwest and East kill at least nine people
Blistering winds bring freezing temps, heavy snow and rain across the Midwest and East. Five deaths in New York, two in Pennsylvania, two in Ohio. hazardous driving and school closures. Flights canceled at Buffalo and Syracuse. Ohio and Michigan report warmings. City of Detroit declares state of emergency as heavy snow piles up.
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Midwest
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Buffalo
Bradford
Drift
Michigan
Detroit
Dense fog shuts LAX and Long Beach airports
Dense fog Monday closed both Los Angeles International and Long Beach airports to commercial traffic. Departures were canceled and arrivals diverted after 4 p.m. at LAX. Visibility at Long Beach dropped below half a mile around 10 39 p.m.
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Long Beach
Los Angeles International
Lax
Cops upheld on driver search ruling by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court ruled motorists may be ordered to exit their vehicles during routine traffic stops. The six‑member majority cited police safety as a legitimate, weighty concern and said face‑to‑face confrontation reduces the chance of unobserved movements and officer assault. Three dissenters warned the decision grants police excessive discretion.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Philadelphia
High Court
Women not told risks in contraception pill testing
A brief item notes that women participated in contraception pill testing without being informed of potential risks. The report highlights concerns over consent and transparency in early clinical studies conducted on the test populations.
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