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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1968
Page
4
Fifteen miners emerge from Gauley Coal and Coke Company shaft after 118 hours trapped by flood water. Rescue team guides them to safety at 5:20 am as families, officials, and rescuers react with relief. Nine are taken to hospital for checks while ten others remain missing.
In a flooded tunnel one mile inside the Richwood mine, foreman Frank Davis and Edward Bozo Rudd helped coordinate rescue efforts as 15 miners waited five days. Davis, a Sunday school teacher, spoke by mine telephone to urge calm and monitor water flow while pumps drained the shaft. The breakthrough came after giant pumps reduced water levels, allowing the men to move toward the entrance aboard a conveyor belt and be reunited with families and reporters.
The article describes ongoing Cold War diplomacy as Washington and Hanoi face long procedural wrangling. It notes plans for the first meetings between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam with limited delegations and language arrangements.
Ester Saverson, East St. Louiss first Negro city councilman, was buried in Centreville Cemetery amid a complaints probe after Valhalla Gardens refused burial to nonwhites saying they only bury caucasians. State auditor Michael J Howlett investigated the inquiry as officers sought guidance.
Supporters of Gov. John Connally swept county Democratic conventions in Dallas to ensure Texas 104 votes at the national convention go to Vice President Hubert Humphrey. They backed Connally as favorite son and the unit rule, winning about six to one in the delegate roll.
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