Deadly WV mine blast traps crews awaiting rescue
In northern West Virginia a mine explosion endangers trapped workers as agencies weigh whether to cut oxygen or risk suffocation. William Poundstone of Consoliation Coal says rescue crews stand by, while miners fear for the 13 originally trapped and 8 later fitted out. Survivors recount the blast as a terrifying, deadly event near Mononga, with a vigil forming at the nearby company store.
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William Poundstone
Consolidaton Coal
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Monongah
W.va
Milion
Poundstone
Llewellyn
Farmington
Hominy Falls
Indian freighter battles blaze in Pacific near Honolulu
Survivors from a burning West German freighter were picked up about 1000 miles northeast of Honolulu by the Indian merchant ship Sumdragupta Jayenti. Three crewmen aboard the Cap Colorado perished while abandoning ship and a crewman was crushed between vessels. The British Survey Trader stood by to assist as Coast Guard reported eight aboard Cap Colorado and the blaze under control amid moderate seas and 15 knot winds.
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Honolulu
UPI
Wednesday Hight
Coast Guard
Cap Colorado
Sumdragupta -Jayenti
Cold weather roars plane to crash in Bell Creek
An unidentified pilot could not start a 1968 aircraft owned by Automation Co of Casper Wyoming due to subzero conditions at Bell Creek Montana. He hand-propped the engine, it roared to life, then crashed through three fences and two roads, ending on its nose and causing heavy damage to the $40,000 plane.
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Bell Creek
Mont
Automation Co
Casper, Wye
Protest Sign Material Restrictions Considered by City Council
Los Angeles City Council tentatively debated an ordinance to limit protest sign materials and staff sizes after two councilmen brandished heavy staffs and a flag to illustrate potential dangers. Council member Mills warned enforcement would be difficult and cautioned the proposal might provoke more clashes between police and demonstrators. The ordinance, which sets sign staff size and material thickness, must return for final approval.
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Los Angeles
Arthur K. Snyders
Gilbert W. Lindsay
Snyder
Billy G. Mills
European money crisis sparks demand for dollar devaluation
European bankers urge gold price hikes in dollars to ease money shortages for global trade. The crisis traces to France’s May-June near revolt and De Gaulle wage hikes, fueling inflation fears and franc instability. An emergency Group of Ten meeting in West Germany condemns inflation and defends the 22 year old monetary system.
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Europe
Richard M. Nixon
France
Junie
de Gaulle
Africa
Asia
Karl Schiller
Group of 10
U.S
Canada
Britain
Italy
West Germany
Holland
Sweden
Japan
Belgium
Foreman Talks to Ray in Memphis Meeting
Attorney Percy Foreman conferred with his client James Earl Ray in Memphis on Wednesday and declined to discuss the meeting. Foreman arrived after a Birmingham conference where Arthur J. Hanes Sr. and Jr. were dismissed as counsel. Foreman was hired to defend Ray and then flew to Miami to file a motion in a pending case.
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Memphis
Free Press Suit Under Submission
A Los Angeles Superior Court judge took the case under submission after three days of hearings. Judge John H. Rice indicated a decision would not be rendered before mid December at the earliest.
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Los Angeles
Arab Official Says LBJ Real Target of Sirhan
Dr. M. T. Mehdi of the Action Committee on American-Arab Relations suggests in a new book that Sirhan B. Sirhan may have targeted President Johnson due to perceived pro-Israel shifts under Zionist pressure, with Kennedy as heir apparent if Johnson proved inaccessible. The work labels Sirhan sane and discusses psycho social and political forces guiding the Palestinian refugee to shoot Kennedy last June.
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Sirhan
New York
UPI
M. T. Mehdi
Action Committee On
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Johnson
Kennedy
Mehdi
Robert Kennedy
Hiroshima
Paris Talks Set as Viet Cong Sitters Await Saigon In Paris
Allied officials in Paris expect North Vietnam and the National Liberation Front to begin expanded talks while Saigon delays by insisting on bypassing Viet Cong negotiators. Moscow pressures for real negotiations as Le Duc Tho visits Moscow on the way back to Paris.
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Paris
Hanoi
Washington
Johnson
North Vietnam
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
Saigon
Soviet Union
Moscow
le Duc ‘Tho
Hanoi Politbureau
Short Session in LA Schools
Los Angeles schools will run a minimum day schedule Monday to involve all teachers in planning for a spring bond and issues. Elementary and secondary schools begin at 8 am and end at 1 pm with some variations. community, adult schools and colleges stay on regular schedules.
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Los Angeles
Jack PB. Cro Ene
Andary
Weapons program to arm South Vietnam near end
American sources said a crash program to equip South Vietnam with M16 rifles and modern artillery, armor, machine guns, and communications gear will finish by year end for 400 000 full time soldiers and about 350 000 militiamen and irregulars by June, enabling greater offensives and reduced U.S. troop exposure.
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Saigon
UPS
South Vietnam
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