Mine Union Leader Quizzed on Finances
The Labor Department reports United Mine Workers President W. A. Boyle raised salaries for officials including his brother and daughter without approval and approved thousands in unverifiable expense claims. It cites a $1.5 million retirement fund and a $1.4 million loan to a union owned Delaware company.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony) Boyle
Boyle
Labor Department
Delaware Corporation
Joseph A. Yablonski
Mine Workers
U.S. Department of Labor
Yablonski
John Owens
Harrison Combs Sr
Port
Office of Labor- Management and Welfare
My Lai Case Documents and Press Constraints
A report on Friday proceedings in the My Lai case notes statements by Lt. Calley’s civilian attorney George Latimer and others about media coverage affecting fair trial rights. The piece details Calley’s status, related investigations, potential military trials for civilians, and a 1955 Supreme Court ruling on military court-martial limits.
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Kennedy
Calley
George Latimer
Salt Lake City
Supreme Court
Air Force
Korea
My Lai
David Mitchell
Astronauts Return After Moon Mission Quarantine
Astronauts Conrad Gordon and Bean arrived back in the United States aboard a quarantine van transferred from the carrier to a truck at Hickam Field. They will stay in isolation at the Space Center Lunar Receiving Laboratory until December 10 as moon rocks are studied and color photos released.
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United States
Houston Space Center
Earth
Hickam Air Force Base
Houston
Cape Kennedy
Pacific
Here
Conrad
Gordon
Bean
The
Space Center
Lunar
Space Agency
Ex-GI claims Vietnam killings as My Lai case widens
Fond du Lac worker Terry Reid describes seeing civilians shot in Chu Lai area while serving in Vietnam. He says units fired into a village as troops with machine guns attacked unarmed residents. Reid did not participate and cites 60 dead bodies, including women and children. He offers no dates or village names.
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Fond DU Lac
Wis
Chu Lai
South Vietnam
My Lai
Kosh
Reid
Governor confronted at Florida rock festival mud scene
Gov. Claude Kirk visited a large mud lined rock festival in West Palm Beach where a 15-year-old allegedly swung at him and was arrested after a briefing with Sheriff William Heidtman. Lawmen reported narcotics arrests and seizures totaling over $5,000 in drugs. Thousands attended with bands like the Rolling Stones and Janis Joplin.
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West Palm Beach, Fla
UPI
Claude Kirk
William Heidtman
Kirk
Florida
Palm Beach County
Bill Jacques
Palm Beach Speedway
Everglades
Heidtman
The
Rolling Stones
Jefferson Airplane
Byrds
Pacific Gas and Light Company
Janis Joplin
Front page Vietnam helicopter photo sparks ethics uproar
Sun Times photographer Hugh Hough printed images showing a captured Viet Cong suspect dropped to his death after interrogation onboard a U S Army helicopter. A letter with the photos alleges the man would not talk, while the other two did. Chicago teacher Jones identifies the photographer as a long-time acquaintance.
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Tures
Sun-Times
Hugh Hough
Youth Shot With a Pen in Boise Injury Incident
In Boise Idaho a 17 year old youth remains in critical condition after surgery to remove a ball point pen exploded toward his spine. Police stated Wesley L Barber and two companions filled the pen case with explosive powder lit it with a match causing the blast. The ink cartridge carried the powder and the explosion lodged the pen in the youth's back.
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Boise
Idaho
Wesley L. Barber
Barber
Court nomination talk swirls around Mitchell and others
The piece notes Supreme Court rumor mill activity with Justice Department scrutiny of nominee records following the Haynsworth defeat. It cites potential picks including Mitchell and other candidates such as Herbert Brownell, Henry Friendly, Stanley Fuld, Charles Breitel, Paul Freund, and Lewis Powell Jr.
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Mitchell
Congress
Haynsworth
John Stennis
D-Miss
Senate
Justice Department
Herbert Brownell
Henry J. Friendly
Circuit Court of Appeals
Stanley Fuld
Charles Breitel
New York State Court of Appeals
Harvard University
Paul Freund
Lewis Franklin Powell Jr
Richmond
American Bar Association
Boy Dies Saving Dog From Lake Ice
Eleven year old Mitchell Tucker perished Friday after entering icy water to rescue his dog that had fallen through a lake ice. The dog also drowned.
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Arvada
Cole
Mitchell Tucker
Paris Rio Jetliner Hijacked to Cuba
A Varig Boeing 707 with 95 aboard was hijacked shortly after leaving Paris bound for Rio de Janeiro. The jet, en route from London and planned to refuel in San Juan, carried 80 passengers and 15 crew and reportedly government diplomatic papers.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Cuba
Paris
Varig Airlines
Portugal
Europe
South America
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Ruben _ Costa
Lisbon
London
Rio
No Setup in Power Plant Row
Half of Mohave Power Project workers stayed off the job as carpenters union began a second week of picketing over a jurisdictional dispute. Farm work turbine generator installation and other unit assembly were delayed at the coal fired plant on the Colorado River. Bechtel's Bill Henry said talks in San Francisco failed to resolve the dispute with millwrights and ironworkers assigned to power rigging. Bechtel seeks an injunction to stop the picketing five miles south of Davis Dam near the southern tip of Nevada.
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Bullhead City
Ariz
Mohave
Carpenters Union
Colorado River
Bill Henry
Bechtel Corp
San Francisco
Bechtel
Davis Dam
Nevada
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Press-Telegram
Leach, Calit
Internal Revenue Service
Gainesville, Fla
William L. Calley Jr
Ing
Latimer
11Th Infantry
Vietnam
Ft. Benning
Talton W. Long
Columbus
Pentagon
Marine Corps
Navy
Adm
John S. McCain, Jr
U.S
McCain
Nixon
Terry Reid
Osh
Grandstand National Guard
Kirk Tough
Rock Fete
Willis Heidtman
Copter
Carolina-Vend-Amatic
Investi
Tandberg
Scott's Long Beack
LOS Coyotes Diag
Los Coyotes
Long Beach
Paris-Rio
Dooley
Dooley’s Hardware Mart
Long Beach Blvd
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