New blast dims mine hopes in West Virginia
A predawn explosion at the Re Single mine traps 78 workers two days after the blast. Twenty one miners escaped, while officials doubt control of a raging fire. Concerns arise over methane and coal dust levels as federal notes on safety are debated.
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William Poundstone
Consolidation Coal Co
Punchstone
Lewis
Evans
United Mine Workers
Rich Opyoke
Leonard Gross
Mountaineer
Mod
JFK Death Anniversary Remembrance at Kennedy Grave
Kennedy family members including Edward M Kennedy and four children visited the Cape Cod grave on the fifth anniversary of John F Kennedy's assassination. Mrs Onassis and Mrs Evelyn Lincoln joined visitors as wreaths and sprigs of flowers marked the commemoration.
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Washington
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Joan Kennedy
Edward
Hugh Auchineloss
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Mrs
Evelyn Lincoln
President Kennedy
Jerusalem blast rips crowded market killing eleven
A parked car packed with explosives exploded in Jerusalem's Mahaneh Yehuda market killing 11 and wounding 55 as shoppers stocked for the Sabbath. Police detained Arabs entering Old City, 500 questioned, and security was tightened citywide.
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Holy City
Levi Eshkol
Old City
Mahaneh Yehuda Market
Israel
France to Devalue Franc Amid 10 Percent Step
Paris and Bonn exchange notes as France faces fiscal crisis with a tentative 10 percent devaluation. Germany’s Franz Strauss says rate set by French cabinet, while aid from the Group of 10 totals about 2.0 billion dollars to stabilize the franc. Britain vows no pound devaluation and expands tax measures to curb imports.
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Germany
Franz Joseph Strauss
United States
France
Paris
Strauss
Britain
U.S
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Maurice Couve de Murville
Group of 10
Bonn
International Monetary Fund
Warrensburg pleas made for trains
Thirteen witnesses spoke at an Interstate Commerce Commission hearing in Warrensburg Missouri protesting Missouri Pacific Railroad plans to drop two round trip passenger trains between Kansas City and St. Louis. Central Missouri State College officials and local residents argued the service is essential, with concerns about student travel, regional business impact, and county needs. The ICC examiner Henry Whitehouse oversaw the session, with hearings continuing in Kansas City Monday.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Kansas City
St. Louis
Central Missouri State College
Missouri Pacific
Warren C. Lovinger
Central Missouri State
Steve Smith
Warrensburg
Student Government Association
Wayne Brookfield
Stan Braton
Johnson County
Frank Wells
Centerview Democrat
Garrett Crouch
Henry Whitehouse
ICC
Jefferson City
Nixon wins Missouri by 20488 in official canvass
Official state canvass shows President elect Richard Nixon carrying 92 of Missouri's 114 counties with a 20,488 vote margin. Nixon led statewide 911,922 to Humphrey 791,444 and Wallace 206,126. Humphrey won St Louis City and Jackson County, while Wallace carried Pemiscot County. Canvass completed ahead of Dec electors meeting.
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Richard M. Nixon
Missouri
James C. Kirkpatrick
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Humphrey
Wallace
Pemiscot County
Bootheel
Wixon
Mid-Missouri
Cole County
Boone County
St. Louis
Jackson County
Kansas City
St. Louis County
Nixon Usted
Audrain
Boone
Callaway
Losses Mount as US Reports Four Helicopters Shot Down
The US Command disclosed four American helicopters shot down in 48 hours and said artillery fired into the northern DMZ for the first time since the halt. Nine US soldiers died in the crashes, bringing total helicopter losses to 933 in South Vietnam. Additional fighting involved B52 strikes along the Central Highlands and shelling near Da Nang.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
Highlands
Korium
U.S. Command
da Nang
Elevator plunge at state prison kills Kansas City man
Fred Henry Carman, 29, of Kansas City died at the University of Missouri Medical Center in Columbia from head injuries after an elevator hoist failed at the state penitentiary. He and two inmates were installing a new freight elevator when the old lift dropped from the third floor to the basement. The two convicts suffered less serious injuries.
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Fred Henry Carman
Kansas City
University of Missouri Medical Center
Columbia
State Penitentiary
Carman
Food Service
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