Steel Plant Explosion in Weirton Kills 19
An explosion at a coke plant under construction for Weirton Steel killed 19 workers and injured more than 20 as coke gas likely ignited. Rescue efforts lasted 11 hours with hundreds involved. Authorities planned federal and state investigations to determine the gas source and plant damages may delay opening.
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Weirton
W.va
Brown Island
Ohio River
Fletcher L. Byrom
Koppers Construction Co
Pittsburgh
Koppers
Weirton Steel
National Steel of Pittsburgh
Koppers, Weirton
Byrom
J. Roger Beidler
Miller Named Head Of UMW In Fraud Riddled Election
Arnold Miller 49, a retired coal miner, won the United Mine Workers presidency with 70 373 votes to 56 334 for incumbent W A Boyle after a court ordered election. Miller vows reforms including salary cuts and higher pensions while moving HQ to coal country and striking at staff deemed unresponsive. Boyle may challenge the result as federal agents monitored voting under a court order following the Yablonski murder case. In Minneapolis Mayo Clinic reports Dr Kent S Knutson 48 president of the American Lutheran Church remains seriously ill with an incurable CNS disorder.
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Washington
Labor Department
Arnold Miller
United Mine Workers
Miller
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Department
U.S. District Court
William
Bryant
Boyle
Reform
Joseph A
Jock’’ Yablonski
Mike Trbovich
Harry Patrick
Trbovich
Leonard Pankovich
Patrick
Wilbert Killion
Modern American Industrial Labor Movement
John L. Lewis
Yablonski
True Davis
National Bank of Washington
Miners For Democracy
Congress
White House
Minneapolis
Minn
Kent S. Knutson
American Lutheran Church
ALC
Mayo Clinic
Knutson
St. Marys Hospital
Rochester
Maryland Seeks Bremer Royalties for Victim Medical Bills
Maryland official says the state will claim part of Arthur Bremer's book royalties to cover medical costs for Dora Thompson from the Wallace shooting in a Maryland shopping center. Bremer is incarcerated serving a 53 year sentence after his assassination attempt on George Wallace.
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Washington
Maryland
Arthur Bremer
Bremer
George C. Wallace
Harper’s Magazine Press
New York
Nixon
Martin I. Moylan
The
Maryland Criminal Injuries Compensation Board
Moylan
Truman's Kidney Function Remains Unsatisfactory
Reports from Research Hospital and Medical Center say former President Harry S. Truman, 88, remains semiconscious with stable vital signs. Kidney output continues to deteriorate despite medication, while heart function is adequate but erratic and overall condition is described as unsatisfactory but not decreasing.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Research Hospital and Medical Center
Wallace Graham
Graham
Tribune To Start Yale Series Sunday
A five part Christmas series on The Job of Joseph begins in The La Crosse Sunday Tribune on Page 10. Written by Associated Press religion writer George W. Cornell the pieces rely on biblical background and ancient sources. The five articles are A Hard Decision Without Shelter In Exile A Lost Son and A Father s Imprint.
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Joseph
Jesus
la Crosse
Cornell
Irradiated ham aids future food supply aboard Apollo 17
Apollo 17 crew eat irradiated ham on the way home. The specially treated preserved meat resists spoilage for years under heat, aiding potential feeding programs worldwide though not yet approved for supermarkets.
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Food and Drug Administration
Smith
Weekend cold with rising clouds and light snow chance
Fair and bitter cold Saturday night with a low near 15. Clouds increase Sunday with a high near 20 and a light snow chance. NW winds 12 to 25 mph Saturday night, light and variable Sunday. Monday partly cloudy with a low near 12 and a high near 25.
Creche of All Nations nativity carving by a POW artist
German artist Albert Fehrenbacher describes his wood nativity work Creche of All Nations begun as a prisoner of war in Russia. The piece signals how living Christ breaks down barriers of race and culture.
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Christ
Albert Fehrenbacher
Gypsy Queen Mary Mitchell Dies Widely Revered Leader
In New York Mary Mitchell 70 once led an empire of about 250000 Gypsies in America and lies in a coma at St. Vincent's Hospital after a cancer operation. Her sons Steven 45 and Frank Jr. 42 plan to inherit leadership and oversee rites, weddings and divorces as the family gathers from Newark and beyond.
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New York
Steven Mitchell
Frank Jr
Newark
N.J
Steve
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UMW
Neil Gilbride
Labor
Wallace
Alabama
Dora Thompson
Hyattsville
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Mitchell Hall
Russell
Research Hospital
Yale
Apollo
Feeding the World
Malcolm C. Smith
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch of Food and Nutrition
Multinational
Lester Kinsolving
Episcopalians
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Washington, D. C
Allen Leslie
Trinity United Church of Christ
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