Coal Mine Strike Near Midnight Fails To Yield Deal
Washington and New York reports say 80,000 coal miners edge toward a midnight contract deadline with no settlement in sight. Talks between United Mine Workers and Bituminous Coal Operators Association show little progress on wages and money terms amid wage price freeze concerns.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Nixon
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Mike Trbovich
Black Lung Association
Boyle
OU seeks contempt finding and fines against striking union
Ohio University asked Athens County Common Pleas Court to hold the striking Local 1699 union and its president Oscar McGee in contempt and fine them 500 dollars per day. Union attorney Leonard Sigall challenged Judge Howard Goldsberry for potential ineligibility due to Ross County practice. Judge Harley Meyer of Hocking County was named to hear further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens, Ohio
Ohio University
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Union
Leonard Sigall
Howard Goldsberry
Oscar McGee
American Federation of State
Sigall
Goldsberry
Ross County
Ginger Storm Lashes North Carolina Coast With 90 MPH Winds
Hurricane Ginger slammed the Carolina coast with 90 mph winds and flooding. Power outages hit Atlantic Beach and Morehead City as lines fell, with Red Cross reporting 1,564 shelter occupants in Cartaret Pamlico and Craven counties.
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Morehead City
N.C
Ginger
North Carolina
Atlantic Beach
National Weather Service
Atlantic
Paul M. Cox
New Bern
Civil Defense
Craven County
W. W. Moore
Cartaret
Pamlico
Craven
Red Cross
Oak Island
Wilmington
South Carolina
Goose Creek Island
Pamlico Sound
Dedication Ceremonies for New Health Center October 24
Hocking County commissioners and acting health commissioner Dr. Owen Yaw set October 24 for dedication ceremonies and an open house for the new county health center located beside Hocking Valley Community Hospital. The move-in is planned around October 12 pending space decisions for county offices and potential Tri County Community Action Agency HQ.
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County Health Center
Hocking County
Owen Yaw
Yaw
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Health Department
Tri-County Community Action Agency
Perry
Athens County
CAA
Hocking Valley Hospital
W. Main St
Roger McCauley
U S Plans Surcharge Removal If Trade Progress Is Seen
Secretary Connally says the 10 percent import surcharge could be lifted if other governments show tangible progress in dismantling trade barriers and aligning currency values. He dismisses direct gold revaluation and warns removal sans progress won’t fix the balance of payments. The piece also notes a quarterly 10,000-man draft call and U S Soviet disarmament side agreements, plus a school meal funding vote and Hong Kong National Day coverage.
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Washington
U.S
Onnally
Nixon
Pentagon
Melvin R. Laird
Jerry W. Friedheim
Education Funds Eyed By OEA
Ohio Education Association prepares a special convention in Columbus to decide on actions to obtain state school funding before October 1. President William McDonald warns that Ohio schools are broke without state money as lawmakers delay a permanent budget. A delegation then seeks guidance in Washington on wage price freeze rules affecting teacher contracts amid concerns of unfair conditions.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Nixon
Secretary of Agriculture
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Education Association
OEA
William McDonald
Ohio General Assembly
Cost of Living Council
Jackson
Ohio House committee approves strict strip mine reclamation bill
The Environment and Natural Resources Committee unanimously backs a broad reclamation measure to curb strip mining harm in Ohio. The bill requires timely reclamation within three to six months, mandating backfilling, grading, resodding, topsoil reuse, and contour restoration, with a two year grace period and a move to the House Rules Committee for floor action.
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Columbus
Ohio
House Environment and Natural Resources Committee
Kenneth Creasy
Delaware
Creasy
Sam Speck
New Concord
House Rules Committee
House
Senate
Redistricting Plan Would Pair Collins and Armstrong
A 3-2 Republican board majority drafted a plan pairing incumbents in 12 Ohio House districts and at least one Senate district. It would pit Sen. Harry Armstrong of Logan against Sen. Oakley Collins of Lronton in a GOP primary if both run. The apportionment board meets today to act on the plan.
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Ohio
Senate
Scripps Howard
Sen
Harry Armstrong
Logan
Oakley Collins
Lronton
South Viets Strive To Lift Base Sieges
In Tay Ninh Vietnam an armada of U S and South Vietnamese helicopters dropped 2000 reinforcements to ease sieges at two fire bases near the Cambodian border. Rockets struck near Lt General Nguyen Xuan Thinh causing refugee deaths and injuries while outposts along Highways 22 78 and 7 faced shelling and ground attacks. The general said the enemy momentum may be decreasing.
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Tay Ninh
Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen Xuan Thinh
North Vietnam
Thinh
Krek
Lockheed Veep Denies Waste Charge
Washington AP. Henry M. Durham a former Lockheed production manager testifies before a congressional committee alleging collusion with the Air Force and record falsification to inflate C5A costs. Durham cites death threats after going public as the probe into more than 2 billion in cost overruns continues at Lockheed’s Marietta and Gay plants.
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Washington (Ap
Lockheed
Henry M. Durham
Air Force
Durham
H. L. Poore
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Proxmire
Joint Economic Committee
Marietta, Gay
Senate Votes on Indochina Pullout and Pentagon Programs
The Senate moves to approve a six month Indochina withdrawal plan attached to a $21 billion military procurement bill amid expected House rejection. Debates also center on deleting funds for the F-14 fighter and the Safeguard ABM system as senators clash over Pentagon programs.
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Washington
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Nixon Administration
Mike Mansfield
House
Senate House
Mansfield
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Senate Armed Services Committee
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
United Nations
Rhodesia
Pentagon
Navy
Navy to name barracks Knece Hall at Great Lakes
The Navy will name an enlisted men's barracks Knece Hall at the Great Lakes Training Center in Illinois in honor of Charles Leroy Knece. Knece, a Boatswain's Mate First Class, died heroically aboard an assault support boat on the upper Han Lua river in Bien Hoa province during the Vietnam War after pulling a grenade pin and sacrificing himself to save fellow crewmen. He was awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart, National Defense Medal, Republic of Vietnam Service Medal, and Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal.
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Illinois
Charles Leroy Knece
Lola Wiggins
South Bloomingville
Rt. 1
Knece
Effie Wyne
Chillicothe
Navy
Han Luong
Bien Hoa
South Vietnam
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Republic of Vietnam
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Fund
New York
Gulf
Asst
W. J. Usery Jr
Maritime Administration
Andrew E. Gibson
AFL-CIO _International Longshoremen’s Association
Independent International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Ohio House
Carolina
Hocking Valley
Beaufort
Neuse
Trent
Stu Taber
Tri-County
Perry County
Otto Shaw
McCauley
Tri- County Community Action Board of Trustees
Logan Caa
Shaw
Jim McLain
Earl Parkins
Logan-Hocking County District Library Board
Parkins
Ralph Poston
Columbus Beagle Club
Skinner Rd
United States
Soviet Union
William P. Rogers
Andrei Gromyko
Washington-Moscow
Hong Kong
China
Mao Tsetung
Collins
Armstrong
Lockheed Veep
William Saxbe
Robert Taft Jr
Harold Hughes
D Iown
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes
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