US Coal Output Halved By Strike
Charleston West Virginia AP reports the nationwide coal strike cuts output by half with unions and operators tallying millions in losses. Railroads lay off about 1500 workers as the dispute widens across West Virginia Ohio Kentucky and beyond.
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Charleston
W. Va
United Mine Workers
Edwin Wiles
Westginia Coal Association
Norfolk and Western Railway
Chessie
Raceland
Huntington
UMW
Arnold Miller
Wildcat
West Virginia
Dry Branch
Kanawha County
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Area Students On Honor Listing At Culver Stockton College
Four area students earned honors after spring courses at Culver Stockton College. Karen Hildebrant of Star Route, Paris, achieved a perfect 4.00 GPA. Susie Moore of RR 1 Vandalia was named to the Dean's List for a 3.50 or higher semester average.
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Canton
Culver-Stockton College
Karen Hildebrant
Marion Hildebrant
Star Route
Paris
Susie Moore
Erwin Moore
RR 1
Vandalia
Culver-Stockton
Herbert Heuer Receives Degree at Columbia College
Herbert P. Heuer Jr. of Centralia recently earned an associate in arts degree through Columbia College Extended Studies. He is employed by A.B. Chance Co. and plans to pursue a bachelor’s degree. Heuer is the son of Herbert P. Heuer Sr. and Mrs. Heuer of Route 1 Mexico.
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Columbia
Herbert P. Heuer Jr
Route 1
Centralia
Columbia College
Heuer
A.B. Chance Co
Rewer
Herbert P. Heuer
Mexico
Dirt sample from Mars could hint at life clues
Viking 1 returns to gather a second soil sample from Mars to test for organic compounds with a gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. Researchers, led by Dr. Gil Levin and Dr. Gerald Soffen, weigh biological versus nonbiological explanations as gas emissions plateau and a nutrient boost awaits Friday test to reveal potential life signs.
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Pasadena
Calif
Viking 1
Mars
Viking
Gil Levin
Levin
Earth
Gerald Soffen
Soffen
Marines Report Highest Recruit Abuse Among Services
The Marine Corps logged 234 confirmed abuse incidents in fiscal 1975 and 1976, more than twice the combined 96 incidents by Army, Navy, and Air Force. Pentagon officials urged protected channels for reporting, stronger drill sergeant oversight, and quarterly abuse statistics.
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Washington
Marine Corps
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
Pentagon
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Pvt
Lynn McClure
Lufkin
Tex
Kekkonen Ends Bicentennial Visits With White House Stop
Finland's President Urho Kekkonen, 76, finishes the U S bicentennial visit sequence with a White House welcome and talks with President Ford and Henry Kissinger. He then addresses a National Press Club luncheon after touring Williamsburg and Michigan. Also notes Webelo scouts from Hawthorne School camp near Cairo with leaders and Mexican group attendees.
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Washington
U.S
Finland
Urho Kekkonen
White House
Kekkonen
Ford
Henry A. Kissinger
National Press Club
New York
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Williamsburg
Great Britain
West Germany
France
Spain
Sweden
Missouri primary sees seven constitutional amendments on ballot
Missouri voters consider seven amendments including Proposition 7 the school aid plan. Proposals would end tax breaks after 25 years for forestry land, remove ballot numbering, allow industrial revenue bonds by local vote, empower the legislature to rescind agency rules, end segregated schools, and overhaul the court system. Governor Bond opposed the rules bill. reforms touch judiciary, tax policy, and church state issues amid debates over private school funds.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Christopher S. Bond
Fairness In Education
The
Baptist Church
Supreme Court
St. Louis
U.S. Supreme Court
Kansas City
Kansas
Executive Branch
Legislative
Clean Water Commission
Air Conservation Commission
Public Service Commission
General Assembly
Will Future Cars Have Air Bags Hearing On
Washington AP hearings open on mandatory installation of air bags in new cars. Transportation Secretary Coleman weighs options from continuing current law with passive restraints to requiring air bags or other systems in all new cars, cost and safety tradeoffs noted. Rockefeller hosts GOP reception in Maine.
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Washington
Transportation
William T. Coleman, Jr
Coleman
General Motors
Army hid role in 1953 mind drug death, says report
Internal Army findings claim national security reasons kept secret the 1953 death of Harold Blauer after an LSD like drug trial at a New York psychiatric institute. Rep Downey released the report, noting the Army feared disclosure would expose its chemical warfare program and trigger litigation.
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Washington
Army
Harold Blauer
New York State
Thomas J. Downey
Dn.y
Blauer
Blaver
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Frank Olson
CIA
Elizabeth Barrett
New York City
Blair
New York
Red Cross field doctors in Beirut treat wounded daily
BEIRUT Lebanon AP Dr Patrick Marshio a chest surgeon from Jersey City shows calm precision stitching amid a makeshift Red Cross field hospital. He and 35 to 40 staff including Finns Danes and Swedes operate on 5 to 30 cases daily as poverty limits access to established hospitals. Among patients a 12 year old Lebanese girl shot by an AK47, a Palestinian guerrilla and a Sudanese soldier amid war’s chaos.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Patrick Marshio
Red Cross
Samar Chami
Marshie
Jersey City
Nut
Marship
Denmark
Red Cross Hospital
The
Arab League
Missouri Food Prices Edge Up in Week Survey
AP reports Missouri retail food prices drift higher overall in the Farm Bureau weekly market basket. Beef cuts rose despite lower farmer beef prices with rib steak up five cents, T bone steady, ground beef down four cents. pork values mixed with ham and blade roast higher, whole chicken cheaper, milk steady, eggs up, bread and potatoes modestly higher.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Farm Bureau
Amnesty by King Carlos spares Spanish political prisoners
Grants Amnesty LA CORUNA Spain AP reports King Juan Carlos pardoned political prisoners in Spain except those serving terrorism terms. Government announces sweeping amnesty to reduce unrest and unify the country.
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LA Coruna
Spain
Juan Carlos
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