West Virginia coal miners press third week of wildcat strike
West Virginia miners enter the third week of a broad wildcat strike, urging sympathy actions in Ohio Kentucky and Virginia. About 37 000 miners idle with rallies at the UMW courthouse in Charleston and a special executive board meeting in Washington.
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Kentucky
Virginia
U.S. District
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Bituminous
Skip Delano
Danville
UMW
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Sophia
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Bronfman Kidnapping Claim Details Woman Involved
Samuel Bronfman II says one kidnapper may have been a woman after a nine day abduction outside his mother’s estate in Purchase New York. FBI said two men charged with extortion were arrested, $2.3 million ransom recovered, and investigators probe a possible third participant.
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Mel Patrick Lynch
New York City
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Lynch
Brooklyn
Washington
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Man Finds Happiness In Counting His Beans
In Portland Oregon AP a welder and neighborhood philosopher Jerome Techtman 62 years old recounts counting beans to cope with life. He eats eight ounce pork and beans while counting 325 to 340 beans per can. He notes changes in prices and can contents and jokes about ivy growing on walls to avoid painting.
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Reagan Must Decide Soon On '76 Race
Reagan strategists say he must decide soon whether to challenge Ford for the Republican nomination. A quick announcement is seen as needed to halt eroding support noted at a weekend meeting of Southern and border state GOP chairmen. Laxalt urged a decision by Oct 1 to Nov 15.
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Wang Ping-nan Named President of Friendship Association
TOKYO AP Wang Ping-nan, rehabilitated after cultural upheaval, was named president of the People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, a group founded in 1954 to promote Beijing’s foreign policy. He, 69, had been purged as vice foreign minister in 1967 amid accusations of treachery.
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St Charles Teachers To Open With Strike
St Charles Missouri teachers authorize a one day strike on the first day of school to show solidarity as a factfinder meets the school board. They will return to classes Thursday and Friday and attend workshops. The 450 member association seeks an $8,700 starting salary while the board offers $7,000.
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Teen-agers faced in bombing plot and death list
Newark authorities say four teenagers planned to mail a pipe bomb to a grandmother and drafted a 10-name list to “change the world.” The suspects named officers and Madeline Pasqua, 68, as the grandmother, with Steven Pasqua, 18, among them. A waitress defused the device at a luncheonette where the grandmother’s mail was delivered.
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First Brotherhood
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Robert R. Luongo
Mary Jo Kopechne's mother criticizes Kennedy's advice
Gwen Kopechne, mother of Mary Jo, tells New Times that Edward M. Kennedy received bad advice after the car crash that killed her daughter and could not tell the truth. She says Kennedy was confused by initial statements and became trapped by poor guidance from the accident onward.
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Swiftwater
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Hungate to World Crime Conference
Rep Bill Hungate named one of two lawmakers chosen by the Speaker to join the United Nations fifth annual Conference on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders in Geneva September 1 12. The event gathers global criminal justice experts to share research and views.
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Bill Hungate
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House Judiciary Committee
Robert McClory
U.S
Portuguese Power Fight Deepens In Lisbon Crisis
In Lisbon and surrounding towns, moderates predict removal of pro Communist Premier Vasco Goncalves within days as civilians protest and both sides flex military force. Army units surround the capital while a pro-Goncalves regiment defends its barracks. In Leiria, 75 miles north, Communists repel 300 anti Communist demonstrators at their party HQ. Evora hosts a rally urging violent retaliation if needed, and President Gomes cites a fraught military climate calling for leadership reshuffle.
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