Nationwide strikes hit airlines copper and police unions
Across the country workers walked out in National Airlines and copper industry strikes while Baltimore city employees and police reached tentative settlements. Prison guards in Ohio joined protests as NFL players dispute stretched into week three threatening Hall of Fame Game.
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Nice Tatro
Associated Press
National Airlines
Baltimore
Ohio
National Football League Players Association
NFL Management Council
Canton
Barry Able
Teamsters
National Guard
Lucasville
Greek Officers Seize Control of Cyprus and Makarios is Threatened
Greek army officers commanding the Cypriot National Guard seized control of Cyprus and toppled President Makarios. Radio Cyprus reported Makarios’ fate varied with some saying he was killed and others that he survived and sought UN protection. Nicholas Sampson was named president to succeed Makarios, a claim radio broadcasts did not definitively confirm. The Turkish Cypriot radio and Greek and Turkish leaders reacted with alerts and appeals, while the BBC reported fighting in Nicosia and Limassol.
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Athens
Cyprus
Makarios
Radio Cyprus
Nicholas Sampson
Sampson
Machi
Radio
Ankara
United Nations
Greece
Turkey
Bulent Ecevit
Agean
Ecevit
Britain
Steven Olver
London
Nicosia
British Foreign Office
Olver
Limassol
Mediterranean
National Salvation
Ex-Marshal Fires Shotgun At Crowd
Ex marshal in New Florence firing a 12 gauge shotgun at a crowd during Old Settler's Day injures eight. Judge set bond at 20000. Victims treated in Mexico include Clarence Coffelt and Jimmy Hill. Wiggins, 34, was arraigned on four counts of assault after a domestic quarrel with Merle Judd. Crowd size 250 to 300. Jefferson City report notes DNR officials to Omaha for energy and environmental task force.
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New Florence
Gene David Wiggins
Montgomery County
O.A. Kamp
Audrain Medical Center
Mexico
Clarence Coffelt
Marion Burts
Deal
May Ball
Jimmy Hill
Rick Albert Craven
Schlanker
Judd
Landrum
Wiggins
Sarasota TV personality shoots self on air
In Sarasota Florida AP reports channel 40 host Chris Chubbuck 36 shot herself during a morning program. She was in critical condition at Sarasota Memorial Hospital after a stunt announced as an attempted death by own action. Station staff indicated a new format and a film clip malfunction preceded the on air incident.
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Sarasota, Fla
Chris Chubbuck
Sarasota Memorial Hospital
Waxl-Tv
Miss Chubbuck
Channel 40
Jack Hartley
Jack Hartley, A Salesman With the Station, Said No One Knew Why Miss Chubbuck
Sarasota Digest
Hartley
Living Color
Double Bill Draws Crowds to Mexico Saturday
Big events fill Saturdays calendar in Mexico with Miss Missouri pageant finale, Summer Art Festival, and Annual Antique Car Show. Out of town and local artists showcase works from 9 to 5 at Hardin Park, plus NeMo Camera Club photos and seven class car trophies at the West Plaza show. The Avudrain Antique Auto Association stages its first annual show with about 50 entries, no admission, and 1949 and earlier cars on view. At South Trails Western Days features the Jackson Family Singers from Nashville and a Lady Eva Cadeval ramp jump, with Optimist Club barbecue serving 9 to 6.
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Mexico
Nashville
South Trails
Hardin Park
Fulton
Kathleen Hardin List
Columbia
Vicki Sturgess
Maryland Heights
Richard Schallert
NeMo Camera Club
West Plaza
Avudrain Antique Auto Association
J.R. Faris
AAAA
Jim Moss
Jackson Family
Eva Cadeval
Optimist Club
Pageant Brings State Beauties to MMA Mexico
The 39th Miss Missouri Pageant, a Miss America prelim, gathers 31 contestants to the Missouri Military Academy in Mexico for four days of rehearsals and interviews. Local and state figures attend as judges include Margo Bane and James Ussery. Funeral services for Joseph Harper, a Fulton barber and WWII veteran, are pending at Precht-Pickering.
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Joseph Harper
Mexico
Audrain Medical Center
Kentucky
Luther Harper
Mr. Harper
Anne Applebee
Fulton
Friendship Baptist Church of Mexico
Harper
Joseph E. Harper
James Allen Harper
Jefferson City
Michael Harper
Elaine Laucks
Holts Summit
Frances Bozarth
Thelma Payton
Precht-Pickering Funeral Home
Missouri Military Academy
MMA
Jaycees
Charles R. Stribling III
Tri-County
Micaela Crews
Thayer
Arkansas
Meri Reddick
E. Promenade
Academy
Chamber of Commerce
Travelers Protection Association
Rotary
Frank Boyle
Margo Ewing Bane
Wilmington
Del
Robert Harbart
Michigan City
Ind
James C
Jake) Ussery
Monroe
Robert Wheeler
Hot Springs
Ark
Janice Brooks Walker
Birmingham
Ala
Bane
Bob Stewart
Colson Kept Questioning as Nixon Aide in Inquiry
Charles W. Colson, once a close Nixon adviser, is the next witness for the House Judiciary Committee impeachment inquiry. The former special counsel promised to tell all, while the panel plans crucial deliberations to begin next Monday and a final recommendation around July 30.
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Washington
Charles W. Colson
Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Colson
White House
Daniel Elisberg
Pentagon
Herbert W. Kalmbach
Democratic
Judiciary Committee
Watergate
John W. Dean
E. Howard Hunt Jr
Hunt
G. Gordon Liddy
Ervin cites horse image quote amid Watergate legacy
Washington AP reports the Watergate panel final report concludes a era of corruption and abuse of power, urging major reforms including a permanent independent prosecutor and a Federal Elections Commission to curb future abuses. Ervin quips about proving a horse is a horse as the panel presents its findings and recommendations.
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Washington
Senate Watergate Committee
Senate Select Committee On
America
House Judiciary Committee
Special
Watergate
Democratic National
Nixon
C. G. “Bebe” Rebozo
Rebyzo
New York
Senate
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Naples
Fla
International Association of Machinists
IAM
National
United States
Phoenix
Ariz
American Smelting and Refining Co
Magma Copper Co
Phelps Dodge Corp
Kennecott Copper Co
Inspiration
Cities Service
Miami Copper Co
Miami
United Steelworkers of America
Asarco
Maryland
New Jersey
Arizona
Audrain County Sheriff's Department
Jack Baker
Citizen's Savings Association
Mexico Country Club
Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Midwest
Omaha
Audrain County Historical Society
LaReine Warden Clayton
Howard Richards
Gordon Gilman
The
Historical Society
Lowell P. Weicker Jr
R-Conn
Supreme Court
Weicker
CBS
Watergate Committee
House
California
Ed Reinecke
Senate Judiciary Committee
San Diego
Sen. Ervin
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N
John W. Dean III
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