Safety Law Calls 500 Mines To Close March 20
Washington AP states 500 coal mines, about 5 percent of U.S. production, will be sealed March 20 for failing to meet federal safety standards. Interior Department confirms no legal path to extend operation under the 1969 Coal Mine Act. Estimates 5,000 to 6,000 miners may lose jobs as production shortfalls loom.
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Washington
U.S
Interior Department
Federal Energy Office
Department
Mine Enforcement Safety Administration
MESA
James M. Day
Interior
Rogers C.B. Morton
Morton
Appalachia
Nixon
FEC
FEO
John L. Kilcullen
National Independent Coal Operators Association
Ground sinks under Seattle hillside home of Sandbergs
Frederick and wife Sandborg prepared to number and disassemble their self built home to relocate if needed as the yard and hillside slide away. The house on a steep Puget Sound bluff, built with salvaged materials, faces ongoing erosion blamed partly on Burlington Northern Railroad right of way. Railroad officials say stabilizing the bank is costly and not feasible for all.
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Picnic Point
Seattle
Puget Sound Vista
Sandborgs
Sandbergs
Sandborg
Burlington Northern Railroad
Burlington Northern
Charles Indekofer
Fertilizer Plans Call For Biggest Plant In Alberta
LOS ANGELES AP A Los Angeles petroleum firm Great Basin Petroleum Co commits to sell 200 billion cubic feet of natural gas to a Canadian fertilizer plant in Alberta to be the world’s largest when finished in 1976. The project, financed by Farmland Industries, includes four plants with 5000 tons daily ammonia capacity and a 1200 mile pipeline to the U.S. Midwest.
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Los Angeles
Alberta
Great Basins Petroleum Co
Great Basin
Sulpetro of Canada Ltd
Canadian Western Natural Gas Ltd
Great Basins
Farmland Industries
Kansas City
U.S. Midwest
Horse Racing Petitions Begin in Missouri
The Missouri Horse Improvement Association opened an office in St Louis to petition for legalized horse racing. Five offices will collect signatures to put the issue on the November ballot, aiming for over 100000. The proposal includes legalization of bingo and lotteries for state revenue.
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ST. Louis
Missouri Horse Improvement Association
Cliff Mantle
Association
Missouri
Kansas City
Springfield
St. Joseph
Jefferson City
Mantle
R3 Menus Hi Way R3 next week meals
The Hi Way R3 menus list daily selections for next week. Monday features pigs in a blanket scalloped cabbage and a peanut butter cookie with a banana. Milk is served with each meal.
Connally Keeps Toe In Door For 1976 Presidential Run
John B. Connally says he will keep a toe in the door for the 1976 presidential race. He does not want to be ruled out or in for the Republican nomination while attending a banquet for retiring Senator Wallace Bennett in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
John B. Connally
Texas
Nixon Treasury
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Jack Dempsey Undergoes Hospital Tests
New York AP reports former world heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey, 79, is at Jewish Memorial Hospital undergoing medical tests for recurring headaches. A hospital spokesman said he is in good condition and expected to be released in about a week.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Jewish Memorial Hospital
Simon's Rules Not As Strong As Promised
Washington AP. The Federal Energy Office issued freedom of information rules criticized as weaker than promised by chief William E. Simon. The new rules create an information access officer and set 48 hour acknowledgments, 10 day handling, with possible 20 day extensions, and 10 day appeal rulings. Simon vowed openness and fuller compliance beyond the 1967 law.
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Washington
Federal Energy Office
William E. Simon
National Press Club
Simon
Federal Register
Depa
Press Club
Energy Office
Five Prison Terms in Income Tax Case
In St. Louis, Charles A. Williams, 52, an iron worker, received five six month prison terms in U.S. District Court after being convicted of failing to file federal income tax returns from 1967 to 1971. The sentences run concurrently and Williams must also pay the taxes, penalties and interest owed, per the Internal Revenue Service.
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ST. Louis (Ap
St. Louis
U.S. District Court
Charles A. Williams
Internal Revenue Service
Williams
Union Fined For MY Strike At Columbia
Boone County Circuit Judge Frank Conley fines Public Service Employes Local 45 45000 for continuing a strike at University of Missouri Columbia after a 16 month delay. The union must pay 5000 if no more trouble in three years. Bennett and Michaels each fined 4500 and 90 days jail, suspended on good behavior for two years.
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Columbia
Boone County
Frank Conley
Public Service
Local 45
University of Missouri-Columbia
Conley
Scott Wright
Michell Bennett
Richard Michaels
Bennett
Michaels
University
UMC
Plans for Farm Fuel Supply Machinery Discussed
Kansas City AP report on a round table with Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton and Missouri farm leaders. They concluded the fuel machinery is ready to prevent shortages for 1974 crops, urging farmers to notify fuel suppliers monthly needs and use ASCS or Fuel Allocation Board if supplies falter. Gene Cunningham of ASCS predicted most issues can be handled locally.
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Kansas City
Thomas F. Eagleton
D-Mo
Missouri
Federal Energy Office
The
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
Gene Cunningham
ASCS
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Harry Guardino
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