House UKs Tough Strip Mining Law
Washington AP The House approved the Coal Mine Surface Area Protection Act 265 to 75 imposing proof of reclaiming land for strip mining permits and banning mining on slopes over 20 degrees. It could halt about half Appalachian mines, drawing praise from environmentalists and criticism from coal groups worried about a 25 percent production drop.
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House
Interior Department
Chaireay
Wayne N. Aspinall
D-Corp
Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
Appalachian
United States
Carl E. Bagge
National Coal Association
Earth and
Senate Interior Committee
Tom Sawyer Stamp Mail By Riverboat
The Delta Queen paddlewheel river boat will host U S Postal Service events in Hannibal Missouri for the Tom Sawyer commemorative stamp release. Capt Ernest E Wagner will deliver a mail packet to St Louis later, stamped with the Queen cancelling stamp. The boat operates as an official U S Contract Postal Station and the stamp depicts the fence painting scene from Samuel Clemens.
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Cincinnati
U.S. Postal Service
Hannibal
Ernest E. Wagner
St. Louis
U.S
Samuel Clemens
Norman Rockwell
Dalton Tabbed For State Post
St Louis Globe-Democrat reports Jefferson City attorney John P. Dalton will be appointed soon as superintendent of the state Division of Insurance replacing William McCaskill who resigns effective Oct. 31. Dalton could not be reached for comment.
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ST. Louis
Jefferson City
John P. Dalton
State Division of
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Warren KE. Hearnes
Dalton
William McCaskill
Ban On Freaks Is Unconstitutional
Florida Supreme Court rules a state law banning freak shows violates rights by depriving a deformed person of the means to earn a living. The decision supports Norbert P. Terhune and Stanley Berent known as Sealo the Seal Boy, upholding their appeal.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Florida Supreme Court
Norbert P. Terhune
Stanley Berent
Sealo the Seal Boy
Liberia Invites 120 Year Old Man To Return Home
In Bartow Florida Liberian born Charlie Smith claimed to be 130 with roots as a slave from 1842. An embassy press attache planned to visit Smith to invite a Liberian home visit for a week. Smith favored a non flying trip and asked for a friend to accompany him.
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Bartow
Fla
Charlie Smith
Liberia
Smith
Washington D.C
Joe Scarmanack
Lakeland
Scarmanack
Radio City Music Hall Closes Over Labor Dispute
NEW YORK AP Radio City Music Hall closed its doors for the first time in 40 years amid a dispute with the musicians union after rejecting a contract offer. President James F. Gould cited rising costs and an economic need to recoup losses. Fewer than 300 attended the 6,200 seat Rockefeller Center venue during the late show. Mayor Lindsay planned talks with management and the union at Gracie Mansion. Gould stressed the closure was not permanent but suspended until problems are resolved.
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New York
Radio City Music Hall
Rockettes
Musicians’ Union
James F. Gould
Music Hall
Gould
Rockefeller Center
John V. Lindsay
Musician's Union
Gracie Mansion
Rush To Get Local Checks Out Under Revenue Sharing Plan
Washington AP A Nixon administration task force aims to mail 39 000 checks totaling 2.6 billion by month end to begin the 30 billion five year revenue sharing program for states cities and counties The effort comes as Congress nears final action on the bill and notes that checks will cover January through June retroactive to January 1 The first payments and a January follow up depend on final House Senate approval and the creation of a permanent revenue sharing office headed by an assistant Treasury secretary
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Washington
Congress
Nixon Administration
Treasury
Charls . Walker
Walker
House
Senate
Ed Fox
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Russia Weighs Supersonic Backfire Bomber Reach US
U.S. intelligence assesses Soviet production of a new swing wing bomber code named Backfire capable of 1500 mph and missions up to 3000 miles. About 12 aircraft surfaced, with no clear production target. The threat is a potential strike capability against the United States. the U.S. plans an allied B1 program. The Soviets hold roughly 195 aging long-range bombers and tankers. the U.S. has around 400 B52s and 70 FB-111s. defense upgrades may cost up to 15 billion dollars.
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Washington
Russia
United States
U.S
Asia
Europe
Pentagon
Nixon
Gartley Plans Liberty Trip to Visit Families of POWs
Navy Lt. Mark Gartley announces he will spend his first 90 days of liberty since 1968 considering a civilian career and visiting the families of servicemen he knew in North Vietnam prison camps. He will also meet with other POW families during the trip.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Navy
Mark Gartley
North Vietnam
Mindszenty Arrives in Lisbon For Fatima Services
Cardinal Mindszenty aged 80, the exiled Hungarian Roman Catholic primate, arrived by plane from Vienna to attend special services at the Shrine of Fatima this week in Lisbon.
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Mindszenty
Lisbon
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Vienna
Shrine of Fatima
21 Killed 53 Wounded In Newport News Action
In Vietnam last week 21 Americans were killed and 53 wounded as the USS Newport News maintained gunfire against enemy positions in Quang Tri. The explosion in a main gun on Oct 1 caused 19 KIA and 37 WIA, with the Navy calling it an accident but the Command listing as combat losses.
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Quang Tri
U.S. Command
Man fined for trespassing claims car dealer visit safety
Jackson Mississippi AP report says 51 year old Russell Adams was fined 25 dollars after a security guard caught him under a car at an auto dealership. Adams said he was tightening loose screws to prevent loss of lives of motorists and protect people.
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Jackson, Miss
James Spencer
Russell Adams
Adams
Rotary To Hear Of Water Districts
Coy McNabb of the University of Missouri will speak at the Rotary Club luncheon at the Mexico Country Club about Rural Water Systems and Suburban Living. Jim Worstell, chairman of Water District No. 1, will also attend and speak briefly. Gene Davis chairs Friday's program.
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Coy McNabb
University of Missouri, Columbia
Mexico Country Club
McNabb
Jim Worstell
Board of Water District No. 1
Gene Davis
Senior Citizens March In Protest In New Orleans
The Oldies but Goodies led several hundred members to City Hall to protest inadequate Social Security payments. The rally moved to the LSU Medical Center auditorium where Dr. Arthur Flemming urged greater autonomy for older Americans and involvement in decisions about their lives.
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New Orleans
Louisiana State University Medical Center
Arthur Flemming
Nixon
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