Striking UMW Miners Force Coal Dumping Across Region
In Charleston West Virginia negotiators pause as 160000 UMW miners marchals across Appalachia and Kentucky spillcoal dumps disrupt docks and haul non union loads. Troopers monitor unrest while leaders say talks may resume and miners press for benefits.
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Charleston
W.va
Cray
Appalachia
Chessie
Norfolk and Western
Norfolk & Western
Bill Martin
Kentucky
Stearns Mining Co
UMW Stearns
Rockport
Ind
B&m Coal Co
Burdette Crowe
UMW
West Virginia
Crowe
Unrest declines in South Africa after crackdown
Violence and arson in black townships have dropped 80 to 85 percent since the October government crackdown on black leaders and organizations. Maj. Gen. David Kriel said the action of Oct. 19 was remarkably effective as The Citizen reported, amid bans and arrests tied to the Steve Biko case.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
David Kriel
the Citizen
Kidnappers Grab Wrong Man in Turin Case
Three men kidnapped Joe Ginessi in Turin Monday night but released him today after the 50-year-old former policeman convinced captors he was not his employer. He said the men, seeking Pier Ettore Carpignano's firm head, anesthetized him and fled to the countryside. Italy reports 68th kidnap this year with about $20 million in ransom paid and 10 still missing.
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Turin
Italy
Joe Ginessi
Ginessi
Pier Ettore Carpignano
Carpignano
Cronkite Impostor Driver In Palm Tree Crash Hoax
A CBS News switchboard buzzed after a $13,000 Cadillac struck a palm tree in Boca Raton. Chauffeur Charles Geil claimed the car belonged to Walter Cronkite, but officials identified the real owner as Wilfred P. Cohen.
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Boca Raton
Fila
CBS News
New York City
Walter
Charles Geil
New York
WPC
Geil
Wilfred P. Cohen
Cohen
Cronkite
Audi
Ann Whitestone
First Lady Rosalynn Carter visits Harlem school and Village Nursing Home
First Lady Rosalynn Carter toured Public School 180 in Harlem and Village Nursing Home in Greenwich Village to view youth and elder support programs. She praised community care and noted funds to hire two youth workers and an extra teacher for the school.
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New York
Rosalynn Carter
Harlem
Greenwich Village
The
Village
Marian Tanner
Mame
Patrick Dennis
Carter
Harris Fasts 34 Days Weighs About 80 Pounds
Emily Harris, awaiting trial in the Patricia Hearst kidnapping, has lost about 25 pounds after 34 days of fasting. Her lawyer says she now weighs roughly 80 pounds and has a weak pulse, treated at the California Institution for Women hospital in Frontera. Trial is set for June 5 on the kidnapping charge.
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San Francisco
Emily Harris
Patricia Hearst
Susan Jordan
California Institution For Women
Frontera
Harrises
Los Angeles
Miss Hearst
Supreme Court rules on rape conviction and fairness
The Supreme Court upheld the rape conviction of James R. Moore while finding improper the absence of counsel at a preliminary identification. Justice Blackmun dissented in spirit, criticizing the court's portrayal of the victim's brief face-spot observation as potentially insufficient for reliability. The decision sent the case back to the Seventh Circuit for review.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Chicago
Harry A. Blackmun
Moore
James R. Moore
7Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Blackmun
Arson Probe Aims at Michigan Wenonah Park Fire
Investigators cite reports of gasoline odor before a deadly Wenonah Park Building blaze in Bay City. Police say fire occurred at two distant points nearly simultaneously, with arson suspected after nine residents died.
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Bay City, Mich
Wenonah Park
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United Mine Workers
Ohio
Washington, D.C
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Wayne Horwitz
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Arnold Miller
BCOA
Joseph Brennan
Brennan
Miller
Raymond Russell
Ironton
Bill Cray
Vinton County
Charlie’s Lakeside Inn
Tytus Ave
Kings Kitchen
First and
Main
Coomer Furniture CO
Coomer Furniture
Coomer’s
Coomer
Broyhill
Flexsteel—Charles Inc
Bassett—La Z-Boy—Liberty Mersman
ST. John’s
Lane
Burlington House
Kimball Peters
Rivington Furniture
Westinghouse Appliances
Zenith
Charlie Coomer
Goverment
Steve Biko
Biko
First Lady
M3 ‘Sale
Covon
Michigan
Stan& Fritz
St.at
Monroe
American
American Savings & Loan Assn
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