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Reign of Terror enveloped UMW campaign
A Senate subcommittee heard that a brutal beating at a Springfield Illinois rally was among the first signs of a reign of terror in the United Mine Workers campaign for the presidency. Joseph Yablonski Jr. accused Tony Boyle of threatening rivals and misusing pension funds as calls for investigation and protection grew.
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Mark Brown
Washington
Clarksville
Paul Eugene Gil
United Mine Workers Headquarry
Aubran Wayne Martin
Ters
Jock Yablon
Claude Edward Vealey
Senate
Joseph A. Yablonski Jr
Senate Labor Subcommittee
Springfield
Ill
Pennsylvania
Yablonski
Gilly
Annette Lucy Gilly
Cleveland
Boyle
UMW
Jack Yablonski
FBI
Labor
George Shultz
Subcommittee
Young Yablonski
Labor Department