Miner Safety Watchdog Traverses a Gassy Indiana Mine
Charles Rath, 40, a U S Bureau of Mines inspector, surveys the Thunderbird coal mine in Vincennes Indiana. He checks equipment for defects tests air samples and verifies safety as miners toil three shifts six days a week in a section that includes unsealed areas. The job demands endurance and constant vigilance amid dust and roof falls.
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Harry Kelly
Associated Press
Shelburn
Ind
Sam
Charles Rath
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Vinceennes
Bureau
Thunderbird
Indiana
Rath
Ted Rath
Buddy
Health Funds Reach Few Of Mentally Ill In Britain
In Britain hospitals use 47 percent of beds for the mentally ill with over 500000 people affected. A new report shows only 11 percent of government health service spending in 1967 went to these patients.
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London
Britain
Today in History Highlights From 1801 to 1969
On Feb 16, 1801 American sailors under Lt Stephen Decatur burned the captured U S frigate Philadelphia in Tripoli harbor. Other listed events include the 1846 Texas Legislature meeting, 1871 Franco Prussian War end, 1862 Fort Donelson surrender, 1925 Floyd Collins death, 1938 Austrian Nazi cabinet entry, 1945 Corregidor landings, Fidel Castro’s 1969 premiership, Kashmir dispute talks, and recent prisoner releases.
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Associated Press
Stephen Decatur
Tripoli
Philadelphia
Texas
Austin
France
Ft. Donelson
Tenn
Floyd Collins
Kentucky
Austria
Corregidor
Philippines
Penny Singleton Joins Maritime Trades Board
MIAMI BEACH AP Penny Singleton the former Blon die in the movies is the sole woman on the AFL C IO Maritime Trades Department executive board. She expresses pride in her union post noting the American Guild of Variety Artists joined the Maritime group to organize shipboard entertainers.
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Miami Beach
Penny Singleton
Blondie
Afl-Cio Maritime Trades Department
Miss Singleton
American Guild of Variety Artists
Blondie Actress Singleton FeIled Second Vice Press Role
Singleton served as second vice press and played Blondie, the wife of Dagwood, in over 40 Danny Thomas movies based on the comic strip. She acted as the operating director and under AGVA during Wood’s presidency.
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Singleton
Vice Press
Blondie
Dagthe Agva
Wood
Danny Thomas
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Ake
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Mier
U.N. Security Council
India
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Kashmir
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Thailand
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Central Avenue
Call
Beck-Talbert Pontiac
Terrace Hills Subdivision
Perfection Cleaners
Jefferson RD
Carolina Street
Spring Home Sale
McAlpin’s
DuPont
McA
Pin
Tcushion Ee
Dacron
Melon
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