Mine blast kills two in Virginia coal shaft
In Grundy Virginia a gas explosion at Island Creek Coal Co. Pocahontas No 1 mine killed two miners, injured nine others, and trapped several rescue workers briefly as about 1 000 spectators watched. The shaft is part of a three shaft project located near Pocahontas.
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Grundy
UPI
Island Creek Coal Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Virginia Pocahontas No. 1
Cderal
Zeni-McKinney- Williams Construction Co
Pittsburgh
Kenneth P. Herndon
Paul White
Arnold Rowe
Bradshaw
W.va
John Honaker
Navisdale
Buchanan Country Club
Pocahontas
Weather outlook with showers and cooler temperatures
Mostly cloudy and windy with scattered showers and a cooler day reaching 55 to 66. Tonight and Thursday bring more clouds and widely scattered showers, possibly mixed with snow flurries northward. Low 25 to 35 north, 35 to 45 south. Record shows Shenango River at 8.5 feet.
New Castle Defeats Farrell 47 to 42 in Comedy of Errors
New Castle survives a chaotic game to edge Farrell 47 42 on page 37. Voters elect a vice chairman and president for the Pennsylvania Engineering group on page 21.
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Pennsylvania Engineering
New Castle
Farrell
Business World
Cross Word
Ellwood
See Pe
Eeee
Etree Ewer Sree
We Society
Eee A. Eee
Ewer TV Log
Shafer outlines state program. GOP hails, Democrats wary
Gov. Raymond P. Shafer delivered a 28 minute State of the Commonwealth to a joint session. Republicans praised the proposals as progressive and far reaching while Democrats called the speech vague and potentially tax increasing. House leaders projected adherence to the 1966 platform with debates over funding and retirement fund borrowing.
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Harrisburg
House
Shafer
Fineman
Philadelphia Democrat
Lee A. Donaldson Jr
R-Allegheny
Kenneth B. Lee
R-Sullivan
Commonwealth
Senate
John H. Devlin
D-Allegheny
PIDA
Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority
Stanley G. Stroup
Bedford County
Demonstrators oppose Ky mob in Auckland protest
About 500 anti war demonstrators in Auckland attempted to mob South Vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao Ky. The crowd, many teens, yelled and pelted Auckland's police chief with an egg. Smaller pro Ky counterprotesters failed to drown out the demonstrators.
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Aukland
Auckland
New Zealand
UPI
Nguyen Cao Ky
Ground forces move into Mekong posts at My Tho base
More than 1,000 American combat troops permanent in the Mekong delta moved into My Tho, 45 miles southwest of Saigon, forming the headquarters detachment of the 9th Infantry Division's third brigade. Additional units and engineers had already moved in to complete the base.
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Saigon
UPI
Mekong Delta
My Tho
Mekong
U.S
Army
9Th Infantry
U.S. Navy
President Johnson travel plans in doubt this spring
President Johnson may skip Europe or Latin America trips planned for this spring. He had hoped to strengthen overseas popularity after a Far East success, but foreign events and a West Germany leadership change have interrupted the proposed journeys. A separate crash near New Castle on Pa 65 injured four, with Paul R. Smith Jr. in poor shape and Walter Feerst and family in fair condition.
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New Castle
Walter C. Feerst
Hickory Way
Ellwood City
St. Francis Hospital
Paul R. Smith Jr
Harmony-Baptist Rd
Washington
UPI
Johnson
Europe
Latin America
Far East
Old World
West Germany
Ludwig Erhard
Harmony - Baptist Rd
Feerst
Midwest storm toll rises in three states with twisters
Savage storms in the Midwest killed at least seven people and injured hundreds across three states. Tornadoes struck St Louis County and Illinois, Orrick, Iowa and Fort Madison, Iowa as winds toppled buildings and cut power. Officials report multiple fatalities including children while temperatures swung from springlike 60s to 40s.
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Midwest
Texas
St. Louis
Lawrence Roos
Lambert-St. Louis
Mississippi River
Illinois
Northwest Missouri
Orrick
Gene Barber
Byron Swyter
Fort Madison
Iowa
Roger Johnson
Chicago
Death Notices Helen Louise Young to Kathleen Tomon
Death records list several individuals including Helen Louise Young 48 of New Brighton M Clifford Dick 83 Hyattsville Md Martha C McGoun 508 Centennial St Joseph Gallagher 86 624 Taylor St Leopoldo Paul Fusco 78 701 Wilmington Ave and Kathleen Tomon 11 days of Wampum RD 1.
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Helen Louise Young
New Brighton
M. Clifford Dick
Hyattsville
Martha C. McGoun
Centennial St
Co warned to stay out of Saigon in corruption case
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Huu Co, also defense minister, was told by Prime Minister Ky not to return to Vietnam as he faces a potential military trial on corruption charges. Co was traveling in Taiwan when the telegram arrived. Observers caution over possible wider impact on the country.
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South
North Vietnam
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Charles R. Jonas
N.C
GOP
House Appropriations Committee
House
Gerald R. Ford
Senate Gop
Everett M. Dirksen
Iil
Jonson
Congress Eyes $5 Billion Cut in Johnson Budget
The 90th Congress begins analyzing President Johnson’s 172.4 billion budget with aims to trim about 5 billion. Leaders from both parties urge deep reductions despite Johnson warnings, while debates focus on the cash budget and potential tax and deficit implications.
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Congress
Milton R. Benjamin Washington
UPI
90Th Congress
Johnson
Senate
Russell B. Long
Long
Senate Finance Committee
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
House Appropriations Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
Dn.m
Senate Space Committee
Senate Democratic
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United States
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