Staley Survives Ouster Bid At NFC Convention
Oren Lee Staley, 49, from Rea Missouri, won reelection as president of the National Farmers Organization, defeating dissident Bill Struckmeyer of Arbuckle California by about 2,624 to 1,872. The NFC convention faced internal disputes and debated expulsion of six directors, while Staley announced plans for a $10 million member loan drive and a grain program that would permit 20 percent of member grain to be negotiated to urge higher processor bids.
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NFO
DeVon Woodland
National Board
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Amarillo
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Seeping Gas Seen As Cause Of Fatal Blast
Officials in Weirton West Virginia state a seeping gas likely caused a deadly explosion at a steel plant on Brown Island in the Ohio River. Nineteen men died and more than twenty were injured as fire followed the blast at the coke plant being built for Weirton Steel, a National Steel division. The death toll dropped from twenty one after two workers were found alive at home.
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Weirton Steel
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Byrom
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Missing heroin from New York police vault linked to French Connection case
New York police report 80 of 97 pounds of pure heroin seized in the 1962 French Connection case are missing from the department’s evidence vault. The loss, valued at $16 million, could supply about 7,000 addicts for 100 days. Police say the narcotics were stored after seizures in the Bronx and Brooklyn 10 years ago.
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Patrick V. Murphy
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Brooklyn
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Nunziatta
Zumwalt Policies Are Criticized
Washington AP report: House Armed Services subcommittee chair Floyd Hicks says he may disagree with Adm. Zumwalt on equal opportunity and modernization steps but the panel is not trying to hang him. He notes the Navy has work ongoing on recommendations while probing racial incidents aboard the carriers Constellation and Kitty Hawk.
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Floyd V. Hicks
Dwash
Hicks
San Diego
Miller elected UMW president amid reform drive and fraud probe
Arnold Miller, a 49 year old former miner, won the United Mine Workers presidency with 70,373 votes to 56,334. The result awaits certification by the Labor Department and court approval after a fraud inquiry that followed the Yablonski murder in 1969. Miller vows reforms including salary cuts, higher pensions, staff dismissals, and HQ relocation to coal regions.
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Labor Department
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United Mine Workers
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Tony” Boyle
U.S. District Court
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Bryant
Boyle
Reform
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Jock” Yablonski
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Harry Patrick
Trbovich
Leonard Pankovich
Patrick
Wilbert Killion
American Industrial Labor Movement
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Yablonski
Ment
United Nations creates global environmental body and fund
The United Nations established a year round Environmental Secretariat and a Governing Council for Environmental Programs with a dedicated fund to support projects. Maurice Strong will visit Nairobi to establish the regional secretariat. The 1973 budget is $2 million with a global pledges total of $38 million. the U.S. plans $40 million over five years if others contribute $60 million. Japan leads contributions at $10 million.
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Environmental Coordinating Board
United Nations
Assembly
Fund For Global Environmental and
United States
U.N
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