Silence as mine sealed after fatal Blacksville blast
In Blacksville West Virginia nine miners trapped since Saturday are sealed after methane gas and a series of small blasts halted rescue efforts. Consolidation Coal Co confirmed lethal atmosphere and three slabs of steel and concrete sealed the main air and production shafts to prevent further explosions.
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Blacksville
W. Va
Blacksville No. 1
Consolidation Coal Co
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Consolidation
John Corcoran
Harry Myers
Consolidation Coal Company
Nixon questions federal land ownership in West
President Nixon told reporters it is ridiculous for the federal government to own more than half the land in some Western states. Officials later clarified he was not addressing public domain land and no disposal plans were discussed.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
West
Oval Office
Federal Property Review Board
United States
Rocky Mountain
Donald Rumsfeld
Property Review Board
Rumsfeld
Citadel Falls Inch by Inch in Quang Tri Battle
About 400 South Vietnamese paratroopers pressed into the Quang Tri Citadel amid heavy North Vietnamese fire as Saigon claimed the city’s recapture. Officials cautioned not all citadel sections were secured, with fighting continuing in the ruined fortress after the first entry at 10:20 a.m. The citadel, last Hanoi stronghold in the province, had seen major combat since the city fell May 1.
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Quang Tri, Vietnam
Quang Tri
Saigon
Do Dang Bo
U.S
Hanoi
South Vietnam
My Chanh
Quang Tri City
Senate Move To Stop War Block Aid Bill
The Senate defeated a large military foreign aid bill 48 to 42 after voting to cut off funds for U S combat operations in Vietnam Laos and Cambodia in four months if Hanoi released American prisoners. The vote leaves House action and further Senate moves possible on a revised aid measure.
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Washington
U.S
Indochina
Senate
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
House
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Mike Mansfield
Sen
Marlow Cook
Hugh Scott
Thailand
Hanoi
Mansfield
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
Cooper
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
Brooke
Defense Department
Court Limits Pickets At Ottawa Plastics Plant
A temporary court order limits pickets to two at Plattner plastics plant in Ottawa and bars threats or mass demonstrations. Judge Floyd Coffman will hear a further injunction Friday. The dispute stems from union organizing since last fall, with production continuing on three shifts despite past strikes and replacements. Local police report vandalism and gun threats amid ongoing bargaining over wages.
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Teamsters Local
Plattner
Floyd Coffman
Coffman
Ottawa
Teamsters
John F. Cannon
Wallace supporters back Nixon as a second choice
A Louis Harris poll found Wallace supporters favor Nixon as a second choice by 57 percent to 25 percent for McGovern. The North split 55 to 25 and the South 61 to 25. The Republican campaign issues poll showed crime top concern, with busing viewed as less important by most.
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Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
United States
George S. McGovern
Hanoi
Louis Harris
George Wallace
Nixon
McGovern
Republican Party
Custer
North Vietnam
Agnew
Fairbanks
Alaska
Gov. Wallace
Wallace
Miami Beach
Eagleton To Be Buffer To Agnew Strategy Session Plans
McGovern aides outline a contrast driven Eagleton campaign designed as dignified constructive and nonabusive. Eagleton arriving at Sylvan Lake retreat will confer with McGovern and then head to California and Hawaii on an early campaign swing as strategy sessions continue before Mitchell and Aberdeen appearances en route to Washington.
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McGovern
California
Hawaii
Eagleton
Washington
Mitchell
Aberdeen
Special Commission Meeting in Ottawa on bids and zoning
The Ottawa City Commission will meet at 3 p.m. Wednesday to decide on last week’s bids for paving three blocks of reinforced concrete on Grant from Hickory to Oak and N. Sycamore from Wilson to Grant with costs estimated at 36 251 dollars. It will also rule on Planning Commission recommendations including zoning changes for Durbin’s Commercial Park, land at 15th and Main, and a hair styling salon at 804 S Main, plus a rent subsidy housing project proposal near 15th and the Laury addition.
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Ottawa City Commission
Planning Commission
Ottawa
Grant
Hickory
Oak
N. Sycamore
Wilson
May
Ransom and Sheetz Contractors
Topeka
Penny Company
Lawrence
Marvin L. Durbin
Durbin
E. E. Haley
Arthur Jones
15Th and Main
Eldon Crenshaw
S. Main
Lawrence Company
15Th
Laury Addition
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J. W. Fulbright
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
Black Hills
Dick Scott
G. A. Diamond Jr
Diamond
Special Commission
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