Boyle denies blocking poll observers in UMW election
United Mine Workers president Tony Boyle disputes government charges he blocked fair balloting in the 1969 UMW elections that gave the leadership a new five year term. Howard Channel was to testify on day three of the civil suit before U.S. District Court Judge Bryant.
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Washington
W.A
Tony’’ Boyle
United Mine Workers
Joseph A. Yablonski
UMW
Boyle
Howard Channel
John Owens
U.S. District Court
William B. Bryant
Space Needle In Seattle Draws Global Visitors
Seattle's Space Needle, a 607 foot symbol of the World's Fair, has become a copied icon from San Antonio to Calgary. Manager George Johnson says the copies prove its success as millions visit, including dignitaries like the Shah of Iran and Prince Philip.
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Seattle
Wash
San Antonio
Calgary
George Johnson
Iran
Prince Philip
Britain
Newark Evening News Sells Sunday Asset to Star Ledger for 20 Million
The strikebound Evening News of Newark will sell its Sunday edition plant and all physical assets except certain press units to Star Ledger Co for 20 million dollars. The Daily News will continue publication. Star-Ledger will print the Evening News at its plant after union agreements are reached.
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Newark, NJ
Evening News
Newark
Star Ledger Co
Daily News
Morning Star-Ledger
Star-Ledger
News
College grads for draft could widen pool to 500000
Selective Service officials say about 500000 young men whose deferments expired last June could be drafted if needed. They estimate enough graduates could sustain a three year draft using about 1.5 million men still in college.
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Washington
Armed Services
Selective Service
Gordon Allott
R-Cole
Fire at Lil Haven Nursing Home Kills Six in City
An AP report from Salt Lake City says a blaze on the second floor of the 22 story Lil Haven nursing home killed six occupants and injured 11. Police say 18 people were in the building. 12 survived and all but one were hospitalized with unknown conditions.
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Salt Lake City
Lil Haven
Terrorists Kill Soldiers in Northern Ireland Conflict
Report says terrorists shot and killed two British soldiers and seriously wounded five others in Northern Ireland during the night. Bombings and shooting at army patrols were reported in Belfast Londonderry and Dungannon with a civilian shot while aiming at a post. Troops recovered the body dragged away by sympathizers from Creggan and Bogside districts.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Londonderry
Dungannon
Creggan
Bogside
Columbia finds marijuana users less likely to start smoking
Columbia University School of Public Health reports a national survey of 1 701 youths aged 12 to 17 shows marijuana users smoke cigarettes at lower rates. Among those who used marijuana ten times or less 83 percent smoke, while 64 percent smoke after using marijuana sixty times or more.
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Newark
J.N
Columbia University
University
School of Public Health
Wallace seeks veto power over school bus funding
Gov. George C. Wallace announces moves to grant the Alabama legislature veto authority over state funds for public school busing and supports a law to declare busing illegal. He says Health Secretary Richardson disobeyed Nixon on busing and asks for Richardson’s removal.
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Montgomery
Ala
George C. Wallace
Wallace
Puerto Rico
Nixon
Mississippi school sues to block state desegregation funding
Jackson public school system files suit in District Court seeking an injunction to stop state officials from withholding funds for busing to achieve racial balance. The suit names Auditor Hamp King and Tax Commission members and challenges a Saturday directive from Gov. John Bell Williams.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Hamp King
State Tax Commission
John Bell Williams
Jackson
Hostages at Attica Died From Gunshot Wounds
The state Corrections Commission confirmed that eight hostages killed during the Attica uprising died of gunshot wounds. A Monroe County medical examiner said none had throat slashes, contradicting earlier reports. The rebellion began last Thursday, with 41 total deaths including 10 staff and 31 inmates.
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Associated Press
Attica
N. Y
Russell G. Oswald
Attica State Prison
Hollis Chase
Oswald
John F. Edland
Monroe County
Edland
Politicians clash as GOP backs Nixon plan at governors meet
At the 63rd National Governors Conference in San Juan Puerto Rico Republican governors endorse Nixon's economic policy and clash with Democrats over a proposed anti inflation measure. Senator Edmund Muskie's keynote dinner speech sparks accusation of partisanship as Arch Moore prepares to take over as conference chair with aim to expand GOP influence.
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San Juan
P. R
Nixon
John A. Love
Colorado
Love
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Muskie
New York
Attica
America
Missouri
Warren E. Hearnes
Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia
GOP
Moore
Daniel J. Evans
Washington
Senators urge Nixon scrap school lunch rules
Forty four senators urge President Nixon to reject proposed school lunch regulations they say will cost states millions and force many schools to drop from the program. They cite losses in Missouri California Massachusetts Ohio Georgia West Virginia Florida and warn eligible children will go without lunches.
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Washington
Nixon
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Senate Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Agriculture Department
Missouri
California
Massachusetts
Ohio
Georgia
Florida
Congress
Philip Hart
D-Mich
George McGovern
Ds.d
Marlow Cook
R-Ky
Senate
Brezhnev to talk with Tito in Belgrade
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan reports Brezhnev will meet Yugoslav President Tito in Belgrade. The talks may press Yugoslav Communists to accept the Brezhnev doctrine limiting sovereignty and resist Soviet domination. The piece notes Khrushchev’s past reconciliation with Tito and Moscow’s concern over China’s influence in Europe.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
Belgrade
Tito
Brezhnev
Moscow
Europe
Japan
Kremlin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Stalin
League of Communists
Crucial Draft Vote Expected On Thursday
The vote on extending the draft looms as Pentagon chiefs press senators to avoid a manpower crisis. Sen. Stennis and Sen. Smith caution about filibuster threats from antiwar allies and pay dispute allies. If tabled, passage chances drop, officials warn not to renew the draft.
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Washington
Pentagon
Armed Services Committee
John Stennis
Mississippi
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Army
Navy
Air Force
Senate
House
U.S
Vietnam
Nixon
Capitol
Sen
Stennis
Smith
Melvin R. Laird
Allott
Hickel foresees possible third party for president
Former Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel, angered by Nixon, says a third party coalition of independents and dissatisfied voters could capture the presidency. In his book Who Owns America he argues the public seeks new leadership and an alternative candidate every four years.
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Washington
Walter J. Hickel
Nixon
Alaska
Republican National
Hickel
People’s Party
Dollar devalue pressure grows at Group of Ten talks
London reports rising pressure on the dollar as 10 major powers meet to discuss monetary policy and the possible end of the 10 percent import surcharge. Treasury Secretary Connally represents the United States amid calls for devaluation and currency realignment.
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London
United States
America
Nixon
South Viets uncover North Vietnamese supply base near Khe Sanh
South Vietnamese troops report discovering a major North Vietnamese supply base near Khe Sanh containing more than 400000 rounds of ammunition, large quantities of wire fuel and five tons of rice in a 20Structure complex.
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Saigon
Khe Sanh
le Trung Hien
Black Panther
Hien
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