Four Miners Die in Virginia Coal Mine Blast
An explosion at P and P Coal Co. in St. Charles Virginia killed four miners. Methane gas readings and possible safety violations are under investigation as rescuers retrieved victims and fourteen coworkers escaped unharmed. Identified victims were Bill Perkins Harold Johnson Harold Wells and Danny Tester.
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ST. Charles
Virginia
Frank Mann
Virginia District
Federal Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Mann
P&p. Coal Co
Janie Perkins
Jonesville
Bill
Harold Johnson
Harold Wells
Danny Tester
Woodway
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Clyde Poe
Coal Company
Miller
Ray Compton
MESA
Compton
Poe
Four children killed by freight train in Huntington Park incident
Larry Van Daele’s 15 car freight approached the yard as four youngsters stepped from tie to tie. The engineer sounded the whistle and applied emergency brakes but three were killed and one critically injured. Amanda Lack, Jason Lack, Julie Kline, Holly Kline were involved.
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Huntington Park
Calif
Larry van Daele
Los Angeles Harbor
Union Pacific
Maurice Dieu
Dieu
John Forbes
van Daelen
Forbes
Amanda Lack
Jason
Julie Kline
Julie
Holly
St. Francis Hospital
Alternative State and Local Public Policies meet in Denver
About 400 self styled alternative politicians gather in Denver to share ideas on improving government. The National Conference of Alternative State and Local Public Policies includes mayors, legislators and officials connected to civil rights and antiwar movements, with leaders like Sam Brown and Paul Soglin among the founders.
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Denver
Pogo
Okefenokee
Regis Groff
Colorado Senate
National Conference of
Alternative
Nuts and Bolts
Colorado
Sam Brown
Madison
Wis
Paul Soglin
Austin
Tex
Jeff Friedman
Berkeley
Calif
Loni Hancock
Connecticut
Puzzle of a tricky bridge deal ends with ate or bust
In a Las Vegas bridge deal Roger Bates counted and misled opponents to snare the game. North used Flannery to open four spades five hearts, Bates finally jumped to game as East defended and West began with the diamond king.
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Roger Bates
Las Vegas
North
East
South
Bates
West
Declarer
Dummy
Bridge hand analysis with defensive choices and trump ruffing
North South vulnerable with West dealer. Opening lead king of diamonds. Declarer plays heart seven, planning to ride if West does not cover. If West bails low, heart seven wins, club king is cashed, a low club is ruffed with dummy's heart six. Dummy's last spade would be ruffed by declarer's trump ace and dummy's high trumps.
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Declarer
Heart
West
Dummy
Hearts
Corner Aces Spades Lead In Bridge Hand Commentary
The article analyzes a bridge deal featuring IRA G Corner as team captain. It details play where West covers hearts, clubs are led, and dummy's spades are trumped. With South's lead, dummy holds K Q 6 of hearts and secures the last tricks. The bidding suggests Two Spades and cautions against overbidding to Three Spades.
MCCCD election day clash blocked by Phoenix officials
The Maricopa County Community College District asked to pair its governing board election with the city primary on Nov 1 but Phoenix officials refused citing the city charter. The Nov 8 board vote for Precinct 5 Southwest Phoenix faces no blend with the mayoral primaries and would cost about 180000 if charter changes were pursued.
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Phoenix
Maricopa County Community College
Jeremy Butler
College Board
Barbara Hitchcock
C.A. Howlett
Navajo Housing Probe Tied to California Investment Exec Bribes
A Gallup man testifies in a federal case that a Beverly Hills official paid over fifty thousand dollars in kickbacks to Navajo official Pat Chee Miller as part of a 13.2 million misinvestment scheme by American Funding Corp. Key figures include A Gordon Eldred, Leslie J Hadden, and Miller, with Miller pleading guilty and awaiting sentencing.
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Phoenix
Gallup, N.M
California
Leslie J. Hadden
Window Rock Constructors, Inc
A. Gordon Eldred
Beverly Hills
Calif
Eldred
American Funding Corp
Navajo Housing Authority
NHA
Hadden
Pat Chee Miller
Gallup
Miller
Navajo Tribe
Shiprock Investment Corp
Shiprock
Andrus urges Navajo coal lease changes with El Paso
Interior Secretary Cecil Andrus asked Navajo tribal officials and El Paso Natural Gas Co to revise a coal lease terms on royalties. The tribe would get 50 cents per ton or 8 percent of mine price, whichever is greater, but a 12.5 percent federal minimum is proposed.
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Window Rock
Cecil Andrus
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Andrus
Peter MacDonald
Interior
Eight Doctors Start Family Practice Residency at Scottsdale Memorial
Eight new doctors join the Family Practice Residency Program at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital in July. Directed by Dr. Jack Cook, the program began in 1974 with its first graduates in June. First year residents include Calvin Van der Wal Judith Heath Donald Larsen Steven Tippin Mark Heisler and Theodore Rudberg. Second year residents are Ruth Eckert and Robert Hamilton.
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Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
Jack Cook
Calvin H. van der Wal
Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara School of Medicine
Judith Wooding Heath
University
Indiana University
Robert Hamilton
University of North Dakota Medical School
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King of Diamonds
Ira G. Corner
MCCCD
Andrew Carpenter
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Charles Carpenter
Andrew
Tribal
Burnham, N.M
George Vlassis
Tribe
el Paso
Interior Department
Vlassis
Collector's Corner
Collectibles Antiques
Scottsdale
Scottsdale Progress
A-Pluber
Ann
Jim Hixenbaugh
Electrical
Jack Foster
Water Healers
E. Indian School
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