Strikers end 10 day coal strike and returns begin
The 10 day coal miners strike ends and UMWA District 12 president Kenneth Wells reports miners are returning to work. Agreement with ABC sets 9.54 percent wage rise for mine construction workers and a 24 hour day. retroactive pay from Jan 16 to be paid soon. The wage board's 9.54 percent limit will be challenged via legal channels.
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UMWA
Linda Hughes
Illnoisan
Kenneth ‘Wells
United Mine Workers of America
District 12
Dante
Coal Mine Construction
Washington
D.C
Wells
Association of Bituminous Contractors
ABC
KE. J. McGuire
UMW
McGuire
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Waltonville
Vier
Perry, Randolph and
Williamson
Cousties
Orient No. 8
Old Ben
Chess guards miked Reykjavik as Fischer faces Spassky
In Reykjavik Teeland AP reports officials posted a 24 hour guard at the hall where American Bobby Fischer challenges Boris Spassky for the world chess title. Efim Geller demanded hall inspection amid claims of hidden gadgets to disturb Spassky. Fischer’s team mocked the Soviet claim as Spassky pressed an aggressive game.
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Reykjavik
Teeland
Bobby Fischer
Boris Spassky
Soviet Union
Fischer
Efim Geller
Spassky
Geller
Lothar Schmid
Nidhes
Leaders Skip Vietnam Peace Talks Amid Travel Ills
Paris AP reports US Ambassador William J. Porter will miss the 156th session to take a brief European holiday. Hanoi chief delegate Xuan Thuy is tired and resting per doctors orders after a visit near Grenoble. Mrs Nguyen Thi Binh of the Viet Cong will attend in replacement.
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Paris
United States
North Vietnam
William J. Porter
Europe
Xuan ‘Thuy
Hanoi
Thuy
Grenoble
Viet Cong
Eee
Nguyen ‘Thi Binh
Mt Vernon Hospital Plan Signal News in Mt Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital plans a new 300 bed facility in Mt Vernon as part of a regional push. Jefferson administer Eugene Powell says the district applied for public health forms though officials declined to comment. The Mt Vernon project aligns with a proposed 500 bed medical center by Dr Raymond Alexander that has not yet broken ground after approval last December.
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Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mt. Vernon
State Dept. ‘of Public Health
Area
Jefferson
Eugene Powell
Diefferson
Powell
T ‘E
Raymond ‘Alexander
Mt. Ver‘yon
Ite
Nixon nomination facing protest thinning at convention
Police cleared more than 200 demonstrators near Convention Hall as about 4,500 protesters were rounded up Tuesday. Vietnam Veterans Against the War with roughly 1,000 members planned a final march before the GOP session, while six YVAW members faced arraignment on charges of plotting violence in Gainesville, Florida. The Zippies and other groups noted heavy police presence discouraged further action.
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Flamingo Park
Gainesville
Fla
YVAW
Ed Drobinaire
Miami Conventions Coalition
Richard Nixon
Convention Hall
Edmondson wins Demo primary in Oklahoma Senate race
In Oklahoma the Democratic Ed Edmondson defeats 10 challengers for the party nomination while former Gov. Dewey Bartlett wins the Republican nod over C. W. Wood. Both advance to face off in November to fill the seat vacated by Fred R. Harris. Incumbent Oklahoma Democrats Carl Albert Tom Steed and John Jarman win renomination.
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Associated Press
Qklahoma
Ed Edmondson
Dewey Bartlett
U.S. Senate
Wyoming
Alaska
Edmondson
Bartlett
C. W. Wood
Oklahoma City
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Statehood
House
Carl Albert
Tom Steed
John Jarman
Mansfield man charged in Benton car theft shoots self
AP reports William C. Webb 4 of Mansfield was being taken into custody for a stolen car case when he shot himself in the stomach with a revolver. Police say he wounded himself after being ordered from the vehicle. Attendants at Burnham Hospital in Champaign said his condition is serious.
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Mansfield
William C. Webb
Benton
Burnham Hospital
Champaign
Webb
McGovern Says Plan Adequate For Defense
McGovern told American Legion members that even with $22 billion in defense cuts the budget would provide enough fire power to deter or repel threats. He pledged no hostile power would threaten the U.S. if he is president and aimed to sustain sufficient strength to counter attacks or blackmail. He plans to meet Chicago Mayor Daley amid Illinois campaign importance after reaching out to Lyndon Johnson. Shriver said Nixon would win Louisiana if held today while courting Gov. Edwards amid mixed Democratic support. A federal judge blocked Illinois Racing Board from enforcing a five-year ban on jockey Lane Suire of Erath for alleged use of an electric whip.
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Chicago
George McGovern
American Legion Today
Legionnaires
McGovern
Russia
China
South Dakota
Legion
Nixon
Richard J. Daley
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Shriver
Luisiana
Sen
Edwin Edwards
U.S
State Racing Board Chicago
Diinois Racing Board
Jockey Lane
Suire
Erath
Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers This Week
Tonight mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely. Low 68 to 71. Thursday variable clouds with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. High in the lower 80s. Rain possible tonight and Thursday. Cooler Friday with partly cloudy skies. Saturday and Sunday partly cloudy and warmer, highs 75 to the 80s. Lows in the upper 60s to 70s. Weather details, map page 29.
Light turnout at Nixon Vietnam veteran breakfast in Miami Beach
Fewer than 50 Vietnam veterans attended a Nixon breakfast at Fontainebleau Hotel where Frank Borman urged effort in the campaign. Organizer Michael Carr cited lack of three days pay as a reason for the small turnout while noting 260 veterans joined a Tuesday night youth rally for Nixon. A separate note says about 4,000 are expected at Lindbergh Field to greet Nixon's re election kickoff with James Stewart Glenn Ford and Ronald Reagan listed among sponsors.
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Nixon
Frank Borman
National
Veterans For Nixon
Michael Carr
Viet Veterans For Nixon
Fontainebleau
Carr
San Diego
Calif
Lindbergh Field
James Stewart
Glenn Ford
Ronald Reagan
Nixon Nomination Silent On Agnew Renomination
Nixon, acclaimed by Republicans in Miami as their nominee for a record third time, moves toward naming Spiro T. Agnew again as running mate. The convention ends with unity aside from a minor intra party clash over delegate allocation. Protests outside the hall clash with a staged show of Republican support as Nixon prepares to accept the nomination and head to San Clemente.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Richard Nixon
United Car
Spiro T. Agnew
Agnew
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Nixon
Miami International Airport
Verve
Miami Marine Stadium
Biscayne Bay
Convention Hall
Paul N. McCloskey
California
Manuel Lajan
New Mexico
McCloskey
McGovern
S Om
James L. Buckley
New York
Wes
Gerald R. Ford
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Ngarage
Buckley
Welter J. Jickel
Milwaukee
Henry Maier
Anne Armstrong
Texas
Coch
Missouri
San Clemente
Calif
Executive Brandon named executive director of Illinois Authority
Brandon Lee Roy 40 of Herrin has been named executive director of the Illinois Industrial Development Authority and will begin Sept 17 in Marion. He leaves Herrin Chamber of Commerce after five years of service and will lead a state agency issuing low interest loans for new and expanding businesses.
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Lee Roy Brandon
Hertin
Ilinois Industrial Development Authority
Ray C. Dickerson
Department of Business and Economic Development
Helinois Industrial Development Authority
Brandon
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Tion
Chamber
Brendon
Marion
Dlinois Industrial, Development Authority
Jeanette Cavalli
S. 6Th St
Rich
Yvonne
Leanne
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Inland Steel Co
Lesser
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Roger Scholes
Inland Steel
Freeman
Coal
Federal District’ Court
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Orient 3
Scholes
Mt. Vernon Hospital
Sammy Davis Jr
President Nixon
Baton Rouge
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Miami Beach, Fla
Gop
Name Agnew
Southern Ilinois University
Air Force
Herrin United Fund
Unit Four
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