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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1972
Page
9
Bobby Fischer pressed toward the world chess championship in Reykjavik after a 17th game draw and a rule violation by Boris Spassky. Fischer, moving first in the 18th game, held a 10-7 lead and needed 242 points to win while Spassky needed five to force victory.
The United Mine Workers face intensified oversight as a December election is ordered after Judge Bryant voided the 1969 vote. Tony Boyle appeals a five year sentence while Leonard Pankovich rises as a leading challenger amid alleged collusion among government and industry interests.
Four United Mine Workers officials face federal charges for allegedly encouraging false testimony before a grand jury in the murder case of Joseph A. Yablonski. The four are Albert Pass, William Prater, Chester Philpot, and Ernest Stults. Pass and Prater are held in a Pittsburgh jail on related charges. eight people now linked to the slayings. Equatorial earth diameter noted as 7,927 miles and 7,900 miles pole-to-pole.
An old advertisement promotes Keratolytic T-4L for athlete's foot. It claims rapid drying and skin sloughing to expose infection to the product's action. The copy mentions stores Murphysboro and Herrin with 59 cent price and a money back offer.
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