Du Quoin Fair opens with C W headliners thrill crowd
Country and western stars Jerry Reed Lynn Anderson and Freddy Hart headlined the opening night at the Du Quoin Fair drawing about 7 600 fans. Reed opened with a big smile, said he was backstage fixing his hair like Glen Campbell, and sang Amos Moses and When You're Hot You're Hot. Anderson performed Rose Garden and has been on the Lawrence Welk Show, while Hart played Easy Loving and previewed a new song If You Can't Feel It It Ain't Bad.
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DeMaris Berry
Lynn Anderson
Jerry Reed
Freddy Hart
Reed
Glen Campbell
Amos
Moses
Rose Garden
Lawrence Welk
Hart
Du Quoin Fair Opens With Local Features
Wanda Barras reports on the fair opening with Osmon ds and Adair reviewing the show on page 3. Related fair pictures appear on pages 3 and 6, while a story on SA covers additional fair details. Cattle rustling noted, Bonita Troutt explains on page 7.
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Osmonds
du Quoin Fair
Charles Adairs
Two Miners Found Dead At Hecla Copper Mine
Two miners, David Deeder of Casa Grande and Jerry Udall of Fort Collins, were found dead Saturday after being trapped 1,200 feet underground at Hecla Mine Co. near Lakeshore, Arizona. Rescue efforts had drilled a communications shaft but received no response. The Aug cave‑in and ongoing smoke delayed early rescues, with the men reported to have been without food since Aug. 17.
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Casa Grande
Ariz
Hecla Mine Co
Theimen
Herta
Lakeshore
Arizona
David Deeder
Jerry Udall
Fort Collins
Colo
Skylab battery trouble ahead for long space flight
Skylab officials warn batteries aboard the space station may degrade faster than expected, reducing capacity from 20 to about 12 amp hours per cell. While immediate crew safety is not at risk, power conservation may limit science work and a supplemental system could be studied for Skylab 3. Astronauts on Skylab 2 continue long duration work including celestial photography as mission length tops 59 days.
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Windler
Windser
Bean
Garriott
Lousma
Space
Arabella
Nixon defends wiretaps. Rogers criticizes White House actions
Secretary of State William P. Rogers condemned the Nixon administration wiretap program as unauthorized, saying he was never informed and would not have approved it. The Times reported that three State Department officials and several others were targeted, with State asking for clarification as it claimed no knowledge of the list.
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Bernard Gwertzman
New York Times
Washington
William P. Rogers
White House
Nixon
Paul J. Hare
State Department
Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Ding
Richard L. Sneider
Lo Kissinger
National Security Council
Hare
Jury action soon in Gainesville case nears end
In Gainesville the government nears completion of its case against eight Vietnam Veterans Against the War members charged with plotting violence at the 1972 Miami Beach GOP gathering. Key testimony comes from informers and officer Harrison Crenshaw who described talks of firearms and explosives. Defense argues plans were defensive and weapons not substantiated.
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Gainesville, Fla
Gainesville
Chicago
Nto
Sgd
Harrison Crenshaw
Dade County Public Safety Department
Harrison
Crenshaw
Foss
Perdue
Camil
NOW Holds Feminist Fair and Equality Day Events
The National Organization for Women staged two women’s fairs and a feminist festival at President’s Park Washington DC as part of the suffrage anniversary weekend. NOW named today Equality Day to spotlight the proposed Equal Rights Amendment and related concerns. In Atlanta Georgia NOW members met at Central Presbyterian Church for an ERA-focused gathering, while a mayoral candidate forum was planned by the local NOW chapter. In New York about 15 men protested sexism in children’s books outside a Fifth Avenue store with signs about paternity and male roles.
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Associated Press
National Organization ‘For Women
President's Park
Washington
D.C
Frage
Equality Day
Central Presbyterian’ Church
Atlanta
NOW
New York
Fifth Avenue
Federal agents tied to coverup in Southern Illinois raids
A federal grand jury indicted 12 drug investigators for breaking into six homes during raids in April across Edwardsville East St Louis and Collinsville. The report alleges the agents sought to hide IB I involvement and urged IB I agents to alter statements. John Meiners of Edwardsville was held 77 hours after a raid on April 20.
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Alton
Illinois
Winess Bureau of Investigation
IBS
IBT
East St. Louis
Edwardsville
Collinsville
IBI
St. Louis
East St Louis
John Meiners
Meiners
Gunman, hostages held in Stockholm bank vault third day
Stockholm police tightens siege as gunman and accomplice, with four hostages inside a 19 by 40 foot vault, refuse to surrender. Authorities plan to isolate the group to force a peaceful end while food and sanitation supplies are delivered. Clark Olofsson joined the gunman at the bank after being released from custody.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Ater
U “Qt
Kurt Lindroth
Kreditbanken
Clark Olofsson
Gaudet denies shooting at arresting officers in New Mexico
Edwin M. Gaudet, 23, says he never fired on authorities during a mountain manhunt in northern New Mexico. He blames a false federal threat charge dropped after a key witness failed to identify him. He remains jailed in Albuquerque on state assault counts, while defense seeks dismissal.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Edwin M. Gaudet
Nixon
New Orleans
Bernalilla
Gaudet
Lillian Cohen
New Mexico
Secret Service
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Butch Nevious
Anna State
Wanda Barras
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Hambletonian
Arnie
Johnny Simpson, Jr
Cardinals
Reds
Ann Landers
Living We Finance
Milt “Windler
Skylab
Anita
Earth
Secretary of State
William Lemmer
Lemmer
Feminist Fair
Venice
St. Marks Square
Italy
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