Black Lung Benefits Bill Shifts Costs to Taxpayers and Industry
Congress passed a 4.2 billion for 1970s black lung subsidies, expanding payments to coal miners and widows. The measure shifts lifetime benefits to the federal treasury, freeing coal operators from most costs, with Nixon signing amid bipartisan and political pressure.
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Kennecott Copper
American Metal Climax
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Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Robert Byrd
West Virginia
Sen. Scott
John Mitchell
Sen. Byrd
Camp David
White House
Democrats at Miami Beach seek McGovern nomination edge
The piece analyzes a Democratic convention split as McGovern leads among pledged delegates but faces a large need for 150 to 200 more to secure the nomination. It contrasts McGovern supporters with party regulars and notes Musk ie and Humphrey potential bids. The piece highlights emotion-driven campaigning and a risk of voter disillusionment.
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Miami Beach
U. S
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George McGovern
Sen. McGovern
Richard M. Nixon
McGovern
South Dakota
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Hubert Humphrey
Indochina
Nixon holds third news conference of year
President Nixon used a late conference to signal domestic campaign focus while avoiding concrete policy pledges on meat prices busing higher education costs and taxes He backed off on defense spending and defended keeping hidden $10 million in campaign contributions while addressing a conservative base and courting the middle ground.
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U.S
Indochina
Nixon
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McGovern
U. S
Alabama
George Wallace
Vietnam
Humphrey
Muskie
Wallace
Congress
Sec
Melvin Laird
North Vietnam
Formance
Prison reform discussion from a corrections supervisor
Robert A. Buchanan, a supervisor at the Southern Illinois Work Release Center in Carbondale, contests a reader’s view on prison reform. He argues reform is positive, notes many inmates’ backgrounds, and urges continued treatment oriented planning and facilities improvements. He invites a reply from Mr. Butts.
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Robert Butts
Anna
Butts
Illinois Department of Corrections
Mr. Butts
Department of Corrections
Robert A. Buchanan
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Prison payoffs under fire in Vienna reform plan
Editor letters question prison schooling in Vienna where inmates earn 20 dollars weekly for classes and may miss a day a week with pay. Critics say the policy rewards crime, creates large post release savings, and asks how more prison funding is justified before proof of benefit.
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Vienna
Old guard Democrats fight for lives in july convention
National Democratic scene shifts as 14 percent of Miami Beach delegates may be veterans. 68 challenges filed in 27 states, 1,082 of 2,512 delegate votes challenged. McGovern reforms reshape delegate selection. gender and minority gains noted. Chicago Daley faces challenge to 59 delegates amid seating disputes.
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Washington
Patricia Roberts Harris
Chicago
Mississippi
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Democratic Party
George McGovern
S. D
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Richard J. Daley
Illinois
Daley
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Hubert Humphrey
Henry Jackson
U. S
Shirley Chisholm
Alabama
George Wallace
California
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