Miners Trial Opens in Erie County Courthouse
In Erie Pennsylvania under tight security the trial of William J. Prater former United Mine Workers field representative opens. The case follows the 1969 murder of Joseph A Yablonski and his family in Washington County with potential witness W A Boyle addressed by defense for fairness. Judge Edward Carney presides a two week proceeding.
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New York Times
Erie
Joseph A. Yablonski
United Mine Workers
W. A. Boyle
Pennsylvania
Washington County
Yablonski
William J. Prater
Coal Union
Tennessee
Erie County Court of Common Pleas
Edward Carney
Dollar Climbs as Europe Markets Remain Closed
The U.S. dollar rose sharply in bank dealings as European markets stayed shut for a second day. Analysts attribute the gain to profit taking after $15 billion exited over two weeks while Common Market finance ministers aim to extend market closures and plot currency protection, with Volcker optimistic the dollar crisis will pass.
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London
U.S
Brussels
Washington
USS. Treasury
Paul A. Volcker
United States
Congress
Two Spanish airliners collide near Nantes France
A midair collision of two Spanish airliners en route to London near Nantes, France, left at least 53 dead. Iberia Flight 504 from Mahon to London and a Spantex Coronado four-jet charter collided, with the Iberia craft wrecked across farmland and the other diverting to Cognac military base.
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Nantes
France
Cognac
Iberia Airlines
Mahon
Minorca Island
London
Palma
Spantex
Forecast for Tonight and Tuesday Showers Possible
Weather bulletin notes foggy night with low in the 40s. Partly cloudy and windy on Tuesday. Warmer conditions with a chance of showers or thunderstorms and a high in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
Indians at Wounded Knee spurn federal peace offer
Indian militants led by the American Indian Movement declared they would not depart Wounded Knee, saying they are finished talking with the Justice Department and will confront authorities with guns if needed. Carter Camp said peace talks would not resume today.
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Wounded Knee
S.D
Justice Department
Carter Camp
The
American Indian Movement
AIM
New York
William Kunstler
Supreme Court declines ruling on federal antiriot law
The Supreme Court declined to rule on the constitutionality of the federal antiriot statute used to convict five Chicago 7 defendants over 1968 Democratic Convention protests. The court also agreed to hear challenges by Gus Hall to a California election petition threshold.
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Fred Barnes
Washington Star-News
Washington
Supreme Court Today
Chicago 7
Rennie Davis
David Dellinger
Thomas Hayden
Abbie Hoffman
Jerry Rubin
Rap Brown
Chicago
John Fraines
Lee Weiner
U.S. Court of Appeals
Julius J. Hoffman
U.S. District Court
Supreme Court
United Air Lines
Illinois
Ohio
Kentucky
Gus Hall
California
Hall
Communist Party
Unions to ignore wage guidelines in upcoming contracts
Major unions preparing for 1973 bargaining say they will reject the 5.5 percent wage guideline and seek increases around 7.5 to 8 percent. Leaders emphasize contract demands will cover wages, job security, and pensions as over 4.5 million workers enter renegotiations.
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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
George Meany
Floyd E. Smith
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
Paul Jennings
International Union of Electric, Radio and Machine Workers
Bommarito
Leonard Woodcock
United Automobile Workers
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Diplomats' Bodies Return Home From Khartoum Slaying
U S diplomats Cleo Noel Jr and G Curtis Moore killed by Black September in Khartoum Saudi Embassy. Eight Palestinian guerrillas surrender after a 60 hour siege as families and officials mourn at the embassy and a Boeing jet carries the coffins to Andrews Air Force Base.
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Khartoum
Sudan
U.S
Cleo A. Noel Jr
G. Curtis Moore
Guy Eid
Adley el Nasser
Abdullah Malhouk
Jaffar al Numairi
Abdul Rahman Abdullah
Noel
Moore
Nixon
Washington
State Department
Andrews Air Force Base
Arlington National Cemetery
Black September
Palestine Liberation Movement
Numairi
Beirut
Mohammed Daoud Odeh
Palestinian Movement
Jordan
Libya
Syria
Iraq
Israel
Arab World
Richardson Denies Fat in Defense Budget for Vietnam Aid
Secretary of Defense Elliot L. Richardson said there are no pockets of fat in the defense budget to fund postwar reconstruction in North Vietnam. He added future funds could be found if a cease-fire holds, with some of the 2.9 billion dollars for Southeast Asia potentially redirected.
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Washington
Elliot L. Richardson
North Vietnam
Richardson
North
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Congress
Pentagon
POW Exchange Snag Deepens Over Release Numbers
North Vietnam and the Viet Cong veto further talks until Saigon raises the second phase release. Saigon offered 3,000 prisoners while Hanoi and the Viet Cong demand 7,000, threatening delay past the March 28 deadline and risking chaos in the four party Joint Military Commission. Maj. Gen. Woodward warned aircraft access ends at the deadline.
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Joint Military Commission
South Vietnam
U.S
North Vietnam
United States
Khe Sanh
Demilitarized Zone
International Commission of Control and Supervision
Canada
Poland
Indonesia
Hungary
la Huyah
Hue
Michel Gauvin
Saigon
Vietnam
Hanoi
Viet Cong
Gilbert H. Woodward
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Goodyear
Goodrich
Firestone
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Peter Bommarito
Daoud
Austria
Lebanon
Meir
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