Hoover Dies. End of an FBI Era in Washington
J Edgar Hoover dies at 77 from natural causes in his home ending a 48 year run as FBI director under eight presidents. President Nixon praised his devotion while lawmakers mourned his impact on federal law enforcement and the nation.
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Washington
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Justice Department
Nixon
Hoover
United States
Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D. C
Jerry Wilson
C.A. Tolson
Tolson
Capitol Hill
Atty
Ramsey Clark
M Hoover
Richard Kleindienst
Bureau
George Washington University
District of Columbia
Nixon Brezhnev Pact Advances SALT Talks Aim
Nixon and Brezhnev signaled a major advance toward a SALT accord covering submarine missiles ABMs and land based systems. An agreement is hoped by Nixon’s May visit with Helsinki talks ongoing. Ziegler said the move broadens the offensive freeze while keeping Vietnam separate from negotiations.
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Washington
Nixon
Leonid Brezhnev
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
U. S
Gerard C. Smith
Helsinki
Ziegler
Vietnam
Windy, Cooler Weather Across Three Days
Tonight is cloudy and windy with temperatures dipping to the 42 to 47 range. Wednesday follows with more clouds and wind, highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. A pattern of added cloudiness and a few showers is possible Thursday through Saturday. Weather details, map page 16.
Mine union vote overturned by federal court ruling
A U S district court judge nullified W A Boyle’s 1969 election as United Mine Workers president citing law violations. The ruling orders the Justice Department to prepare an order and supervising a new leadership election for the 200000 member union. A federal grand jury also returned a new indictment in the 1969 killings of Jock Yablonski and his wife and daughter.
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United States District Court
W. A
Tony) Boyle
The
United Mine
William B. Bryant
Department of Justice
Boyle
Joseph A
Jock) Yablonski
Yablonski
Labor Department
Bryant
United Mine Workers
Jock”’ Yablonski
Dawes
Joseph
Jock
Elmer Brown
Brown
Inland Steel Co
Lesser
Miners For Democracy
MFD
UMWA
John Bowen
Illinois House backs $1 million orphaned lands reclamation bills
The Illinois House committee approved four bills to reclaim thousands of acres of strip mined land left infertile before the ban on mining. An 8-0 vote sent the measures to the House floor with possible amendments on funding and an advisory commission. Governor Ogilvie supports the program. Southern Illinois would be a main focus. Nearly 50,000 acres are estimated unreclaimed, mainly in the south. A two-year, $30,000 study by Southern Illinois University is under way to catalog the lands, due by September.
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Springfield
Illinois
House
Richard B. Ogilvie
Mlinois Department of Mines and Mingrals
Mlinois
E. E. Filer
Land Reclamation
W. D. Klimstra
Wildlife Research Laboratory
Southern Illinois University
Boyle
Bowen
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Orient No. 4
Johnston City
Gary Lind
Inland Steel Co
Elec
Mixed reactions in Southern Illinois over Boyle election overturn
Area miners show divided views on overturning United Mine Workers of America President W A Boyle. Some favor court action citing fairness, others back Boyle and call for a new election as leaders face scrutiny amid the Yablonski legacy.
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Southern Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Boyle
Yablonski
Kenneth Dawes
Vietnamese Forces Face New Offensives Near Hue and Quang Tri
North Vietnamese troops launch renewed attacks in coastal lowlands after sealing Quang Tri. Hue and Quang Tri areas suffer bombardment while U S and South Vietnamese leaders meet to plan next moves. Five US carriers operate off Indochina as combat toll rises with casualties among both sides.
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Quang Tri
Thua Thien
Hue
Thomas W. Bowen
U. S
Far North
U.S
South Vietnam
Ellsworth Bunker
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
U.S. 7Th Fleet
Midway
Alameda
Calif
North
Indochina
Jonesboro bids adieu to Cannons guiding starlings away
In Jonesboro residents used blast cannons to scare starlings roosting near the cemetery. Fire sirens, gunshots, and cans failed to deter them. After three days of disrupted snoozing the birds left and the city sought health tests for droppings while unsure where the flock went.
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Jonesboro
Pines
Atty. R. Corydon Finch
State Department of Public Health
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Communist Party
Theodore Roosevelt
Bureau of Investigation
Harlan F. Stone
Library of Congress
John Lord O’brian
Department
Quantico
Clyde A. Tolson
New York Times
Workers of America
Pittsburgh
Saigon
U. S. Command
North Vietnam
Quang Tri City
ACLU
American Civil Liberties Union
Richard G. Kleindienst
John N. Mitchell
Walter E. Washington
Adieu
Wanda Barras
Southern Illinoisan
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