Oldest U.S. ore mine falls victim to Agnes
The Cornwall Mine in Pennsylvania will cease operations in the new year after 230 years of continuous iron ore mining. About 250 workers remain employed as Bethlehem Mines plans to relocate staff, while power failures and flooding from Hurricane Agnes accelerated the end of this historic site.
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U.S
Agnes
George A. Crago
Harrisburg
Cornwall
Pennsylvania
Douglas Coleman
Bethlehem Mines Corp
Socolow
Peter Grubb
Lancaster County
Grubb
Lebanon County
Pennsylvania Geological Survey
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Mississippi River
Roeros
Norway
UPI
Jane Fonda
Vietnam
Tom Hayden
Chicago
Miss Fonda
Joseph Losey
North Vietnam
Hayden
Roger Vadim
United States
Court stalls Detroit metro school district plan
A federal appeals court upheld a lower court ruling that Detroit must address school segregation but stalled the creation of a metropolitan district. The decision sends the case back to Detroit for suburban involvement and may be appealed to the Supreme Court.
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Detroit
UPI
U.S. Court of Appeals
US. Supreme Court
Robert P. Griffin
Stephen Roth
Appeals Court
Senate
James G. O'Hara
Macomb County
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Ohio
Roth
High Court
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Richmond
Supreme Court
UMW Ballots Shipped to Maryland for Counting
Guards escort sealed boxes containing United Mine Workers ballots to Labor Department offices in Silver Spring Maryland where tallying begins Tuesday. Officials say final results, after handling challenges over polling locations and possible double voting, should emerge around December 20 in the race between Arnold Miller and incumbent W A Boyle.
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Silver Spring
United Mine Workers
Labor Department
Washington
Department
Labor Management Services Administration
Reform
Arnold Miller
UMW
W. A
Tony
Louella Parsons, Hollywood Gossip Pioneer, Dies at 91
Louella Parsons, famed Hollywood gossip columnist, died at 2:30 p.m. in Santa Monica rest home at age 91. Her retirement column ran December 1965 after a long career reporting studio scandals to 15 million readers. She survived by daughter Harriet.
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Hollywood
UPI
Louella Parsons
Santa Monica
Harriet
Miss Parsons
Dorothy Manners
Hearst
King Features Syndicate
Lolly
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Chicago Seven
Dominion Post
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Maryland
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W Va
U.S. News
Santa
Heck
Eniel
High Street
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