Hoover orders transfer over agent’s sideburns
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reportedly grew upset after seeing photos of agent John F Mullen with sideburns at ear level. He allegedly ordered Mullen transferred as Riggs, a 58 year old retired West Virginia coal miner, was bound over to a grand jury on hijacking charges. The FBI offered no comment through the Washington Post.
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Glen Elmo Riggs
United Air Lines
John F. Mullen
Hoover
Riggs
West Virginia
Stanley King
Alexandria
J. Ronald Lynch
Charleston
W.va
Newark
N.J
Dulles International Airport
United
Tel Aviv
Ashford
Farmington Man Cited In Rt 250 Crash
Farmington resident Louis Laska 28 cited for losing control after a 12 30 p m crash on Route 250 south of Fairmont involving a 1970 Ford and a 1961 Ford driven by John E Wright 35 of Shinnston No injuries reported and damages listed as unknown
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Louis Laska
Farmington
Rt. 250
Marion County State Police
Laska
Ford
John E. Wright
Shinnston
Hechler urges veterans to back Indochina endwar bill
Rep. Ken Hechler D West Virginia appealed to the Disabled American Veterans meeting in Beckley to support the McGovern Hatfield Amendment and all efforts to end U S involvement in Indochina Hechler cited 354 428 American casualties and warned POWs would not be released until a withdrawal date is set. A separate Fairmont report notes $70 damage from a two car collision involving a Fairmont 1970 Chevy driven by Barbara Rambola and a Warren Ohio taxi owned by Imperial Cab Co with no injuries.
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W. Va
UPI
Ken Hechler
D-W.va
Indochina
Hechler
America
Fairmont
Chevrolet
Barbara E. Rambola
Patricia Schmidt
Warren
Ohio
Imperial Cab Co
Stevenson Delivers Branford Jefferson Jackson Day Speech
Sen Adlai E Stevenson III addressed about 1000 at Charleston Civic Center urging a new national direction and moral purpose. He criticized the Nixon White House and press for negativity, noted economic woes, and warned against short term political expediency while predicting a Democratic comeback.
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Democratic Party
Jennings Randolph
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Recycling project begins in Cleona six month pilot
Lebanon County borough of Cleona started a six month pilot to recycle solid wastes. Special containers and divided carts for glass bottles and metal cans will be used beginning the week of June 21. Campbell Soup Co and local plants support the effort with funding and involvement by the Cleona Women’s Club and others.
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UPI
Lebanon County
Cleona
Cleona Women’s Club
Campbell Soup Co
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Aloca
Bell Telephone strike averted after talks make progress
The threat of a statewide midnight Sunday strike by about 14 000 telephone workers ended after Bell Telephone Co reported substantial progress in contract talks. FTW president I C Glendenning said the delay would continue as long as needed and noted significant movement in negotiations. The union had given a strike ultimatum last week over perceived slow progress. Bell's offer could yield a 30 percent pay rise over three years.
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Indo-China
U.S. Steel
Lockheed
Monsey
Philadelphia
UPI
Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Federation of Telephone Workers
FRW
I. C. Glendenning
FTW
Mayors Seek Massive Federal Aid at U.S. Conference
More than 1,000 mayors and local officials attended the 38th annual United States Conference of Mayors in Philadelphia. They called on the federal government to take a larger role in financing urban programs to solve social problems and improve city life.
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UPI
United States Conference of Mayors
Carl B. Stokes
Cleveland
Congress
U.S. Postal Service
Progress in Wales strike at Leeds Northrop Co
The Leeds Northrup Co plant in North Wales and the United Auto Workers report progress in talks to end the 19 week strike. About 2,000 workers have been idle since January 27 as resolutions focus on funding and federal support with a next meeting planned in Lansdale, Pennsylvania.
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North Wales
Two-Car Crash Totals $200 in Greene County
Waynesburg residents Francis B. Galloway and Floyd H. Smith drove two vehicles in a SR 30086 crash three miles south of Jefferson, Greene County. There were no injuries and no citations reported. passenger June Smith, 52, of Cortland, Ohio, was involved.
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Jefferson, Pa
Greene County
Francis B. Galloway
Floyd H. Smith
Cortland
Ohio
June Smith
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