Black lung rehab project planned by UMW and partners
The United Mine Workers announce a western Pennsylvania black lung rehabilitation pilot with HEW and state agencies. Johnstown center will serve Cambria Fayette Indiana Somerset and Westmoreland counties, pairing vocational and medical rehab with welfare support and cross-agency referrals.
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Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
UMW
W.A
Tony) Boyle
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Pennsylvania Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation
UMW Welfare and Retirement Fund
Miners’ Union
Beckley
Appalachian Regional Hospital
West Virginia
UMW Welfare Fund
Johnstown
Cambria County
Cambria
Fayette
Indiana
Somerset
Westmoreland
HEW
Boyle
Milton J. Shapp
Shapp
Welfare Fund
Union Welfare Fund
Vocational Rehabilitation Department
Mine Workers’ District
Walter Suba
Uniontown
Bruno Telk
Ebensburg
Philadelphia schools to drop afterschool extras
Philadelphia's 285000 pupil system plans cuts to sports music drama art and student publications as part of a budget squeeze. A June 28 public hearing will gauge community reaction while officials seek $19 million in new funds. Protests warn of higher dropouts crime and drug use.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Board of Education
Andre McCarter
Paul Ward
Coaches Association
Ward
McCarter
Richardson Dilworth
Anex
Mark Shedd
Dilworth
Wilt Chamberlain
Earl (the Pearl) Monroe
Leroy Kelly
Herb Adderly
Frank Sullivan
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers
Afl-Cio
Stan Peffle
Peffle
Prince Ullah Hedayat Hospitalized After Overdose
Prince Ullah Hedayat, 50, son of a former Afghan king, was hospitalized Saturday with a serious overdose of an unspecified medicine. He is the son of Emir Amanullah Khan who declared Afghanistan’s independence in 1919 and later fought a 20 day war against England, then was deposed and moved with his family to Italy.
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Rome
UPI
Ullah Hedayat
Afghanistan
Amanullah Khan
England
Italy
Three trucks damaged in Route 19 wreck near intersection
Greene County State Police reported a 3:35 a.m. crash on Route 19 near the Route 21 junction involved one moving car and three parked trucks owned by Stewart Motor Company. No injuries and damages were estimated at 1050 dollars. The Pittsburgh driver William Jackson Jr., 22, was travelling north in the southbound lane at high speed, struck an embankment, overturned, and knocked down two signs before hitting the trucks.
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Waynesburg
Greene County
William Jackson, Jr
Pittsburgh
Stewart Motor Company
Boys State delegates hear steel executive
Weirton Steel executive John Jones addressed the 35th Mountaineer Boys State in Weston West Virginia urging delegates to mobilize attack state problems with vigor enthusiasm and idealism.
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Weston
W. Va
UPI
Weirton Steel
John Jones
West
West Virginia
Trucker Dies In Turnpike Crash At Beckley WV
A North Carolina truck driver Clarence Allman 44 of Starr died when his rig left the West Virginia Turnpike and hit an embankment. He worked for Hennia Freight Lines. The death raises West Virginia 1971 road fatality toll.
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Beckley
W. Va
UPI
North Carolina
West Virginia Turnpike
Clarence Allman
Starr
N.C
Hennia Freight Lines
West Viroes
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Bank
Portant
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Cedar Lakes
Jackson County
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