Police plan Monday statement amid blue flu walkout
City officers have been off the beat since Friday and plan a formal statement to City Manager Ashburn on Monday. Attorneys for the police said the message will outline wage demands and be delivered to city officials after last night’s meeting at an officer’s home.
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James A
Doc) Ashburn
Rowe
Ashburn
Joseph Bartolo
Charles Cira
Bennie Palmer
Palmer
William Hughes
Sim Reynolds
Robert West
Frank DePond
Chichester-Clark resigns after pressure from Unionists
Northern Ireland Prime Minister James Chichester-Clark quit after rightwing Unionists demanded his resignation for being too soft on extremists and on suppressing the IRA. Heath and aides tried to persuade him to stay, but Catholic protesters in Newry welcomed his departure amid fears of direct rule from London.
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Belfast
UPI
James Chichester-Clark
Northern Ireland
Chichester-Clark
Unionist
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Britain
Irish Republic
Edward Heath
Heath
Lord Carrington
Imperial General Staff
Geoffrey Baker
Stormont
London
Newry
Pariament
Bernadette Devlin
Israel Rejects Border Plan Amid War Strife
Premier Golda Meir reiterated Israel will not retreat to 1967 borders nor accept international guarantees. In Cairo a war-prep committee outlined resource mobilization. Palestinian guerrillas in Amman claimed attacks on Israeli targets in Golan Heights with reported high casualties. Police strike impacts local city services and wage disputes as blue flu spreads.
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Golda Meir
Israel
Cairo
Amman
Golan Heights
Syria
Kuneitra
Nahal Hagolan
Good Morning Good Morning A GOOD SCARE
A playful proverb framed as a headline praising a bold scare over cautious counsel. It juxtaposes a cheerful morning greeting with a cheeky claim that fear can beat safe guidance in certain moods. The line reads like a light urban soundbite.
Viets abandon major tank base in Laos
South Vietnamese troops fled from Artillery Base A Loui inside Laos as U.S. helicopters evacuated more than 2,000 soldiers amid heavy anti aircraft fire. ARVN forces reduced to under 15,000 as North Vietnamese counteroffensive gains ground near the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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Laos
Saigon
UPI
U.S
North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
ARVN
Loui
South Vietnam
Brown
Widows urged to seek production start at Consol No 9 mine
The Farmington No 9 mine disaster widows are urged to pressure Gov. Arch Moore the UMWA and mine agencies to allow coal production to resume. A letter from Rev. Everett F. Briggs extends an agreement deadline to June 1 and seeks meetings to resolve misunderstandings hindering approval of a recovery and compensation plan.
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Consol NO
Ray Martin
Dominion Post
Consolidation Coal Co
Farmington No. 9
Arch A. Moore Jr
U.S. Bureau of Mines
United Mine Workers of America
Everett F. Briggs
Farmington Mine
Mountaineer Division
Consol
Father Briggs
Farmington
Continental Oil Co
Kenneth Yablonski
Washington, Pa
UMWA
Thomas J. Whyte
Briggs
Governor Moore
West
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Clark B. Frame
United Press International
Laurel Run
Cooper’s Rock
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