Nemacolin mine rescue drags as drills reach deep shaft
UPI reports two miners Richard Randolph and Charles Gibson Sr trapped 400 feet underground after a Friday fire at Nemacolin coal mine. Rescue teams drilled to 364 367 feet as air rush and a roof cave-in suggested movement below, with operations paused by a broken bit.
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Nemacolin
UPI
Richard Randolph
Charles Gibson Sr
James Westfield
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Westfield
Federal Mine Bureau
Randolph
Gibson
Joseph J. Klimek
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co
Buckeye Coal Co
Klimek
Nixon awards Freedom Medal to Goldwyn in surprise ceremony
President Nixon flew to Los Angeles to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to film pioneer Samuel Goldwyn at his home. Goldwyn, nearly 90, received the honor during a quiet event as Nixon continues a West Coast swing amid Vietnam withdrawal and policy plans.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Nixon
Samuel Goldwyn
Goldwyn
Federal Building
Irbid Curfew Enforced as Army Pursues Guerrillas
Jordan imposes a curfew on Irbid, seals the town with troops and conducts searches for armed Palestinian guerrillas after daylong clashes. Four security men were killed and others wounded in ambushes, while a soldier was found burned in an Al Fatah office. Casualties on both sides totaled eight dead and 20 wounded for government forces, with guerrilla reports of four dead and 14 wounded. About 5,000 troops were deployed. Sadat flew to Khartoum for urgent talks with Numeiry.
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Irbid
al Fatah
King Hussein
Middle East
Anwar Sadat
Khartoum
Sudan
Ejaafar Numeiry
Warplanes strike jungles to disrupt Ho Chi Minh Trail traffic
Hundreds of U S warplanes including B52 bombers pounded Laotian jungles on Saturday in intensified raids aimed at near record North Vietnamese supply traffic along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. Military sources report 1,200 to 1,500 trucks involved in the convoy.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Hanoi
United States
Nixon
Laos
Cambodia
Luang Prabang
Phnom Penh
Kompong Som
South Vietnam
Stewart Kellerman
Quant Tri
Dmz
East Pakistan rebellion reports clash with heavy losses
UPI dispatches from New Delhi cite estimates of 10,000 Bengalis killed in two days of civil war as East Pakistan fights West Pakistan troops backed by tanks artillery and jets. Rebel radio claims control of much of the province while official Radio Pakistan denies it.
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New Delhi
UPI
East Pakistan
West Pakistan
Radio Free Bengal
Bangla Desh
Radio Pakistan
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Dacca
Rahman
Search Under Way For Exploded Ship In Atlantic Ocean
A Coast Guard search is underway in the Atlantic, 900 miles east of Cape Hatteras, for a ship that may have exploded after a distress call. The call sign ZBZE reportedly included the words blown up and was picked up by Coast Guard and merchant vessels. A C130 plane from Elizabeth City and a P3 plane from Bermuda NAS joined the search.
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New York
UPI
Atlantic Ocean
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Coast Guard
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Boston
Elizabeth City
Bermuda Naval Air Station
Legacy of a Permits Fight in Laurel Run WV Mining
Pittsburgh contractor H L Kennedy faced a dubious permit for a 42 acre coal strip in Preston County West Virginia after a long wait. Records show ownership rights and leases stretching toward 1 000 acres with a 70 cent per ton royalty and a minimum annual $7 200 payment. An inspector warned of proximity to public roads and streams and urged mitigation measures including a highwall removal and drainage treatment.
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West Virginia
Pittsburgh
H. L. Kennedy
Kennedy
Department of Natural Resources
Preston County
Ward Thomas
Ward
Mary Thomas
Thomas
J. Donald Everly
Bruceton Mills
Freeman E
Carol King
Sheets
Floyd Stiles
Preston
Mountain State Engineering Co
Fairmont
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