Four killed in Virginia mine blast blamed on methane
An explosion at P&P Coal Co. in St. Charles Virginia killed four miners and injured none else while 14 others escaped. Federal and union officials reported methane concentrations above safety limits and debated safety violations as rescuers recovered victims from an abandoned shaft section.
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St, Charles
Virginia
Frank Mann
Miatag Engineering
Federal Mining Enforcement and Safety Administration
Mann
P&p Coal Co
Viches
Janie Perkins
Jonesville
Bill
Cabo
Harold Johnson
Harold Wells
St. Charles
Danny Tester
Woodway
Fale
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Clyde Poe
Coal Company
Miller
Arnold
Sately Administration
Ume
Shall
MESA
UMW
Washington
PAP Coal
Poe
Mannalga
Youth gored to death in Pamplona bull run
A 7-year-old youth was fatally gored and 38 others injured on the second day of Pamplona's running of the bulls. Police say about 1,200 runners participated as crowds jammed the narrow entrance to the bull ring. The event marks the annual festival’s second day with six more runs planned this week.
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Pamplona
Spain
Jose Joaquin Esparza
Yes
Politits
Jail Fire in Indiana Kills Inmate at Parke County Jail
In Rockville Indiana flames swept through the old Parke County jail killing inmate Earl Decker of Hockville who authorities say started the blaze about 30 minutes after his arrest for disorderly conduct. Six inmates were evacuated as deputies and fire crews responded to the 80 year old facility.
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Rockville. Ind
Tan
Earl Decker
Hockville
Parke County
Decker
Transsexuals allege police abuse in Houston courtroom
In a U S District Court deposition a Houston psychiatrist testifies that transsexual patients are subjected to degradation by police. He describes being photographed nude and paraded nightly while police officers proposition patients. The suit, by seven transsexual plaintiffs supported by the ACLU, challenges a city cross dressing ordinance and seeks remedies.
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Houston
Jay G. Maxwell
University of Texas Medical School
Harry Caldwell
Maxwell
US District Court
Woodrow Seals
Seals
Sul
American Civil Libertes Union
View Division
Frank Mauro
Bard Shell Crabs Viesh Clams and Oysters
A fragmented regional notice cites Bard Shell Crabs, Viesh Clams and Oysters with numeric timings and vague references to Sak Hud Gun Club and The Impassitles. Limited readable names suggest a local event or club gathering with unclear dates and venues.
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BARD
Sun Daan
Aue
Desperate ethical choice in Siamese twins separation
Two month old Siamese twins joined at the torso were separated at Children's Hospital on June 23 in a rare operation deemed to risk both infants for the sake of potential independence. Dr Judson G Randolph led teams as the hospital faced ethical questions about risking healthy babies to save both.
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Ann Blackman
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Boll
Judson G. Randolph
Randolph
Children’s Hospital
Jille
United States
Sreen
Daily Mail
Lottery numbers drawn in Maryland and Pennsylvania
The AP notes the day’s lottery results with the Maryland and Pennsylvania draws. The Maryland Numbers game and Pennsylvania daily lottery produced the numbers 248 as the key outcome.
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Baltimore
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Neutron bomb test stirs Soviet criticisms in Washington
Moscow denounces U S neutron bomb program as Carter weighs production after underground Nevada test. Tass dispatch quotes Yuri Katnilov warning the United States jeopardizes detente. State and Energy officials offer limited comment while White House weighs study results due mid August.
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Washington
Moscow
U.S
Carter
Nevada
Tass
Yuri Katnilov
Cyrus Vance
Paris
Energy Research and Development Administration
White House
Trash bag body linked to Kearney Hill murders
Skeleton found behind a Culver City residence tied to the Kearney Hill case. Patrick Kearney and David Hill, two avowed homosexuals charged in two murders and suspected in 26 others, led authorities to the remains. The unidentified victim was fatally shot, per deputies.
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Barbara Riegelhaupt
LOS Angeles
Culver City
Patrick Kearney
Fa Douglas
Triplex
Desilu Productions
New Culver City Productions
Douglas
Kearney
David Hun
Hill
Riverside
Ariuto Marquez
Oxnard
John LaMay
el Segundo
George
St Is
Peggy Stronks
Fire devastates Danbury prison dormitory
At 1 30 pm a blaze in Dormitory G at the Federal Correctional Institution in Danbury killed five inmates and injured 71. Inmates cried for escape as smoke and toxic fumes filled the steel frame dormitory. An arson theory is suspected with early talks of an electrical fault ruled out by associate Warden Billy Q. Davis and Captain Lagarto.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Danbury. Com
Laphury Fire Department
Antonio Lagarto
Federal
Federal Correctional Institution
Danbury
Bureau of Prisons
Billy Q. Davis
Lagarta
Davis
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