Tony linked to Yablonski killings in plea case
Claude Vealey a service station attendant and felon pleaded guilty to the 1969 murders of United Mine Workers leader Joseph Yablonski and his wife and daughter in Clarksville Pennsylvania. He named accomplices Paul Gilly and Aubran Martin and said a man known as Tony paid $5200 total for the slayings.
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Washington, Pa
Claude E. Vealey
United Mine Workers
Joseph A
Jock” Yablonski
Vealey
Tony
Washington
UMW
W. A
Tony” Boyle
United Mine Workers of America
Washington County Common Pleas
FBI
Yablonski
Pennsylvania
Clarksville
Paul Gilly
Aubran W. “Buddy” Martin
Ohio
Gilly
Annette
Silous Huddleston
LaFollette
Tenn
Montana Senate House panel reworks reapportionment plan
A six member joint committee formed after House rejection of Senate amendments to Montana's reapportionment plan met 45 minutes and initially improved the plan before an arithmetic error derailed it. The group plans a Thursday session to resolve Babb and holdover senator issues touching Babb and Glacier County census divisions.
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Senate
House
Montana
Babb
Glacier National Park
Glacier County
Flathead County
Flathead
Percy DeWolfe
Conference
Lincoln County
Glacier
Toole
Pondera
Teton
Neil J. Lynch
Butte
Dick Ozivi
Great Falls
William Mathers
Miles City
Harrison Fagg
Billings
William R. “Lefty
Campbell
Missoula
A. Zody
Glendive
Solons Wrestle Over Montana Budget Fight
Helena Democrats confront a tight $184.7 million compromise level as the Senate schedules a Thursday showdown on appropriations with a wary majority seeking firm action amid a hectic session.
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Helena
Senate
Butte Elks leader Venable dies at 86 in Butte
Frank R. Venable 86 of 644% W. Silver in Butte, Montana Elks Association leader since 1942, died Wednesday. Born October 28, 1884 in Galena Illinois, he worked at Coeur d'Alene Hardware, Montana Electric Co and the Butte Chamber of Commerce before leading Western Life Insurance and Elks. Survived by wife Caroline and brother Thomas. Lodge of Sorrow to be held. services Friday at St. John Episcopal Church with Reverend John S. W. Fargher. Memorials to Episcopal Church Memorial Fund or Soroptimist Home.
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Frank R. Venable
W. Silver
Montana Elks Association
Galena
Ill
Wallace
Idaho
Coeur d’Alene Hardware Co
Caroline Rice
Butte
Mr. Venable
Montana Electric Co
Butte Chamber of Commerce
Rotary
Montana
Venable
Western Life Insurance Co
Helena
The
Elks
Pressife
Thomas
Middleton
Ohio
Butte Elks
Lodge of Sorrows
Sayatovic White
St. John Episcopal Church
John S. W. Fargher
Episcopal Church Memorial Fund
Secret Pentagon Study Faces High Court Ruling
Appeals courts in New York and Washington eased bans on further publication of a secret Pentagon Vietnam study. Knight Newspapers published material alleging McNamara proposed a coalition government in 1967. The Times Post and Globe were restrained previously. NY and DC courts freed some disclosures while considering injunctions.
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Associated Press
New York
Washington
Pentagon
Knight Newspapers Inc
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Vietnam
Knight Chain
U.S
McNamara
Johnson
New York Times
Washington Post
Boston Globe
Knight
Philadelphia Inquirer
National Liberation Front
NLF
the Times
the Post
the Globe
Nixon
Congress
U.S. Court of Appeals
Post
New York landlord found liable in East Village rape case
A Manhattan landlord was held responsible for 10 000 damages after a judge ruled a broken unrepaired window on a fire escape allowed a rapist entry and assault of a young woman in a top floor East Village apartment on June 20 1969.
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New York
Manhattan
East Village
Martin Stetcher
Stecher
Culture clash in Virginia City
Page 8 highlights a culture clash in Virginia City while Page 18 notes Rick Wise notching no hits for the Big Red Machine and Page 22 discusses education needing the fourth R.
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Virginia City
Rick Wise
Big Red
Runaway Cable Car Kills One, Wounds Eighteen in Tacoma
In Tacoma Washington a cable car with 19 men aboard plummeted down Mt Rainier foothill after a hoist failed. Officials blame rust inside the cable despite oil bath and regular checks. One man died and 18 were injured as riders leaped from open cars. safety gear failed to engage.
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Tacoma, Wash
Mt. Rainier
Errors prompt second House vote on tax bill in Helena
Clerical and typographical errors forced the Montana House to pass again a compromise tax bill on Wednesday to resolve a revenue deadlock that had kept the legislature in session 100 days. The bill had been approved by both houses after initial edits.
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Helena
Hershel Robbins
Robbins
Tax Bill Compromise Clears House After Absences
In a session noted for typographical errors in the enrolled bill, lawmakers corrected a 118 errors and two missing sections after key absences. The compromise tax measure, totaling a 30 percent excise tax rise and a November referendum on a 2 percent sales tax, passed 57 to 35 with 12 members excused.
Witness testimony links Partin to $22,000 payoff in 1967
Government witness Billy Reed Rogers testified in Baton Rouge federal court that he carried a $22,000 payoff to Partin in December 1967 and attended Belmont Hotel meetings with Partin and Dunham. He described Dunham as promising further $25,000 settlement while Partin pressed 50 cents per yard owed on past concrete pours.
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Ed Partin
Partin
Baton Rouge
Ted F. Dunham
Billy Reed Rogers
Dunham
Rogers
Veterans Administration Hospital
Teamsters Union Local 5
Belmont Motor Hotel
Belmont
Billy Day
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Daeames Ostaelis
Newark Times
Puget Sound Power and Light Co
Electron
Wash
Arthur Hutchinson
Standard State Bureau
Walter Marshall
James P. Lucas
Thomas L. Judge
Secretary of State
Lews T. Poole
Standard
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