Miner Trapped 331 Days After Foreboding Warning
In Hazleton Pennsylvania Louis Bova, trapped 331 feet down at Fellin Mining Sheppton, heard cracks and warned his wife that the mine was dangerous. He urged day work to spend time with his infant son before the Aug. 13 collapse. Nine days later he remained trapped as rescuers fought to reach him.
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Hazleton
Louis Bova
Bova
Sheppton
Pattersonville
Eva
David Fellin
Henry Throne
John Tancredi
Shenandoah
Tancredi
Fle
Fellin
Throne
Lou
Eugine Gibbons
Joel Schleuck
Wark
Schleuck
Vast Phoenix Area Flood Control Projects Urged
City Engineer Sam Tucker says eliminating major flood risk in the Phoenix area requires spending many millions on flood control projects. He cites Maxwells Dam at the Salt Verde confluence and a proposed 130 million program revised by the Maricopa County Flood Control Advisory Board to coordinate with the Central Arizona Project.
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Phoenix Area
Phoenix
UPI
Sam Tucker
Tucker
Salt River
Maxwell Dam
Verde
Maricopa County Flood Control Advisory Board
Central Arizona
Agua Fria
Salt
Rockefeller mulls New Hampshire presidential primary support
A close Rockefeller associate says Governor Nelson Rockefeller is gauging potential backing in New Hampshire for next year’s presidential primary. Attorney Dudley Orr, a Dartmouth classmate, plans meetings with Rockefeller late this week, with updates expected after.
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Concord
N.H
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
New Hampshire
Dudley Orr
Rockefeller
Dartmouth Colege
Hanover
Orr
Dartmouth
Miners Trapped in 331-Foot Cave Sing Amid Rescue Efforts
In Wazleton Pennsylvania three miners David Fellin Henry Thorne and Louis Bova remain trapped 331 feet underground after Oneida Slope No 2 collapsed. Fellin co owner of the mine keeps up jokes singing with rescuers while craving a salami sandwich and dreaming of cigars as a lifeline is established and hope grows for an eventual return to the hills.
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David Fellin
Oneida
Henry Thorne
Louis Bova
Fellin
Throne
Davey Fellin
Hank Throne
Lou Boya
Pennsylvania
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Jim Thompson
Independent Miners Association
Thompson
Rocky
Hugh A. Mulligan
Wazleton
Joe Hoysterch
Davey
Joe
Anna
George Walker
Walter Papehak
Fellin Company
Ming
Ya Encores
Sam
Tucson Fertilizer Co
N. Fairview
Camera Shop
Western
New England
Broadway
EL Con
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