Miners to vote on contracts in West Virginia
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller presented the tentative contract as a very good deal and said a bargaining council will determine when talks resume with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. The council demanded changes before miners vote, risking the nationwide strike extending into December and layoffs. Miller urged miners to consult elected officials and international officers before ratification.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Bernie Aronson
Miller
West Virginia
Highland High to stage Oliver for three nights
Highland High School presents the lively musical Oliver featuring a 50 member cast and full instrumental sections. John Spenner leads as Oliver with Tim Roberts as Fagen, Kris Schloss as Nancy, Richard Kueneman as Mr. Bumble, Nancy Cushing as Widow Corney, and Doug Bean as Bill Sykes under director Irene Trotter. Curtain rises at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday. tickets sold at the door.
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Oliver
John Spenner
Fagen
Tim Roberts
Kris Schloss
Nancy
Richard Kueneman
Mr. Bumble
Nancy Cushing
Corney
Doug Bean
Bill Sykes
Irene Trotter
Senate Cuts Nixon Funds In $8.3 Billion Bill
The Senate trimmed $650,000 from Ford’s $850,000 Nixon package to aid Nixon’s private life, setting aid at $200,000 in the reconciled $8.3 billion supplemental bill. Nixon would get $100,000 for transition costs and $100,000 for pension and allowances.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Ford
Richard M. Nixon
House
Nixon
Consumer prices rise sharply in October across sectors
Washington reports October CPI gains outpacing 1970 71 inflation with food and auto costs up. Housing borrowing costs climb while corporate rates ease. Despite 7.1% wage gains, buying power falls 4.5% through September due to taxes and prices. American Motors lifts new car prices by 10%.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
American Motors
Census Bureau
CPI
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Ford tours Kyoto amid protests during Japan visit
President Ford toured Kyoto and attended a 10 course Japanese dinner flanked by geisha guests while police and security teams outnumbered protesters. He bought silk for his wife and spoke with locals as concerns over Prime Minister Tanaka's possible resignation circulated.
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Tokyo
South Korea
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Israel
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U.S
Betty
White House
Washington
Nije Castle
Kakuei Tanaka
Tanaka
Liberal Democratic Party
Domo Arigato Gozamasu
Hirohito
United States
Torazo Ninagawa
Miyako
Henry A. Kissinger
Old
Imperial Palace
Ninja Castle
Defends Warden Brewer In Iowa Prison Controversy
Social Services Commissioner Kevin Burns urged against firing Iowa State Penitentiary Warden Lou Brewer and Bureau of Adult Corrections head Nolan Ellandson after hearings on Fort Madison problems. He backed the pair, cited differences over allegations, and emphasized improved communication and rehabilitation efforts while noting inmates and officers pushed for accountability. Gov. Ray seeks factual findings before endorsement.
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Brewer
Ellandson
Penal and Correctional Systems Study Committee
Burns
David Dowell
Robert D. Ray
Kevin Kelly
Sioux City
Ray
Oil ministers seek 87 percent oil tax boost
Saudi oil minister Sheikh Ahmed Yamani says OPEC will push for a substantial price increase at the Vienna gathering on December 12. He told Quick that oil exporting nations will demand an 87 percent boost in oil taxes next month, signaling a coordinated move to raise prices.
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Munich
Germany
UPI
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Vienna
Ahmed Yamani Yamani
Quick
AT&T Hit With Largest Antitrust Suit Aims Breakup
The Justice Department filed a civil suit in federal court seeking to dissolve AT&T and its subsidiaries Western Electric and Bell Laboratories to promote competition in US telecommunications. AT&T vows to fight, warning fragmentation could raise costs and hurt service. The suit targets monopolistic practices, alleging that Purchasers have been denied a free market and that Bell controls hindered rivals. The government hopes to split Western Electric into competing entities.
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William B. Saxbe
Justice Department
Aganst At&t
At&t
Bell Networks
Western Electric
Farm Bureau urges labeling changes on restricted use pesticides
Iowa Farm Bureau seeks EPA changes in classification and labeling of restricted use pesticides under the Pesticide Control Act. Harold Anderson says many Iowa corn and soybean pesticides have shown no significant environmental harm for 15 years. He urges general use labeling where records are favorable to ease administration and reduce burdens.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa Farm Bureau
Harold Anderson
Bureau
Iowa
Environmental Protection Agency
Anderson
Mime group in concert at the high school auditorium
This Saturday at eight PM in the high school auditorium Lotte Goslar and her Pantomime Circus present Clowns and Other Fools a witty dancing revue. The ageless Miss Goslar leads five young performers in sketches ranging from beautiful to satiric with praise from critics for magic and joy.
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Lotte Goslar
Miss Goslar
Isadora Duncan
Fanny Brice
Weekend Warmth Brings Upper 40s Then 50s Across the Area
Sunny and warmer this afternoon with highs in the upper 40s. Fair and mild tonight with lows in the lower 30s. Increasing cloudiness and warmer Friday with highs in the lower 50s. Winds mostly easterly to southeast 6 to 12 mph this afternoon and tonight.
Rockefeller faces Senate inquiry into vice presidency
UPI reports Nelson Rockefeller says he has undergone a thorough review of finances and gifts as House Judiciary Committee opens hearings into his vice presidential nomination. Rep. Peter Rodino vows careful, through inquiry focusing on gifts, loans, and seven years of tax returns under the 25th Amendment.
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UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Peter W. Rodine Jr
D-N.j
Rodino
House Judiciary Committee
Rockefeller
Judiciary Committee
Richard M. Nixon
New York
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