Seaports and Mines Remain Closed in Nationwide Strike
The nation’s soft coal mines and most seaports stayed shut as miners and longshoremen maintained a three month old strike. Mediators pushed for settlement while President Nixon withheld a cooling off period and White House aides warned of possible impacts on exports and farmers.
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Associated Press
Nixon
United Mine Workers
International Longshoremen’s Association
Maine
Louisiana
White House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Association of American Railroads
Clifford Hardin
Miners’ Union
New York
Miners Union
Biturminous Coal Operators Association
James D. Hodgson
Thieu Attacks Opponents on Eve of South Vietnam Vote
President Thieu denounces dissident groups on TV as antigovernment protests flare in Saigon Hue and across South Vietnam. He defends a one man candidacy while police seize opposition newspapers and police fire into crowds during demonstrations.
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Saigon
Nguyen
van Thieu
Thieu
People’s Congress
Nguyen Cao Ky
Committee Against Dictatorship
Viet Cong
Hue
Gia Dinh
U.S
South Vietnam
Washington
Half Billion Hidden Subsidy to South Vietnam
The House foreign operations subcommittee says inflated exchange rates have created a hidden subsidy of about half a billion dollars to the South Vietnam government in three years. They urge a meeting with Secretary Rogers to discuss the inequities, while State Department officials defend the rates as public records and not concealed.
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Washington
House Foreign Operations Subcommittee
United States
South Vietnam
Subcommittee
William P. Rogers
Vietnam
Rogers
State Department
Robert Nooter
Department
U.S
Congressional
Colleges Gain Extra Registration Time Amid Court Order
The U S District Court in Richmond ordered the state board to keep registration books open through Oct 8 for college students only. The move extends shielding dates for Virginia college attendees while a three judge panel reviews residency rules challenged by three students backed by the ACLU.
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Star
State Board of Elections
Richmond
U.S
Robert R. Merhige, Jr
Virginia
American Civil Liberties Union
Virginia Atty
Andrew P. Miller
Federal District Court
ACLU
Merhige
Attorney General
Attorney General’s Office
Virginia Law
Associated Press
Medicare Deductible Rises to Sixty Eight Dollars
The government says Medicare recipients will pay a $68 first hospital bill deductible starting January due to higher hospital costs. Health secretary Elliot Richardson called the rise necessary and urged Congress to pass the Welfare Reform Bill to curb health care costs.
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Washington
Medicare
Elliot L
Richardson
Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
You Turn A Button To Vote Now
Frederick County electors learn to use the model voting machines at precincts with extra judges and clerks available for assistance. A practice machine will be set up at polling places. only Frederick County residents may vote on county offices, with Winchester-area residents voting for Winchester officials next year. Citizens are urged to try the machines at Democratic and Republican headquarters through Election Day November 2.
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William Fraula
Frederick County
Fraula
Winchester
Winschester
Democratic
Mulvey
St Loudoun St
Republican
Shoe Center
Loudoun and
Boscawen Sts
Ginger Turns Right Heads Into Virginia
Tropical low Ginger turned eastward from North Carolina into Virginia bringing more rain and flash flood risk. By mid morning the Rappahannock region faced warnings along coast and Chesapeake Bay. Virginia logged up to 1.5 inches of rain at Big Meadows with higher totals in Cape Hatteras and New Bern. no major floods reported yet.
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Richmond
Ginger
North Carolina
Virginia
National
Blue Ridge
Big Meadows
Norfolk
Cape Hatteras
N.C
New Bern
Tropical storm Ginger may miss us tonight moving north
If Ginger maintains its course the tropical storm will pass west of the area tonight with possible heavy rains. It moves slowly northward toward Nelson Rockingham Shenandoah counties in Virginia and Wardensville in West Virginia unless it changes course. A flash flood watch is in effect for the South Fork Shenandoah through Page and Warren counties due to heavy rains.
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Here
Nelson
Rockingham
Shenandoah
Virginia
Wardensville
West Virginia
South Fork
Page
Warren
Weather bulletin on storm drifting northward over Virginia
The storm center was between Blackstone and Danville and drifting slowly northward. Ginger was expected to pass through the star by early Sunday morning. Afterward, skies should clear with rain tapering off. Flash flood watches remained in effect across southern Virginia and for the basins of the South Fork Shenandoah River and the upper basin areas.
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Richmond
Blackstone
Danville
the Weather Service
Virginia
South Fork
Shenandoah River
BEA Vanguard Crashes Near Tiest Belgium Killing 60 Aboard
A BEA turboprop Vanguard flying London to Salzburg crashed near Tiest Belgium. All 60 aboard are believed dead. The flight left Heathrow at 9 25 a m and was due in Salzburg at 11 35 a m with 52 passengers and 8 crew on board.
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Tiest
Belgium
British European Airways
London
Salzburg
Austria
BEA
Vanguard
Brussels
Aarsele
Flanders
Ghent
Heathrow
Maxglan
Senate OKs Lunch Increase for School Programs
The Senate voted 75 to 5 to urge the Nixon administration to raise federal lunch payments to states for needy children from 35 cents to 46 cents per meal. Senator Magnuson stressed hunger needs while opponents warned of pending supplemental funding. The move targets August rules under the Agriculture Department, with a House bill awaiting committee action.
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Washington
Senate
House
Nixon
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Appropriations Committee
Henry E. Talmadge
Dga
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Education and Labor Committee
Ginger Weather Moves Northward Into Virginia
Cloudy conditions linger in Virginia with rain and fog as Ginger turns northward. Forecasters expect a northwest flow over most areas, improving weather late Sunday across the state.
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Richmond
Virginia
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Martha Grim
Mary Gay Conner
Grim
Shenandoah College
Conner
Lord Fairfax Community College
Rappahannock River
Chesapeake Bay
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