AT&T Strike Looms As Wages Rejected By Unions
Washington AP reports unions representing AT and T workers rejected the latest wage offer as a midnight strike deadline nears. CWA IBEW and TIU balked at 3.5 percent yearly increases for three years, with talks recessed and no clear resumption time. Spokesmen said customers would face minimal disruption unless operator-assisted calls are made.
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Washington
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Communications Workers of America
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Telecommunications International Union
Mid Company
At&t
Charles Dynes
C&P Officials Say Service Won’t Change Amid Strike
AP reports a Virginia strike by about 12 000 C P workers and 600 AT T long distance operators and switchmen was set to begin at midnight. Union leaders said offices and phones would be manned and pickets sent out while negotiations with AT T continued.
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CWA
Glenn E. Watts
Richmond
Chesapeake and Potomac
Virginia
C&p
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
At&t
Jerry Belanger
Belanger
Coal Official Sees Little Improvement in 1983 and 1984
Paul Kverdis of Consolidation Coal Co notes metallurgical coal has bottomed out with no improvement expected through 1984. Steelmakers keep high inventories and operate far below levels needed to reduce stock. Consol’s Southern Appalachian division, based in Bluefield, cut jobs from 3916 in early 1982 to 2385 by spring.
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Charleston
W.va
Paul Kverdis
Consolidation Coal Co
Consol
Kverdis
Appalachian
Everdis
Weekend Weather Outlook With Heat and Storms
Sunday brings sun and humidity with a late thunderstorm risk and highs in the upper 80s. Monday stays hot and humid near 90 as the pattern remains unsettled. The national view shows storms crossing California, the Plains, Northeast and Gulf Coast with fatalities and widespread outages, while the southern Plains and northern Rockies stay hot.
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California
Plains
Gulf Coast
Rockies
Los Angeles
San Diego
West Virginia's many faces in Sunday Magazine
Inside Today's Sunday Magazine highlights West Virginia and a story about a lost dog found in a laboratory. Also noted are a trap shooter, jail work, a mortgage bond approval, and cent vying for a starting spot with additional items on sports and coal miners' memories for a doctor's book.
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West Virginia
Land of
U S Airlift to Monitor Chad Attacks and Libyan Threats
The United States deployed two AWACS surveillance aircraft under fighter cover to monitor Libyan-backed attacks in Chad. President Reagan and Secretary Shultz approved the move after consultations with allies, with bases likely in Sudan and involvement of fighters and tankers, not intended for combat, and not diverted from Bright Star.
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Washington
United States
U.S
Chad
State Department
Saty
Anita Stockman
Miss Stockman
Reagan
Stockman
AWACS
Egypt
Sudan
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklo
Libyan
Congress
Shultz
Caribbean
Hissene Habre
Faya-Largeau
Habre
Libya
Charles Hernu
Paris
Hernu
Francois Mitterrand
France
Leader of Coup Sets Aims in Upper Volta
Capt. Thomas Sankara met officers to explain aims of the National Revolution Council after ousting President Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo. Airport closed, markets open, life returning to normal as clashes reported leaving dead and wounded, including six French nationals. Ouedraogo under house arrest. Fifth coup since 1960 independence.
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Oquagadouga
Upper Volta
Thomas Sankara
Jean-Baptiste Ouedraogo
Sankara
National Revolution Council
Ouedraogo
National Revolutionary Council
France
Judge Arthur Recht resigns over financial problems
Circuit Judge Arthur Recht, famed for the Lincoln County School Case and a 1982 penitentiary ruling, resigns to address debts from a prior corporate investment. He will step down Sept. 1 if a successor is not found, continuing work only if needed.
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Associated Press
Arthur Recht
Recht
Ohio County
James McClure
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Darrell McGraw
Jefferson County
Pierre Dostert
Dostert
High Court
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Dr. Lamb Sees
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