Union Survival at UMW Convention Focus of 1984 Talks
Union leaders meet in Pittsburgh in December to tackle survival amid 55,000 striking workers and dwindling coal share. Howard Green warns the convention must decide on restructuring finances and fighting operators while Rich Trumka faces first test as president. Industry and union leaders call for cooperation to counter foreign and non union coal.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
Pittsburgh
Howard Green
Charleston
W.va
UMW
Fred Barkey
West Virginia College of Graduate Studies
Barkey
Rich Trumka
Trumka
Mark March
Local 2236
March
Coalfield unemployment soars in northern West Virginia mines
United Mine Workers officials report about 6,000 of District 31's 14,000 miners are out of work as Christmas nears. Summersville Craigsville metallurgical coal areas hit hardest with no clear recovery until steel industry improves. District 17 and District 29 also show large layoffs despite some on-site work continuing. Uncertainty on when jobs will rebound remains.
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Fairmont
W.va
West Virginia
United Mine Workers
UMW
Carroll Rogers
Rogers
District 31
Summersville
Craigsville
District 29
Howard Green
UMW District 17
Charleston
Coal to Liquid Fuel Feasibility Studied At Battelle
Battelle Memorial Institute in Columbus outlined a two year federally funded study to develop coal liquefaction methods. Scientists will analyze Illinois and Wyoming coals, grind them to fine sizes, remove chlorine and sodium, and test additives to produce a high performance liquid substitute for crude oil.
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Columbus, Ohio
Battelle Memorial Institute
William G. Steedman
Steedman
Illinois
Wyoming
First Synthetic Fuels Plant May Get Hefty Grant
The Synthetic Fuels Corp agreed to consider hundreds of millions in new federal aid for the Great Plains coal gasification project in Beulah North Dakota. The plan would add price supports despite already receiving 1.6 billion in loans and guarantees and facing oil-price pressures.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Synthetic Fuels Corp
America
Great Plains
North Dakota
Beulah
N.C
Mike Synar
D-Okla
House
SFC
Tenneco Inc
American Natural Resources Co
Transco Energy Co
Mid-Con Corp
Pacific Lighting Co
Synar
GAO
Union Oil
Colorado
Farm Bureau rejects Rural Virginia Development Foundation plan
The Virginia Farm Bureau, meeting in Williamsburg, rejects a proposed state backed Rural Virginia Development Foundation and opposes a slurry coal pipeline to Hampton Roads. Delegates warn the plan duplicates local authorities and may convert farmland to commerce while study continues.
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Williamsburg
Virginia Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Virginia Development Foundation
General Assembly
Senate
House Agriculture Committees
Burkwood Farmer
State Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Detroit
William Speedin
Orange County
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Phoenix
Edwin Meese III
James McClure
R-Idaho
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Jim Wright
Christy
Stone
Versailles
Yinlly
Dearfoam
Warnmup
BOOTS
Shevelva
Blue Fox
FUR Salon
Mili
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