Taft-Hartley Could Mean Bloodshed Warns Miller
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller warns government action to force miners back to work under Taft Hartley could trigger bloodshed. He cites weak bargaining positions for both union and operators, notes high operator profits and stockpiles, and calls for fresh talks after the bargaining council rejected the proposed contract.
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Adoption program in Tazewell County sees little response
Telegraph notes a county adoption program draws minimal public interest while other items on page 3 cover APCo’s revived suit against the government over Blue Ridge Dam damages and a teacher’s history booklet becoming a note of fame, with mentions of Carter’s civil service reform plans and Miss Bluefield pageant plans for Miss America attending in Virginia.
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Alabama Miners Urge Miller to Step Aside in Talks
The District 20 executive board of the United Mine Workers of America voted unanimously to ask UMW President Arnold Miller to withdraw as chief negotiator on coal contract talks. District 20, representing 16 000 miners, called Miller's proposal “a step backward” and sent copies of the resolution to locals nationwide while preserving Miller as president.
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Carter Seeks White House Talks to End Coal Strike
President Carter urged striking miners and the coal industry to resume negotiations at the White House and warned of stronger measures if needed. He called the talks a final opportunity for bargaining, with Taft-Hartley act options and federal assessment of power to ensure life and property protection.
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White House
United Mine Workers
Jody Powell
Ray Marshall
Lyndon Johnson
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Marshall
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Rockefeller freezes hiring as coal strike drains West Virginia
West Virginia Governor Jay Rockefeller ordered a freeze on state hiring pay raises and most equipment purchases due to a 72 day coal strike. The move could trigger layoffs and cost the state up to 15 million in tax revenue while gross domestic product drops 1.1 billion with lost wages around 440 million. Utilities plan cutbacks affecting 400 industrial and commercial customers and job losses could reach 25 000 beyond those already idled.
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Miles Dean
United Mine Workers
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Scott Widmeyer
Monongahela Power Co
Potomac Edison
West Virginia Manufacturers Association
Carter approves arms package including fighters for Egypt and Saudi Arabia
President Carter opens a major policy shift by permitting the sale of warplanes to Egypt for the first time while supplying Israel with more advanced jets. The package also funds about 50 F-5Es for Egypt and a multi-year plan for F-15s to Saudi Arabia, raising veto risk in Congress and triggering warnings from Israeli officials about regional stability.
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Moshe Arens
Committee On Foreign Affairs
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House Armed Services Committee
Clouds Seeded Before Heavy California Flooding
Los Angeles officials report cloud seeding occurred ten miles from a canyon heavily affected by floods. Flood officials defend seeding as not causing the disaster though weather authorities will review possible influence. Seeding ran 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday amid a week with two earlier rain storms.
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Flood Control District
Don Nichols
Associated Press
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