Miners Expected At Work Today After Pact Approval
East and Midwest coal miners are to return to work Monday after ratifying a contract that promises nearly 40 percent wage and benefit increases. A parallel dispute with the construction locals of the United Mine Workers and the Association of Bituminous Contractors may delay a full return. Union officials anticipate movement once the UMW-BCOA deal is in place, while some operators label the pact inflationary.
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Associated Press
East
Midwest
United Mine Workers
Association of Bituminous Contractors
Washington
UMW
Jonathan Williams
ABC
Willard Esselstyn
Williams
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Walkout Fails to Snarl Economy Despite Coal Strike
The United Mine Workers strike disrupted coal production by half and caused thousands of layoffs but did not cripple the economy. Production fell to seven million tons weekly from 17 million, reserves averted power shortages, and most impact was in eastern coal states with unemployment rising in West Virginia to 9.4 percent in April.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
U.S
William Kruppa
U.S. Commerce Department
UMW
Kruppa
United States
Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia
Utah
Virginia
Murders Shift Mood On Appalachian Trail Hikers
Stunned hikers near Pearisburg rethink their voyage after the Mansfield Mount Ford killings of two Maine hikers. Many plan to quit or hike in groups, while some continue slowly through Walnut Flats as uncertainty, fear, and cautious routines alter the once tranquil journey.
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Narrows
Maine
Pearlsburg
Duane Dempsey
Boston
Dempsey
Georgia
Susan Ramsay
Robert Mountford, Jr
Pearisburg
New Man Heads Probe In Giles County Slayings
Giles County Sheriff John E. Hopkins III returns from vacation to lead the investigation into the deaths of Maine hikers Robert Mountford Jr. and Susan Ramsay. Chief Deputy Mike Myer joins state authorities with primary prior role in the case as autopsies reveal gunshot wounds and stab wounds with blunt force trauma.
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Pearisburg
Maine
Giles County
John E. Hopkins, III
Hopkins
Mike Myer
Myer
Robert Mounford, Jr
Susan Ramsay
Ellsworth
Walnut Flats
Virginia Rt. 42
Dogs Rule the Frisbee Field in Monroe County Event
In Monroe County at Farmers Day, West Virginia dogs competed in the Canine Frisbee Championship. Rocky the Australian Shepherd trained by Steve Wallace won with 14 points, followed by Mack the German Shepherd mix and Cocoa the Poodle-Collie mix.
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West Virginia
Monroe County
Rocky
Steve Wallace
Links Grove
Mack
Bill Hodges
Cocoa
Gene Myers
Margaret Foland
Weather outlook shows warm, sunny start with showery days ahead
Monday brings mostly sunny and warm conditions with highs in the mid 80s and overnight lows in the 50s. Rain chances rise Tuesday with highs in the 80s and scattered showers and thunderstorms hitting Wednesday into Thursday, then a fair Friday with afternoon highs mid 70s to low 80s and morning lows mid 50s to low 60s.
Fiddler Physicist Plays Away Nuclear Talk at Narrows
Hans Essel, a 32-year-old German-born nuclear physics and computer science student, mixed science with music at a Narrows fiddlers convention. The Heidelberg think tank researcher spends summers in the United States, performing classical and bluegrass pieces between stops in Colorado, California, and North Carolina.
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Narrows
Fox
Hans Essel
Germany
Colorado
California
North Carolina
Essel
Heidelberg
America
Hans Essel Rejects Being Eaten Alive by Job
The quote frames a stance by Hans Essel who declares he will not be consumed by work. It captures a rebellious attitude toward job culture and emphasizes personal boundaries against overwork.
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Hans Essel
Traveling physicist joins Virginia bluegrass gathering
The bachelor on a U S tour met mountain musicians in Sugar Grove and heard of a fiddlers convention in Giles County Virginia. Essel, a physicist, notes bluegrass is popular in Germany and enjoys two lifestyles amid a relaxed competitive scene with about 70 groups entering the event.
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United States
University of Tennessee
Knoxville
Sugar Grove
Essel
Giles County
Germany
Southwest
Virginia
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Massachusetts
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Malinois
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