Virginia coal exchange formed to ease Hampton Roads port congestion
Eleven Virginia businessmen launched the American Coal Exchange to coordinate coal buying and shipping through Hampton Roads. The group aims to act as a clearinghouse for sales, delivery, and transportation, reducing ship backlog and avoiding direct government intervention. Clifton Edwards will serve as president and the SCC certified the exchange.
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Norfolk
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Clifton Edwards
the Times Advocate
American Coal Exchange
State Corporation Commission
SCC
Chicago Board of Trade
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Coal Exchange
Edwards
Slump in steel may trigger coal mine layoffs in West Virginia
A steel industry downturn risks chain effects in West Virginia as auto industry layoffs climb to about 235,000 UAW workers and U S Steel and Bethlehem cut miners. Some plants shift to steam coal, but many metallurgical mines face shutdowns and rising unemployment, with 5,000 miners in District 29 already out of work.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Ed Taishoff
American Iron and Steel Institute
Detroit
United Auto Workers
U.S. Steel
Michael Koff
McDowell County
Bethlehem
Armco Steel
Armco
Page Henley
Herb Jones
Amherst Coal
Joe Davidson
United Mine Workers International
Beckley-based
New York skate shop displays unique roller model
Two shop employees push a novel display skate up the Avenue outside a New York roller and ice skate shop. The item in view is presented as a new model concept and draws passerby attention in a busy street scene.
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Jolly Green Giant
Volkswagen
New York
Weekend Weather Outlook with Warm Afternoon Highs
Saturday brings mostly sunny skies and highs in the low 80s. Clear tonight with lows mid 50s to around 60. Sunday becomes partly cloudy and warm with a slight chance of afternoon showers or thunderstorms and highs in the mid to upper 80s. A chance of showers continues through Monday with weekend mornings in the mid 50s to mid 60s.
Europe backs PLO inclusion in Middle East talks
Europe’s Common Market nations endorsed a new Middle East initiative to involve the Palestinian Liberation Organization in peace talks beyond the Camp David framework. The declaration urged Palestinian participation, while Muskie said the move could align with Camp David if the PLO renounces destruction of Israel. Palestinian and regional reactions varied, with Cairo noting compatibility with Camp David, and Israel offering no immediate comment.
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Venice
Italy
Middle East
Palestine Liberation Organization
United States
Israel
Egypt
Nine Nations
PLO
Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Camp David
Farouk Kadoumi
Beirut
Lebanon
Muskie
Cairo
Butros Ghali
U.S
East Jerusalem
West Bank
Ghali
Carter
Europe
Mideast
Francesco Cossiga
Nine Heads of Government
Cambodian refugees ready for repatriation in Thai camp near border
Anxiety and confusion marked Khao I Dang as 130000 Cambodians prepare for a first mass repatriation. U N officials and Thai officers will interview for voluntary return, amid fears of coercion from Pol Pot backers. A sound truck promotes the Monday program. rumors of pressure persist among refugees and relief workers.
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Khao I Dang
Thailand
U.N
Sa Kaew
Pol Pot
Muskie cites Iran unity issue hindering hostages release
Secretary of State Muskie says diffusion of political authority in Iran remains the main barrier to freeing 53 U S citizens held since November. He notes rising Iranian awareness that holding hostages serves neither side and cites Tehran University Stadium clashes as sign of broader unrest. The Mujahedeen rally and Khomeini supporters clash, leaving casualties, while Iran’s foreign minister blasts press focus on the hostage issue.
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U.S
Edmund S. Muskie
Iran
Washington
Tehran
Tehran University Stadium
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
People’s Mujahedeen
Warriors
Mujahedeen
Khomeini
Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Muskie
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Oslo
Norway
Friday the 13th Superstition Day in Chicago and Mount St Helens Eruption
On Friday the 13th Anti-Superstition Society members in Chicago gathered at a downtown club with 13 black cats to mock superstition while Mount St Helens erupted for the third time in the Pacific Northwest. Geologist Pete Rowley warned the eruption could set back science, though scientists doubted the calendar's influence. The piece notes civic figures like George Halas and Harold Grange celebrated by the society, and includes market notes on rabbits feet prices amid inflation.
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David L. Langford
Associated Press
Mount St. Helens
Anti-Superstition Society
Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Pete Rowley
U.S. Geological Survey
Chicago Bears
George Halas
Harold ‘Red’ Grange
Grange
Les Lear
Grand Rapids
Mich
Jack Diamond
Diamond
Hong Kong
Indianapolis
Jerome Kutche
Kutche
Indiana
Elwood
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