Virginia coal trading exchange aims to ease Hampton Roads congestion
Eleven Virginia businessmen formed the American Coal Exchange to coordinate coal buying and shipping through Hampton Roads. The group hopes to clear ships, deliveries, and transportation, acting as a regional clearinghouse modeled after the Chicago Board of Trade and New Orleans Cotton Exchange. They seek industry cooperation and oppose direct government intervention, planning meetings with mines railroads ships and brokers.
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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
Steel slump threatens West Virginia coal jobs in chain reaction
The steel downturn spreads to coal as auto industry layoffs shrink steel orders. U.S. Steel and Bethlehem cut thousands of miners, Armco shifts to steam coal, and 5,000 miners in District 29 face immediate job loss. Officials warn further mine shutdowns could arrive by July and August.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Ed Taishoff
American Iron and Steel Institute
Allen Pack
West Virginia Coal Association
Detroit
United Auto Workers
U.S. Steel
Michael Koff
McDowell County
Bethlehem
Armco Steel
Armco
Page Henley
New York skate used in record promo weighs 250 pounds
Two employees from a roller and ice skate shop pushed a 250 pound display skate up Sixth Avenue from a studio where it was used in a record album promotion. They moved it through rush hour traffic for six blocks along the Avenue of the Americas.
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Jolly Green Giant
Volkswagen
New York
Weekend Weather Outlook: Warm with Showers Possible
Saturday brings mostly sunny skies with high temperatures in the low 80s and clear nights with lows around 60. Sunday turns partly cloudy and hot with highs in the mid to upper 80s and a chance of afternoon showers or thunderstorms. Shower chances linger through Monday, with weekend mornings in the mid 50s to mid 60s and weekend afternoons in the upper 70s to 80s.
Europe Backs PLO Inclusion In Mideast Talks
Nine European leaders at Venice summit launch a Middle East plan inviting the PLO into peace talks alongside the United States Israel and Egypt. Muskie notes no direct challenge to Camp David. Kadoumi calls the move positive but incomplete. Ghali says principles align with Camp David. Carter wary of PLO participation.
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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
Cairo
Butros Ghali
U.S
East Jerusalem
West Bank
Ghali
Carter
Europe
Mideast
Francesco Cossiga
Nine Heads of Government
Cambodian Refugees Ready For Repatriation
Anxiety and confusion marked Khao I Dang camp as 130000 Cambodians prepare for the first mass repatriation scheduled to begin Monday with UN and Thai officials assessing voluntariness. Similar concerns emerge at Sa Kaew where relief workers fear pressure by Pol Pot supporters.
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Khao I Dang
Thailand
U.N
Sa Kaew
Pol Pot
Khmer Rouge
Muskie notes Iran authority split hinders hostage release
U S Secretary of State Muskie said Tehran faces diffusion of political power, hindering the release of 53 Americans held since November. Rioting near Tehran University Stadium killed five and injured about 300 as Khomeini supporters clashed with leftist Mujahedeen.
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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 Meet Sparks Mount St Helens Tale
The Anti Superstition Society gathers at a Chicago club with 13 black cats to defy Friday the 13th while Mount St Helens erupts. Scientists caution calendar links, inflation nudges rabbit foot prices, and 77 year old Harold Grange and Bears owner George Halas are honored. A mix of superstition, science, and local quirks mark the day across multiple U.S. locations.
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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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Michael Imperial
United Virginia Bank
the Exchange
Herb Jones
Amherst Coal
Jones
Joe Davidson
United Mine Workers International
Beckley-based
Magistrates
Eee
Bulletin Board
Ev Etrraeeet
Mercer Circuit Court
Pete
Dr. Lamb
Wes Whee Ek Shaene
Sa Kaen
Steve Barkley
Steve
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