Union meeting reflects mining layoffs in Keystone
In Keystone, 26 miners attend a local United Mine Workers session as McDowell County faces over 30 percent unemployment. Harold Calloway notes layoffs since 1979, with 44 at the mine and 14 at the prep plant. He cites foreign imports and crisis aid, plus the need for union education on contracts and bumping procedures.
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Garret Mathews
Daily Telegraph
Keystone
United Mine Workers Local 6196
Harold Calloway
Calloway
Robert Cunningham
McDowell County
U.S. Steel
Gary
Runaway Coal Cars Rampage Through Havaco After Derailment
Thirty two idle coal cars break free from a Jerusalem stockpile in Havaco, reaching about 70 mph and derailing near three crossings and a trestle. Residents say N&W ignored requests to move the cars. Local officials call for federal safety investigation.
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Daily Telegraph
Havaco
Little Egypt
Jerusalem
Norfolk and Western Railway
Gene Paramore
Havaco Community Action Committee
The
N&w
Community Action Committee
Wilcoe Yard
America
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Busy Day On Capitol Hill House Defies Weapons Plan
Washington AP reports the House refused to halt the Pentagon anti-satellite program amid a 243-177 vote while considering a record 187.8 billion Defense Department authorization for the fiscal year starting Oct 1. Debates touched on nerve gas production, B-1 bomber procurement, Bradley testing, and pay disparities shaping Senate action on a separate schedule.
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Washington
House
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Pentagon
Defense Department
Army
Mel Levine
D-Calif
Bradley
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
R-Tenn
Baker
Reagan Presses Merit Pay Plan for Teachers in Tennessee
President Reagan joined Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander in backing merit pay for top teachers funded by a penny tax hike. Bonuses of 1000 to 7000 dollars would be awarded to teachers achieving a master rating, evaluated by peers. Reagan argued for higher standards and math and science requirements while opposing expanded federal education funding. He met with 32 teachers at Farragut High School and later addressed a PTA convention in Albuquerque.
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Knoxville
National Education Association
Lamar Alexander
Reagan
National Commission On Excellence In Education
America
Alexander
Macbeth
Tennessee
California
U.S
Albuquerque
N.M
Parent- Teacher Association
Congress
Minnesota
National Commission
T.H. Bell
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John L. Lewis
Union Hall
UMW
W.A
Tony) Boyle
Boyle
Umwa
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Capitol Hill
Cable Legislation
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Capitol
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Regan
Ways and Means Committee
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Ill
Contingency Fund
James R. Jones
D-Okla
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Judd Gregg
R-N.h
Government Operations, Science and Technology and Commerce and Energy
Senate Agriculture Committee
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Walter Huddleston
D-Ky
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Pennington
Welch Chamber
Rockefeller
Rai
Steen
Nees
Renee
Dixon Peden Weer
Society
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