U S Steel Gary No 14 Mine Cuts Jobs Amid Decline
In Gary Indiana 171 coal miners at U S Steel Gary No 14 mine Munson were laid off as demand for the coal falls. Other Gary area mines plan cuts from four days to three, with miners lamenting slow government aid and regulatory pressures. Arnold Walters 22, treasurer of the local Mining Committee, notes the layoffs follow reduced demand after years of in-house work.
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U.S. Steel
Gary
Mary Davis
Daily Telegraph
Steel
Gary No. 14
Munson
Arnold Walters
No. 14
Walters
Miner Frustration Over Layoffs and Unemployment Office Rudeness
A Welch area coal miner laments layoffs at a Raleigh County coke plant move and criticizes the unemployment office treatment. He notes single miners feel less impact than those with families and argues for easier access to unemployment benefits, highlighting tax contributions.
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Jaeger
Raleigh County
Welch
Graham School Delayed Opening At Bluefield Virginia
Graham Middle School in Bluefield Virginia will not open for the 1980 81 Tazewell County term. Superintendent Lester Jones confirms the delay and says students will attend existing facilities this fall. Construction is slowed by undelivered windows ordered in 1978 from Keller Glass Company.
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Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Graham
Tazewell County
Lester Jones
Jones
Corte Company, Inc
Corte
Keller Glass Co
Johnson City
Tenn
Ware Aluminum Windows
Miami
Fla
Princeton Towers Annexation Feud Sparks City Action
Princeton officials led by Community Development Director Jim McNeely accuse UMIC Properties of reneging on a binding contract as they push to annex the 119 unit Princeton Towers housing project for the elderly and disabled. Mayor Gene Bailey blasts the move as an out of state takeover while council threatens to cut services and seek federal aid to force annexation.
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Teregraph
Wes 2
Princeton
Jim McNeely
Umic Properties, Inc
Princeton Towers
Gene Bailey
UMIC
West Virginia
Mercer County Assessor
McNeely
Towers
Bluefield
East River
Iran Hostage Fate May Go To Referendum
Iran's new parliament will be tied up with routine business until mid September. If a unanimous decision on the hostages cannot be reached, a referendum may be held to decide whether they should be freed or tried as spies. The hostage crisis began with militants seizing the U.S. Embassy on November 4.
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Associated Press
Iran
Tehran
Donyaye Iran
Islamic Republican Party
U.S
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Hojatoleslam Mousavi Khovieniha
Enghlab Islami
U. S
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Revolutionary Council
Parliament
Bani-Sadr
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Abu Sharif
Pars
Sharif
Bani- Sadr
Khomeini
Guards Corps
Willie Nelson Johnny Paycheck concert heads to Franklin County
Franklin County officials could not stop the Willie Nelson Johnny Paycheck show planned for August 9-10 at Franklin County Speedway. promoter Don Taylor sought 15,000 advance tickets with no gate ceiling, later pledging to sell at the gate both days. Board chair David Melesco defended the plan despite local fears of violence and property damage.
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Rocky Mount
Franklin County
Willie
Callaway
Franklin County Board of Supervisors
David Melesco
Don Taylor
Franklin County Speedway
Taylor
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