UMW Bargaining Council Approves Mine Construction Pact
The United Mine Workers bargaining council approved a 40 month settlement with the Association of Bituminous Contractors by a 30 to 4 vote. The wage package totals a $3.60 hourly increase over the term, with $1.40 in quarterly adjustments. Retirees gain dental benefits for the first time, and a scope clause tightens subcontracting to discipline union activity. A ratification vote by 11,500 rank and file workers is set for next Wednesday.
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Washington
United Mine Workers’ Bargaining Council
Association of
Bituminous Contractors
Willard
Esselstyn
UMW
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
West Virginia
Gunman Killed After Slaying 3 in Rochester Bank Siege
A gunman killed three people and wounded eight, then held hostages inside the Security Trust Co bank in Rochester before a special-weapons marksman killed him. Two officers were wounded. a bank teller and several bystanders escaped as police used a garbage truck for cover.
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Rochester
N.Y
Security Trust Co
Scott Daitz
Greece
Daitz
St. Mary's Hospital
Ronald Baker
Curtis Dandridge
Angela Harvey
Robert Hudson
Spencerport
Reagan Plan: House Panel Rejects Central Tax Cut
The House Ways and Means Committee rejected the core of President Reagan's business tax cut, approving a substitute plan to cut taxes by about 0.5 trillion dollars over ten years by 1986. The panel backed faster write-offs for business spending while the Treasury rejected the proposal. The committee also backed a liberalized investment credit for building rehabilitation to aid inner cities, with rates up to 25 percent for historic structures.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Reagan
Treasury
Donald T. Regan
Sam Gibbons
D-Fla
Regan
House Panel Revises Budget Cuts Package
In Washington the House Education and Labor Committee revised a multibillion-dollar cuts package to align more with President Reagan. Republicans vow floor action to push back, arguing the 1982 plan would still fall about 8.2 billion short of the balanced budget target for 1984.
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Washington
House
Reagan
GOP
Bob Michel
Education and Labor Committee
Michel
House Education and Labor Committee
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Haig Concludes Visit To China
A senior Reagan official said US China ties require care after Secretary Haig’s four day visit to Peking. He warned that selling high performance jets to Taiwan could damage Sino American relations and urged prudence. Haig spoke en route to Manila for ASEAN meetings amid differences on Vietnam and Cambodia.
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Manila
Philippines
United States
China
Reagan Administration
Alexander M. Haig Jr
Peking
Taiwan
State Department
Haig
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN
Vietnam
Cambodia
Hanoi
Manila International
Two Teens Charged In Midnight Burglary
NORFOLK AP: Mark Alan Jeffers 18 and a 16 year old were charged with burglary after staying up all night playing an electronic game at a convenience store. They allegedly climbed on the roof and slid in through an air vent after the clerk closed the store.
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Norfolk, Va
W.L. Garrison
Mark Alan Jeffers
Garrison
Mostly sunny day with warm weekend forecast
The weather summary notes mostly sunny conditions today with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s. Partly cloudy tonight and Friday with lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s. Friday highs again in the upper 70s to mid 80s. The NWS forecast calls for a chance of thunderstorms Friday night, then fair conditions Saturday and Sunday with highs around the 80s and lows in the 60s to low 70s.
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National Weather Service
Irregular spending found at a McDowell clinic
Irregular spending concerns surface at a McDowell clinic prompting investigation by auditors. Officials vow transparency and pledge to review procurement records to safeguard public funds.
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McDowell Clinic
Extradition Bid Seen For Williams After Escape
New York authorities have custody of escaped convict Ronald Williams and a Marshall County judge authorized extradition to West Virginia. Williams, 38, escaped Nov 7 1979 from the Moundsville prison where he was serving a life term for killing a Beckley officer. He was recaptured in New York City and is under guard in a hospital with bullet wounds. Authorities note possible extraditions to other states for crimes tied to Williams.
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Charleston
W.va
New York
Ronald Williams
Marshall County
Williams
West Virginia
Arizona
West Virginia Penitentiary
Moundsville
Beckley
New York City
FBI
Manhattan
West Virginia Corrections Department
Donald Bordenkircher
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UMW Bargaining Council
Billy Winkler
Soviet Union
Old Dominion
News Society
TEA
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