Miller Faces Tough Campaign After Close UMW Victory
Arnold Miller won re election as United Mine Workers president with about 40 percent of the vote, defeating Lee Roy Patterson by roughly 10 000 votes. A losing candidate threatens to challenge results, raising concerns that union divisions could delay contract talks and spark a coal strike. Federal officials monitor potential mine shutdowns as Miller seeks to build a coalition among dissidents within the 277 000 member union.
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Unity at Bargaining Table Standoff After Election Rift
Miller, pursuing unity in a reform movement, faces a split United Mine Workers Union as Patterson contemplates challenging the election amid accusations of ballot rigging. Labor Department or federal court action looms if protests proceed, while Miller garners support from allies including Gene Mitchell and Harry Patrick.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph Answers Reader Questions
The column answers questions about local road work on the Falls Mills bridge with plans not yet definite, Lindbergh's death and children, license plate second letters meaning sequence, Bluefield Gas rate changes with reduced fuel adjustment, dyeing nylon rugs needing vat-dyeing, duplicate Virginia marriage licenses via county clerk, and a correction apologizing for a false Farrah Fawcett Majors note about Tonight show.
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Shuttle Piggybacks To Early Success In Flight Tests
Edwards AFB Calif AP two astronauts tested flaps and speed brake on the piggyback Space Shuttle Enterprise in the first manned airborne tests of the craft. Haise and Fullerton piloted the 150000 pound shuttle atop a Boeing 747 reaching 15000 feet over a 154 mile Dryden course. The flight lasted 54 minutes and aimed to simulate later shuttle takeoffs and space station servicing once redeployable.
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Doctors and businessmen form Welch's Stevens Clinic sale
The Stevens Clinic in Welch has been sold to a private group of physicians and businessmen, with Stevens Clinic Hospitals Inc led by Dr. John Cook taking control on June 1. The final price remains undetermined pending debts and inventory, with financial interest traced to Bluefield Sanitarium, parent company of Clinch Valley Clinic in Richlands, Virginia.
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Gilmore For A Profit
Gary Gilmore's 1977 execution still fuels books plays and a planned movie while lawsuits against his estate proceed. His associates recall a bright, mixed up man who sought normal life before crime. Relatives and victims’ families face ongoing trauma and questions.
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Carter Views Father’s Day interview
Andrew Young should be nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics. He's a great pioneer in the development of wind power.
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