Coal contract talks enter critical weekend stage
United Mine Workers and coal industry negotiators prepare for a marathon weekend as they seek a new contract before Mondays deadline. UMW President Sam Church says miners will not work without a contract and aims for a tentative agreement by March 17 to allow ratification.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
Sam Church
Church
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
West Virginia Mainstay For Union Mines
West Virginia and national coal history are reviewed as union mined output falls from postwar peaks. The 1946 strike paralyzed many industries while the 1977 78 walkout lasted 111 days but nonunion mines kept producing. GAO said unemployment was modest and power transmission remained resilient during the 1978 strike.
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Charleston
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United Mine Workers
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
John L. Lewis
BCOA
West Virginia
Kentucky
Plane Hijack Sequel Near End as Prisoners Ready for Exchange
In Damascus political prisoners prepare to depart Karachi en route to Libya in exchange for more than 100 hostages held on a Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720. The plan hinges on Libyan asylum assurances while Syria and Libya coordinate release once prisoners arrive in Tripoli.
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Karachi
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McDowell County Parents Demonstrate Over School Closings
In Welch Friday, about 10 Davy area women protested in front of the Board of Education against proposed closures of Caretta or Coalwood, Gary, and Superior elementary schools. They urged the board to provide written proof of plans, predicted continued demonstrations, and noted a bus-stop disruption incident led to a warrant for Sue Mullins.
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Daily Telegraph
Welch
McDowell County
Board of Education
Davy Area
Caretta
Coalwood
Gary
Superior
Davy
Hemphill
Charmain Brooks
Big Jenny
Sue Mullins
Brooks
Weekend weather outlook for north regions and mountains
Lingering flurries in the north and mountains this morning give way to partly cloudy skies through Sunday. Highs today range from the mid 30s to mid 40s with overnight lows in the mid 20s to mid 30s. Sunday warms to highs in the 50s while a Tuesday fair period follows a Monday chance of precipitation.
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National Weather Service
Justus death sentence upheld. three-state execution risk noted
In a three state case, Buddy Earl Justus, 28, faces death in Virginia and Florida after a Georgia Supreme Court ruling upheld his sentence for the 1978 rape and murder of Ida Mae Moses. Justus, a former Shawsville resident, is the only person awaiting execution in three states.
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Christiansburg
Buddy Earl Justus
Georgia Supreme Court
Justus
Virginia
Florida
American Civil Liberties Union
Shawsville
Buchanan County
Tenced
Montgomery County
Ida Mae Moses
Williamsburg
Mecklenburg County
Atlanta adds 22nd name to slain and missing children list
In Atlanta a 22nd child, 1 year old Joseph Bell missing since March 3, is added to the slain and missing list as President Reagan approves 1.5 million more for the investigation. The total on the list reaches 20 dead and two missing, with costs rising to about 150,000 to 170,000 monthly. Mayor Maynard Jackson and Public Safety Commissioner Lee Brown comment amid ongoing crisis. Vice President Bush will visit Atlanta to show federal support. The added funds augment 979,000 already sent for related social programs.
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Reagan
Public Safety
Lee Brown
Joseph Bell
George Bush
Maynard Jackson
Jackson
Pentagon Proposes Six Month Try It Draft Plan
A Pentagon advisory board proposes reviving a draft in a six month trial form to give youths a taste of military life before choosing between active or reserve service. The Reserve Forces Policy Board says current forces lack sufficient training manpower for mobilization. Chairman Louis J. Conti described the plan as a try it before you buy it approach for young people.
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Washington
Pentagon
Reserve Forces Policy Board
Louis J. Conti
Congress
Reserve
National Guard
Conti
Domestic spying debate lingers as CIA chief urges abroad focus
Inman told the Senate Intelligence Committee that CIA work should stay overseas, seeking to curb domestic surveillance. Moynihan said Inman affirmed the CIA’s abroad focus. Carter visits Georgia Democrats and announces Bantam Books holds U S and Canadian memoirs rights.
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Senate Intelligence Committee
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Bobby Inman
Daniel P. Moynihan
New York
Inman
Atlanta
Bantam Books Co
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