Miners Plan Mass Picket At Consol Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers vow mass picketing at Consolidation Coal Co headquarters in Pittsburgh as contract talks resume in Washington. About 2,500 miners rallied April 30, while violence in West Virginia and Kentucky prompted steelworkers talks.
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Consol
Pittsburgh
Associated Press
United Mine Workers
Consolidation Coal Co
Washington, D.C
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Consolidation Coal
Greater
BCOA
Bobby Brown
Conoco Inc
West Virginia
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Thatcher Asked To Make Concessions
Catholics amid hunger strike tensions report Raymond McCreesh’s brother sending a telegram to Margaret Thatcher begging reprieve with concessions. Police note violence in three NI cities as IRA inmates fuse with political protest. McCreesh in fragile health after 57 days without food. The IRA’s Sinn Fein says Ray McCreesh loses sight and hearing as Patrick O Hara suffers similar pain. Firebombing hits Dungannon sites with millions in damage. Falls Road sees British troops wounding a man amid gun threats. Joe McDonnell and Brendan McLaughlin join the fast replacing Bobby Sands and Francis Hughes.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Raymond McCreesh
Margaret Thatcher
IRA
Sinn Fein
Patrick O'Hara
Thatcher
McCreesh
Brian McCreesh
Coalisland
Here
London
Dungannon
Falls Road
Joe McDonnell
Brendan McLaughlin
Fast
Bobby Sands
Francis Hughes
Syrian Missiles In Lebanon Spark Beirut Tensions
In Beirut and Zahle, Syria moved Soviet SAM4 missiles into east Lebanon as Israeli jets roared overhead. U S envoy Habib pursued diplomacy while Israeli Prime Minister Begin pressed for a peaceful solution and more time for talks with Damascus. Saudi mediation and a King Khaled letter to Assad were reported but details remained unclear.
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Lebanon
Beirut
Syria
Zahle
U.S
Philip C. Habib
Menachem Begin
Begin
Habib
Riyadh
Khaled
Hafez Assad
Damascus
Chtaura
Bekaa Valley
Beirut-Damascus
Bekaa
Etty
Israel
NBC
Meet the Press
Caspar Weinberger
Jerusalem
Social Security Cuts Frighten Retirees in Florida
In St Petersburg Florida fear and confusion spread as Reagan administration plans to cut benefits for 62 year olds to 55 percent of age 65 levels. Citizens rushed to file for benefits and weigh retirement options while Social Security officials described changes and options.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Reagan
Social Security Office
Pinellas County
Power System Vulnerable Says GAO Study
The GAO finds the nations electric power system highly vulnerable to sabotage or terror attacks. An eight-substation strike could cause widespread outages and days or more of interruption in major metros. EEPA staffing for emergency planning is critically small.
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Washington
Congressional Auditing Agency
General Accounting Office
GAO
Emergency Electric Power Administration
Energy Department
EEPA
Dog Pound Inspection Finds Seven Violations in Giles County
An official survey by Virginia animal health officers found only four of eleven pound areas compliant with state codes. The report cites deficiencies in drinking water devices, waste disposal, animal housing standards, cage construction, confinement area cleaning, accessibility, and food prep storage. The county, warden, and humane society are involved in ongoing access disputes and a pending court case.
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Sharon Friese
Daily Telegraph
Eggleston
Giles County
Division of
Animal Health and Dairies
Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Leroy E. Bowen, Jr
William D. Miller
Virginia
Bowen
Giles
William W. Hargrave
Hargrave
Ernest B. Baker
Max Jenkins
Giles County Humane Society
Baker
Michael J. Davis
The
Humane Society
Davis
Circuit Court
Robert Powell
R. Keith Neely
Christiansburg
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Brushfork Armory
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