Coal Strike Seems Certain as Talks Break Off
Washington AP report says a coal strike seems certain after a break-off in contract talks with no resumption planned. United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller warned on Friday that a work stoppage now seems inevitable as negotiations ended without progress.
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Dee.p
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Pee
Rankatul
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Miller
Umw-Organized Mines Now Account Only For About 50 Percent of Total U.S
Area Man Killed Beside Disabled Vehicle On Route 62
Howard L. McAvoy, 27, of Fittsfield was killed near Tidioute when his northbound car struck a deer and then was hit by a southbound vehicle driven by Samuel Reed. McAvoy died at the scene from massive internal injuries. Reed sustained a minor head injury. Mrs. Ethel McAvoy was present as her son's vehicle and hers were parked with headlights on when Reed’s car struck. McAvoy's death occurred about 7:30 p.m. near Route 62.
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Warren
Fittsfield
Route 62
Tidioute
Howard L. McAvoy
James Higgins
Warren Say
McAvoy
Ethel McAvoy
Torpedo
Berm
Samuel Reed
Reed
Just Plain OV Broke Demonstration Stuns Plains Ga
Thousands of farmers flooded Plains Georgia with 10 000 to 15 000 tractors in a Friday protest organized by American Agriculture. They warned of mass farm foreclosures and urged Congress to guarantee profits amid weather losses. Tractor banners echoed calls to prevent major oil company buyouts of large farms.
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Plains
Carter
Tommy Carter
Alma
American Agriculture
Congress
America
Northeast Braces for Major Blizzard After Two Storms
The Associated Press reports two merging storms threaten the Northeast with heavy snow and high winds. Nine people died in Wisconsin from heart attacks or accidents related to shoveling, with several more fatalities in Michigan and Illinois. Blizzard conditions were set to bring up to eight inches of snow in parts of New York and Vermont, while Washington and Oregon face heavy rains. Travel advisories and avalanche warnings were issued across the Northwest and Midwest as frigid temperatures and wind chills plunge well below zero in multiple states.
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Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
SMW
Milwaukee
Pacific Northwest
Washington
Oregon
National Weather Service
Great Lakes
Maine
New York State
Quebec
Weather Service
Hullahi
N.Y
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Pacific
Adley
Seattle
Wit
Erie County Hit Hardest by Pa Winter Storm
The first major winter storm blasted across Pennsylvania, with Erie County hardest hit by dawn. Four inches of snow, winds to 40 mph, and snow covered hazardous roads prompted police cautions. Reports of multiple accidents and road closures continued as updates came in, with plow crews battling slick conditions statewide.
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Pennsylvania
National Weather Service
Erie County
Williamsport
Malnutrition: Boy Looked Like a Kite in Indianapolis
A year-old boy died from malnutrition amid six children fed largely salt water as part of a religious ritual to ward off demons. The autopsy described him as emaciated, weighing 35 pounds. His mother Trula Bush and Willa Mayes faced neglect and involuntary manslaughter charges with bonds set at 15000 dollars. The other children, hospitalized, ranged from critical to good condition. Authorities said the family lived in a basement apartment and members of St. Jude Temple of Spiritual Truth.
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Indianapolis
Daniel Hush
Josefino Aguilar
Trula Bush
Willa Mayes
William Bush
Katherine Bush
Billy Williams
Michael Collier
Sabrina Collier
St. Jude Temple of Spiritual Truth
Dayton Man Faces Testimony Bar Over Male Marriage
Dayton Ohio AP court case weighs if a husband can be forced to testify against a spouse when both are male. Case stems from October domestic dispute involving Merica and Cosey, Florida marriage certificate cited. Police say Merica barricaded Winter. Doney accused of knife attack on officer Mark Davin during the incident.
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Ohio
W. Erwin Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Florida
Police Sa
William E. Medien
Rooney
Merica
Doney
Mark Davin
Cosey
Montgomery County Grand Jury
State road signs saved by PennDOT recycling efforts
PennDOT reports signs cost Pennsylvania motorists about 1 million dollars yearly with replacement costs reduced by recycling since 1969. The program reuses aluminum from damaged signs, producing about 240000 signs annually at roughly 3.7 million dollars, with damaged material restored and reused rather than discarded.
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Pennsylvania
Penndot
Luable Aluminum
Bureau of Traffic Engineering
Harrisburg
Shedann
William Stoner
Stoner
Carter Presses Governors On 55 MPH Speed Limit Compliance
Washington reports rising highway speeds and deaths as drivers increasingly ignore the 55 mph limit. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams notes speeds climbing since 1974 with 30 to 77 percent of vehicles exceeding the limit in six months. States like Wyoming, Connecticut, Missouri, Maine, and Texas show high violation rates. Virginia remains the lowest. President Carter urges governors to reinforce the limit and pledge compliance to maintain fuel and life savings.
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Washington
Transportation Department
Transportation
Brock Adams
Carter
Wyoming
Connecticut
Missouri
Maine
Texas
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Kiwanis Club to Begin Holiday Decorating on December 1
Kiwanis members will start their annual decorating drive on Sunday December 1. Henry Hicks says no new decorations this year due to downtown renewal plans and possible changes for the future. Crews begin work at 8 am, about a week from tomorrow.
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Yitkinua
Sonny
Kiwanis Club
Henry Hicks
Hicks
Long Week for Local Man Ends With Multiple Citations
Bradley Querrveld of Corry Barber faced a string of police actions this week. He was arrested on a bad check warrant issued by Dintriel Justice Nukowski after a stop for a raffle violation and cited for an expired inspection sticker. Early today he was fined for driving the wrong way on a one way street. Police also investigated criminal mischief at Barney's Firestone lot where a truck owned by Mark Crispin had two tires let out. A separate minor accident in a private lot involved Michael R Tinko backing into a Buss Auto Sales vehicle. damage listed as light.
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Bradley
Querrveld
R.D
Corry Barber
Dintriel Justice
Barney's Firestone
East South Street
Mark Crispin
R.D. 2
Centerville
Michael R Tinko
R.D. 3
Buss Auto Sales
Bld
Winter Weather Triggers Two Crashes In Area Roads
Snow and icy patches blamed for two Highway crashes around the city. Patricia Willmer, 20, of Corry Route 2, was not injured after her car slid off Route 77 into a swamp. Timothy Amoroso, 20, of 216 Sherman Street, left the road on Route 426 and hit a tree. no injuries but the car was totaled. A deer struck Ronald Chrispin’s car rolling onto the road, causing another incident with no injuries reported. Weather stayed cold with temperatures in the low thirties overnight.
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Corry
Athens Township
Patricia Willmer
R,d. 2
Wayne Township
Timothy Amoroso
Sherman Street
Ronald Chrispin
Titusville
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