Miners Allow Coal Delivery to Southeast Ohio School
Seventy-four? Actually 170 pupils at Harrisonville Elementary avoided an unscheduled vacation when 14 tons of coal were delivered by an independent hauler amid county mine strikes. Principal Greg McCall said the supply should last until February if weather. The move came with support from UMW Local 1886 president Gene Osler and other locals.
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Harrisonville
Ohio
Southeastern Ohio
Gene Osler
UMW
Greg McCall
Osler
UMW District 6
McCall
Non-union miners protected as talks resume in major UMW strike
United Mine Workers negotiators pressed Bituminous Coal Operators Association for a quick settlement as 160000 miners face a three week strike. Fayette County Pa. federal injunctions shield workers from violence, with C&K Coal Glascial Minerals and Chernicky Coal Co. reporting shutdowns due to picket threats and property damage around $60000. In Illinois Alexander County Judge upheld limits on picket numbers at a Metropolis coal loading facility amid a 300-strong UMW picket presence.
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Washington
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Chernicky
UMW
Illinois
Alexander County
Robert Landsden
Metropolis
Ill
Miners Mass in Ohio Prepare Visit to Kentucky Non Union Mines
More than a hundred striking coal miners gathered along U S 7 near Chesapeake Ohio heading to eastern Kentucky. They expect to stay as long as needed and bring sleeping gear and food. In a prior action they forced non union trucks to unload and halted docks on the Big Sandy River amid heavy state police presence.
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Chesapeake, Ohio
Ohio
Kentucky
U.S. 7
Chesapeake
Maryland
Big Sandy River
Soviet Cosmonaut Performs 88 Minute Space Walk
Georgi Grechko spent 88 minutes outside Salyut 6 to verify the main docking unit was undamaged after a previous failed boarding by two cosmonauts. Tass quoted Western experts that the unit’s integrity paves the way for a second crew to join Grechko and Yuri Romanenko aboard Soyuz 26.
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Georgi Grechko
Salyut-6 Space Laboratory
Space Station
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Grechko
Yuri Romanenko
Romanenko
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Middletown Weather: Winter Storm Watch Tonight
A winter storm watch is in effect for the Middletown area with snow possibly mixed with sleet and a low in the mid 20s. Snow and wind are forecast for Wednesday with a high in the lower 30s, followed by a chance of snow Thursday and Friday and clearing skies Saturday as temperatures range from upper 20s to low 30s with lows in the low 20s.
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Middletown
Iran Earthquake Kills 300. Rescue Efforts Underway
An earthquake 430 miles south of Tehran killed about 300 people and injured at least 500 as freezing conditions hampered survivors. The tremor struck at 3 36 a m local time near Kooh Khanook with villages Babtangal Gisk and Sarasiyah Bagh destroyed. Iran's Red Cross and Red Lion and Sun rushed aid while Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ordered C 130 planes with blankets tents food and medical supplies.
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Sarasiyah-Bagh
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Sheikh Alislamzadeh
Hussein Khatibi
Americans Losing Battle of the Bulge Says Government Study
Government findings show average weight gains from 1971 to 1974 among 13 600 Americans with taller individuals gaining more. Men reach peak weight 35 to 44 while women peak at 55 to 64. women over 55 do not show gains.
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Washington
Ohio to pay 6739 Chevymobile owners 200 dollar checks
Ohio consumers who bought 1977 Oldsmobiles Buick and Pontiac with Chevrolet engines will receive 200 dollar checks and a 36 month 36000 mile warranty from GM. The out of court settlement totals 40 million dollars nationwide benefiting 93000 cars. Ohio will get most of the 60 to 90 day payout and a 150000 dollar legal costs payment is shown.
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Ohio
William J. Brown
General Motors
Brown
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Social Security tax hike signed into law by President Carter
President Carter signed a bill sharply increasing Social Security taxes for 107 million workers aiming to keep the pension system solvent into the 21st century. The plan raises payroll taxes starting in 1979 and doubles the retirement earnings limit, with effects lasting through 2007 and beyond.
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