Coal miners picket at Statehouse in Ohio strike show
About 30 striking miners and family members from New Lexington picketed the Statehouse in Columbus to push for support for the United Mine Workers strike. The event was peaceful with signs criticizing media coverage and urging no contract, no coal. Governors from several states planned meetings. other incidents included vandalism at strip mines and a coal dock, with no injuries or arrests reported.
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Columbus, Ohio
New Lexington
Statehouse
United Mine Workers
Ohio
Sally Dillon
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Charleston
W.va
Milton Shapp
Pennsylvania
Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia
Julian Carroll
Kentucky
Hocking County
Ohio River
Tiffany Mining Co
Logan
Athens
Ross
Vinton
Jackson
Fairfield
Carter delays strong action as coal strike drags on
President Carter plans no drastic moves yet while officials study the coal mine owner response to a tentative pact between United Mine Workers and P M Coal Co. The White House will brief congressional leaders on options if a broad industry deal fails. UMWA bargaining council approved 23 to 16 the proposal with P M Coal Co of Denver. BC Operators Association has not yet responded.
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Washington
Carter
United Mine Workers
White House
UMWA
P&m Coal Co
Denver
Weather outlook with clouds and snow risk across days
Mostly cloudy tonight with a low of 5 to 10 degrees and a Wednesday sun and mid to upper 20s high. Lows in the teens to low 20s and highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s, with snow possible Friday and clearing by Saturday as a tentative industry settlement leans toward ending a 78 day coal strike. Labor Secretary Ray Marshall on Capitol Hill has drafted an interim contract proposal for union and BCOA review, amid three potential final options including Taft Hartley provisions, federal mine seizure, or binding arbitration.
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Ray Marshall
Capitol Hill
Union
BCOA
Carter
Congress
Fire at Sennett Container Menaces Two Warehouses
Firefighters battled two connected corrugated steel buildings at Sennett Container on Germantown Road but lacked adequate water supply. Madison Township and neighboring departments rushed six pumper and tanker trucks, yet water shortages and hot metal hindered efforts. Debris and white smoke marked the dawn aftermath with cause and damages undetermined.
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Sennett Container
Germantown Road
Middletown
Madison Township
Peasttown
Madison
Dee Harlan
Phil Lacefield
North Madison
Carmody Boulevard
Miami River
Kemen
Sheckler
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Arnold Miller
UMW
Superior River Coal Corp
Hanging Rock
Lawrence County
Wsaz-Tv
Jerry Sander
Huntington
Sander
Tiffany
Gene Oiler
Pomeroy
Nationa
Osler
Superior River Coal CO
Ironton
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Ann Landers
State
Eeerwee
Erma Bombeck
Heloise Onpeves
Srts
Poasttown
Tom Muchmore
Journal
Trenton
Franklin
Wayne Township
Maidson Township
Carlisle
Hook Field
Sennett
William Sennett
Lacefield
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