Ohio Prepares for 30 Day Coal Strike Contingencies
Ohio’s Energy Emergency Commission plans a news conference on coal and electricity conservation and allocations amid a potential United Mine Workers walkout. Chairman David C. Sweet says stockpiles cover public needs 90 to 100 days, with 30 to 35 days for residential and commercial use and 65 to 90 days for utilities. The plan includes voluntary then mandatory conservation and possible coal allocations based on essential need, with an emergency session of the legislature possible if a crisis is declared.
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Columbus, Ohio
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New Energy Emergency Commission
David C. Sweet
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Sweet
Grocery price rise spark tests of supermarket profits
Washington AP reports supermarket groups deny big profits behind rising food costs. Clarence G. Adams of the National Association of Food Chains will cite cost and profit figures to testify that chains are not earning excessive margins. He will address a House subcommittee next week and contrast government price data with farm price trends.
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Washington
Clarence G. Adams
National Association of Food Chains
House
Adams
Agriculture Department
Wall Street Journal
Donald Perkins
Coal strike deepens as talks drag on
The nationwide coal strike enters a second week with United Mine Workers and industry reps seeking a new contract for 120,000 members. UMW President Arnold Miller warned of ongoing gut problems for miners, while negotiators report some progress yet decline to set a firm end date, with key sticking points over wages benefits and union jurisdiction.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
Arnold Miller
Guy Farmer
Peter J. Brennan
Snow flurries possible in Middletown with storms ahead
Weather outlook shows snow flurries tonight and Wednesday in the Middletown area with lows in the 30s and highs in the upper 30s to low 40s. Showers are forecast Thursday through Saturday with possible snow mix.
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Middletown
Sugar boycott planned to push prices down this winter
Los Angeles organizers of last year's meat boycott advance a partial sugar boycott urging consumers not to buy sugar products on Tuesdays and Thursdays for several months and refrain from buying sacks in early December and January. They warn prices may rise above three dollars a bag, arguing sugar futures speculators are mistaken and sugar is not gold.
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Los Angeles
Arline Mathews
American Consumers Together
Ohio miners join nationwide walkout in 1960s strike
About 12 thousand coal miners in United Mine Workers District 6 joined more than 100 thousand colleagues in a midnight walkout. John Guzek, president of District 6, said locals would set up food stamp centers and that 52 locals would participate. He anticipated the strike would last two to three weeks.
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Bellaire
Ohio
United Mine Workers District 6
John Guzek
UMW
West Virginia Panhandle
Guzek
Parents Fight Eviction After Coma Daughter at Miami Hospital
The parents of 21 year old Ronda Seaman, in a coma since a 1973 accident, oppose a trespass suit by Doctors' Hospital to remove her from care. Hospital says the family refused transfer and owes medical bills. the parents insist the patient shows signs of progress and deserves treatment.
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Miami
Irwin Seaman
Ronda
Dade
Seaman
Martin Haber
Seamans
Joseph McAloon
Adele
Violence erupts in Kanawha County over textbooks
In Kanawha County rural areas two school buses were hit by shotgun blasts and a parent car was firebombed, with no injuries reported. The attacks followed a school board vote to keep most language arts texts, fueling calls to shut down schools and move students to private or home instruction. Superintendent Underwood says compulsory attendance enforcement will start, despite earlier excused-absence policy for objecting families.
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Charleston
W.va
Kanawha
Underwood
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