Mine Safety Bill Cleared Senate Aimed at Tougher Rules
The Senate approved a three-pronged reform to transfer enforcement to the Labor Department by July 1 1978 bring metal and hard rock mines under coal standards and tighten rules after past disasters. It faces House debate with 212000 coal miners and 274500 hard rock miners affected.
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Washington
UPI
Scotia
Tower City
Buffalo Creek
Sunshine
America
Senate
Interior Department
Labor Department
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Harrison Williams Jr
D-N.j
Carter
Williams
House
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
OSHA
Jesse Helms
Rn.c
United Steelworkers
United Mine Workers Unions
Jacob Javits
R N.Y
Kentucky
Exxon Drops Pipe Plan For Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Exxon Corp withdrew from the consortium planning a transcontinental pipeline from Alaska to Texas citing California air pollution standards. The plan would have moved Alaskan oil from Valdez to Long Beach then Midland to feed Gulf Coast and Midwest refineries.
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Cleveland
UPI
Exxon Corp
California
Texas
Exxon
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Standard Oil Co
Ohio
Standard Oil
Valdez
Long Beach
Calif
Midland
Tex
Gulf Coast
Midwest
Miller pleas for unity as miners stay on strike
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller urged unity in the coalfields less than a week after re election while thousands of miners remained on strike over health and retirement fund cutbacks. Pickets idled 10 000 plus miners in southern West Virginia as new costs of up to 500 annually for hospitalization and medical care were revealed. Miller urged workers to return to work and let him push operators to reverse the cuts. A WV Coal Association spokesman cited strike impact in Boone Logan Raleigh Wyoming McDowell Mingo and Kanawha counties. Funds officials blamed wildcat strikes for reduced royalties.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
West Virginia
Miller
United Press International
Benny Stephenson
Union Carbide Corp
Stephenson
West Virginia Coal Association
Boone
Logan
Raleigh
Wyoming
McDowell
Mingo
Kanawha
Passing the Puck and a NHL WHA Merger Talk
The NHL board of governors met in Chicago to discuss a possible merger with the WHA. Clarence Campbell was to be succeeded after 32 years as president as the two leagues expand. Pro hockey has grown from six teams to 18 in the NHL and 12 in the WHA, causing financial strain.
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NHL
Clarence Campbell
League
Chicago
Campbell
WHA
Birmingham
San Diego
Izvestia
Live Civil War era ammunition found near Frankfort
In Frankfort Kentucky UPI reports 94 live Civil War type cannonballs found Tuesday with more unearthed by Army demolitions experts at the Old State Arsenal area. Officials say the shells likely date to the Civil War and are examining origins with the Kentucky Military Museum as Col. George Chinn reviews area military history.
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Frankfort
UPI
Kentucky Historical Society
Bob Kinaird
Kentucky Military Museum
State Arsenal
Military Museum
West Frankfort
Kinaird
George Chinn
Louisville Road
U.S. 60
Jury to probe brutality in Philadelphia police case
A federal grand jury will be impaneled July 19 to investigate alleged brutality by Philadelphia police officers. U.S. Attorney David W Marston said the panel will focus solely on abuse charges and could sit for up to 18 months.
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Philadelphia
UPI
U.S
David W Marston
Joseph S. Lord III
Marston
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ronnie Walker
Helen Gagliardi
Joseph
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