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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1981
Page
3
Associated Press reports a warm Appalachian spring and the first week of a nationwide coal strike. Deputy sheriff George Meanich of Belmont County Ohio fears future trouble as the strike continues, while a Southwest Virginia miner compares the strike to a hurricane and calls it the calm before the storm.
The 160,000-member United Mine Workers vote 2-1 against a proposed contract, signaling a strike lasting at least a month. In West Virginia Gov. Rockefeller orders a 10 percent agency spending cut and a hiring freeze as mining slows, with revenue losses around 16 million monthly.
Washington AP report says over 1 million Volkswagen and Audi cars with water cooled engines from 1974 to 1979 face potential major repair costs due to oil consumption from valve seal problems. FTC claims VW of America failed to warn buyers and suggest maintenance. VW defends case, no safety risk cited, possible civil suit for damages.
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