UMW Ponders End to 64 Day Coal Walkout With Pact
United Mine Workers leaders consider a tentative three year contract raising wages by 2.35 dollars per hour and adding health and pension benefits. The 39 member bargaining council must approve before rank and file ratification, with scrutiny over wildcat strikes and fund reimbursements amid a 64 day walkout that halved coal production.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
UMW
Miller
Pennsylvania
George White
Lincoln City
W.va
Winter Storms Hit Much Of The Nation
The Northeast from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts faced a crippling blizzard with over a foot of snow, widespread outages, and mass disruption. Chicago and Wisconsin also endured heavy snow, while Montana to North Dakota saw blizzards and Northern California braced for rain. More than 24 weather related deaths were reported as Boston Edison restored power to most customers yet 20,000 remained without electricity. State of emergency declared in Southern New England as National Guard mobilized. Emergency measures shut city streets to nonessential traffic and a roof collapse triggered largest power station outage. Coast Guard crews searched for three disabled vessels amid 60 mph winds and 30 foot seas off New England.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Boston
Chicago
Wisconsin
Michigan
Montana
North Dakota
California
Boston Edison Co
New England
National Guard
Boston Edison
Coast Guard
Salem Sound
Highlights Schedule Notes and Court and Congress Mentions
The document references a University Program Series schedule on page 3, notes on a strengthened baseball commissioner, and product liability effects on page 9. It mentions a Ford Motor Co. lawsuit decision on page 12 and Sadat appealing before U S Congress on page 9.
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Ford Motor Co
Sadat
U. S. Congress
Several Kansas District Schools Open Despite Snow
Local schools including Ottawa Baldwin Lyndon Quenemo Central Heights Pomona Williamsburg Wellsville Garnett Melvern and Waverly opened as planned despite cold and drifting snow. Forecasters predict light accumulation tonight with a warming trend by Saturday and possible rain.
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Ottawa
Baldwin
Lyndon
Quenemo
Central Heights
Pomona
Williamsburg
Wellsville
Garnett
Melvern
Waverly
Homestead Tax Expansion Outlined
Gov. Bennett seeks to raise the income limit for homestead property tax relief and extend benefits to men 50 plus who have lost a wife. The Senate panel heard 18,000 more Kansans could qualify, plus proposed removal of age limits. The committee took no action.
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Topeka
Kan
Robert F. Bennett
Senate
Kent Kalb
State Revenue Secretary
Senate Assessment and Taxation Committee
Bennett
Kalb
John Vermillion
R-Independence
Kansas City, Kan
Vermillion
John Simpson
R-Salina
New Aid For College Students In Hopper
President Carter will unveil a major national aid program for middle income college students on Wednesday. Congressional leaders said details would be announced by Carter plus a budget plan proposing 700 million dollars in contingency funds as an alternative to tuition tax credits. Health secretary Califano stressed broader benefits while House leaders eyed a consumer protection agency and potential energy price deregulation breakthroughs within days.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Congress
Health, Education and Welfare
Joseph A. Califano Jr
Califano
House
Thomas P. O'Neill
Agency For
Consumer Protection
O'Neill
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Valerie Searton
UMW District 2
Labor
Ray Marshall
Wayne L. Horvitz
West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
Rank and File
Horvitz
Rockefeller
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Kansas
Baseball Commissioner
Glenn Campbell
Mike Gullett
John Brademas
Indiana
Brademas
Claudia Townsend
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