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Strike over coal contracts divides Appalachia and West
Miners in Colorado approve a 77 percent contract vote while eastern groups reject the same terms, amid tensions with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association. Western ranks protest perceived Eastern bias and call for possible industry-wide contract dissolution if talks fail.
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New York Times
Gunnison River
Paonia
Colo
Rockies
Westa
Coal Company
Logan County
W.va
Big Sandy River
Colorado
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Appalachian
Sam M. Church Jr
United Mine Workers of America
Joe Vorhees
United Mine Workers
National Coal
East
Coal Operators’ Association
Appalachia
Frank Kanerly
Coal Operators Association
Vorhees
Church
Ge Oned
Union Welfare Fund
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Sam Church