Small Ohio Coal Firms to Meet UMW Leaders
Three small soft coal companies in Ohio plan a rare sit down with United Mine Workers leaders to discuss a possible contract. UMW District 6 Chief Ed Bell stresses he cannot negotiate, while industry merchants press for table talks as a 33 day strike by 160000 miners continues. Anthracite miners in northeastern Pennsylvania reach a tentative three year wage deal, and soft coal field tensions ease though violence fears linger in Kentucky.
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Associated Press
Ohio
United Mine Workers
UMW District 6
Ed Bell
Bell
Pennsylvania
UMW
Abe Bryan
BCOA
Bryan
Boich Mining Co
Crown City Mining and Muskingum Mining Co
Wage growth cools but productivity jumps in first quarter
New figures from the Labor Department show wage increases in major collective bargaining settlements averaging about nine percent in the first year, while productivity rose 3.9 percent in the private sector in Q1. Officials caution these trends may reverse in Q2 as wages rise and productivity dips.
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New York Times
Washington
Labor Department
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Shuttle Columbia returns home on final leg to Cape Canaveral
The space shuttle Columbia rode a Boeing 747 from Edwards Air Force Base to Tinker Air Force Base Oklahoma City amid cheering crowds. After a refueling stop the carrier will finish the journey to Cape Canaveral with planned missions possibly continuing within six months.
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Associated Press
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Florida
Tinker
Interstate 40
Little Rock
Ark
Higbee
Edwards
Donald K
Deke” Slayton
Kennedy Space Center
NASA
Atlanta River Victim Deepens Slayings Pattern
The body of 21 year old Jimmy Ray Payne, missing since April 22 near the Omni complex, was found in the Chattahoochee River as investigators link a rise in adult homicide victims to a river dumping pattern. Authorities note four adult victims share similarities with earlier cases, all involving river finds and asphyxiation in a case spanning 21 months. Payne’s autopsy is pending as the task force reviews the evolving trend.
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Atlanta
Jimmy Ray Payne
Public Safety
Lee Brown
Payne
Brown
Omni
Evelyn
Patrick Baltazar
The
Baltazar
DeKalb
Chattahoochee River
Bankhead Highway
Milton Harvey
Curtis Walker
Clifford Jones
Terry Pue
Roosevelt dies at 65. FDR’s youngest son a Republican
John A. Roosevelt, youngest of four FDR sons and a New York investment banker, died at New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center after a heart attack. At 65 he was the lone Republican in a Democratic family, never pursuing elective office while backing many GOP figures including Reagan Eisenhower and Nixon.
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New York Times
New York
John A. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York Hospital
Cornell Medical Center
Roosevelt
New York City
James
Franklin
D., Jr
Congress
Elliot
Miami Beach
John Roosevelt
Reagan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Xerox 8010 Star System Aims At Office Terminal Use
The Xerox 8010 Star Information System offers a video display terminal allowing engineers and analysts to create and edit documents, draw graphs, retrieve files, and send messages without command coding. It targets white collar workers new to computers and positions the device as a complement to Xerox office products. Users navigate with a pointer to symbols and press a key to open file cabinets.
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New York Times
New York
Xerox Corp
Xerox Says
Boston Schools Run On Short Budget Despite Court Fight
Boston faces a $210 million school budget shortfall as Mayor Kevin White argues no money to keep 64,000 students in class without court-ordered aid. The dispute with the city council centers on funding, bonds, and Prop 2½ cuts while a relief bill and layoffs affect police and fire departments.
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Boston
Kevin H. White
White
Superior Court
Thomas Morse
Charles Haar
Massachusetts
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Kentucky
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Charlies L. Johnson
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Dwight V. Burns
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