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Increase in mine safety budget may not boost inspector ranks
Washington AP reports a $15 million rise in the Mine Safety and Health Administration budget may not add inspectors as hoped. UMW leader Samuel M Church Jr and Vice President George Bush pressed for more staff, but officials expect funds to cover a force reduction instead, yielding about 133 new inspectors. Ford B Ford of MSHA ties deaths in 1981 to renewed safety efforts and calls for full cooperation to cut fatalities.
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