Coal strike's economic impact begins to show
The coal strike now in its sixth week is restraining US economic activity with slower growth projected for the second quarter. Analysts warn of rising prices, layoffs in rail and steel sectors, and potential loss of wages and exports, though nonunion production has offset some impact.
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Fidelity Bank
Philadelphia
Hunt
U.S
Mark Cohen
Kidder Peabody & Co
Peabody Coal Co
Consolidation Coal Co
James Maddy
West Virginia
David M. Roderick
U.S. Steel Corp
United Mine Workers
Midwest
Norfolk & Western
Conrail
Nippon Steel
New Orleans
Mississippi
Negotiator Faces Re election During UMW Talks
Union negotiators for the United Mine Workers resume talks with the Bituminous Coal Operators Association in Washington on Tuesday as District 17’s Jack Perry faces re election in West Virginia. Perry serves on the bargaining team with UMW President Sam Church and others while votes in Districts 30 and 31 could signal rank and file views on the ongoing contract talks. Meanwhile a guard at Garland Coal Co. Bakoshe Mine in Oklahoma was wounded by gunfire at dawn.
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West Virginia
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Masontown
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Robert Carter
Pikeville
SIUC still undecided on academic vice president pick
President Albert Somit says no decision yet on the selection for academic affairs, citing ongoing input from three strong candidates. He expects a choice soon though May 1 target has slipped due to a delayed search committee report. Candidates include Paul Chung, Lawson Crowe, and John Guyon, who has served as acting VP.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Albert Somit
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University of Colorado
Institute For Behavioral Genetics
John Guyon
SIUC
Roubos to Head SIU Carbondale School of Music
Robert P. Roubos named director of SIU Carbondale School of Music to begin July 16 pending board ratification. The Fort Wayne chair will replace acting director Phillip Olsson, with a career spanning Cortland SUNY, Michigan and Michigan U. Roubos holds two degrees from Michigan State and a doctorate from Michigan. he has taught at multiple colleges and has European recital and recording credits. He is married with two daughters.
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State University of New York College At
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University of Michigan
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Eastern Michigan University
University of Southern Mississippi
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France
Scotland
House Democrats and Reagan staff near tax compromise
House Democrats and administration officials show signals of nearing a tax cut compromise as Senate Republicans push the budget. A Ways and Means panel chair offers to meet Reagan, while a key Democrat faction seeks a bipartisan tax plan. Negotiations focus on scope of tax cuts and Social Security changes, with both chambers seeking budget reconciliation and differences over a 30 percent personal tax cut.
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House Ways and Means
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Danny Rostenkowski
World reacts cautiously to Mitterrand victory in France
Global leaders voiced mixed responses as Francois Mitterrand won the French presidency. Western and Eastern officials sent cautious congratulations while bankers kept faith in francs. Notables including Reagan Thatcher Schmidt Pertini Begin Zhao Ziyang hailed the result, with den Uyl seeing a possible leftward shift in Europe.
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West Germany
Italy
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Begin appeals for retreat from brink over Lebanon missiles
Prime Minister Menachem Begin urged Syria's Hafez Assad to withdraw ground to air missiles from eastern Lebanon and avert a new Middle East war. He said Israel would act if diplomacy failed, and that his forces were ordered to strike but delayed for weather and U.S. requests. Habib, in Damascus, pressed for a peaceful end as Israeli air force readiness kept pressure.
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Syria
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Interstate 24 Bridge Reopens Between Metropolis and Paducah
An Illinois Department of Transportation spokesman announced the Interstate 24 Bridge over the Ohio River between Metropolis Illinois and Paducah Kentucky will reopen to normal traffic on Tuesday after nearly two years of repair. The project cost about 6.5 million with 90 percent funded by the federal government. Traffic had been diverted to the Irvin Cobb Bridge in Brookport and other crossings. lane reductions may occur briefly during final site clean up.
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Southern Illinoisan newspaper information and offices
Publication details list The Southern Illinoisan offices in Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro and Marion with contact numbers and subscription rates. It notes the newspaper’s predecessors Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent and lists class advertising numbers and post office box for address changes.
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