Union and Coal Boss Clash Over Strike Delay
The United Mine Workers bargaining council meets at its international headquarters amid a 56 day coal strike. UMW President Sam Church accuses Consolidation Coal Co president Bobby Brown of delaying settlement to boost profits. Talks center on union security and penalties for non union coal purchases. Violence flares in Kentucky as police offer rewards for arson-linked pole destruction near Maryland’s Metikki mine.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Bargaining Council
Sam Church
Church
Bobby R. Brown
Consolidation Coal Co
Pittsburgh
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Maryland
Oakland
Presbyterian moderators elected in United Presbyterian Church split
Rev. Robert Davidson of New York was elected moderator of the United Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A. The lay moderator chosen is Mrs. Gene Dotty Barnard from St. Louis for the Southern Presby Church in the U. S. which split during the Civil War. Elections took place during five conferences held in Albert Thomas Convention Hall in Houston on Wednesday night.
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Robert Davidson
New York
United Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
Gene (Dotty) Barnard
St. Louis
Presb Church
U.S
Albert Thomas
Ouston
Congress Approves Budget Compromise Plan Signals Rough Road Ahead
Congress backed a $695.4 billion budget compromise with a 76 to 20 Senate vote and a 244 to 155 House vote. The measure aligns with Reagan's deep tax and spending cuts while signaling political friction ahead as committees plan $35 billion in 1982 cuts via a reconciliation process.
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Washington
Congress
Reagan
Senate
House
Senate Lanket
Pete V. Domenici
R-N.m
Senate Budget Committee
Capitol Hill
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
D-Mass
Saudis urge OPEC price freeze through 1982
Saudi Arabia backs a price freeze at current OPEC levels to pause Western economies. Oil minister Yamani said Saudi would hold prices if others agree, possibly rising toward the $36 base if needed. The current price cited is $32 a barrel.
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OPEC
Bonn
West Germany
Saudi Arabia
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Sheik Ahmad Zaki Yamani
Cologne-Bonn
Berlin
Yamani
IRA hunger striker’s death fuels Belfast riots and arrests
In Belfast the death of Raymond McCreesh from a 61 day hunger strike triggers fresh violence with firebombings and street clashes in west Belfast. Police report 300 rioters attacking the New Barnsley base, 50 gasoline bombs, plastic bullets, and a girl hit by a police bullet. Sinn Fein warns the protests may continue until government action.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
IRA
Raymond McCreesh
McCreesh
Irish Republican Army
Bobby Sands
Francis
Police Army
New Barnsley
New Lodge
Sinn Fein
Carterville selects dean to chair school superintendent search
Carterville names Dean Stuck of Southern Illinois University Carbondale chair of a search panel for the Unity Schools superintendent. He adds SIUC professor James Parker and Marion Unit 2 Superintendent A C Storme to the committee. Applications run until June 15, then three or four finalists will be chosen for interviews by the school board. Current Supt Gerald Cuendet leaves for Mill Valley California.
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Dean Stuck
Southern Ilinois University-Carbondale
Carterville
Gerald Cuendet
Mill Valley
California
Crab Orchard man held after shotgun blasts at home
Crab Orchard man Bill Martin, 27, remained in Williamson County Jail on a 5000 dollar bond after an initial court appearance on charges of attempted murder and armed violence. Shots from a vehicle struck the Creal Springs home of Carl and his wife and a child, who were uninjured. Preliminary hearing set for June 2.
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Williamson County
Bill Martin
Crab Orchard
Creal Springs
Carl D. Holmes
Holmes
Martin
Williamson
Panel accuses Synfuels Corp of violating energy law
A House Government Operations Committee report sharply criticizes the Synthetic Fuels Corp for potentially violating U.S. energy law by offering financial aid to several synfuels projects without proper sponsor access. It faults General Counsel John J. McAfee Jr. for a 16 percent raise to Assistant General Counsel Pierre de St. Phalle and questions board actions, urging salary cuts and reevaluation of legal expenditures, including hires at Arnold & Porter.
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Washington Star
Washington
Synthetic Fuels Corp
House
John J. McAfee Jr
Reagan
Carter
McAtee
Pierre de St. Phalle
Mr. de St. Phalle
Corporation
New York
Davis, Polk & Wardwell
Kreie
de St. Phalle
John C. Sawhill
Synfuels Corporation
Senate
Edward Noble
Noble
Tulsa
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