Consol to establish Eastern Region HQ in Meadowlands
Consol Coal Co plans its Eastern Region headquarters on a 3 to 205 acre tract along Race Track Road and I 79 near Meadowlands Pennsylvania. The site has a history as Lindley Mine supplying PRR locomotives. full reclamation occurred in 1972 and Consol re acquired 3 acres in 1976 for the new office, expected to open this summer with about 80 staff. The region includes 12 underground mines and about 5000 employees.
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Meadowlands
Consolidation Coal Co
Race Track Road
Consol
Lindley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Carmichaels school board trims 28 mill proposed tax hike
Carmichaels Area School Board adopts a 2.2049 million budget with an 17 mill real estate tax hike and per capita tax to 10 dollars, up from 2.50, after defeating an activities cut and a failed initial motion. Real estate millage rises to 80 from 63. Solicitor plans to seek Greene County Court approval.
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Carmichaels
Carmichaels Area
James Hook
Greene County
Waynesburg to host new rural medical center open house
A modern rural medical center is being built near Waynesburg under the Clarksville Lions Club. An open house is set for Sunday from 2 to 4 pm with Judge Glenn R. Toothman speaking. Funded by a house to house bond drive, the center will retire bonds by lot over seven years on five acres donated by United States Steel Co.
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United States Steel Co
Steelworkers and mills form joint task force on mill jobs
The United Steelworkers and major steel producers create a five member per side task force to study employment opportunities in mills. The group will assess pay and job security with a report due by November 1979 and will review unemployment benefits for workers with 20 or more years of service.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
United Steelworkers Union
Labor
USW
Steel
Pennsylvan ia Womankind Meeting highlights welfare reform push
Representative Barbara Jordan criticized Carter administration welfare proposals at the Pennsylvania Womankind Meeting in Pittsburgh. She urged women to lead welfare reform, support the Equal Rights Amendment, and push for true equality. Jordan cited 1977 Labor Department data showing women earned 59 percent of men’s wages and argued for a minimum income for young and pregnant women on welfare.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Barbara Jordan
D-Tex
Ms. Jordan
Pennsylvania
Jordan
Congress
Labor Department
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Consol Office
Kerie Smith
Allentown
Kerie
Tara
Tracey
Erica Mackey
Waynesburg
Plete
Neri
Sra Sealy
Sealy
High Street
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