Carter weighs Taft Hartley option on coal strike crisis
President Carter politics the Taft Hartley Act as a last resort to force striking coal miners back to work amid fears of power outages. Governors urge intervention while miners resist a tentative UMWA contract over health benefits and wildcat strike curbs. White House cautions that use would be weigh heavily against, hoping other measures work first.
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Washington
Ohio
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Illinois
Carter
Taft-Hartley
White House
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
U S intervention cited as aid to power firms amid energy emergency
Power companies welcomed possible federal protection for non-union coal shipments to Ohio plants as Gov Rhodes declared an energy emergency. Officials noted modest savings from waiving environmental rules, with Ohio Edison reporting under one percent internal coal savings and daily usage around 28 000 tons.
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Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Ohio Edison Co
James Markel
Lake Erie Division
Power Company
Howard Metzenbaum
United Mine Workers
Cincinnati
Metzenbaum
Carter
White House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ohio Edison
Markel
Rhodes
Ohio River
West Virginia
Marke
Environmental Protection Agency
Miners Would Ignore Court Over Taft Hartley Order
Vice President Cecil Roberts of UMW District 17 says Appalachian miners would not obey a government back to work order if Taft Hartley were invoked. He expects a negotiated settlement may be possible and notes a union revival depends on contract talks and union resilience amid opposition to the tentative pact.
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United Mine Workers
Appalachian
Taft-Hartley
Cecil Roberts
UMW
Roberts
Arnold Miller
Quin Morton
Kanawha Valley Coal Operators Association
Morton
United Mine Workers Bargaining Council
Rhodes may not use extraordinary energy emergency powers
Columbus AP report notes Governor Rhodes can invoke extraordinary powers under Ohio’s energy emergency law enacted December 14 to restrict consumption and compel utilities to ration supply but he says he does not intend to use them. He cites potential court challenges and historical drawbacks as reasons to refrain.
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Columbus
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Ohio
Ohio Department of Energy
Wild dog packs menace Lorain County area in deep snow
Hunger driven feral and domestic dogs roam Carlisle Reservation and Findley State Park chasing deer and killing livestock. About 10 dogs in one pack at Carlisle, with at least one confirmed deer kill near LaGrange. Attempts to capture most dogs fail, leaving control to dog wardens and metro parks officials.
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Lorain County
Carlisle Reservation
Lorain County Metropolitan Park District
James Petrasek
Findley State Park
Don Riddle
Petrasek
Rt. 303
LaGrange Hunting and Fishing Club
LaGrange
Riddle
Findley Park
Tom Sheldon
Carlisle
Sheldon
Henry L. Minert
Metro Parks
Accent on Living to feature marriage themes Sunday
The Sunday Accent on Living will devote space to getting and staying married with a five part series by Nena O Neill and reports by Cyndy Muzzy Kathy Misichko and Judy Johnson. A separate piece by CT reporter Casey Turton examines the town debate over using rock salt for winter road melt and its environmental impact.
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Cyndy Muzzy
Kathy Misichko
Judy Johnson
Nena O’neill
Casey Turton
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