Miners reach tentative 3 year accord to avert strike
After bargaining through the night 160000 coal miners and Bituminous Coal Operators assn reach a tentative three year contract totaling over 36 percent. UMWA president Sam Church says ratification expected though strike looms until pact ratified. Key issues include pension reform overtime and absentee rules with a vote by rank and file needed.
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Washington
UPI
United Mine Workers
Sam Church Jr
Church
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
B.R
Bobby” Brown
Eldon Callen
Amtrak faces Oct 1 execution amid budget dispute
Amtrak President Alan Boyd warned Congress that unless Reagan’s budget is increased by 240 million dollars, passenger service could halt on October 1, leaving 36 states without trains and threatening the Lake Shore Limited route. He noted drastic staff and ridership losses and idling of hundreds of cars and locomotives.
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Washington
UPI
Amtrak
Alan Boyd
Reagan
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee On
Cleveland
Elyria
Chicago
Boyd
Weather outlook and temperatures for tonight and Tuesday
Outside clear tonight with readings near 25 to 30. Partly cloudy Tuesday with highs in the mid to upper 40s. Precipitation chance around 20 percent Tuesday. Northwest winds at 10 mph or less tonight. Sunrise 6 26 a m Sunset 6 43 p m Details on page A 3.
Cancer victim dies in home fire sparked by space heater
A 70 year old Eaton Township man bedridden with cancer died as he returned to his burning room from a bed upon his daughter's attempt to remove him. Firefighters estimated $35,000 damage as the house and a nearby barn burned. Neal’s body was found on his bed and his daughter and son-in-law suffered minor injuries. Memorial services are planned and contributions may go to the Cancer Fund.
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Eaton Township
Charles E. Neal
E. Royalton Road
Columbia Station
Chester Carpenter
Neal
Lorain County
William Kishman
Marshia Nelson
Mrs. Nelson
James F. Nelson
Nelson
Christy
Carpenter
North Ridgeville
Columbia Township
Grafton Township
Blackburn-Fulton Funeral Home
Grafton
North Eaton Baptist Church
Frank Kuriger
Cancer Fund
Dad challenges dress code with skirt stance at school
Bill Cushing, a 36 year old father, is banned from Davidson Middle School property after wearing skirts to parent conferences. Superintendent Carl Couch cites disruption risk, while Cushing defends clothing rights and equality, noting comfort and style reasons and comparing to women’s move to pants.
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San Rafael, Calf
UPI
Carl Couch
Bill Cushing
Cushing
Couch
Davidson
Mary Case recalls nearly a century of Rocky River schools
Mary Case, born in Rocky River before it was a city, reflects on 65 years in the district as student teacher and principal. She describes early schools, the 1902 Detroit Road paving, four crossroads business district, and the shift from Beach to Wooster to Kensington schools, retiring in 1955 after guiding generations.
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Case
Rocky River
Mary Case
Detroit Road
Silverthorne
Wooster
Detroit
Geiger & Keyse
Geiger
E.P. Thompson
Cleveland
Superior Viaduct
Beach School
Wooster School
Kent
Dover
Westlake
Beach
Kensington School
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Midview High School
Glorious Church of God
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