Miners Push Back as UMW Health Funds Cutbacks Hit
United Mine Workers trustees cut hospitalization costs from the 30 year health and retirement funds. Miners face first 250 dollars of hospitalization costs and 40 percent of doctor bills, with a maximum personal outlay of 500 dollars. District leaders in Kentucky condemn blanket cuts while militant factions urge action. Officials blame wildcat strikes for reduced royalties, though some say administration costs and election politics fueled the move. In Alabama and West Virginia, strikes and labor tension rise as miners weigh responses to the funding squeeze.
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United Mine Workers
UMW Health and Retirement Funds
UMW
Arnold Miller
Kentucky
Squire Feltner
Feltner
Miller
Harry Patrick
Harry Huge
Funds’ Board
Patrick
International Executive Board
Miners
Beckley
W.va
Eric Brandt
West Virginia
District 29
UMW International Executive Board
Funds Trustees
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Brandt
District 20
Alabama
Capitol Fuels
Boone County
Julian
Baboon Heart Transplant Attempt Ends in Patient Death
Cape Town AP reports heart transplant pioneer Christiaan Barnard attempted to bolster a failing heart by grafting a baboon heart onto a 2% year old Italian woman. The baboon heart proved too small and the patient died after a 10 hour operation at Groote Schuur hospital. Barnard said the baboon and patient shared blood type but tissue matching was not possible. He indicated a human heart might become available and that chimpanzees could be considered next. The patient had a chronic heart condition and valve replacement prior to the operation.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Christiaan Barnard
Groote Schuur
Barnard
N March
Reeves Saunders
Saunders
University of Mississippi
West Virginia budget eyed for swift passage in special session
The WV Legislature aims to pass a 1977-78 budget within days as House and Senate work on a final conference committee document. Pending actions include a $853 million general revenue plan, $839 million Senate bill, and a $50 million road program. Faculty pay and welfare and health funding also loom in a tight schedule.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
House
Senate
Jay Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Senate Conference Committee
Departments of Welfare and Health
Senate Democrats
Preston County tornado leaves hundreds homeless and damaged
Hundreds of trees and power lines were downed in Preston County as a tornado struck near Terra Alta and Corinth at 6 30 pm. 35 mobile homes were destroyed but no deaths reported. Power restored in most areas by morning as crews cleared roads. A helicopter survey was planned to assess further damage.
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Preston County
Terra Alta
Corinth
County Office of Emergency Service
Hopemont
Hutton
Maryland
Richard Wolfe
Wolfe
Monongahela Power Company
Department of Highways
Grafton and Vicinity Weather Summary and Water Levels
Grafton area forecast notes showers possible Thursday through Saturday with temperatures rising from mid 70s Thursday to low 80s Friday and Saturday. Overnight lows near 50s to mid 60s. 8 am temperature 62 degrees. Dam water level at 75 feet above normal summer pool.
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Grafton
Scientists challenge Carter on uranium supply estimates
A dozen scientists warn the White House that ERDA’s reserve figures may overstate usable uranium and threaten long term energy plans. They contest the 3.7 million ton domestic base, noting potential resources lack drilling certainty and urging caution in using speculative figures to justify the energy program.
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Washington
Carter
White House
Federal Energy Research and Development Administration
ERDA
G.W. Cunningham
Nuclear Energy
Court rules no federal requirement to fund most abortions
The Supreme Court held no federal obligation forcing states to pay for most abortion services, affecting about 300000 poor women and 100000 teenagers yearly. Public hospitals may not be compelled to perform abortions for those who cannot pay, and the decision leaves life-saving abortions unsettled under constitutional protection. Dissenters called the rulings shocking and tragic.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Lewis F. Powell Jr
Powell
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Commission
Flemington
Taylor County Commission
Sheriff's Office
Nancy Fowler
Dellinger
Hospital Register
Camp Towles
Bill Byrd
United States
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