Coal Strike Drags On as Talks Stalled and Arrests Draw Fire
As 1978 begins thousands of United Mine Workers face a 26 day nationwide strike with no immediate talks. Federal mediators may call late negotiations. lawmakers arrest about 100 pickets near Norton Virginia under a state attorney general order amid clashes with nonunion mine operators.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
Norton
United Mine Workers Union
Virginia
Here
Anthony Troy
Paramont Coal Co
Wise County
Shelcy Mullins
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Arnold Miller
UMWA
Miller
BCOA
Carter Leaves Poland for Iran on Second Foreign Tour Stop
President Carter departed Warsaw in snowbound conditions for Tehran to meet the Shah and discuss energy with Iran. He toasted Polish leaders, praised detente, and noted peace goals as crowds and dissidents watched in cold, rainy weather.
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Carter
Poland
Iran
Warsaw
Edward Gierek
U.S
United States
Air Force One
Tehran
Shah
Middle East
King Hussein
Jordan
Anwar Sadat
Egypt
France
Khaled
Saudi Arabia
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Gierek
White House
Jaworski Lashes Out At S Korea Over Park Testimony
House ethics chair Rep. Flynt denounces a deal with South Korea on Tongsun Park as a facade and vows congressional subpoenas. Jaworski says Seoul hides facts and notes Park will testify in U.S. courts while immunity allows return to Korea. Justice officials plan no new indictments without new evidence.
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Washington
House
U.S
Tongsun Park
Capitol Hill
Congress
John J. Flynt
D-Ga
House Ethics Committee
Park
Leon Jaworski
South Korea
Department of Justice
Flynt
Jaworski
Benjamin R. Civiletti
Korea
George Town
Justice Department
House Committee
Ethics Committee
United States
Richard T. Hanna
Dcalif
Year 1977 Weather Chaos and Crisis Across Four Jurisdictions
The preview notes a brutal year with severe cold and drought, energy shortages, and crop losses. Frederick Clarke Warren and Front Royal faced zoning, discrimination cases, and a mayoral probe. Water transfer plans sparked broad opposition affecting Winchester and surrounding counties.
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Front Royal
Ben
Winchester
Frederick
Clarke Counties
Shenandoah River
Clarke
Warren
Frederick County
Four
Jurisdic
Soviet Warships Seen 40 Miles Off Florida Coast
Four Soviet warships were spotted 40 miles off the Florida coast in the Gulf of Mexico over Christmas weekend. The group included two guided missile destroyers a replenishment tanker and a diesel submarine operating in international waters and based out of Havana. They passed near Apalachicola before moving back toward Cuba.
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Norfolk, Va
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Navy
Cmdr
Brian Gray
Atlantic Fleet
Gulf Coast
Apalachicola
Fla
Gray
Havana
Cuba
Inside Today's Star Photos 1977 A Pictorial View
A brief feature displays a year in review with a pictured montage. The page highlights church and religion section items including New Year services and other church happenings.
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Rosalynn Carter
Ding
Teheran
S. Korea
the News
Star
Susan Kathleen Devereux
Sue Steward
George Stoddart
Lulu Williams
Nature
Shenandoah Valley Bank
Lone Oak
Northern
Warren County
First Congregational Church of Christ
Scott Mason
Soviet
Florida Coast
the Star
Inside Today
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