Concessions Made Council Is Voting on New Pact
Washington AP With the coal strike now 100 days old United Mine Workers leaders seek approval of a tentative contract offering concessions in health care and wildcat strike control. The 39 member bargaining council meets to decide sending the proposal to the 160000 miners next week amid mixed reactions from locals. Carter administration reaction noted as positive.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
UMW
Arnold Miller
Rank and File
Washington, D.C
Carter
Miller
Floyd Lamb
Ohio
Russell Biffle Jr
McClellandtown
Virginia
Jerry Talton
White House
Jody Powell
Israeli Push in Lebanon Triggers Large-Scale Assault
Thousands of Israeli troops overran guerrilla bases in southern Lebanon while warplanes attacked refugee camps near Beirut. Ten residents were killed in one camp, as Israel aimed to clear a guerrilla-free strip along the border. Reports cited a major operation with up to 25,000 soldiers involved and saw tanks and jets targeting Sabra and Bourg Barajneh camps. Syria urged UN members to intervene and warned against interference as Israeli leaders visited troops in Lebanon.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Israel
Mediterranean
Sabra
Yasser Arafat
Associated Press
Farouk Nassar
Bourg Barajneh
Christian Radio
Beirut International
Ozai
Tel Aviv
Syria
U.N. Security Council
United States
Soviet Union
Britain
France
China
Damascus
Ezer Weizman
Weizman
Menachem Begin
NBC News
Gore Named To Council In Winchester Appointment
Ronald M. Gore was appointed by the Winchester City Council to fill the unexpired term of Joseph Haines. The seven to five vote was amended for the record to unanimous. Gore will serve until 1980, chosen over L M Castleman. The vote split largely along party lines with Democrats Zuckerman and Bayliss as exceptions.
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Ronald M. Gore
Winchester
Joseph Haines
Gore
George Garber
Ron Gore
Garber
L.M
Mike) Castleman
Charles Zuckerman
Roy Bayliss
S. Pannill Jones
William Shendon
Thomas Glass
Effie Davis
William Keyton
Stewart Bell
Castleman
Zuckerman
Bayliss
William Mote
Ben Dutton
J. Thomas Kremer Jr
City considers sharp water sewer rate hikes after July 1
Winchester City Council faces a proposed rate package that would raise minimum water and sewer charges and markedly boost institutional and industrial bills. A public hearing is set for April 12 at 7 30 p m to discuss changes designed to balance budgets, with average homeowners seeing about a 14 percent rise and some users facing up to 300 percent sewer increases.
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Sue Steward
Sal Winter
Winchester Water and Sewer
Winchester City Council
J.W. Givens
Givens
Virginia miners react nimbly to new pact proposal
Union leaders in southwest Virginia expressed a range of views after negotiators for the United Mine Workers and coal operators released a tentative agreement to end the strike. Some officials welcomed potential improvements over prior offers, while others warned the plan may not win membership approval. Governors and local UMW leaders voiced cautious optimism, but fears persisted about pension provisions and the health plan.
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Associated Press
Virginia
United Mine Workers
Ray Marshall
UMW
Jerry Talton
District 28
Virginia Union
Clinton Fields
Lebanon
Doug Collier
Big Stone Gap
Arrington
Supervisors Repeal Large Subdivision Controls in County
After five months of contested rules on five acre plus subdivisions, Frederick County Supervisors vote unanimously to rescind the emergency controls. No current county oversight remains for roads, lot shape, drainage, or right of way. Planning commission backs drafting new amendments to regain some regulation, while a potential five to ten acre design rule is studied. Until new amendments pass, five acre plus lot sales stay unregulated.
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Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Winchester
County Planning Commission
Planning Commission
Board of Supervisors
Rinker Signs With Valdosta State College
Handley cross country star Bill Rinker signs a grant in aid to run for Valdosta State College in Georgia. He will join former Handley standout Dennis Beatty at Valdosta.
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Rinker
Handley
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