Word: coal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Providence with reasonable hopes of bringing back an even record. Look, Sec Joe throw. Brown's had a disappointing year, and if the Bruins expect a letup today, they might as well expect Patches to be washed up on the bank of the river down by the coal mine-alive...
...proved once again that the quality of the U.S. environment is becoming an increasingly important concern of the nation's electorate. Wherever the environment issue cropped up, the result was the same. Voters within the Mojave Water District of California's San Bernardino County refused a proposed coal-burning power plant despite the increased taxes it would have contributed to the district. Reason: the plant might pollute the clear desert air. At Mercer Island in Lake Washington, a suburb of Seattle, residents faced another difficult choice. Did they want to preserve a wooded park? Or did they want...
Nader had an acerbic response to the message: "It would not have been approved by William McKinley." The consumer's popular hero had reason to be satisfied in a week of other victories. The House passed a mine-safety bill setting limits on coal dust in mines for the first time. A congressional committee began hearings on railroad accidents, which Nader claims are responsible for 1,800 deaths a year. And the Department of Transportation issued a policy statement promising to make public soon the names of auto brands that fail to meet Federal safety standards. Next, Nader plans...
...leaflet distributed by the protestors said that Ropes and Gray accepted "diseased money" by representing coal mining companies that "have chosen not to adopt effective methods of controlling" dangerous coal dust in their mines...
...firm serves as general counsel to Eastern Coal and Fuel Associates, a Boston company that owns a large West Virginia mining concern...