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...first couple of verses and instantly, everyone stood up on his or her seats. The spots fell down upon the main mike next to which stood an emaciated Lou Reed, clad in a sleeveless black T-shirt and worn-out jeans. In addition, his almost platinum-bleached hair and coal-black sunglasses lent him an ominous air, the total embodiment of all Reed has ever represented...
...friendly enough terms with the Union leaders to keep them in check. If Labour is in power, so the argument goes, the unions will not humiliate the government by forcing large wage increases. The Conservatives, on the other hand, will exacerbate the situation the way they did during the coal strike last winter. Wilson's power over the unions, however, has largely disappeared. Not only have the big unionists--like Len Murray, secretary-general of the TUC, Hugh Scanlon of the engineers union and Jack Jones of the Transport Workers--proved that they are the most powerful men in Britain...
...else. The self-interested pleading took up much time at the summit itself. Charles Luce, chairman of Consolidated Edison of New York, one of the nation's largest power companies, asked the Government to take some action to relieve the "desperate" credit crunch in the utilities industry. A coal company executive, Ian MacGregor of Amax, Inc. urged that the U.S. ease the energy crunch by doubling its use of - what else? - coal...
Strife is familiar enough to West Virginia, a state with a history of chronic coal-mining wars. Early in September trouble erupted again. Pickets closed coal mines and truck terminals in the Charleston area and surrounding Kanawha County and in five neighboring counties, keeping 6,000 miners out of work. Beatings and shooting broke out on the picket lines. Construction on the Appalachian Power Co.'s massive new plant came to a halt. Protesters held mass meetings and disrupted public bus service in Charleston, and at the height of the furor a quarter of Kanawha County schoolchildren stayed...
...third week of the dispute, schools were in session under the protection of sheriffs deputies. Miners began trickling back to work after two pleas by United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller that they accept the compromise settlement. Earlier, coal operators had voiced suspicions that the book dispute was a trumped-up excuse to strike at a time when the union was bargaining for a new contract. Miller announced that a union committee would investigate the charge and would have the power to bring disciplinary action against any U.M.W. member found in violation of the union constitution. Officials calculated that each...