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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...basic decision lay in Washington, where the U.M.W. at week's end was studying the latest contract proposals from the mine operators. The main terms: a wage boost of more than 30% over three years and a guarantee of health and pension benefits in exchange for a union labor stability agreement. Some observers predicted that a settlement was imminent, but even if it did come soon, U.M.W. members would still need ten days or more to ratify the contract, and that ratification was by no means certain...
...extensive and severe. Perhaps most important, the Attorney General is drawn into the heart of intelligence to ensure a legal basis for all domestic operations. His approval is needed for an intelligence agent to open mail sent through U.S. postal channels, to join any domestic organization, or to contract for goods and services in the U.S. without revealing his identity...
...commander of the Iranian air force (he died in 1975). Miller denies that he ever heard of the general. He said he authorized the payment to compensate the agency for past services and to settle any future claims for commissions. Bell later landed a $500 million contract with Iran. Mindful of the criticism that the Senate received when it too hastily confirmed former Budget Director Bert Lance, the committee members agreed to conduct an investigation that is expected to take a week. Even so, Miller's ultimate confirmation seems assured...
...State Coach Warren Powers completed a single successful season (6-5 after his predecessor's 3-8 record the year before), he picked up his whistle and left for the head coaching job at the University of Missouri-only to be reminded of some fine print in his contract. Plagued by the turnover in coaches (three in three years), Washington State officials had written a clause into Powers' three-year contract stipulating that if he left early, he would have to buy up his contract. For the privilege of earning $35,000 annually in the prestigious...
Vanderbilt alumni were desperately trying to get rid of a coach. After two successive 2-9 seasons, wealthy alums raised $100,000 worth of walking money for Head Coach Fred Pancoast. The total included his $40,000 salary for the remaining two years of his contract, plus a $20,000 bonus for bowing out. There are no greener pastures open to 4-18 coaches, however, so Pancoast turned down the offer. Said he: "I'm the head coach of Vanderbilt until I'm told otherwise." Vanderbilt President Emmett Fields backed Pancoast, asserting that the university would not break...