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Meanwhile, the miners were digging in their heels. The president of the National Union of Mineworkers, Joe Gormley, bluntly declared that the emergency cutbacks amounted to nothing more than "a big political ploy to put the problems of the country on the backs of the miners. This kind of talk only hardens the attitude of the men." Aggravating the situation were two other labor disputes: engineers in power stations and railway workers refused to work overtime and Sundays until they received substantial wage increases...
...Jimmy Stoeckel and Dave St. Pierre, following a pair of walks to Durso and Hampe and a fielder's choice by Hogan. The sixth and final run resulted from an error on Stoeckel's grounder to short and walks to St. Pierre, Larry Barbiaux and Rich Bridich. Kevin Gormley, who came on in relief of Ruane in the sixth, gave up the fifth and sixth Harvard scores...
...miners were expected to approve the proposal. As Union President Joe Gormley put it, "If they voted it down, the whole country would be in ruins within a few weeks, and nobody really wants that." But whatever the miners do, the power cutback will continue for at least another week while coal stockpiles are built up again. Whether the strike has had a more lasting effect on Ted Heath's political career remains to be seen. It certainly upset the popular notion that while Labor has a heart, the Conservatives are the ones who can run a country...
...before mirrors trying on clothes. One woman removes her raincoat, turns seconds later to find another woman trying it on. Since there are no dressing rooms, shoppers pull on three, four dresses, one over the other. Others unashamedly strip to bra and panties. "A few years ago," says Manager Gormley, "so many men were spending lunch hours staring down at the women from the stairwell that we had to build partitions...
...Basement closes. Stockboys begin job of cleaning up mounds of hangers and dresses on floor. Gormley checks day's receipts (close to $300,000): "All in all, a fairly routine...