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..—-5-.——an i •*> , • Coal strike negotiations collansp WASHINGTON (AP) - Contract talks in he increasingly bitter 54-day coal strike cof apsed again Sunday after the United Mine Workers (UMW) union rejected the industry s latest settlement proposal. Delicate efforts to put together a settle ment fell apart when union and manage ment negotiators were unable to narrow their differences over wages and other economic issues. A spokesman for the Bituminous Coal Operators Association, the industry's major bargaining group, issued a statement saying that talks had “recessed indefi nitely.” The strike by 160,000 UMW members already was close to the longest walkout in w w v Walkout nears 59-day record he history of the union's relationship with the coal operators association. The longest previous strike was in 1946, and lasted 59 days In its statement, the industry said it of fered the union a contract substantially better than settlements reached in any major industry in America." The union rejected the proposal and made a counter-proposal to which the in dustry did not respond, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. The stumbling block was money," a source said. The company thought the union's demand was out of sight. Along with wage increases clearly higher than those granted in other indus tries/' the association said, it offered to guarantee all health benefits, restore the UMW s health and pension funds and 1 pro vide a contract right to deal fairly on both sides with wildcat strikes." Despite this offer, the UMW negotiators refused to move significantly from their in credibly high demands," the industry said. With UMW President Arnold Miller and other top union officers scheduled to attend a union rally in Pittsburgh Sunday, the coal association said it decided to call off the negotiations. Under all these circumstances, we can only conclude that after 54 days of strike the union is not interested in settlement on any responsible basis, the management negotiators said. Union officials were not immediately av ailable for comment. Although the strike has stopped only about half of the nation's coal production, it is beginning to have a growing impact, especially in the Appalachian states where electric utility companies are reporting di minished coal stockpiles. world at a glance From Associated Press reports African leader stresses unity Zulu ChiPf^Sch °nh^f?Ca~ StressinQ un'ty and self-reliance, del th^hG B“thelezi told a throng of 10,000 blacks Sun havfe reached the crossroads" in the fight for racial equality in white-ruled South Africa. tnlH Ihe l6ader °f ,he 5 5 million Zulus-the country's largest tribe told the roaring crowd who packed a football stadium9 r-nnnIe owe 'V0 the foundin9 fathers of the African National some eJLn°WHbannedl and their successors, some deceased, ^ ^ l S°)n?e ,ncarcerated, to uphold the tradition of this titanic struggle for liberation.” tho ®uthelez!; the most vociferous government critic within the country who has not been jailed, attracted what appeared to be the largest black audience ever at political rally in Soweto. Schlesinger raps satellites said SunH^IN?T°N ~ Energy Secretary James Schlesinger SorsTo mS°hPr,a,e ,0r Sa,e"iteS °°n,aininS ™*ar But he said he didnJt know whether nuclear- equipped satel on thCXlet banne" feCtiV6,y Schlesinger waTcoTmentg nudear reactor aboa^ *** fe"fr0m ^ Tuesday with a He was asked whether the United States should push for an agreement with the Soviet Union to prohibit nations from sending up nuclear reactors with their earth-orbiting vehicles. 9 n;mmLnt0UfldoPrffGr 1° leave that Particular question to the De partment of State, he replied. “But there are serious hazards theeadhard ^ 'nappropriate to have nudeaf reactors orbiting Hotel fire dead reaches 12 ., KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Workers poking through the debris of he f're-gutted Coates House hotel in near-zero tempefatures ound three more bodies Sunday, raising the death toll to 12 Crt,,«?n y a" ,ce;coated shell remained of the landmark hotel's south wing Sunday as the workers, aided by a Caterpillar and a large crane, dug through the rubble. Smoldering S on the ^ onhrSePh«Ueredfiremen,r°mimmedia,el''e*ami"' Blizzards, flash floods sweep through Europe LONDON (AP) — severe storms swept through parts of Europe over the weekend, bring ing blizzards to northern Scotland, snow to the Italian Riviera and flash flooding to Venice and other Italian communities. Officials said seven people were killed in Italy, two men drowned in British waters and 27 sailors from the Spanish fishing trawler Marbel were reported mis sing off the Spanish coast. At an Italian Alps resort at Pes cegalla, the cook and the owner of I" - a hotel were killed when a wall of snow crashed into the building. Officials said a major disaster was averted because the hotel’s usual weekend visitors were kept away by a heavy snowfall the pre vious day. Three persons crossing a bridge over the River Marecchia at Pesaro were presumed drowned when the bridge col lapsed in a storm plunging their car into the river. On Saturday of ficials reported that a motorist and a snowtractor driver died in sepa rate snowslides. COLOR XEROX POSTERS»HEAT TRANSFERS»GRAPHS CHARTS»TRANSPARENCIES MAKES COPIES FROM 35 MM SLIDES! Color Copy of Eugene 1111 Willamette Street (503) 484-9202 Oregon Daily Emerald Israeli, Egyptian defense heads expected to resume Cairo talks JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel de cided Sunday to resume military talks with Egypt, giving a new push to Middle East peace negotiations following a cooling of the public war of words between the two countries and intensive backstage U.S. diplomatic efforts. The military talks in Cairo bet ween defense ministers are ex pected to resume early this week. But there was no indication after Sunday's regular Israeli cabinet meeting when the parallel political negotiations in Jerusalem might resume. ‘Whiskey sour please easy on the hijacker’ WILMINGTON N.C. (AP) — An airline flight attendant who threw a whiskey sogr in a hijackers face, enabling other crew members to overpower him, said Sunday, "It wasn't courageous. I was just scared and I wanted to end the entire incident. e. YA°JUJ^USt have to do what you do in times of emergency," said Steve Addona, a 5-foot-6-inch, 120-pound flight attendant for Piedmont Aviation of his action aboard Flight 964 Saturday night. "Nobody wanted to come out a hero.” Stunned by the drink, the hijacker, who said he*had a gun and wanted to go to Havana, Cuba, was wrestled to the ground by crewmen after the plane had passed Wilmington and was headed south. “That is up to Egypt," cabinet secretary Aryeh Naor said after the three and a half hour session. "It wasn't Israel that broke off the talks." Israeli officials said, however, that agreement is possible as early as this week — before Egyp tian Pres. Anwar Sadat confers with Pres. 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