Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 30, 1993 TAG: 9306300066
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B8 EDITION: METRO
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The brew-pub, which had closed regularly on Mondays, did not open Tuesday. There was no sign on the door explaining, and operator Ben Hiatt has an unlisted phone number and could not be reached for comment.
Roanoke Valley businessman Leonard Muse, a minor stockholder in the restaurant and the person whose name is on the lease, said he learned of the closing about mid-morning Tuesday.
The Lone Star wasn't allowed to brew its own beer until a few weeks ago because of a federal law that prevented Hiatt, who owns a restaurant, from also owning a brewery.
The place recently abandoned its Tex-Mex theme for more general offerings. - Staff report
High court lets stand coal pension ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by coal companies seeking to end their obligation to the trust funds that pay pension and health benefits to retired members of the United Mine Workers.
The court refused without comment Monday to hear the appeal of The Pittston Co. of Greenwich, Conn., and Rawl Sales and Processing Co., a subsidiary of the A.T. Massey Co. of Richmond.
The ruling upheld language known as the "evergreen clause," which since 1978 has been part of the trust agreement that governs the UMW Health and Retirement Funds.
Lower court rulings say companies that signed the contract in 1978 effectively agreed to pay the rates established in that contract as well as all succeeding contracts between the UMW and the operators' association. - Associated Press
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Federal regulators took unprecedented action Tuesday and gave Rupert Murdoch permission to buy the New York Post while owning WNYW-TV in New York City. The Federal Communications Commission's 2-1 decision was the first time the government had waived its rules against letting a single owner hold both a daily newspaper and television station in the same city.
\ The threat of an Aug. 1 strike against United Parcel Service Inc. was lifted Tuesday when a Teamsters Union official said the union was prepared to continue to sit at the bargaining table and continue to negotiate past the current contract's July 31 expiration date.
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