Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, December 2, 1993 TAG: 9312020077
SECTION: BUSINESS PAGE: B-8 EDITION: METRO
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DATELINE: HUNTINGTON, W.VA. LENGTH: Medium
The negotiations are under a news blackout requested by Usery. Neither the UMW nor the Bituminous Coal Operators Association has provided information on the meetings.
The UMW has been on strike since May 10 in what it says is a dispute over job security and future employment for its members.
The union says it has 17,500 members on strike in seven states in Appalachia and the Midwest.
Their contract with the coal operators expired Feb. 1.
- Associated Press
Airlines cough up LA's landing fees
WASHINGTON - Airlines grudgingly agreed Wednesday to pay millions of dollars in additional fees for landing in Los Angeles in a deal that averts the threatened closing this weekend of one of America's busiest airports.
The airlines, under protest, agreed to pay increased landing fees Los Angeles International Airport adopted July 1.
The airlines will pay between $16 million and $18 million immediately, including retroactive increases to last July.
The airport promised no further increases before next July.
Los Angeles International Airport has nearly 2,000 takeoffs and landings a day.
Fees were more than tripled July 1 from 51 cents to $1.56 per 1,000 pounds.
That means a Boeing 747 landing costs an airline about $900.
- Associated Press
GM recalls minivans, sport/utility vehicles
DETROIT - General Motors Corp. said it will recall 600,000 minivans and sport/utility vehicles with potentially defective front seats - as soon as it gets the parts to repair them.
At least 28 people have been hurt when the seats collapsed. Four people received minor injuries when the seats collapsed while the vehicles were moving. The other injuries occurred while the vehicles were parked.
The vehicles are 1985-1991 Chevrolet Astro and GMC Safari minivans and 1989-1990 Chevrolet and GMC Suburban sport/utility vehicles with front bucket seats. Suburbans with bench-style front seats are unaffected.
- Associated Press
Merrill Lynch accused of bias
Merrill Lynch & Co., the nation's largest brokerage house, was accused in a $5 million claim Tuesday of discriminating against black stockbrokers at three offices in the San Francisco area.
The claim contends the company favored white brokers when it came to assigning accounts.
Financial consultants earn commissions based on the amount of business they generate, so brokers can earn more based on which accounts they handle.
Merrill Lynch has a longstanding policy against discrimination, spokesman Bill Clark said in New York.
Nine of the 10 people who filed the claim have left Merrill Lynch.
- Associated Press
Cox Cable to test interactive services
Cox Cable Communications, parent of Cox Cable Roanoke, said Wednesday it will conduct a test of interactive services in its Omaha, Neb., system, using a new technology that is cost-efficient and requires less equipment in customers' homes.
Cox plans to initiate movies on demand and other services for a limited number of customers by June 1994.
- Staff report
Briefly . . .
Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar, a Kansas City, Mo.-based chain of casual restaurants, has opened at Tanglewood Mall in Roanoke County. Apple South Inc., which owns the restaurant, also operates Applebee's units near Valley View Mall in Roanoke and in Christiansburg and Lynchburg.
Carilion Health System today begins a weekly Travel Clinic at Roanoke Memorial Hospital to provide vaccinations, medications and illness-related information for travelers headed abroad. The clinic will operate 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Thursdays on the second floor of the hospital's Rehabilitation Center. Appointments and information are available by calling 981-7406.
by CNB