ROANOKE TIMES 
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DATE: Tuesday, September 10, 1996            TAG: 9609100066
SECTION: BUSINESS                 PAGE: B-8  EDITION: METRO 

IN BUSINESS

Yokohama Tire plant returns to operation

The Yokohama Tire Corp. plant in Salem resumed operations Monday after a summer marked by the layoffs of 44 workers and three temporary shutdowns since July.

The return of production workers ended a 11/2-week plant closing. To curtail production, the company extended its regularly scheduled, unpaid Labor Day leave from three days to eight.

A major customer plans to reduce its purchases starting in October, which could lead to further job cuts.

The plant employs 1,000 people and operates seven days a week.

- Associated Press

Coal production falls in August

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Domestic coal production fell 2 percent to 22 million tons during the week ended Aug. 31 from 22.5 million tons the week before, the U.S. Department of Energy said Monday.

The U.S. coal industry produced 20.6 million tons in the same week last year, according to the department's Energy Information Administration.

- Associated Press

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