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With none of the usual gaseous explosions, gothic orations or protracted strikes, the soft-coal operators and John L. Lewis’ United Mine Workers last week signed a new 14-month contract. The miners got a 20¢-an-hour pay boost, and the operators got ready to raise coal prices as much as 25¢ a ton at the pits.
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