The Nation - News from Feb. 12, 1985
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Reporters have a First Amendment right to attend federal hearings in Price, Utah, into the Wilberg Mine disaster as long as other interested parties are being admitted, a federal judge ruled in Salt Lake City. The federal Mine Safety and Health Administration convened the hearings to hear testimony from Emery employees about the deaths of 27 miners at the Wilberg Mine on Dec. 19, when a fire broke out in a tunnel.
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