Farewell Blast For a Hotel In Pittsburgh
A Û÷Û÷controlled implosionÛ (top) begins to crumble the 16-story Carlton House Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh Saturday morning. The 28-vear-old building is being razed to make way for Renaissance II, the second phase of a major redevelopment of the city. Thick smoke billows from the building (center) as more than 1,000 explosive charges do their work. Seven seconds after it began, the demolition is completed (bottom). Construction of a 52-story office building has been proposed in place of the hotel, where former Soviet Premier Khrushchev stayed while visiting the city during his tour of the United States in 1959.</br></br>ROANOKE (UPI)ÛÓIndustry analysts believe recent labor unrest and other problems in Poland, South Africa and Australia may lead foreign coal buyers to depend more heavily on the United States than in recent years.</br></br>PolandÛªs labor changes, racial unrest in South Africa and a major minersÛª strike in AustraliaÛÓthe worldÛªs three largest coal exporters behind the United StatesÛÓare spreading the he-' lief that the United States may be t he most stable source of coal, analysts' said.</br></br>ÛÏThe United StatesÛª image as a coal supplier has made a big comeback. Our problems are beginning to pale in com-parispn (with other coal exporters),Û said Jack Kawa, a coal analyst with. Wheat, First Securities.</br></br>ÛÏThe outlook for I he U.S. export is getting stronger and stronger as the world turns to coal. Customers are turning towards American coal,Û ho said.