Beckley Post Herald Raleigh Register (Newspaper) - December 11, 1977, Beckley, West Virginia BECKLEY 145 6 Sections Sunday Sunday December 1977 100 Pages West Virginia 25801 35 Cents Utah Mines Change Shifts In Day Only Nations Mines Reported Quiet 123 4 5 fr H 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 By Tim Holton Register Reporter The nations coalfields were reported quiet yesterday as the nationwide United Mine Workers UMW strike entered its fifth West Virginia State Police at Madison and agents of the Tobacco and Firearms division of the Treasury Department are still in a bombing incident at a Boone County home Andy Galford of the state police at Madison said the explosion at the home of miner Skip Delano was probably caused by a small amount of Delano was in the home at the time of the but was not Holders of United Mine Workers hospital cards in District 29 have begun signing up for a temporary medical benefits plan under an agreement with the Appalachian Regional Hospital in Under the widows and holders would pay monthly for the medical plus the first of any hospital the first for emergency room fees and the first for visits to the Southern West Virginia Meanwhile Scott Matheson flew to yester day to meet with members of UMW District 22 and officials of three nonunion coal Price has been the scene of numerous confrontations between UMW pickets and nonunion since the nationwide strike began Tues Matheson told The Raleigh Register that coal operators at non union mines agreed yesterday to change work shifts at their mines only in daylight We are all concerned for the safety of the the Matheson It was agreed that all shift changes would take place during daylight hours to avoid any The leadership of both the coal companies and the union all made a strong to bring about the safety of Matheson Deputy Guy Adam of the Carbon Sheriffs depart ment said that countys mines were not Sec Page 2 ARH Situation Still Critical United Press International Officials of the Appalachian Regional Hospital system said this weekend that despite an emergency allocation of funding from Kentucky and West the system still faces a crisis situation during the next several Rex a spokesman for the said the Appalachian Regional Commission al location from Kentucky and West Virginia came at an opportune time but th will is facing curtailments of servies during the current United Mine Workers nationwide coal West where two of the ARH hospitals are will be able to receive of ARC money already allocated to keep its hospitals open for the next 30 Kentucky allocated of its share of the ARC The part emergency assistance package we Were told about several months ago following the wildcat Bailey said in a telephone It was part of the package of Medicaid and Economic Development Adminstration said the capital comes at a time when the 10hospital chain was beginning to face another severe money crunch of the He noted the money is only a temporary We expect to lose per month in revenues while the strike con I would assume this would be replacement money for that to make up for lost he We really dont know too much about it yet and our David is out of We were under the imp that the situation would be discussed at ARC But we didnt know this to When the UMW strike began early last 25 hospital workers at South Williamson were laid off and the prescription center there was Since the prescription center is financed 100 per cent by the UMW Health and Retirement we ex it to remain closed for the duration of Bailey Bailey added the next two to three weeks of this month will be the key period for the financial stability of the which has hospitals in West He ad ded it was too soon to determine whether the ARC funds that were awarded will prevent additional cut backs in the form of layoffs or curtailed services in The next two or three thats the critical Bailey We dont know how much longer the strike is going to and thats the critical The money is going to for how we dont Hotel Fire Kills Injures 60 Press International Bay A flash fire roared through a downtown landmark hotel sending flames from every window and forcing scores of screaming residents to leap for their lives in zero At least six persons were killed and 60 injured as flames swept the Wenonah Park a combination hotel and apartment according to Bay City Another 29 persons were reported miss Some of the buildings more than 400 residents were trapped on up per floors by the fast moving Some hung from window ledges screaming desperately for help before dropping to snow and ice covered barefoot and wearing only night rushed only two fire escapes on the structure or jumped off the People were jumping from one police dispatcher said A lot of the injuries were caused by the Theyre still digging bodies said Detective Peter White hours after the fire broke Were trying to learn how many are When the fire everybody Two of the dead residents were identified as Richard and age Eight more unidentified bodies were pulled from the ruins by Hospitals reported treating about 60 Almost half were ad Police estimated more than 400 persons were occupying the 306 rooms of the 70yearold red brick structure when flames erupted about 8 The cause was not See Page 53 Sports Scene Offensive tackle Jesse Bandy and defensive back Rob Anderson of the state champion Woodrow Wilson Flying Eagles were named to the Class AAA football team announced today by he West Virginia Sports Writers Read all about it in the Sports page Index Snow flurries are on the weather scene until Chance of precipitation is 30 per cent today and The high today will be in the 20s followed by a low tonight in the The temperature tomorrow will be near Business Creative Living 1719 Deaths Ecology Watch Editorials 7 People 42 King Register Sports Stocks Protest Farmers Demand Better Prices For Their Crops r r United Press International Tractors by the thousands surrounded statehouses in major farm states across the nation Saturday as farmers demanding better prices for their crops put on an impressive show of strength for next weeks threatened farm Christmas shoppers on windy streets cheered the farmers sitting atop trac tors belching black diesel smoke while police tried to unsnarl traffic They came from places like Prospect Cherokee Sterling and Earflaps were down and checkered wool jackets zip up against chill winds as farmers demanded breakeven prices for their Its hard to many of us there said John a spokesman for the American Agriculture organizer of the farm But its not hard to measure and we are all in the same Squealing city children in Denver climbed on the first tractor to roll up at the statehouse early Saturday the first farm implement they had ever An estimated tractors and other farm vehicles arrived at the Denver Capitol by noon with cheering shoppers wishing them The tractors parked in concentric cir loud speakers played the national and signs said Crime does not neither does Washington is like a mule to get its attention you have to and This year I fed 56 next year I will feed Colorado Richard in cowboy denim walked around the Capitol and chatted with If I were a Id be he building la Atlanta Santa Claw tend his rapport to farmers protesting tow prices by forming a in front of Tragedy May Turn For Baileys In Donations Received A total of has been received from donors for The Bailey Family which got underway Steve Bailey The family has been visited often by tragedy since Steve and Helen married seven years Helen and their and Melissa have been without income since Helen has been given less than three months to live by her doctors who say she has Steve suffered a heart attack in October and has not been able to return to The Bailey fund drive will continue through Persons wishing to contribute should make the check payable to The Bailey Family Fund and mail to The Bailey Family Fund The Raleigh Register Drawer 25801 Persons not wishing their name may request Donations received include Wed Night Mixed Bowling Vecellio Welding Shop and Office Employees 300 and Roy Graybeal 10 Circle Number 3 United Methodist Temple 50 10 and Gary R Sutphin 10 15 10 and Tartal 10 Mack Freda Mrs Frank Wilities and Dewey Moore 10 Marie Hazel and Charles Luther 10 and Theodore Brown 25 Trap Hill Lions Shrewsbury Pearl Davis and Anthony F Kobelia Evelyn Mallamas and Lewis and Thurman Belva Croft Mr and L Moore Madeline M Beaver Wood and Arthur Wooten Edith Wooten Dorothy McCoy 10 5 10 15 25 10 50 10 25 25 10 0 10 10 Frank Smith and Ora Giles 5 See Page 2 GIANT FURNITURE ISALE AT GRAY LUMBER
