West Virginia coal industry urged to pursue state policy
A legislative study urges a unified state policy to promote West Virginia coal, warning current lack of policy risks losing markets to Polish and Western coal. It calls for funding for reserves surveys, training, arbitration, and a promotional drive in Michigan, Indiana and Ohio to boost exports and utility use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Subcommittee On
Coal Mining
New England
Midwest
Mountain State
United States
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Mississippi
State Geological Survey
State Department of Labor
West Virginia’ Labor Management Relations Board
United Mine Workers
Department of Employment Security
West Virginia Housing Fund
Virginia
Hampton-Norfolk
West
Michigan
Indiana
Ohio
Appalachian
OCSEA Moves to Recruit OU Non Academic Staff
Ohio Civil Service Employees Association begins a recruiting drive among Ohio University non academic employees while AFSCME ends a trusteeship. OCSEA leader Herschell Sigall says the move offers OU workers a real labor representation alternative and cites AFSCME members seeking to withdraw from AFL-CIO. The trusteeship atop AFSCME Local 1699 is lifted effective January 21 with a local meeting expected to announce the change.
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Ohio Civil Service
Herschell Sigall
OCSEA
Sigall
Afscme
Athens
International
Jerry Wurt
the International
Logan Man Jailed After High Speed Flight and Wreck
Logan man Logan Burns, 22, of 296 West Front Street, was arraigned before Mayor M B Haney on charges including driving while license revoked fleeing police and traffic violations after a morning chase. He faces a 30 day jail term and 533 dollars in fines on four charges. Police observed Burns at about 4 30 a m and pursued him after he ran a stop sign at Church Street and Route 664. The pursuit crossed into Fairfield County where Burns wrecked his car and was ultimately captured with assistance from the Hocking County Sheriff s Department.
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Logan
Wayne Burns
Front St
M.B. Haney
Burns
Church Street
Route 664
Hocking County
Rock blocks Route 62 at West Columbia
A large rock fell from a cliff onto West Virginia Route 62 near West Columbia narrowly missing a passing truck and blocking the highway for about an hour. Sgt. George Plants of the Mason County Sheriff’s Department said the rock broke the pavement and was cleared by West Virginia State Highway Department workers.
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West Columbia
West Virginia
Local Names Listed in Community Notice
A sequence of residents and spouses from Nelsonville Athens Glouster New Plymouth Chauncey New Straitsville and surrounding areas is enumerated, including Charles Hoce Joyce Bigelow Deana Isel Hinton Margaret Dishong Bertha Toney Marie Fuller Nancy Cox Elsie Wilson Howard Plummer Jean Adair Enes Bartels Faye Bumgardner Gladys Theisen Clarence Pierce Gladys Iwers Mahala Moody Ethel Kelly Hildegarde Jenkins Merlyn Mount and Grace Seiler.
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Charles Hoce
Joyce Bigelow
Nelsonville
Deana Isel
Athens
John Hinton
Jean Adair
Enes Bartels
Faye Bumgardner
Gladys Theisen
Clarence Pierce
Gladys Iwers
Mahala Moody
Ethel Kelly
Hildegarde Jenkins
Merlyn Mount
Grace Seiler
Area Death Notices Gallipolis Ferry and Carroll
Emma Mae Smith 72 of Gallipolis Ferry died Sunday in Pleasant Valley Hospital Born in Point Pleasant she was daughter of the late William J and Partheny Paterson Logan Wyoma Pentecostal Church member Surviving six sons two brothers three sisters and many grandchildren Services Wednesday 2 p.m. Wyoma Pentecostal Church burial in church cemetery Friends may call Stevens Funeral Home Point Pleasant after 6 p.m. Monday Teresa Jean Arnold stillborn child of David and Nancy Arnold died Sunday Doctors North Hospital Columbus Maternal grandparents Calvin and Betty Imboden Graveside service Tuesday 10 a.m. Gilmore Cemetery Arrangements Ewing Funeral Home No calling hours
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Gallipolis Ferry
Emma Mae Smith
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Point Pleasant
William J
Partheny Patterson Logan
Wyoma Penecostal Church
Thurman Allen
James Foster
Roy Otho
Doc Logan
Johnny Logan
Marie Wamsley
Myrtle Shloski
Port Clinton
Ohio
Katherine Robertson
Milton
Wyoma Pentecostal Church
Stevens Funeral
Pomeroy
Teresa Jean Arnold
David
Nancy Arnold
Carroll
Doctors North Hospital
Columbus
Calvin
Betty Imboden
Minersville
Gilmore Cemetery
Ewing Funeral Home
Mrs Elma D Rardin Dies in Athens
Mrs Elma D Rardin of 403 Elmwood Place died Monday morning in O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. Arrangements will be announced by Hughes Funeral Home.
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Athens
Elma D. Rardin
Elmwood Place
O’bleness Memorial
Hughes Funeral Home
National Guard To Provide Water In Hocking
The Ohio National Guard will supply emergency water to 112 families in Old Straitsville Orrville and Gore areas of Hocking and Perry Counties. Three 500‑gallon tanks will aid residents after EPA declined a grant for a $135000 water line extension from New Straitsville. Local officials and lawmakers backed the project amid widespread contamination from strip mining and multiple typhoid cases in 1970.
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New Straitsville
Ohio National Guard
Old Straitsville
Orrville
Gore
Hocking
Perry
Joseph Ferguson
National Guard
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Farmers Home Administration
New
Straitsville
Ferguson
Ohio
Logan
Logan-Hocking
Miners Return as Gavin Still Out in Mid-Ohio Valley
Workers paused at Gavin Power Plant Cheshire while B and W Construction crafts kept a line. At Central Coal Co near New Haven about 160 UMW members returned to work after a wildcat strike, with Leonard Smithson noting the midnight shift resumed and all men are on duty.
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American Electric Power
Mid-Ohio Valley
Gavin Power
Cheshire
All Crafts
B&w Construction Co
United Mine Workers
Central Coal Co
New Haven
Leonard Smithson
UMW
Smithson
UMW District 17
Coroner Orders Autopsy in River Woman Found Near Power Plant
Gallia County coroner Dr. Donald R. Warehime ordered an autopsy after the nude body of a white woman about 250 pounds was recovered from the Ohio River near the Kgger Creek Power Plant. The body showed a large head wound and may have drifted from Wierton West Virginia. officials suspect the rivered body lay two weeks or more. No missing-person match from Cheshire area has been found.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Kgger Creek
Gallia County
Donald R. Warehime
Wierton
W. Va
Cheshire
Grass Fire Threatens Barn Near Amesville
A grass fire spread from burning trash to two acres near Amesville on Route 50 A west of town. Edwin LaVelle owned the property. hay was stored in the barn. The Ames-Bern-Amesville Volunteer Fire Department responded, with occupants unidentified at the time. Chief James Dillie provided the details.
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Amesville
Ames-Bern-Amesville
Edwin LaVelle
Route 50
James Dillie
Auto Fire Doused at Hilltop Service Station
Athens firemen used 100 gallons from a booster tank to extinguish an auto fire at the Hilltop Service Station on N Lancaster St at 1 42 p m Sunday. The car owned by Odessa Howell leaked gas from a faulty fuel pump igniting the engine. Damage was set at 400 dollars.
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Athens
Hilltop
N. Lancaster St
Odessa Howell
Community notices and meetings across Chauncey and area
Local families listed in birth announcements from Logan and Rockbridge with multiple households. A schedule lists Chauncey Girl Scouts and various church and youth activities through Friday to Sunday. The Tri County Community Action Agency staff meeting led by Rev. Frank Hare is set for Tuesday at Murray City Neighborhood Center.
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CAA
Frank Hare
Tri-County Community Action Agency
Murray City
Glouster EMS Records Transport Figures and Incidents
Glouster SECEMS logged several transports with Stephen Skinner from Trimble Local School in Jacksonville to Ogleness Memorial Hospital for treatment and return home. Roy suffered a playground accident. Edda Pierce of Broad Street was moved to Mount St Mary Hospital, as was Edward Phelps of Hollister later that night.
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Stephen Skinner
Trimble Local
Jacksonville
Ogleness Memorial Hospital
Roy
Edda Pierce
Broad Street
Glouster
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Edward Phelps
Hollister
Mount St. Mary
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By Roger Petterson
Associated Press
Poland
State Department
Logan Man
Teresa Arnold
Elma Rardin
Gavin
Philip Sporn
Graham Station
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Curtis Collins
Duncad
Robert Lilley
Harley Goss
Rockbridge
Dora Dutcher
McArthur
Charles Owens
Clifford Kramer
Lancaster
Leroy Bednar
William Guess
Jack Owens
Nellie Hubler
Larry Starling
Bessie Emrick
Vide Householder
Edna Pierson
Robert Smith
Michael Saunders
Lee Forester
Norman Gabriel
Derek Pettit
Hocking Valley
Chauncey Girl Scouts
Millfield
Lucille Sanders
Chauncey Adult Choir
Chauncey Boy Scouts
Chauncey Cub Scouts
Chauncey Brownie Troop
Chauncey Junior Fellowship
Chauncey Chi Rho
Trimble Adult Choir
Crooksville
Glouster Secems
Medicare
Canada
Mexico
Alvin A. Hershey
C.L.A
Capitol Insurance Company of Ohio
Cleveland
Ine
Hart
EMITH
Blackburn
Chestnut St
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