Pact Rejected Across Coalfields By Union Leaders
Miners in Bluefield and across the state voted down the proposed new contract amid strong opposition to royalties and non union processing. District 28 and 29 officials reported decisive defeats while UMWA leaders urged ratification. Local 9781 voters and other districts showed anger at provisions seen as harming union strength amid a nationwide strike context.
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Karen Kaplan
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
UMWA
Sam Church
District 28
Dennis Saunders
District 29
Saunders
Raleigh County
Herndon
Estie Blankenship
Herndon Mountain
Consolidation Coal Company
Turkey Gap
Dott
Eastern Associated Coal Company
Church
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Reagan Signs Bill From Hospital In High Spirits
President Reagan, recovering from gunshot surgery, signs a major economic bill in unusually upbeat mood. Vice President Bush runs daily White House duties as Reagan works from George Washington University Hospital with aides noting he is fully able to function.
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Washington
Reagan
George Bush
Bush
White House
Peter Teeley
Netherlands
Andreas A.M. van Agt
George Washington University Hospital
David Fisher
Larry Speakes
Oval Office
Speakes
James Baker
Princeton Man Witnessed Dramatic Shots Outside Hilton
Charles E. Tiller of Princeton, business manager for Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 789, stood on rain soaked Florida Avenue near the Washington Hilton as a history making assassination attempt on the President unfolded. He recalled hearing two shots and later learning more from TV coverage, and he described taking cover as bullets fired.
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Jim Gilbeath
Daily Telegraph
Washington
Charles E. Tiller
Princeton
Washington Hilton
United States
Tiller
Derailment spills coal as Norfolk & Western train blocks two tracks
About 51 cars of a Norfolk and Western coal train derailed near Bluestone on Tuesday morning, spilling an estimated 200000 dollars worth of coal. No injuries were reported. both tracks remain blocked while a bridge sustains some damage and trains are rerouted via the Dry Fork Branch. Investigation into the cause continues.
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Norfolk & Western Railroad
Bluestone
Webber Yard
Grundy
Bluefield
Dry Fork
Jaeger
Cedar Bluff
Billy Coram
Reagan Humor Amid Crisis After Hinckley Threat
A report reflects Reagan's unchanged humor after John Hinckley attempted to shoot him. The article notes Brady’s serious condition and public grief, detailing the presidential security challenges and the sequence of events surrounding the incident.
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Brady
Reagan Wounded in Shooting Shocks White House
White House aides recount the moment President Reagan was shot as Air Force One returned from Texas. Baker defended readiness for any contingency while declining to disclose if assurances were sought from the Soviet Union. Deaver phoned from the motorcade to say the president had not been struck, and only after Reagan collapsed in the emergency room did aides learn he was wounded.
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Carson
Reagan
Los Angeles Music Center
United States
Soviet Union
Moscow
Baker
Michael Deaver
Stubby Currence Dies At 76 Longtime Bluefield Telegraph sports editor dies after surgery
Virgil Lloyd Currence known as Stubby, 76, died at Bluefield Community Hospital from complications after abdominal surgery. A 60 year career with the Bluefield Daily Telegraph included a long run as managing editor and a daily Press Box column. He covered Beaver High School sports and earned Citizens of the Year honors and multiple state and regional sportswriting honors.
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Virgil Lloyd
Stubby) Currence
West Virginia
Bluefield Community Hospital
Currence
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
the Telegraph
Beaver
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Academy
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Hawaii
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