Blacksville No 1 Mine Tragedy in West Virginia
Nine miners died at Consolidation Coal Co. Blacksville No. 1 after a fire and explosions trapped workers. Investigations seek blame for safety lapses while comparing fatality and injury rates with industry norms and other Consolidation mines in Farmington and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacksville
W. Va
Farmington
Blacksville No. 1
Consolidation Coal Co
Consolidation
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Coal Patrol
Bureau of Mines
Consol
West
Virginia
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Statler
Corcoran
John Ashcraft
West Virginia
D.N.J
Senate Labor Committee
Public Notice Sealed Bids Sought For Vehicles
State procurement division seeks bids by August 9 1972 for Cushman wheel hallister or equal for Bluefield State College and lists bid procedures. Public auction dates include August 9 1972 for a 1963 Chevrolet 2 door at Bluefield and other vehicles from General Motors Acceptance Corp and vendors in Bluefield Welch and Tazewell with cash bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Division of
Capitol Building
Charleston
West Virginia
Bluefield State College
Division of Purchases
Ben E. Rubrecht
A &T
Bluefield
W.va
General Motors Acceptance Corp
State Division of Purchases
Hoffman
Equal Concord College
Ben E. Aubrecht
Dickason Hall Technical Science
Welch
W. Va
Ramey Chevrolet
Tazewell
Virginia
Unemployment grows as GI plant in Tazewell nears closure
With less than two months of production left, General Instrument Corp. capacitor division in Tazewell Virginia prepares for final shutdown. Management and sales move to Chicopee Massachusetts while 300 workers face job loss and few local prospects.
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Dee Wilson
General Instrument Corporation
Tazewell
Chicopee
Mass
Skelton
Taiwan
Portugal
Willard Hawkins
Board of Supervisors
Central District
Tazewell County
General Instrument
Matoaka High School Class of 1962 Reunion Hosts Dinner
About 40 members and guests attended the Matoaka High School 1962 reunion at the Dinner Bell Restaurant near Princeton. Reginald Combs welcomed attendees, door prizes were awarded, and special awards honored distance traveled, family size, marriage length, and prompt responses. The group also met the next day for a family picnic at Glenwood Recreational Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matoaka High School
Oakvale Road
Princeton
Ralph Bird
Larry Martin
Gene Lee
Reginald Combs
Leo Gombosh
Sandy Higgins Pennington
Sandra Wiles
Gombosh
Brenda Marshall Wickline
Connie Bailey Wiley
Laura Duncan Bridges
Carolyn Bailey Kessinger
Pat Swatts Wilson
Glenwood Recreational Park
Bluewell
Stamp program drops area grocer in Mohawk
The Corba Collins Grocery at Mohawk in McDowell County was disqualified from the federal food stamp program for violations. It allegedly accepted coupons for ineligible items like paint clothesline motor oil household cleaning items and gasoline. Disqualification began July 20 and lasts one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
McDowell County
Department of Agriculture
Corba Collins
Mohawk
USDA
Bluefield Livestock Prices Dip Across Local Markets
Veal prices fall 1.75 to 2.50 with veal receipts down 20 percent. lambs mixed as slaughter and feeder trades shift. The Eastern Lamb sale moved 1,027 head with 90 to 115 pound lambs at 31.40 to 32, and Bluegrass Market total sales reached 464 head for 47,829.92 dollars across cattle, veal, sheep and hogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choice
Tri-state
Tazewell
Wytheville
Abingdon
Bluegrass Market, Inc
Edwin L. Barnes Named Assistant Professor at NRCC
Edwin L. Barnes is appointed assistant professor of business and chair of the division of business and public service technologies at New River Community College in Dublin. A Elon College alumnus with an UNC Greensboro master’s in education, he plans a Virginia Tech doctoral program in educational administration. Barnes, a native of Roseboro, previously led adult education at the Technical Institute of Alamance and held a management role at Burlington Industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Ronald Carter
New River Community College
Dublin
Edwin L. Barnes
Barnes
Elon College
University of North Carolina At Greensboro
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Community College
Roseboro
N. C
NRCC
Burlington
Technical Institute of Alamance
TIA
Burlington Industries
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Hazlett Cochran
Paul Duskey
Justin Beach Jr
Leonard Pankovich
UMW
Ronnie Statler
Miners For Democracy
State Mines
Senate
Adler Spotte
Chamber of Commerce
Matoaka School
With Annette Johnson
WHIS
Quity
Telegrah
Thanx
Mont Hurst, Dailes, Tex
West Third St
Cleveland
Ohio
Cri
Southern
Regional Health Council
Daily Telegraph Public Service Act
Country Family
Bradford
Bradford House Burger
Ey Abe
Bradford Burger
aAre
Bluefield Plaza
Cumberland Road
Bluefield, W.va
Army
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