Jonah the Lotcaster and the Ill Luck Curse
The passage cites Jonah as the bearer of misfortune and describes a casting of lots to identify the cause of evil. The lot falls on Jonah, signaling the attribution of misfortune to him in a biblical vignette.
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Jonah
America
Jesus Christ
Bluefield
Tony Bivens
Mr. Bivens
City Board
Bivens
Tony
John Williams
W.va
Coal firms post first half gains signal industry upswing
Westmoreland Coal Company reported 1982 first half earnings of 8.6 million dollars or 1.25 a share while Pittston Coal Co posted just over 20 million dollars or 54 cents a share. The gains come after 1981 losses amid the metallurgical coal slump and UMW strike.
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Westmoreland Coal Company
Pittston Coal Company
United Mine Workers
Westmoreland
Pittston
E.B. Leisenring, Jr
New England
Dominion
Armco, Inc
Ashland Coal Company
Utah International, Inc
Public Disputes Span Government Welfare And Local Affairs
A long reader letter section critiques a August 1 opinion on government workers and gainful employment while praising YMCA YWCA fundraising. Citizens from Bluefield Princeton and Prosperity weigh in on police conduct, local governance, county politics, budget steps, and an error about a state flower in Future magazine.
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L. Ray Smith
America
City Board of Directors
Bluefield
Barbara Hawkins
Jay Rockefeller
Attroney Paige Wooldridge
Shorty Simons
Rockefeller
Mr. Wooldridge
J.R. Bailey
Princeton
W.va
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Schools
Cpas
Robert
W.V
U.S
Future
West Virginia
Benedict
West
Branchland
Lincoln County
Strausbaugh & Cove
Minnesota
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Zettie Stewart Prosperity
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Richard Wesley
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Greater
God
Ymca-Ywca
Anti
Marshall Freeman Bluefield
Judge Bivens
Fred Burton
Paul Cole
Sgt. Bailey
Hughes
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Mercer County
I.W. Wilson Bluefield
Shirley Agee Wolfe
Beckley
Union
Monroe County
North Carolina
Virginia
C&o
Freda Richards Kennedy Monroe
N.C
Supreme Court
Mary E. Zimmerman
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L.V. Rinehart
Youth and Family Services
Karen Kaplan
Lloyd Feuchtenberger
Ym-Ywca Capital Improvement Fund
Jack McGhee
J.M. McKinney
Berry's
Fred
Iraq
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