Not Every Day Is Christmas for a Trucker
Long memoir recounts Christmas Day 1980s trucking from MillCraft near Washington PA to Gary Indiana. The driver details a nickel alloy load paid at premium rates, over width, with a 10 hour I-70/I-75 run to Gary, sleep at a Lake Michigan mill, and decision to return home before continuing work next week. Bill Archer, senior writer for the Daily Telegraph, signs off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer Street
Country Power & Equipment
Princeton
MillCraft
Little Washington
Washington
Claysville
USS. Steel
Gary
Ind
Steel
EPA
Chicago
U.S
Calumet City
Lake Michigan
East Chicago
Ace Doran Terminal
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Taylorstown
Bill Archer
The
Daily Telegraph
Barcher
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Roster Notice
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists William Randy Deason as Publisher Samantha Perry as News Editor and Sports Editor Barbara Hawkins Thomas A Colley as Executive Editor. The text includes a biblical quote attributed to Jesus.
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Barbara Hawkins
U.N. must crack down on oil for food contracts amid Saddam era graft
The UN moves to investigate oil for food corruption as Christopher Burnham orders a full probe of procurement. Volcker's commission cites Benon Sevan and Alexander Yakovlev for bribes and kickbacks and warns of broader graft while aiming to reform a $65 billion aid program intended for Iraq’s people.
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U.N
Ally
Saddam Hussein
United Nations
International Agency
Christopher Burnham
State Department
Fed
Paul Volcker
Volcker
Benon Sevan
Alexander Yakovlev
Yakovlev
Sevan
Congress
Saddam
Baath
Kofi Annan
Stray cat ordinance opposed by local resident
Jennifer L Thorn of Tazewell VA argues against a proposed stray cat ordinance stressing education on spaying and neutering. She urges county programs to fund low cost or free spay/neuter, questions enforcement methods, shelter capacity, and humane trap, neuter, release policies rather than new regulations.
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Tazewell County
Jennifer L. Thorn
Tazewell
Providence moves when a commitment sparks a life mission
Jim Davidson reflects on the power of commitment catalyzing providence. He recalls a 1981 trip, a wall copy of W H Murray, and Goethe’s line about bold beginnings. Davidson urges planning, committing, and pursuing literacy work to mobilize unseen support and lasting impact. He cites personal contact in Conway Arkansas.
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Hythe Bat
Tom Longfellow
Montgomery
Ala
Tom
Siloam Springs
Ark
Alabama Radio Network
Vannie
W.H. Murray
Providence
R.I
New England
Roger Williams
Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Bil. Archer
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
William ‘Randy’ Deason
Samantha Perry
Thomas A. Colley
Jesus
Marousies
Jim Davidson
Bentley Drive
Conway
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