Restraining Order Halts Kent State Construction Near 1970 Shooting Site
A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order stopping work on a 6 million gymnasium annex at Kent State University following protests. Sixty-one demonstrators were arrested as ground was broken, with clashes involving deputies and clergy members. The site sits near the May 4 1970 killings of four students.
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Kent
Ohio
Kent State University
U.S
Thomas D. Lambros
Cleveland
Miners Reject Return to Work in West Virginia Strike
UMW District 29 vote to resume work fails as about 42,000 to 46,000 miners statewide stay idle. A Friday meeting in Beckley backed District 17's Washington march plans and called for resignations of Funds trustee Harry Huge and director Martin B. Danzinger. A strike fund was proposed while Kentucky losses from a wildcat strike were cited at about 72,000 dollars daily.
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United Mine Workers
UMW) District 29
Beckley
West Virginia
Dan Fields
West Virginia Coal Association
Fields
UMW Health and Retirement Funds
District 17
Washington, D.C
District of Columbia
District 29
Harry Huge
Threeman Board
Martin B. Danzinger
Telegraph
Kentucky
Duncan
Rockwell weighs layoffs at Princeton West Virginia plant
Rockwell International plans a workforce review at its Princeton West Virginia facility amid declining business. James E. Morrison, longtime Princeton plant head since 1961, has been reassigned to California as Thomas A. Stewart acts as interim manager. The 143–employee plant may face further cuts as new contracts are pursued.
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Rockwell International
West Virginia
Princeton
Tony Longo
Anaheim
Calif
James E. Morrison
California
Longo
Rockwell International Company
Daily Telegraph
Rockwell
Morrison
Thomas A. Stewart
Represen
Hughes Aircraft
Stewart
Beckley
Bluefield State College
Linda
Leslie
Glendale Avenue
Company
Navy
Long Beach
Fresno
Los Angeles
June's Economic Signs Drop and Forecasted Growth
The Commerce Department reports a six tenths drop in the leading indicators index for June due to weaker demand for raw materials, following a smaller May decline. Officials, including Blumenthal and Burns, forecast continued growth in the second half, with inflation risks and a potential slower pace but unemployment still falling. Building permits and several indicators rose, offsetting parts of the downturn.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Treasury
W. Michael Blumenthal
St. Louis
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Committee
Burns
House Banking Committee
White House
Rex Granum
Bluefield Hospital Under Construction Dedicates 250-bed Center
The $20 million Bluefield Community Hospital on a 25acre site between Cherry Street and Stadium Drive was dedicated Friday with officials including former Gov Arch Moore Jr and Rep Nick Rahall in attendance. The facility aims to attract physicians and nurses and enhance regional medical services with completion expected in late 1978 or early 1979.
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Bluefield
Cherry Street
Stadium Drive
Arch A. Moore Jr
Moore
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Bluefield Community Hospital
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Fourth District
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Douglas M. Parker
Edwin Elliott
Lyle Gage Jr
Ned Shott
David D. Karr
American Medicorp, Inc
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West Virginia Hospital Association
Odell Huffman
Elinor R. McQuail
U. S
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Charles J. Schneider
A. R. Fleshman
Mercer County
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Medicorp, Inc
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