UMW Members Applaud As Church Explains Pact
United Mine Workers President Sam Church outlined a new contract as over 300 striking miners cheered. The agreement offers a $150 signing bonus, $3.60 hourly raise over 40 months, a $95 widow’s pension, royalty protections for non union coal, dental coverage, and shifts in seniority and management rights. miners receive about 38 percent total increase. two required vacation options and overtime provisions on holidays were discussed.
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Karen Kaplan
Daily Telegraph
Welch
United Mine Workers
Sam Church
Church
Arbitration and Review Board
Tentative UMW Coal Contract Shipped For Review
More than 180000 copies of the tentative contract between the United Mine Workers and coal operators were shipped from an Indianapolis plant for miners to review. The 44 page pad includes royalties for non union coal, removal of a 45 day probation, 30 cent hourly raise in year three, $95 widow pension, 150 back to work bonus, and protections against layoffs from leasing or subcontracting.
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Indianapolis
United Mine Workers
Bluefield Election Today Sees Ten Candidates Compete For Board
Voters in Bluefield head to polls to elect five Bluefield City Board of Directors members. Ten candidates include Incumbents Paul Oliver Sr Ben Paine Joe Walker and former mayor Edwin Elliott plus Allan Connolly Paul Cole Jr Ronnie Martin Lee Puckett J Peter Richardson David Stephenson. Polling sites No 10 No 15 Union Mission and No 17 Municipal Complex.
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Bluefield
Paul Oliver Sr
Clovis Sr
Ben Paine
Mountain View Ave
Joe Walker
Grassy Branch
Edwin Elliott
Mountain View Avenue
J. Peter Richardson
West Cumberland Road
Richardson, Kemper, Hancock and Davis
Annexation election and council races fill Princeton ballot
Deputy state official Charles Capet arrives to monitor Princeton annexation votes as four municipal polls open at 6 30 a m. and voters in four wards pick council members amid charges of misleading statements from both pro and anti annexation camps.
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Jim Gilberth Daley
Princeton
West Virginia
Charles Capet
Jim McNeely
Capet
Virginia Wohlford
James A. Manchin
McNeely
MccNeely
Marvin R. Osborne
Area I
Calvin Saunders
Ched’s Discount
Monday McNeely
Sayers
Princeton Community Hospital
Warm humid stretch with possible afternoon storm
The forecast calls for humid conditions through Wednesday with a brief thunderstorm chance. Highs today range from the mid 70s to mid 80s, with tonight’s lows in the mid 50s to 60s. Wednesday will see highs in the 80s, followed by scattered showers Thursday. Friday brings fair, cooler weather with overnight lows in the 60s or low 70s and daytime highs in the 70s to 80s.
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National Weather Service
Hikers Die In Virginia Forest Along Appalachian Trail
Two Maine hikers were found dead near the Appalachian Trail in Giles County Virginia. Female victim Susan Ramsey 27 died of multiple stab wounds and other injuries while male Robert Mountford 27 was shot three times. Investigators said details remain under study as the search for clues continues along 32 miles of rugged terrain between Crandon and Pearisburg.
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Daily Telegraph
Pearisburg
Giles County
Jefferson National Forest
Maine
Walnut Flats
David W. Oxley
Roanoke
Western Virginia
Robert Mountford
Ellsworth
Susan Ramsey
Oxley
Ramsey
Mountford
Tom Lawson
Lawson
Crandon
Bland County
Damascus
Washington County
Pearlsburg
Trail
Sheriff's Department
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Cornelius Printing Co
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
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Lynn St
Norforth and Western Railway
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Municipal Complex
Mercer County
Boy Scout
Center Street
MIBC
South Ninth Street
Oliver Avenue
First Assembly of God
West Main Street
New Hope Road
Beckley Road
Low Gap Road
Princeton Municipal
College Heights
U.S. 1921
Dalton’s Automotive
Stafford Drive
Rogers Street
Gilbert E
Gene) Bailey
Joe A. Vicars
Glenn Manning
James L
Jim) Cannon
P.D. Williams
Lewis I. Skeens
Raymond Rose
Donzie Kessinger
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