C of C Membership Drive 'Successful'
Princeton Chamber of Commerce reports 39 new members from a luncheon at El Toro Lounge. Grand Winner was Unit No Three led by Ted Boggass, with $57 per new member. Co-Runner Up Unit One led by Bill Jones and Bob Clinch, $330. Unit Five Patriots, $312, Otis Griffin and Jack Hutchins with Charlie Pace.
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Princeton Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
John McCabe
el Toro
Princeton
Cargyrees
Saeed Son
Brug
Bill Jones
Bob Clinch
Woody Bon Durant
Unit Five
Patriots
Otis Griffin
Jack Hutchins
Charlie Pace
McCabe
West Virginia State Government Spending Surges in 1960s-70s
A Charleston Daily Mail four part series shows state government expanding faster than the economy from 1963 64 to 1973 74 with spending rising from 4.6 billion to 8.8 billion and payroll swelling from 664 million to 394.8 million while federal funds cover over a third of costs. The piece cites 81 percent growth in state workers and notes tax changes raising bills for families with rising inflation.
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Charleston
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West
Penge
Charleston Daily Mail
Hulett C. Smith
Arch A. Moore Jr
The
Daily Mail
Cecil Underwood
Dan
West Virginia
Ritchie
Smith
Pensary Son Pe Ag
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Senate
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UMW Weighs Steel Workers Complaint and Board Tensions
The United Mine Workers executive board debates internal interference and a friend of the court brief by Miller staff in a 1970 USW election dispute. Walter Reuther alleges the USW alleges missteps as Kay Kluz defeats him. Some directors fault Miller for infrequent meetings amid broader leadership tensions.
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Washington
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UMW
Steel Workers Union
Arnold Miller
Miller
USW
Walter
Kay Kluz
Miller Claims Operators Back Wildcat Strikes
United Mine Workers President Arnold Miller says coal operators encourage wildcat strikes and seek to arbitrate terms from the 1974 agreement. He denies UMW involvement in unauthorized actions and notes a 44 day walkout idling over 8,000 members at 30 mines in Ohio and West Virginia beginning at North American Coal Co over added duties for a roof-bolt helper.
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Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Miller
UMW
Ohio
West Virginia
North American Coal Co
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Grundy
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Wytheville
Marion
the Complete Building Service
Polyester
Crew Sox
Sunbeam
RCA
Troy Guild
Creckler’s Mens Shop
Federal Street
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