Miners Vacation and Coal News From Bluefield Area
The Bluefield coalfields prepare for the annual miners vacation under the 1984 UMW and Bituminous Coal Operators pact with first period June 29 to July 13 and two others later. Miners’ vacation pay runs into millions and boosts business while triggering wide travel. Also notes WV DNR invites research proposals on abandoned mine lands, Edwin Wiles’ potential job move, Daniels Co. coal washers for China shipment, Rockefeller and Mollohan bills to speed black lung claims, and a Wythe Bland County reception sponsored by local chambers of commerce and development authorities.
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Bluefield
United Mine Workers
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Wythe and
Bland
Virginia
Carter’s Wayside Memorial Park
Wytheville
Wytheville-Wythe-Bland
Black lung program March collections exceed payments and costs
March collections for the federal black lung program reached 64 million dollars, while benefit payments totaled 48.9 million and administrative expenses 5.5 million. Despite the positive month, the program still owes the U S general fund about 2.5 billion dollars with no interest charged.
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U.S. General Fund
Huffman Succeeds Hostetter at AAA Club in Bluefield
Bill Huffman, longtime WVVA-TV news staffer and son of Odell Huffman of Princeton, succeeds Bill Hostetter as public relations and safety director of the Bluefield Automobile Club after Hostetter retired last week following almost 30 years in the post. Hostetter, known across the field for radio and newspaper work before joining the AAA, retires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hostetter
Bluefield Automobile Club
Bill Huffman
Wvva-Tv
Odell Huffman
Princeton
Hostetter
AAA
Georgia and Seattle Deaths of Local Interest
Roy Richards of Carrollton Ga a major wire manufacturer and former Southwire chair died Monday He was a leading Georgia business figure and husband of Alice Huffard of Bluefield Va His wife is daughter of the late Hudson Huffard Sr and sister of Hudson Huffard Jr A widow of Bluefield native Ted Gills died May 28 in Seattle Washington She lived with her daughter Maryann Kinser and was active in Colonial Dames DAR UDC and church The Gills had three children survived by two sons and daughter
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Roy Richards
Carrollton, Ga
Alice Huffard
Bluefield
Southwire Corp
Georgia
Richards
Hudson Huffard Sr
Hudson Huffard Jr
Tazewell Board of Supervisors
Ted
Marion) Gills
Bluefield Appalachian Power Co
Seattle
Wash
Jackson
Maryann) Kinser
Gills
Colonial Dames
DAR
UDC
Baptist Church
Hospital marks sixth anniversary with cake cutting
Bluefield Community Hospital will celebrate its sixth anniversary on Monday with a birthday cake cutting in the private dining room at 11 30 a.m. Basil Jackson, the new board chairman, will cut the cake shaped like the hospital as board members administrators and department heads look on. The cake will be served with the meal to hospital employees afterward.
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Bluefield Community Hospital
Basil Jackson
Strike at Massey mines tests UMWA strategy in coal fields
The tug fork confrontation between A T Massey Coal Co and the United Mine Workers centers on a selective-strike approach. A mass of 1,500 union miners across 25 mines and seven plants have walked out since Oct. 1, challenging Massey as a single operator network. The outcome could validate centralized bargaining or spur industry decentralization.
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Massey Mines
UMWA
A.T. Massey Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Tug Fork River
West Virginia
Kentucky
Wall Street Journal
Richmond, Va
Massey Complex
Rich Trumka
UMW
Massey Coal
Massey
A.T. Massey
William Miernyk
U.S
Appalachia
Cooper Industries completes $1.1 billion McGraw Edison buyout
Cooper Industries Inc of Houston finalizes its 1.1 billion purchase of McGraw Edison Co parent of National Electric Coil. Over 95 percent of 16.6 million McGraw Edison shares tendered at 65 dollars. Bluefield area shareholders hold historic ties to National Electric Coil once based there.
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Cooper Industries Inc
Houston
Texas
McGraw-Edison Co
National Electric Coil
Wall Street Journal
Cooper
McGraw- Edison
Texas Company
Bluefield
McGraw-Edison
Rolling Meadows
Ill
Cooper Industries
Columbus
Ohio
Coal industry questions Reagan tax plan gains and losses
The National Coal Association chair Carl E. Bagge says the coal sector is puzzled by Reagan administration tax changes. He warns that ending coal percentage depletion while preserving oil drilling costs could affect domestic energy independence. Bagge cites coal’s 29 percent of U S energy and 57 percent of electricity. Rotary speaker Don Blankenship, Rawl Sales president, addresses Bluefield Rotarians.
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Reagan
Carl E. Bagge
National Coal Association
Bagge
Rotary
Bluefield
The
Elks Club
Don Blankenship
Rawl Sales & Processing Co
Mingo County
Blankenship
Associated Press
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Charleston
Edwin Wiles
West Virginia Coal Association
Wiles
Clyde Lee
Arch Moore
Bluefield’s Daniels Co
China
Newport News
Jay Rockefeller
Department of Labor
Alan Mollohan
House
Rockefeller
Wythe-Bland
Black Lung Collections
Huffman
Professional Advertising Inc
Service
All
Wisconsin
Engine Machinery Service
OLD Blfo
Bluefield Bluefield
E. Morgan Massey
Trumka
Exchange Motors
NEW Motors
Pocahontas Welding Supply
Fe.e
Lavay
Nea
I. Ip
Tse
Ee al Uy
Empire Sales & Rental
Tazewell
Lincoln Electric
Mustard Equipment Service, Inc
Hardy Street
W. VA
Ramm
Komatsu
Rish Equipment Company
Western Virginia
Pequipment Company
Airport Road
Coeburn
Main ST
Salem
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