Coal Production Down 1983 First Quarter Falls 25 Percent
West Virginia coal output dropped 25 percent in the first quarter of 1983 from a year earlier, totaling 27,825,224 tons versus 37,133,751 tons in 1982. Employed miners fell 34 percent to 34,429 in March as dozens of mines closed and production dwindled amid stalled demand and looming UMW contract questions.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
State Department of Mines
Department
Federal Energy Information Administration
Benjamin C. Greene
Tion Association
Greene
United Mine Workers
Soupy Sales Returns to Huntington for High School Reunion
Comedian Soupy Sales, in Huntington for a 40th reunion, plans a stop at Stewart's Hot Dogs, calling them the best and joking about needing support hose after eating. He calls Huntington his hometown and says he is toastmaster of the reunion, aiming to reconnect with old friends.
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Huntington
W.va
Soupy Sales
Stewart's
Sales
Ohio River City
John Mandt Jr
Stewart's Hot Dogs
Huntington High School
Dioxin Site List Covers Four States
The EPA regional office will study twelve sites in Pennsylvania Maryland and West Virginia for possible dioxin contamination tied to herbicide production. West Virginia sites include Union Carbide plants in South Charleston and Institute Monsanto in Nitro and Fike Chemicals also in Nitro. A dioxin task force will gather records to decide which locations to sample while noting the list may change as information is collected.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Union Carbide Corp
South Charleston
Institute
Monsanto Industrial Chemicals Co
Fike Chemicals, Inc
EPA
Stephen R. Wassersag
Air and Waste Management Division
West Virginia board names panel for merit pay plan
Charleston AP The state Board of Education president named a committee to draft a merit pay plan for public school teachers to be presented to the 1984 Legislature. Members Morris Wagoner and Hall were named to consult with educators as Roy Truby urged reviewing the compensation picture.
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Charleston
W.va
State Board of Education
James Clark
Paul J. Morris
Charles H. Wagoner
Kendall Hall
Roy Truby
West Virginia
Truby
Clark
Department of Education
John Pisapia
Supreme Court
Patricia Hamner
Hamner
Duke A. McDaniel
Richard N. Schnacke
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Mountain State Briefs
Mandt
New York
Tri-State
Wayne County
A. James Manchin
Manchin
Spencer
Spencer State Hospital
Clark Hansbarger
Hansbarger
Desmond Byrne
Byrne
Wagoner
Portland, Maine
Portland Museum of Art
State of Maine
Museum
Charles Shipman Payson
Carried
Mens Sea Aire Collant
Texas Instruments
NDC Samsonite
Sal A
Revere Ware
Orig
Jcpenney
Mercer Mall
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