West Virginia 99th Birthday Greetings Pour In
President Kennedy and former leaders send messages to West Virginia on the eve of its centennial observance in 1963. Governors Hoover and Eisenhower and ex-governors Hatfield Holt Patteson Marland and Underwood offer good wishes and praise for the state's first 99 years and its path to a second century.
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Homer A. Holt
William C. Marland
Okey L. Patteson
Cecil H. Underwood
Wired Kennedy
Hatfield
Huntington
Holt
Underwood
West
Dow Chemical Signs Two‑Year Union Contract
Dow Chemical Co and the Textile Workers Union of America announce a new two year collective bargaining agreement covering hourly workers at the James River Division in Williamsburg Virginia. The pact provides an immediate 6 cent per hour wage increase and a 2 percent raise in June 1963 plus expanded paid sick leave funeral leave and vacation plans.
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Williamsburg
Dow Chemical Co
Textile Workers Union of America
Dow
James River
Bituminous Coal Production Estimates Rise Slightly
The National Coal Association estimated week ending June 9 bituminous output at about 8.625 million tons, up from 8.366 million a year ago. For the week ending June 2 output was about 7.495 million tons, and Jan 1 to June 9 production was about 188.181 million tons compared with 168.740 million a year earlier.
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National Coal Assn
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