Coal mining leaders urge surface methods and new tech
Phelps and Philips pressed for an air standard targeting specific stacks and expanded surface mining. Corcoran urged faster, safer mining with research in continuous transportation, automation, degasification, and new power. Leach warned against diverting metallurgical coal to utilities, noting shortages and slope restrictions. Littlefield emphasized surface and deep mining are complementary, not interchangeable.
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Eastern Gas & Fuel Associates
John Corcoran
Consolidation Coal Co
E. W. Littlefield
Utah International, Inc
Edward P. Leach
Bethlehem Steel Co
Phelps
Philips
NCA
Corcoran
Leach
Congress
Littlefield
Coal Mining Measure Faces Congress Soon
Forbes argues a surface mining bill may pass Congress soon and urges approval of a plan allowing surface mining where reclamation is feasible rather than judging by slope. An NW official says environmental concerns have caused fuel shortages closed mines troubled railroads and international monetary strain. Forbes warns the situation requires alarm and action.
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Forbes
Industry Briefs expands coal land deals and mining notes
Industry notes cover Mapco option to buy 18 000 acres from Pocahontas Land Corp Bluefield six months. A theft ring targets Togan county coal firms with sixteen arrests. Cliff Ascot retires from Island Creek Stores at Holden receiving Appalachian Merchant of the Year award. New mine strip permits issued near Bolt and Corrine Wyoming County. Joe Ellis returns to mining after loss in union leadership race. EPA $2 million grant to study longwall mining criticized by Senator Si Galperin. Doyle named Island Creek manager transport. U S motorists travel over a trillion miles in 1972. most trips under five miles. Herbert S Richey named VP of U S Chamber of Commerce. National Scrip Collectors meet at Hawks Nest Oct 6. Coal lands sale over 11 000 acres advertised in Wall Street Journal with reserves 50 100 million tons. Richlands Coal Festival planned for Oct with theme Mining Is Good For You.
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Barbour County
Wall Street Journal
Elements of Practical Coal Mining Focuses on Bluefield Figures
The book chapter lineup includes Bluefield residents Carl Hrovath and Everett M. White and Welch native Nick Camicia, with John L. Schrader of U S Steel in Pittsburgh contributing mining methods. A Buckeye Mine photo features Norman Blankenship. Proceeds benefit AIMEs coal division scholarships and the Howard N. Eavenson Fund.
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Bluefield
Carl Hrovath
Pocahontas Fuel Co
John L. Schrader
U. S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Gary and Lynch
Everett M. White
Welch
Nick Camicia
Big Pittston Co
Pocahontas Fuel
Buckeye
Itmann
Bluefield State College
Crickmer
A.I.M.E
Coal Division
Howard N. Eavenson Fund
Dennis L. McElroy
W. VA
Miners’ Vacation Pay Flows Into Regional Shops
Miners receive vacation pay before holidays, totaling millions in this coal region. Much funds shopping in Bluefield, Welch, Pineville, Richlands, Grundy and nearby retail centers. Thornton Co. leader Roy B. Browder notes more payroll funds go to vacations, while Hyman Effron says spending shifts to fishing gear, camping gear and work clothes rather than stores.
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Cookes
Bluefield
Welch
Pineville
Richlands
Grundy
Coalfield
Roy B. Browder
Thornton Co
Hyman Effron
Princeton Ave
Army and Navy
Browder
Attucks First Negro Killed in American Revolution Riot
Crispus Attucks died in the Boston Massacre of 1770 when British troops opened fire on a patriot mob. Though the event sparked Revolutionary fervor, Attucks is remembered as the first Black man to lose his life in the struggle for American independence.
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Crispus Attucks
Boston
Bystanders Help Catch Muggers on Upper West Side
New York AP report notes two separate mugging incidents where bystanders aided arrests. Stephen Gottlieb and two friends restrained one suspect while another was chased by residents until police arrived. The prior night about 50 bystanders halted three men who had grabbed a purse after knocking a man to the sidewalk.
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New York
Upper West Side
Stephen S. Gottlieb
State Liquor Authority
Gottlieb
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Mapco
Pocahontas Land Corp
Togan
Cliff Ascot
Island Creek Stores Co
Holden
Ranger Ful Co
Beckley
Pacific
Wyoming County
Bolt
Perry & Hulton, Inc
Mullens
Pocahontas
Corrine
Ellis
Joe Ellis
U.M.W. Dist
Charleston
Union Carbide
Kanawha
EPA
Environmental Protection Agency
Island Creek
Ronald E Doyle
The
Erie Lackawana Railway
Island Creek Coal Sales Co
Cleveland, O
U. S
American Automobile Association
National Scrip Collectors Assn
Hawks Nest
Frank Hancock
Harman Woodward
Walter Caldwell
Fayetteville
Mike Bishara
Ross Perry
Logan Corpmana
Ere
Randy Swecker
Nationwide Insurance Company
Blaydes
Cecil Surratt
Gordon Jennings
Conway Twitty
Freedom Carnival
Swing Kings
WHIS_ television fame
Princeton
Stafford Drive
Borg-Warner
PGES
China
Fiberglas
Astra
Law
Borg-Warner Astra-Law
Lowe
Hioa
Thorn ST
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