Textile Union Celanese Agree On New Contract
The Textile Workers of America AFL CIO and Celanese Fibers Company reach a three year agreement covering about 5800 workers at Celanese Fiber plants in Narrows Virginia Cumberland Maryland and Rock Hill South Carolina. Wages rise 25 21 and 22 cents across the three years with improvements in life major medical surgical and maternity insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Textile Workers of America
Afl-Cio
Celanese Fibers Company
Celanese Fiber
Narrows
Cumberland
Rock Hill
S. C
Judge Orders Contempt Hearing For Bishop Miners
U S District Judge Dennis R Knapp will hold a contempt hearing July 9 in Charleston for officers of UMWA Local 6025 at Bishop McDowell County and three Local members for failing to obey a temporary restraining order issued Tuesday demanding miners return to work at the Pocahontas Fuel mine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Dennis R. Knapp
UMWA
Bishop
McDowell County
Charleston
Hubert Brewster
Frank Bennett
Bruce Yost
Sam Dickenson
Roland Hardy
Jimmy Sword
Dewey L. Barrett
Knapp
Consolidation Coal Comany
Pocahontas Fuelivision
Bishop Coal Company
U. S. Federal Court
Heroines Of Jericho Hold Monthly Meeting in Bluefield
The Heroines of Jericho of Bluefield met recently with Matron Mae Lewis in charge. Members voted that Mrs. Lewis represent the Court and Grand Lodge at Beckley June 23 to 26. Officers for 1973 74 elected include Mae Lewis, Daisy Williamson, Alma H. Wooten, Ora Johnson and others. Next meeting set for July 13 at the Lodge Hall on Jones Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heroines of
Jericho of
Bluefield
Mae Lewis
Daisy Williamson
Alma H. Wooten
Ora Johnson
Frances H. Watkins
Castoria Sims
Mary Gadson
Oretha Gibson
Sarah Smith
Lodge Hall
Jones Street
Tilden Wins Popular Vote But Hayes Named President
The World Almanac notes that Samuel J. Tilden won the popular vote in 1876 but lacked an electoral majority due to disputes in four states. Congress created a special electoral commission of Greece and seven Democrats that chose Rutherford B. Hayes by party lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel J. Tilden
Congress
Greece
Rutherford B. Hayes
Arrests in Roanoke scheme defrauding widow of home
Two men, Roger Lee Allen and Charles L. Church, were arrested on conspiracy to commit grand larceny charges in Roanoke tied to a scheme that coerced a middle aged widow into a seven year mortgage and forged checks. The victim, hospitalized after a suicide attempt, says she was drugged and unaware of signing checks. Allen, with a Bluefield West Virginia address, faced $15,000 bond. Church posted $1,000.
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Roanoke
J. Cunningham
Roanoke Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office
Roger Lee Allen
Charles L. Church
Allen
Mary W. Schurman
Bluefield
W.va
Church
Cunningham
Grounds kept costly at Half Moon Hotel Montego Bay
The Half Moon Hotel in Montego Bay Jamaica reports annual grounds maintenance costs of 45000 with thirty gardeners tending five acres of landscaped grounds containing 100 plant varieties.
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Montego Bay
Jamaica
Half Moon Hotel
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Celanese
Heroines of Jericho
Early Times Distillery Co
Louisville, Ky
Eroc
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Peddlers Village
North St. Bluefield, W.va
Dnas Sey
Graham
Bill Davis
Princeton, W.va
Carnival
Main Highway
Grant City
Delsiy Grant Appetites
GO Ogg
BIG Family
Bluefield Plaza
Cumberland Road
W. VA
Ibe
Bradford
Giants
of the
Green Giant Co
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