Miners May Return From Wildcat Strike As Vacation Nears
McDowell County miners plan to return to work Friday amid a wildcat strike sparked by the United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Fund cutbacks. Officials say most area mines will resume soon, though AP reports suggest a slower return before the two week vacation.
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United Mine Workers
Welch
McDowell County
Paul Rotenberry
United Mine Workers District Executive Board
Rotenberry
Wildcat
UMW Health and Retirement Fund
Associated Press
Appalachia
Dan Fields
West Virginia Coal Association
District 29
Buchanan County UMW Locals Plan Washington Meeting
Union leaders from five Buchanan County locals plan a Monday trip to Washington to press a shield against proposed health benefit cuts. They seek to secure funds and direct spending while miners face a 250 dollar hospitalization deductible and 40 percent of medical fees, effective July 1, with about 3000 idle at Island Creek mines.
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UMW
Buchanan County
Washington, D. C
Joe Clark
Clark
Island Creek Coal Company
Virginia Pocahontas No. 2
Washington
UMW International
Arnold Miller
Sam Church
UMW Health and Retirement Funds
Five Island Creek
Patterson hints at challenging UMW election outcome
Lee Roy Patterson, runner up to Arnold Miller in the United Mine Workers race, says a challenge is likely. He cites ballot legality and constitutional compliance, while officials warn continued bickering could delay the fall contract talks and provoke a national coal strike. Patterson, 42, leads the anti-Miller bloc on the union’s 21 member board.
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Louisville
Lee Roy Patterson
United Mine Workers
Arnold Miller
Patterson
Madisonville
Miller
Harry Patrick
Ted Leisenring
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
International Executive Board
Labor Department
International
Rockwell Faces Possible Plant Closure Over ICBM Contracts
Rockwell International officials warn that if key Minuteman III guidance system contracts are not renewed, the Princeton plant could close. The plant makes ICBM guidance components and other products, with contracts forming a major portion of its business. Senator Byrd urges President Carter to decide before July 1 on continuing production.
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Daily Telegraph
Rockwell International Corp
Princeton
Robert C. Byrd
Carter
David Newbro
Rockwell
Anaheim
Calif
Newbro
Byrd
Mercer County Board OKs Four High Schools Bond Plan
Mercer County Board of Education voted 4-1 to advance a consolidation plan for four high schools and four junior highs with potential February 1978 referendum. The proposal calls for two existing 10 12 grade sites at Bluefield and Princeton and two new secondary schools serving rural areas, plus renovations at multiple elementary and middle campuses.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County Board of Education
Clinton D. Lilly
Board of Education
Mercer County
Bluefield
Princeton
Lake Bottom
Matoaka
Spanishburg
Princeton High School
Glenwood
Bluewell
Bramwell
Montcalm
Athens High
Princeton-Athens
Oakvale
Athens
Rt. 460
Central
Bluefield High School
Fairview
Lilly
Bypass environmental suit to be dismissed in Abingdon court
A tentative compromise ends the Tazewell County suit over the Bluefield Virginia bypass on U S Route 460. Plaintiffs Kellermans Pierce Pittmans and others align with defendants including Virginia Highway Commissioner Harwood and federal agencies to prepare an environmental impact statement and re design work for the eastern bypass segment.
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Tazewell County
Bluefield
U. S. Rt. 460
U. S. District Court
Abingdon
Haysi residents feel flood relief runaround in Telegraph
Telegraph notes residents of Haysi Virginia feel misled about flood relief after a July hearing, while other items report on 40 channel CBs, a delayed Jenkin Jones water system project, Mercer County airport prospects, Southgate Kentucky busboy saving for college, and a dieting note about old pants for a sleeping bag.
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Jenkin Jones
McDowell County
Toll Free Calling Not Yet Available Between Princeton Areas
The West Virginia Virginia General Telephone unit says no toll free service exists between Bluefield Princeton and Matoaka Princeton. Customers have attempted calls and faced jammed lines while PSC orders mandate upgrading and eventual toll free access by 1979. GenTel may appeal the order, with progress reports required every six months.
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Bluefield
Princeton
Matoaka
Dennis Williams
General Telephone Company
West Virginia-Virginia
West Virginia Public Service Commission
General Telephone
Williams
Commission
GenTel
General Telephone Company of the
Southeast
Public Service Commission
PSC
Telegraph
Princeton-Matoaka
Policeman Targeted as Jaeger Faces Rising Violence
In Jaeger a patrolman Frank Rowe faces repeated gunfire while on duty as Mayor Perry Roberts says the town has seen spikes in danger. Two shootings hit Rowe’s cruiser in six weeks and authorities fear further attacks as federal involvement looms in the May case over a man shot and leg amputation.
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Daily Telegraph
Big Creek
Bradshaw
Stringtown
Jaeger
Saeger
Perry Roberts
Frank Rowe
D. C. Phillips
Rowe
Roberts
Phillips
FBI
McDowell County
Thomas Roberts
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McDowell
Frank P. Jarrell
Jim Gilreath
White House
Marlin W. Kellerman
Zelma N. Kellerman
Walter Labath Pierce
Dorothy Hackman Pierce
William C. Pittman
Ruth Elizabeth Pittman
Abe S. Tomchin
Edith Tomchin
Clear Fork District
Virginia
John E. Harwood
U. S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
Appalachian Regional Commission
Haysi
Cbs
Southgate
Billy Graham
Abby
Dixon Peer Tee
By Ray Lynch
Policeman
By Maryanne Stevens
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