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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 2000
Page
1
Regulators from the Office of Surface Mining relax the restoration rule for mountaintop removal in coal counties. The agency allows post mining uses such as ponds and wetlands to support exemptions from restoring contour while preserving agricultural land use.
Hundreds gather in Coalwood for Rocket Town U S A day inspired by Sonny Hickam and his memoir Rocket Boys. The event centers on wiry youths, rocketry talk, and a governor helicopter visit planned at Mud Hole, reflecting the town’s enduring mining roots and space dream.
Ken Hylton of Vintage Oaks recalls his brother Lonnie Bryant Hylton Jr. killed July 16, 1950 in the early Korean War. L.B. served in Company C, 19th Infantry Regiment, one of 134 of 189 men in his unit who died in a devastating first weeks’ battle. The piece notes broad casualty totals and the war’s contested place in history.
Senator Jay Rockefeller urged the Federal Trade Commission to broaden its probe of rising gas prices to include West Virginia. He warned that high costs burden residents traveling long distances on hilly roads, as national prices hover around 1.65 and West Virginia averages 1.76 per gallon. Party leaders clashed over blame and relief strategies at press events.
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