Skyway Drive-In memories in West Virginia
Samantha Perry recalls the Skyway Drive-In Theatre at Brushfork, its giant screen and car speakers, the family nights with popcorn and playgrounds, and how drive-ins shaped a past culture. She notes West Virginia’s drive-in history, Pipestem Drive-In in Speedway, and the nostalgia of a dying American pastime.
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Skyway
Airport Road
Drivein Movie.com
West Virginia
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U.S
Oper
Southwest Virginia
Pipestem Drive-in
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Driveinmovie.com
Cluefield Daily Telegraph Editorial Motto Quoted
The Cluefield Daily Telegraph presents a proverb about divided loyalties quoting You cannot serve God and mammon. The citation lists Darryl Hudson as Publisher and News Editor with Andy Patton Brian Woodson Samantha Perry as Managing Editor and Bill Archer Charles Owens as Senior Editor City Editor.
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Andy Patton
Brian Woodson
Bill Archer Charles Owens
Rahall Pushes CARE Act to Save UMWA Pensions
Rep. Nick Rahall backs the Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act to divert Abandoned Mine Reclamation funds to protect about 120000 pension recipients including roughly 38000 in West Virginia. He accuses the Obama administration of opposing the measure to improve the deficit and vows to press the issue with fellow lawmakers.
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United Mine Workers of America Pension Fund
U.S
Nick Rahall
D-W.va
Rahall
Daily Telegraph
Umwa Pension Fund
Office of Budget Management
Obama
UMWA
John S. Lewis
Harry Truman
West Virginia
Veterans fight for local clinic in Mercer and McDowell
In letters the writer urges action to win a veteran’s clinic for Mercer and McDowell Counties, citing 9 400 veterans and an ongoing push by Al Hancock. They say 9 000 votes could elect a champion to override Beckley’s VA center claim and demand visible support for a clinic.
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McDowell
al Hancock
VA Medical Center
Beckley
Rahall
Rockefeller
Byrd
Wayne Lambert Bluefield
Princeton News
Telegraph invites public letters on matters of interest
The Daily Telegraph asks readers to submit letters about public issues. Letters should include the writer's signature address and phone number and be sent by email to editor bottonline.com.
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Daily Telegraph
Bottonline
Erma Byrd Scholarship funds awarded to four West Virginia schools
Jay Rockefeller with congressmen Nick Rahall and Alan Mollohan announced U.S. Department of Education funding through the Erma Byrd Scholarship Program. Marshall University will receive 15000 dollars, West Virginia University 55000, Fairmont State University 5000, and Mountwest Community and Technical College 2500. The program aids students pursuing industrial health and safety careers including mine safety. Byrd praised the scholarship named after his late wife and her support for educational opportunities.
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Jay Rockefeller
Nick Rahall
Alan Mollohan
U.S. Department of Education
Erma Byrd
Marshall University
West Virginia University
Fairmont State University
Mountwest Community and Technical College
Byrd
Erma
Robert C. Byrd
Manchin awards CAC grants. Erma Byrd scholarship noted near courthouse
The report cites Gov. Joe Manchin awarding e grants June 8 to Child Advocacy Centers across West Virginia including McDowell County Stop the Hurt receiving $35,000 to bolster the multidisciplinary response to child abuse cases and Mercer County Child Advocacy Center receiving $100,000 for staff, training, and prevention programs. The piece also reflects on the Gulf of Mexico disaster effects on BP and local Bluefield history notes.
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Joe Manchin
Manchin
McDowell
Stop the Hurt, Inc
McDowell County
Child Project of
Mercer County, Inc
Mercer County Child Advocacy Center
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