Pocahontas Exhibition mine opens for season
The Pocahontas Exhibition mine opened for 2016 with DMME safety demonstrations and a simulated rescue. Local leaders and students attended as tours and a museum visit showcased 19th century coal production and the mine’s historic role in the region. Open April to September with weekend hours and tours priced at 10 dollars for adults and eight for children. Groups of 12 or more can schedule tours through December.
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Daniel Berrigan dies at 94 veteran peace activist priest
New York AP reports Rev Daniel Berrigan a Jesuit priest and anti war activist died at Murray Weigel Hall in New York after a long illness at 94. He and brother Philip led the Catonsville Nine action in 1968 burning draft files and faced federal prison. The couple formed the Catholic Peace Fellowship and later joined the Plowshares movement opposing nuclear arms. Berrigan's writings and plays captured his courtroom experiences and pacifist philosophy.
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Lamont
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Paris
LeMoyne College
Indochina
Catholic Peace Fellowship
U.S
North Vietnam
Cornell University
Philip Berrigan
Baltimore
Democracy Now Radio
Manhattan
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Rhode Island
William Stringfellow
Danbury
Connecticut
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Ceremony remembers Pocahontas coal miners after explosion
At a memorial ceremony sponsored by Historic Pocahontas, Inc. 114 candles lit around the miners’ graves marked by names read aloud except for five unknowns. Organizers said the mine began about a year earlier and miners were among early workers fueling the industrial era.
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Pocahontas
America
Ben Gibson
Ralph Childress
Braxton Bragg Moore
Bill Archer
Karl Miller
Patricia Synan
Historic Pocahontas, Inc
Charles Boothe
Cboothe
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County cleanup campaign aimed at countywide sanitation drive
The group did not finish the monumental task on Saturday but will, Puckett said. The cleanup has drawn more participation from residents and agencies this year than before. The effort targets critical roadside areas and landfills, with plans to spur ordinances for dilapidated buildings and property repairs to keep the county clean again.
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