Pinball and T Shirts Grow in Coalfield Norton
Wayne LaForce, operator of Norton Newsstand and Arcade in Norton Virginia, expands into pinball parlors and T shirt shops as coal prices stay low. He plans more shops, buys 60 new electronic games, and promotes themed T shirts linked to the coal strike and miners.
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Norton, Va
Wayne LaForce
Virginia
Laforce
Norton
America
United Mine Workers
Dalton Gang
John Dalton
Kentucky
John Y. Brown
Miners Fire Guardhouse and Truck in Boone Rally
About 300 miners and family members marched from a unity rally to Elk Run Coal Co. property in Boone County West Virginia, where rocks were thrown and a guardhouse and a pickup truck were set ablaze. Company records were damaged and several workers retreated onto mine property as the incident followed a union jurisdiction dispute. Cecil Roberts urged peaceful conduct prior to the march.
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Boone County
Orgas
W.va
United Mine Workers District 17 Unity
Elk Run Coal Co
A.T. Massey Coal Co
W.va. 3
Elk Run
UMW
United Steelworkers
UMW District 17
Cecil Roberts
Pickets Attack West Virginia Coal Mines in Preston County
In Albright West Virginia police report roving miners injured no one yet as 150 pickets at Kingwood Mining Co and 50 to 75 at a nearby deep mine vandalize vehicles and windows. Troopers and deputies monitor the situation from a National Guard camp with no arrests.
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Albright
W.va
West Virginia
Preston County Sheriff's Deputies
Kingwood Mining Co
Tpple
Cpl. R. L. Crites
Preston
Crites
National Guard
Kingwood
Public Hearing on Bluefield Small Cities Funding May 26 1981
The City of Bluefield West Virginia Board of Directors will hold a public hearing at 7 30 p m on Tuesday May 26 1981 in the Municipal Complex meeting room 200 Rogers Street to review data and gather citizen input for the Citys application to HUD for Small Cities funding Year II of the Jones Vine Street program with an anticipated amount of 578 000. Any interested party may speak at the meeting or adjournments. The public is urged to attend.
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Board of Directors
Bluefield
West Virginia
Rogers Street
City of
Department of Housing & Urban Development
Jones/Vine Street
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