Picket Line Courage and Kindling Doubt in Coal Strike
Donald McTague, 24, a Maine-born roof bolter at VP Number 4 in Buchanan County, joins picket lines despite low turnout among fellow miners. He faces multiple excuses from peers, notes most action is mere hollering, and recalls a scab truck incident blamed on him. He attends court June 17, relies on savings and food stamps, and argues union solidarity sustains non-union workers while many locals show limited participation.
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Donald McTague
United Mine Workers
McTague
Tazewell County
Maine
VP Number 4
Buchanan County
Union
Things Going Slow Talks In Coal Strike Negotiations
Washington AP report on five hour talks between United Mine Workers and Bituminous Coal Operators Association over subcontracting in a 58 day coal strike. Union leader Sam Church says progress is slow. meeting planned for Sunday. wage standards frame the core dispute amid renewed optimism. A separate incident reports 13 Mac Mining Co trucks ambushed on U.S. 23 near Pikeville. one driver injured.
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Washington
Hunt
Sam Church
United Mine Workers Union
Bobby R. Brown
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Church
UMW
Appalachian
U.S. 23
Pikeville
Kentucky
Mac Mining Co
Island Creek
Shelbiana
Weather and notice roundup from local pages
Sunday sunny today with highs in the 70s. Fair tonight with upper 50s. Memorial Day warmer. Thunderstorms expect Tuesday and Wednesday. Highs in the 80s. Judge Bivens praises Telegraph photo coverage of Mercer County trials. Also notes on Anawalt walker and rare plants, Bramwell water rates, Richlands runner, and holiday death toll at 1172.
A Funny Place To Get Married at Staley Park
In Frederick Maryland Cherie Miss and Tommy Long wed at Staley Park with baseball mitts among guests and the groom changing after vows from suit to coaching outfit. Long coaches for the Red Sox minor league team in the Frederick Baseball Association and had a game on their originally planned date.
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Cherie
Staley Park
Tommy Long
Long
Red Sox
Frederick
Police Patrol Slogs Through Rain To Nab City Worker
In Bluefield on May 19 1981 Patrolman Cody Reed and Patrolman George Sarver pursue a city sanitation worker who missed court. The search passes depots garages and streets including Union College and Bluefield avenues. A truck sighting leads to a chase ending with discovery the suspect is not present.
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Bluefield
Daytona
Cody Reed
Mercer Street
Bluefield Avenue
Reed
Princeton Avenues
Bland Street
George Sarver
Sanitation Department
John McGhee
Sarver
Princeton Avenue
Union, College
Union Street
College Avenue
College
Maryland Avenue
Cherry Street
James A
Tony’ Bivens
Union Street Vacinity
Harris
Lebanon Street
Maryland
Lebanon
Albermarle Street
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By Garret Mathews
Daily Telegraph
Tipple Road
Oakwood
Red Ash
President At Work
Reagan
Oval Office
Santa Barbara
Calif
Bramwell
Richlands
Tise
NOAA
US Dept of Commerc
Frederick, Md
Bulletin Board
Terry
Aes Ie
Farm Report
Giles County News
Mercer County Notebook
Persin Als Oopestwacrenes
Society
Cumberland and
Bland Road
Donna Harris
George Dishner
Judge McGhee
Mike Fisher
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