Labor rally in Pineville honors miners and union history
Cecil Roberts of the United Mine Workers rallied about 1,000 miners and families at Pineville High School field on Labor Day. He invoked Sid Hatfield and Ed Chambers, praising past labor heroes and urging current miners to stay on strike against Baldwin-Felts era oppressors, with 17,000 miners on picket lines nationwide. He praised John L. Lewis and urged solidarity with West Virginia workers over Wall Street interests.
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Pineville
Cecil Roberts
United Mine Workers of America International
Roberts
West
Sid Hatfield
Ed Chambers
Welch
Blair Mountain
Baldwin-Felts
Vance Security
John L. Lewis
Bill Blizzard
Peabodys
Consols
West Virginia
Wall Street
Miners Reunion Honors Labor Day in Pocahontas Va
Labor Day 1993 in Pocahontas featured a parade and Miner's Reunion with hundreds of miners and union members from West Virginia Virginia Ohio and nearby states. About 300 watched as veterans shared memories and officials spoke at city hall including Sen Reasor Delegate Stump and UMWA District 28 President Lowe.
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Pocahontas
Tazewell
West Virginia
Virginia
Ohio
Russell Bruce
McDowell
Wyoming
City Hall
Jack Reasor
Jackie Stump
United Mine Workers Union District 28
Donnie Lowe
G.C. Jennings
Pat Jennings
Anita Brown
Tazewell County
Joe Johnson
Stuart McGehee
Craft Memorial Library
Bluefield
Lowe
UMWA
Maverick riverboat shoots into film with Foster and Gibson
Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson star in Maverick revived on the Columbia River with a restored Portland riverboat standing in for the Mississippi. Gibson plays Bret Maverick while James Garner returns as Zane Cooper. Foster portrays Annabelle, the con woman pursued by both. Concerted town notices follow with local booster and water association meetings listed for Sept. 9 10.
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Jodie Foster
Mel Gibson
Portland
Icon Productions
Columbia River
Mississippi River
Maverick
James Garner
Gibson
Bret Maverick
Garner
Zane Cooper
Annabelle
Foster
Parts Cloudy Weather Report For Today
Today highs in the upper 70s with partly cloudy skies. Tonight expect mostly clear conditions and lows in the upper 50s. Weather package A-8 West.
Marcos body heads home to Philippines from Honolulu
Ferdinand Marcos is to land in Laoag Philippines today, nearing four years since his death. Burial is planned Friday in Batac as thousands in Agana Guam honor him en route, amid mixed views from supporters and critics.
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Laoag
Philippines
Ferdinand Marcos
Philippine
Ilocos Norte
Marcos
Batac
Agana
Guam
U.S
Ferdinand Jr
Camila Garcia
Roque Ablan
Corazon Aquino
Honolulu
Fidel Ramos
Manila
Arafat tours Egypt for PLO Israeli peace plan
Yasser Arafat moved his campaign to sell the PLO Israeli peace accord to Egypt after lukewarm Syrian reception. The plan envisions Palestinian self rule in Gaza and Jericho and has Gulf backing as a first step toward a settlement.
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Cairo
Egypt
Yasser Arafat
Syria
Gaza Strip
West Bank
Jericho
Israel
PLO
Gulf Cooperation Council
Saudi Arabia
Arafat
Hafez Assad
Palestine Liberation Organization
Assad
Damascus
Jerusalem
Farouk al-Sharaa
Lebanon
Half of West Virginia high schoolers plan to leave
West Virginia high school students show 50 percent expect to live and work out of state in 10 years while 84 percent expect to go to college. regional differences appear by district and academic track, with salaries projected around $27,500 on average and 55 percent preferring a union environment.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Northern Panhandle
Eastern Mountains
Northern
Panhandle
Coalfields
Eastern Panhandle
Telethon raises record funds for muscular dystrophy drive
The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon on WVVA TV Bluefield raised a record 46,014,922 dollars from viewers with 36,84,739 donated by sponsors. Elizabeth Osborne led local efforts as fans and volunteers filled the studio on Route 460. Dreama Denver and Stan Sweet anchored segments while Cheri Haag and Kevin McGraw hosted portions.
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Bluefield
Jerry Lewis
Wvva-Tv
Lewis
Jerry
Muscular Dystrophy Association
NBC
WVVA
Elizabeth Osborne
U.S. Route 460
Cheri Haag
Kevin McGraw
Dreama Denver
Gilligan's Island
Bob Denver
Denver
Channel 6
Stan Sweet
Haag
McGraw
Sweet
Rrom
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