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Day in the Life of a West Virginia Jobless Miner
In Tad West Virginia an unemployed man Denzil and his family live on ADC payments and mollies after two years away from his Libby-Owens-Ford job. The day follows a frugal routine: early rising, coffee, limited meals, government rations, a dim TV, and hopeful talks of new construction work as his union seniority binds him to temporary gigs. The narrative paints a steady grind for a family coping with poverty in a distressed coal region.
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West Virginia
James Haught
Charleston Gazette-Mail
Tad
W.va
Rebecca June
Ruth Ann
Emma
Denzil
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass
Charleston
ADC
Becky
Molly
Ruth
Emma More