Strip Mine Abuses Linked To Flooding
The Interior Department ties past strip mining to flooding in St Charles after an on site tour. Officials say OSMARE will enforce federal standards by May with Abandoned Lands program funding from coal taxes due Jan 31. Residents blame long history of abuses and erosion for flood damage and warn of penalties.
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ST. Charles
US Interior Department
Interior
Richard Hall
Federal Office of
Strip Mining and Reclamation Enforcement
Osmare
Tennessee Valley Authority
Hall
Times-News
Washington
UMW
Rescue Fund Aid Aims to Help East Tennessee Families
About 200 families have been processed for food baskets under the Times News Christmas Rescue Fund with a 300 family target. Funds are $700-$800 short versus last year as community appeals continue. A family of five has electricity cut off for two weeks and needs food and rent help. contributions can be made by calling 245-215. A donor requests support for a young lady with two children and a tiny welfare check, asking to be remembered at Christmas.
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Times- News
East Tennessee
Virginia
Ten survive two helicopters forced down in Antarctic storm
Ten crew members aboard two helicopters survived a three day ordeal after forced landings on the Ross Sea ice near McMurdo Station. Lt Sam Feola and Lt Brown navigated perilous winds and freezing temperatures while seeking shelter.
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Mcmurdo, Antarctica
McMurdo
Antarctic
Sam Feola
Camarillo
Calif
Brown
Morehead City
N.C
Feola
Marble Point
Ken Mathews
Auckland
New Zealand
Rod Law
Knoxville
Tenn
Mathews
Law
Coal Strike Unrest Sparks Six Arrests in Wise County
Violent clashes during the UMW contract strike in Southwest Virginia lead to six arrests in Wise County on felony warrants. Incidents include dynamiting, gunfire, and vandalism at coal sites, with arrests of two coal operators and four strikers.
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Wise
Virginia
United Mine Workers
Wise County
Lee
UMW
M.M. Long Jr
Virginia State Police
Lee County Sheriff's Department
M&m Coal and Land Development Corporation
St. Charles
Paramont Coal Company
James Brown
Dorchester
Ings. Brown
Paramont
Josephine
Donald Sturgill
Big Stone Gap
Ex-State Official Says He Was Promised Pardon
Former Tennessee surplus property chief G. B. Sonny McCarter testified in Shaw's trial that Transportation Commissioner Eddie Shaw and Gov. Blanton's brother Gene guaranteed him a pardon if he pleaded guilty and took the blame for the surplus property scandal. He said he believed Eddie Shaw could secure the pardon, but the defense contends McCarter changed his story to frame Shaw.
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Nashville
UPI
G. B
Sonny” McCarter
Transportation
Eddie Shaw
Ray Blanton
McCarter
Shaw
Blanton
Gene
Roger May
Eddie
John Hollins
Hollins
Selmer
Robbery Foiled After Grocery Store Heist Plan
Kent Anderson of Central Heights warned of a robbery as a couple in stocking masks approached a grocery store on the night of November 29. The couple entered, one brandishing a gun, took 111 dollars, owner Ed Bookout Jr. testified. A Sullivan County couple aided by tailing the getaway car led to four arrests after Rex Burns and his wife followed the red Volkswagen.
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Anderson
Ed Bookout Jr
General Sessions
Sullivan County
Bookout
Rex Burns
Seeping Water Cuts Off Kingsport Phones Again
About 800 customers in Kingsport lose service after underground cable leak affects a 1200 wire trunk. Areas include Fort Henry Drive Southland Shopping Center Konnarock Sherwood Road and Warpath Drive with intra exchange links to Colonial Heights. Service is sporadic during heavy load times.
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Kingsport
United Inter-Mountain Telephone Co
Fort Henry Drive
Southland Shopping Center
Konnarock
Sherwood Road
Warpath Drive
Colonial Heights
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Betty and the Beast
Betty Ford
James Wigfall
Lion
Interior Department
Peter Claussen
TVA
State Water Control Board
Virginia Division of Mines
Anonymous
James
Nancy Brooks
Isabel Noble
Janice E. Dean
Church Hill
Orgie Hunt
Charles DeWitt Byrd
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hubert Whitehead
Appalachia
Whitehead
Paramont Coal Co
Kent Anderson
Central Heights
Central Heights Market
Burns
Sheriff's Department
Volkswagen
Kings
Gary Williams
Lia
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