Monongah Mine Disaster Remembered On Dec 6 1907
In Monongah West Virginia the 1907 explosion at Fairmont Coal Co s No 6 and No 8 A mines killed 362 workers. Local residents recall a roaring noise and ash and smoke as the two openings along the West Fork River collapsed into one deadly event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongah, W. Va
Mountaineer Coal Co
Monongah
West Fork
Jim McKain
No. 8
McKain
No. 6
Charles
West Virginia
U. S. Bureau of Mines
West Frankfort
Wanderers Tour highlights two stops in France
The First National Bank Travel Department promotes the 1961 Happy Wanderers European tour from Munich to Nice and Paris over seventeen days. It includes visits to Monte Carlo Rome and Versailles with optional Lido show tickets and hotel stays at Splendid in Nice and Palais d Orsay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Travel Department
Europe
Munich
Nice
France
Zurich
Geneva
Switzerland
Splendid
Monte Carlo
Monaco
Rome
Italy
Dorothy Wooder
First National Bank Travel Dent
Ady
Palais d'Orsay
Folies Bergere
Church of the Madelaine
Napoleon's Tomb
Notre Dame Cathedral
Sacre Couer de Montmartre
Palace of Versailles
St. Cloud
Time's Working Against Federal Farm Programs
Washington AP analysis notes Freeman warns this may be the last chance for a strong farm stabilization plan under Kennedy proposals. divisions within agriculture, industry pressure, and shifting farm efficiency hamper broad farm program support. consumer indifference further weakens push for centralized government controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Time
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
Secretary of Agriculture and
Farmer Advisory Committees
Congress
Jones
Smith
OSU Researchers to Interview Unemployed in Youngstown
Ohio State University researchers will arrive Monday to study ways to reemploy workers in Mahoning and Trumbull counties including Youngstown Warren and Niles. They will interview a scientifically selected sample of 150 to 175 workers on extended unemployment benefits. The article notes the U S as a major agricultural importer ranking second to the United Kingdom with one sixth of world agricultural imports entering the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Youngstown, Ohio
Ohio State University
Mahoning
Trumbull
Youngstown
Warren
Niles
United States
United Kingdom
U. S
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Peter Urban
Poland
Urban
Main Street
George Laughlin
Mro
Deepfreeze
Floating Action Ltd
Armana
Yankee RD
Carl P. Rahm Jr
S. Main St
Monroe
Ohio Department of Liquor Control
Columbus
Davidson
Photo Shops
Central Ave
Midd
By Ovid A. Martin
Ucts
Kennedy
Business Men's Hall
Montgomery
Ohio
Tony Gerhardt
Bob Shurte
Spruce
West Chester
Joe Paul
Penney
Gambgo
Penney’s
Briggs-Stratton
New York
Julie Andrews
United Nations
NBC
Rockefeller Center
Radio City Music Hall
NEW York Central
N. ¥. C. Depot Garden
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