Union workers held liable for violence at Virginia lime plant
Nine workers at Virginia Lime Company in Pearlsburg win 99000 in damages from United Steelworkers union for physical and verbal attacks during an 18 month strike ending after August 1977. Court deems threats vandalism shotgun attacks and racial slurs vile and degrading. Attorneys were provided by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation which aids employees facing compulsory unionism abuses.
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Virginia Lime Company
Pearlsburg
Virginia
United Steel Workers Union
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation
Kenneth I. Devore
United Steel Workers of America
VA benefits tax free and a warning on insurance scams
Federal law exempts all VA administered benefits from taxation. A World War II veteran asks about a cancelled VA insurance yielding a $10 dividend. this is a long running insurance hoax with no real dividends except for actively paid participating policies. Also reports on a strike violence case and remarks by Texas officials on school discipline and prison populations.
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Veterans Administration
Monahans Shoppers Promise Fair Prices and Neighborly Service
Local merchants in Monahans pledge fair prices and reliable service, emphasizing they are neighbors who stand behind their products and support community needs. The note highlights commitment to customer satisfaction and trusted neighborhood presence.
CETA Grant Opens for Technical Training at Texas State Technical Institute
CETA plans to accept study grant applications for four on campus courses at TSTI Sweetwater. The program covers books tuition room and board tools supplies student insurance and a weekly allowance. Applicants aged 17 to 27 must be single unemployed and CETA eligible. Deadline December 11 with entrance exam December 14. Don Richardson to collect applications at County Courthouse. Richardson will arrange transportation to Sweetwater.
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Texas State Technical Institute
Sweetwater
CETA
Don Richardson
Ward Drilling Report Narrowed Rig Count Declines in Permian Basin
Ward County weekly rig count falls to 11 with Permian Basin working rigs dropping from 493 to 474. Report notes year-ago level at 359 rotaries and cites activity by Reed Rock Bit Co. plus Atoka discovery by Energy Reserves Group of Midland in Twofreds field with a 4.5 million cubic feet daily flow.
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Ward County
Reed Rock Bit Co
Permian Basin
County
Andrews
Culberson
Dawson
Ector
Eddy
Gaines
Hudspeth
Sea
Loving
Scurry
Ward
Winkler Mb
Yoakum
Energy Reserves Group of
Midland
Atoka
Twofreds
Delaward
Vermejo
H&tc Survey
Fusselman
Ellenburger
Mentone
Gulf Oil
Serive University
Getty Oil University
American Quasar Petroleum
Trueblood
O’brien Et al
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Monahans
Tex News
College Station
Mark White
Texas A&m University
Texas Department of Corrections
White
Texas
John Billings Anthony
S. Main
Kathy Hatch
Kathy
Keith Switzer
Wacker’s
E. Sealy
Milt Benham
Benham’s Men Shop
Martha Russell
S. Alice
Bettye
Dianna Cordova Merchandise
Milton ‘Pinky
Jeanie Clopton
Jeanie’s
Stockton
Frank Volz Sprouse-Reitz
LA Fern’s
W. Sealy
Tom Rodgers Rodger
Ruth Spivey
Montgomery Ward
Lawrence
Henry Western Auto
Sealy
Ronald Ray
Mary &. Faulkenberry
Mary K
Lora Heflin
JO Lynn Shop
Kay Bruner
Jean Crow
Warner Jewelry
Terry Enmon White
Home & Auto
Gerald McAnally
Sears Roebuck & CO
Freda Patterson
Ruth White
Doris Stevenson
Billee Lou Harris
Billee Lou’s Flowers & Gifts
BO Koke Scott
True Value Hardware & Home Center
S. Betty
Gloria Fambro
Gloria’s Flowers
S. Stockton
Ceci Martinez
Rachel
Matt Speakman
Alco
Joyce Adcock
Richardson
Obra
Erie and
Theresa Hill
South
Alice
Guyma Neace
Timmie Neace
South Main
Debbie Robison
Kathy Fausett
Reynold’s Furniture & Appliance
East Sealy
Bea
A.R. Somerford
South Calvin
Ieber
CLU
State Farm Fre and Casualty Company
Home Ofice
Bloomington
State Farm
Walt RO
Sunshine Health & Diet Store
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