Coal News 1956 Beckley Area Highlights Wildcat Strikes and Mergers
A 1956 coal industry roundup for Beckley notes mine reopenings and sales amid wildcat strikes and major ownership mergers. New safety devices and frame grounding for mobile mining equipment are introduced as Imperial Smokeless and other firms adjust to rising demand. Hospital openings and notable operator deaths mark the year in Raleigh County.
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Raleigh Register
Beckley
W. Va
Coal News
National Nine Service
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Imperial Smokeless Coal Co
Quinwood
Wilcox
A. G. Wilcox
Raleigh County
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Ers’ Memorial Hospital Association
Killarney
Lillybrook Coal Co
Janus
Roanoke
Key- Stone
Eastern Gas
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Amherst Coal Co
Johnstown Coal & Coke Co
Williams River No
Gauley Mountain Coal Co
Cowen
Crichton No. 3
Jamison Coal & Coke
Farmington
Fayette-Raleigh-Wyoming
First Aid League
James Westfield
Téfts Congress
Eccles
Eastern Gas and Fuel Associates
Wyatt Coal Co
Cabin Creek
Kanawha County
Simpson Coal & Chemical Co
New York
Semet- Solvay
Allied Chemical & Dye Corp
Harewood
Longacre
Fayette County
Wildcat
Booney
Wyoming
Wharton No
Wharton
Barrett
Kopperston
Summers County
Hinton
Watts Fuel Co
Eastern Gas and Fuel
Helen
UMWA
George Titler
Stotesbury
Boone County
Raymond C. Lewis
Umwa District 17
Beckley Council
Holmes Safety Association
John L.lewis
Harry M. Moyes
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Washington, D.C
Gauley Sewell
Gauley’ River
Curtin
Jamison
John L. Lewis
Coust Wharton and Barrett
Wharton and
Sweden
West Virginia
Glen Rogers
Raleigh
Wyoming Mining Co
Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association
Sucey Va Anuuns Navyns Kvautiie
Serraté Interior
Ccil
U. S. Bureau of Dent Prevention and Safety
Marfork
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Truax-Tracr Coal Co
New River Co
Lochgelly
State Water Commission
Carbon Fuel Co
Dow's Fork
Marion
Harrison
Monorgalie
Memorial | Hospital ‘Association
United Mine Workers and
Coal Industry
United Mine Workers, Coal Producers and Exporters
American Coal Shipping, Inc
Havaco
Capels
Layland
New River & Pocahontas Consolidated Cal Co
Bolt Mining Co
Putt
Wyoming County
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal. Co
Beckley Area
Japan
Slab Fork Co
W.D. McPherson
Dewey Payne
Elmo Cox
Ocl
Federal Maritime Board
Europe
Isdin’l. Lewis
Éoft
Bituminous Coal Institute
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
State Department of Mines
Slap Fork Coal Co
U State Mines Department
Whitt
Zeneta
Slab Fork Coal Co
Pocahontas. Fuel Co
Rowland Land Co
Clear Fork
Marsh Fork
Ronald Rakes
Ivas
Argentina
State Mines Department
National Mine Service Co
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
East Gulf
C. H. Mead Coal Co
Huntington
Washington
U.S
Bureau of Mines
National Coal Association
Biuminous Coal Operators Association
Bluefield
U. S Bureau of Mines
Semet Solvay
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal “Co
Pocahontas Fuel
Mount Hope Coal Co
Sterling Sewell
Holcomb
Nicholas County
Sycamore Coal Co
D. C. Snyder
Mount Hope
Wood Powtcahontas Mining Co
Resoco
A.R. Matthews
Parahontas Fuel Co
George
Narcissa Hult Travels to Coyote Creek in Wild West Tale
Narcissa Hult journeys by stagecoach to Coyote Creek in northeastern Montana to deliver Emil Jacobsen. Kinney, a powerful local figure, taunts Narcissa about the meeting while Dr. Erd Eklund offers cautious help. Emil is absent, believed delayed twenty miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Narcissa Hult
Coyote Creek
Montana
Emil Jacobsen
Dolf Kinney
Terrher
Jacob
Eklund
Marcy
Narcissa
Erd Eklund
Kinney
Emil
Cain
Emil Jacobse
Underwood to be West Virginia Governor on January fourteenth
Workmen completed a temporary wooden platform in Charleston for Cecil H Underwood to be sworn in as West Virginia's 25th governor on January 14. A canopy will cover the stand and a weather contingency plan shifts ceremonies to the House of Delegates if needed. Underwood and Gov elect C William ONeill of Ohio are on the planning committee for the world premiere of Battle Hymn in Marietta Ohio February 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Cecil H. Underwood
West Virginia
State Capitol
House of Delegates
Regional utility rate request and local editorials
Public Service Commission hears a request from Glen Dale Marshall County for water rate increases from 15 to 50 cents monthly for residents with steeper hikes sought for industrial and business customers. Wheeling notes Paul E. Rosen will likely win reelection as District 23 director of United Steelworkers in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Dale
Marshall County
Public Service Commission Authority
Wheeling
Paul E. Rosen
United Steelworkers of Amer
Ica
North
Ohio County
Jefferson
Harold Armbrecht
Walter L
Gassaway
Enzyme tests hint at early disease detection advances
A report from Dr. Felix Wroblewski to the AAAS describes enzyme based tests that could detect hidden diseases early. The method already helps gauge heart damage and liver disease, with potential to locate cancers and their sites, using simple blood or body fluid checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton L. Blakeslee
Science Reporter
New York 4
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
Felix Wroblewski
Sloan-Kettering Institute
New York
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Baz Miller
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