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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jan 01, 1957

Page

6

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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