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Timms Expected to Leave WV Mines Post Amid Explosion Probe
By DONALD F. FANNIN Charleston UPI coal officials from union and management regret State Mines Director Leonard J. Timms plans to resign before July 1. Timms would stay until the Opla Harrison County mine explosion probe ends. UMW District 17 President Raymond C. Lewis praised Timms as outstanding and the WV coal industry lauded the state’s mine safety laws as among the best. The association also expressed regret at his departure.
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Donald F. Fannin
Charleston
UPI
Union
Managment
Leonard J. Timms
Timms
W. W. Barron
Opla
Harrison County
Raymond C. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union District 17
Lewis
United States
Barron
Association
R. Carl Andrews
West Virginia Coal Association
Kennedy
Interior Department
West Virginia