Questionable Strip Mining Permits Under Scrutiny
Opinion column argues illegal strip mine permits and lax Department of Natural Resources enforcement may have harmed property owners including the widow of Sixth District Rep. Joe L. Smith and Harold E. Spade. Calls for potential lawsuits to resolve legal meaning and urges voter response in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Ia Latimer
Greene
Department of Natural Resources
Joe L. Smith
Bolt
Whitesville A&s Coal Co
Harold Eugene Spade
Meadow Bridge
Take Me To Your Leeber Exposes Union Autonomy Debate
UMW District 29 President James Leeber defends appointed leadership and argues autonomy would be wasteful. Critics cite mismanagement, sweetheart contracts, uncollected Welfare Fund payments, finance of non union operations, a murdered rival, and lost funds in a union bank. Leeber claims members back efficiency and centralized control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers District 29
James Leeber
Leeber
UMW
National Bank of Washington
District 29
Union
Kremlin Won’t Cancel Nixon Visit Despite Haiphong Tensions
The article notes Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev privately assured Washington that Nixon’s trip would occur despite U.S. bombing and North Vietnamese mining plans. Moscow accuses Hanoi of acting without Soviet input, while US planners anticipate a minesweeper clearing Haiphong harbor followed by mined passages.
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Washington
Nea
Leonid Brehnev
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Brenner
White House
U.S.S.R
U. S
Haiphong Harbor
Henry Kissinger
Moscow
Kissinger
Brehnev
U.S
Haiphong
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Dmz
Kremlin
Russia
United States
Vietnam War Returns as Major Issue in 1972 Campaign
UPI Assistant Raymond Lahr notes the Vietnam war has surged back to top political importance alongside unemployment. The piece portrays a two man Democratic race between McGovern and Humphrey with California and New York primaries shaping the delegate map, plus crosswind effects from Hampton and Wallace sentiments and possible third party dynamics.
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Raymond Lahr
Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
U.S
Vietnam
McGovern
Nixon
McGuern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
New York
California
Humphrey
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Democratic Party
Johnson
Brandt nonaggression pacts may open Berlin talks in June
UPI Foreign News Analyst says if Willy Brandt secures parliamentary ratification of the Soviet and Polish nonaggression pacts by May 17 or 18, Western foreign ministers could meet in Berlin in June to sign the ambassadors’ agreement and ease the East West Berlin crisis.
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Berlin
Willy Brandt
Russia
Poland
Southeast Asia
Middle East
Beckley Rotary Club Elects Directors and Officers
Beckley Rotary Club held its annual meeting at Hotel Beckley. Directors elected for the year include E. E. Bibb Wm Buck A H Grigg R V Martin M B Smith R M French and Herbert Stansbury. Officers chosen were C O Dunn president A H Grigg vice president R M French treasurer and Ralph G Hess secretary.
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Beckley Rotary Club
Hotel
Beckley
E. E. Bibb
Wm. Buck
A. H. Grigg
R. V. Martin
M. B. Smith
R. M. French
Herbert Stansbury
C. O. Dunn
Ralph G. Hess
Local boy Don Cox eyed for rise in Shady Spring sports
In 1947 notes coach James McNeish at Shady Spring High School says Don Cox a 16 year old Tiger athlete soaring in baseball and football may become a local headline. Johnny Gooch former Pirates catcher mentors Cox at Blue-Gray practices aiming to place him in the baseball lineup soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh Register
James McNeish
Shady Spring High School
Don Cox
Tiger
Hilltop School
McNeish
Bluefield
Johnny Gooch
Pittsburgh Pirate
Dix
Gooch
Royal Miner 11 Days Pay 1894 1.97 in Coal Work Memo
A Raleigh County relic details Charles Thompson’s 1894 Royal Coal and Coke statement showing 11 days of 12 hour work at $1 per day, deductions totaling $5.48, and net $1.97 in coin. The piece, found by Paul Thompson, traces Royal Coal founders and local labor history.
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Royal Miner
Ring Register
Raleigh County
Paul A. Thompson
Stamford
Beckley
Chas. Thompson
Paul
Royal Coal and Coke Company
Prince, W. Va
Thompson
Royal Coal and Coke Co
Paul Thompson
William
Bob” Prince
The
Berrys
Harlow Warren
Beckley USA
Royal Coal and Coke and Coke Co
J. K. Laing
Lanark Fuel Co
Sun Coal & Coke Co
Loup Creek
New River
Prince
William Prince
Alfred Beckley
Clarkson
Edwin
Isaac
Mr. Thompson
Franklin County
Virginia
United Mine Workers
Knights of Labor
Sewell Valley
Quotes about aging policy and 1972 politics
Dr. Carl Eisdorfer critiques nursing home funding while Sen. Henry M. Jackson warns liberals must be kept from taking over the Democratic Party in 1972. The remarks reflect debates on aging care and national policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Eisdorfer
Duke University
Center For the Study of
Democratic Party
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
The Innocent Bystander and the War That Never Ends
A satirical tale of Wonderfuland with a flawless record 8-0 and endless war abroad. The New Leader withdraws troops to claim victory while the North overruns the Loyal Royal Army. despite bombings and brinkmanship, the war ends in a tie as all sides suffer. The moral asks for a good thrashing.
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Wonderfuland
Wonderful
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