Four Men Plead In Widen Mine Strike Conspiracy
Four more defendants in the Elk River Coal and Lumber Co. Widen mine strike case pleaded innocent in Federal Court in Charleston before Judge Ben Moore. Joe Smith Tony George Howard Hosey and William Starcher entered pleas as part of a mass conspiracy case tying 58 Clay County citizens to civil rights violations. Mass trial set for February 23 next year. the strike began in September 1952 and has included violence and a fatal shooting.
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Ben Moore
Joe Smith
Tony George
Howard Hosey
William Starcher
Clay County
Elk River
Robert Louis Stevenson’s travels for TB cure
The novelist Robert Louis Stevenson journeyed through the south of France, Switzerland, the Adirondacks, and the California mountains then to the South Seas seeking a climate to cure his tuberculosis. Modern doctors favor hospital care near the patient’s home for TB treatment.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
France
Switzerland
Adirondacks
California Mountains
South Seas
Socialite scandals and a shifting town life collide
Phil Stanley courts Nancy Kelly amid a web of high society friends Linda Van Vliet and Sam Sykes plot for power while Moira’s reckless choices ripple through the Kelly family. Linda and Sam reconvene with a perilous bargain as Tim Kelly faces unemployment and Nancy’s world teeters between glamour and hardship.
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Phil Stanley
Humphrey Charles
Nancy Kelly
Charles
Phil
Nancy
University Club
Linda van Vliet
Utopia
Tim
Tom
Moira
Sam Sykes
Larry
Mara
Linda
Sam
van Viiet
Miami
Spike
Lil
Toledo
Europe
Boston
Rotary Club
Sam Syokes
Slip Saunders
Miss van Viliet
Cassie McCloud
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Minnie McCray
Smooth Ave
Raleigh General Hospital
Walter Johnson
Widen
Charleston
Red Heart YY
Roy L. Foley
Chapter
Ted Thornberry
Sylvia
Mr. Sykes
Cudahy Tower
Chad Claybourne
Chad
Cudahy Lounge
Kelly
Timothy Kelly
Mother Kelly
United States
Calvert
John Alden
Miles
Calvert Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corp
N.Y.C
Philco Electronics
Philco
Beckley, W, VA
Beckley Furniture Store
Beckley Music & Electric Co
Clark Stores
John W. Eye Radio & T. V. Sales
All Lillybrook Coal Co
All Amigo Smokeless Coal Co
C .H. Meade Coal Co
Sophia, West Virginia
Alderson, W. VA
Russell Appliance Company
Oceana
W. VA
Economy Furniture Co
Glen Rogers
Raleigh Wyoming Mining Co
Marianna, W. VA
All General Department
Pond Creek Pocahontas Company
Edwight
Pineville, W. VA
Lewisburg, W. VA
Brown Maytag Co
Lewisburg Furniture Co
Pine Ridge
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Bowling Home & Furniture Co
Ronceverte, W. VA
Nickel
Shady Spring
Anjean
Anjean Grocery Co
East Rainelle, W. VA
Alvis Brothers Inc
Hinton, W. VA
Hinton Furniture Company
Mullens, W. VA
Quinwood, W. VA
Imperial Smokeless Coal Co
Winding Gulf, W. VA
Winding Gulf Colliery Store
WYCO
E. C Minter Coal Company
Dixie Appliance Company
Bluefield, West Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia
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