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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1998
Page
2
Today offers two talks and one musical storytelling event at the town library. H. Lee Riley presents From Child's Toy to Adult Hobby at 12:30 pm, Mike Souter performs All Aboard the Iron Horse at 1:30 pm, and Tom Dixon explores Chessie the cat in Her Life and Times at 2:30 pm.
In Cass, Artie Barkley recalls learning to run steam locomotives from lodge workers and logging camps. He spent decades guiding passengers through Pocahontas County’s mountains after starting with a state park in the 1960s, and now stars at Trainfest '98. Cole Bradley watches an engine emit smoke nearby.
June 10 1944 marked D Day plus four for Vannie Brown whose unit hit mainland Europe and fought in France where he was wounded and captured. More than 200 soldiers in his company were killed or captured. Brown survived as one of 12 POWs. At Belt Post Office Veterans Recognition Day Brown raised the flags as Susanne Mills praised veterans. The event featured displays of telegrams about his status and included memories from Brown and prayers by Rev. Sears. Brown earned two Purple Hearts and Bronze Stars and later worked as chief electrician at Armco Steel in Montreal. His family also served in the Army, including his brother Jack and other relatives.
In Washington the speaker race intensified after Newt Gingrich stepped down. Two leading contenders, Rep. Christopher Cox and a rival, frantically worked phones while Capitol Hill was quiet aside from tourists. Another candidate withdrew, signaling a tense scramble to win support.
Weirton Steel in West Virginia laid off 300 workers and WCI Steel in eastern Ohio cut 200. U S Steel in Pennsylvania shed about 100, Geneva Steel in Utah fired 270 and laid off 335, Acme Steel filed for bankruptcy in Illinois, while Laclede Steel may close a mill. Industry broadside prompts government defense push. George Manos of USS Kobe Steel Co. in Lorain, Ohio, calls the situation alarm.
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