Unreported Fire Blamed For Fatal Morgantown Blaze
Assistant Fire Marshal Robert Hall links Thursday’s unreported small fire at 49 Beechurst Avenue to Friday morning blaze that killed three WVU students. He cites embers in ceilings and walls, a candle started fire, building heat buildup, and delayed reporting as key factors in the fatalities.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Robert Hall
Hall
Beechurst Avenue
Stoner
Rockwood
Lieberum
Charleston Miner Sees Strike Return to Start of 30 Years
Cecil Roberts Sr., a 46 year coal miner, joins a last shift as United Mine Workers strike over contract expiry at midnight. He worries about health and retirement funds and says retirees may lose benefits during the walkout.
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Charleston
W.va
Cecil Roberts Sr
United Mine Workers
Roberts
Farl Thompson
Cabin Creek
Somerset County School Board Elects Lloyd as President
Gene Lloyd was elected president of the Somerset County School Board and Dale Schmidt was unanimously chosen vice president. New directors Frank Famariss Wilson Myers and Lloyd Sturtevant were introduced. The board approved a December loan of 367000 and a notes payment of 80 000 plus 130.41 in interest. It also granted an alternate bus route to Wildcat Corner if maintenance is provided, affecting about 15 children.
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John Willocki
Frank Famariss
Wilson Myers
Lloyd Sturtevant
Somerset County School Board
Gene Lloyd
Dale Schmidt
Wildcat Corner
Pleasant Hills Church
Somerset Township
Edgar Sechler
Sechler
Grant Sloan
Ray E. Friedline
Somerset County Area Vocational-Technical School Joint Operating Committee
Alexander Ogle
Nancy Hay
Somerset Girls
Miller Vows Miners Will Win Demands
United Mine Workers head Arnold Miller vows victory as thousands of coal miners strike nationwide after a contract lapse. The three day mediation recess follows a broad walkout in West Virginia Ohio and Kentucky with 28 BCOA mines closed and early shifts struck by 4800 West Virginia miners. Miller warns of hardship but insists on sticking it out.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Union
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
UMW
Arnold Miller
Wayne L. Horvitz
West Virginia
Ohio
Kentucky
Miller
Joseph P. Brennan
Morris Feibusch
Coal Operators Association
BCOA
Dan Fields
West Virginia Coal Association
Panhandle
Local Miners Weigh Strike Tactics as Deadline Looms
Local union leaders held last minute talks in Somerset County about a potential miners strike. Nick Bruno said support exists for a local strike clause allowing action at specific mines, while some non union companies plan to continue operations until forced by pickets.
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Somerset County
Central City
Nick Bruno
Bruno
Berlin Service Station Robbery Shocks Town
Two men in stocking masks robbed the Central Service Station in Berlin on Sunday night, taking about 70 to 80 dollars in coins. Owner Mrs. Scheller, alone at 9:20 p.m., handed over a bank bag after one robber demanded cash. suspects fled on foot and descriptions were unclear.
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Broadway
Berlin
Scheller
Sechler
Inside Today's American Murders Bring Fear To Pittsburgh Area
Snow flurries and cold linger in the Laurel Mountain region with highs near the mid 20s Tuesday and near 20 by Wednesday. Winds 20 to 30 mph from the west to southwest with an 80 percent precipitation risk on Tuesday and 50 percent Tuesday night.
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Pittsburgh
Bengals
Steeler
Laurel Mountain
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West Virginia University
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West Virginia Career College
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Uniontown
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Somerset Community Hospital
Lloyd
Somerset Schools
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Galen Stahl
Rockwood RD 3
Rockwood Area
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Bituminous Coal Operations Association
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