Strained Coal Wage Talks Hint at New Negotiation Game
The aging 1968 National Coal Wage Agreement expires September 30 as miners and operators brace for tougher talks. Abe Abel warns a strike is unlikely, yet wage demands loom. BCOA names Heath Larry as chairman and Joseph Moody as day-to-day negotiator with UMW while new consultants join the bargaining. Local AFL CIO Summer School attendees and UMW leaders attended the event in Monongalia County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. W
Abe) Abel
United Steelworkers
Abel
W. A
Tony) Boyle
Miners’ Welfare and Retirement Fund
New York
John L. Lewis
Boyle
George Judy
Judy
Lewis
Bituminous Coal Operators’ Association
BCOA
R. Heath Larry
U.S. Steel
Larry
Basic Steel
Joseph Moody
UMW
Moody
Joe Brennan
Ewan Clauge
Clague
Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Mineunion joins drug abuse war
The United Mine Workers and Mental Health Materials Center will distribute 50,000 copies of a 40 minute record titled Drugs Won't Get It People Will. Former addicts rap with a psychiatrist to educate about drug abuse. UMW District 31 supports the effort, with plans to reach schools and PTA groups nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
United Mine Workers
Mental Health Materials Center
UMW
W. A
Tony) Boyle
PTA
New York City
Mountaineer Coal Announces Four Promotions
Mountaineer Coal Co. has announced four administrative changes. George Russell Evans becomes controller, Robert R. Conaway is supervisor of material management, James B. Shaffer is chief clerk accounting, and Joel A. Strid becomes engineer trainee. President D. H. Davis announced the appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monongah
Mountaineer Coal Co
George Russell Evans
Robert R. Conaway
James B. Shaffer
Joel A. Strid
D. H. Davis
Mountaineer
Midyear View of Finance Signals Cautious Outlook
The six month economic recovery remains uncertain with stocks likely to advance only if growth and confidence improve. Washington rejected tax cuts, price-wage controls, and a price review board, while Nixon pursued existing policy. Analysts split on policy effectiveness as unemployment drops and trade gaps widen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
Nixon
William C. Freund
New York Stock Exchange
Beryl Sprinkel
Harris Trust and Savings Association
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Motels Change Ownership Slight Name Adjustment
Morgantown Mountaineer Motel Inc buys Mountaineer Motels Inc and changes the firm name slightly while operations and service to the public continue. Mt’s stockholders sold 14 Seventh Ward lots and buildings for 209000 to a new stock company. deed filed with County Clerk Tom Jackson. June dividend news shows modest gains but volatile market averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountaineer Motels, Inc
Country Club Drive
Morgantown Mountaineer Motel, Inc
Londo H. Brown
Seventh Ward
Tom Jackson
Ward's new catalog widens appeal for homes and offices
Ward's unveils a 1,452 page fall and winter catalog featuring over 175 mini items for mobile homes, condos, and apartments. It highlights safety, environment, aesthetics, comfort and convenience with items like compact ovens, hot plates, space heaters, air cleaners, a spin dry closet storage unit, and a cassette tape answering service that doubles as a dictation recorder. The catalog includes 20 pages of consumer education and ships to more than six million customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mongomery Ward
Office services and temp help offered at 331 High Street
During summer vacation business services advertise dictation typing monthly billing collections and correspondence. Notary public bookkeeping copying and duplication available. They will supply temporary office help. Apply at 331 High Street over the Morgan theater. Phone 292 9535.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Street
Morgan Theater
Mineral Facts and Problems fourth edition on sale
The Bureau of Mines announces Bulletin 650 Mineral Facts and Problems fourth edition covering 88 mineral commodities. The 1970 clothbound edition has 93 chapters and 1,291 pages, priced at $10.75 per copy. Available only from Public Documents Distribution Center Philadelphia with Stock No 2404-0665 Catalog No 128.3:650.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Mines
Encylopedia of
U.S. Mineral Resources
Public Documents Distribution Center
Tabor Ave
Philadelphia
Sebree takes London trip with piano industry tour
Morgantown businessman Paul A. Sebree Sr. of Sebree's Music Center joined 165 other attendees from 80 dealers on a weeklong London visit hosted by Kimball Piano and Organ Co. The trip included tours of Herzburger Brooks Piano Key and Action Factory and demonstrations of ivory processing for piano keys as part of a reward for community service and sales achievement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
London
England
Herzburger Brooks Piano
Paul A. Sebree Sr
Sebree
Music Center
University Avenue
Kimball Piano and Organ Co
Kimball
WV Life Insurance Sees Record Growth in 1970
West Virginia reported a record year for life insurance in 1970, with more families purchasing policies, higher total benefit payments from life companies, and greater financial protection at year end according to industry spokesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
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Mountain State Busies
Laborgohishee
Aflcio
Sara E. Adams
Electrical Workers
Edna Shuttlesworth
David C. Chappell
Lewis A. Albright
Willis B. Cottrill
Victor C. Friend
Monongalia County
Michael Trules
UMW Department of Manpower Development and Education
Ernest Gross
Washington, Pa
George A. Crago
Mineunion
Mountaineer Coal
U.S
Supreme Court
Standard & Poor
Ward
Stik
Selective Fund, Inc
Variable Payment Fund, Inc Accumulation Plan
INC
IDS Progressive Fund, Inc
Fora
Prospectus
Call ‘ Rove
John R. Phillips
Spruce Street
Investors Diversivien Ervices
Bank Americard
FDI
Ederal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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