Blacksville No 1 mine explosion one year later
One year after the Blacksville No. 1 mine blast that killed nine men Consol says safety efforts have intensified. Production has resumed in part, sections remain sealed, and lawsuits over negligence continue as unions question the pace of unsealing and investigation.
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Betty Mills
Blacksville
W.va
Consolidation Coal Co
Blacksville No
Hazlett A. Cochran
Consol
West Virginia Department of Mines
U.S. Bureau of Mines
John Ashcraft
State Mines Department
Cochran
State Department of Mines
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Blacksville No. 1
Ralph Hatch
City unlikely to pick mayor again Tuesday
In a drawn out fight for mayor the City Council faces a fourth Tuesday session with Theodore Judy and Dorothy Comantzis as candidates. Florence Merow has withdrawn and absences loom as council members travel, leaving a likely eight vote hurdle unclear amid ongoing party shifts.
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Ann Swinkola
Dominion Post
Seventh Ward
Theodore Judy
First Ward
Dorothy Comantzis
Florence Merow
Jacobsohn
Judy
Third Ward
Preston school bond meeting set for tomorrow
James Gregg of Terra Alta was named chairman of a county wide citizens group to push a Preston County school bond measure on September 18. A 7 p m meeting at the Preston County Educational Center will coordinate the referendum campaign with the school board and interested residents.
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Kingwood
James Gregg
Terra Alta
Preston County
Preston County Educational Center
Preston County Board of Education
Valley Counseling Center
Citizens’ Committee
John Miller
Prestonians
Schol Board
Gregg
Terra Alta Concerned Citizens Group
Better Schools
Murder charge after fatal shooting in Waynesburg home
In Waynesburg Pennsylvania 19 year old Shelley Smitley Snyder was shot to death in her neighbor Arch Glover's mobile home around 3 am. Glover 24 was arrested on open murder charges and jailed without bond. Autopsy says close range .32 caliber bullet severed the aorta. Snyder previously lived in Mather and worked for Greenway Manufacturing.
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Waynesburg
Shelley Smitley Snyder
Levine
Greene County Memorial Hospital
Greene County
Frank Behm
Waynesburg Borough
Green County
John L. Daily
Glover
Daily
Snyder
Behm
Self-help housing plan eyed by FSA in Morgantown area
The Family Services Association Kansas City? Wait, local report says FSA plans a self-help housing program to aid low income residents. A Tuesday meeting will kick off a survey among Osage Scott's Run Everettville Rock Forge areas to gauge interest and funding possibilities, including Farmers Home Administration. The plan aims to reduce costs by organizing groups to build foundations exteriors interiors together. other options include major renovations and urban low income housing. Funding is not yet secured and the survey is in early feasibility stages.
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The
Family Services Association
FSA
Asel Kennedy
FSA _ Housing Committee
Kennedy
Michael McCulloch
Osage
Scott's Run
Everettville
Rock Forge
Farmers Home Administration
Rights of tenant facing condo notice and garden claim
A reader on a small Harrison farm faces a 30 day eviction after landlord sells the property. If no written lease, notice length equals the rent period. 30 days if rent paid every 30 days. Tenant may stay until 30 days after rent due if notice served earlier. Garden rights allow reentry after termination to tend harvest but may incur reasonable rent. Further questions continued on Page 2-B.
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Harrison
State Attorney General's Office
Charleston
Attorney General's Office
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Bernard Aronson
Union
Fifth Ward
John Jacobsohn
Sixth Ward
Earl McCartney
Merow
McCartney
Preston School
Bond Meeting
Debbie Olexa
Terry Shannon
Mike Goff
Beverly Utt
Tyrone Road
Ron Rittenhouse
Morgantown
FHA
Greer Building
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