Strike closes southern West Virginia coal mines
United Press International reports the United Transportation Union strike against Norfolk and Western Railway causing seven southern West Virginia mines to close on Monday with about 1,500 workers. Up to 200 more mines in eight counties may shut Tuesday, threatening 350 mines across West Virginia Virginia and Kentucky and over 48,000 miners idle. Island Creek Coal Co. could keep about half its mines open for a month by stockpiling coal.
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United Transportation Union
Norfolk & Western Railway
West Virginia
Southern
West Virginia Coal Association
Virginia
Kentucky
The
Coal Association
Island Creek Coal Co
Dissidents remain out at Island Creek Coal in Logan
Miners at five Island Creek Coal Co. mines in Logan County stayed off the job in a second week of a posting dispute over vacancies. UMW Local 5813 said talks were blocked by the company’s refusal to discuss grievances after 12 firings at Holden plant.
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Island Creek Coal Co
Logan County
United Mine Workers Union
Rail strike measures urged by coal bureau in the nation
The Coal Traffic Bureau of Northern West Virginia Ohio and Western Pennsylvania urged Congress to provide emergency tools to handle railroad strikes. It warned coal stocks for electric utilities are low and power brownouts could hit critical national areas. Dwight Koerber sent telegrams to Senators Williams and Staggers urging action under the Emergency Public Interest Protection Act and related labor acts.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Coal Traffic Bureau
West Virginia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Dwight L. Koerber
Harrison A. Williams
D-N.j
Labor and Welfare Committee
Deadliest weekend in West Virginia 12 killed in 54 hours
West Virginia logged a 1971 record 12 fatalities in highway crashes from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. The weekend included two double-fatal crashes in Grant and Doddridge counties and a list of victims across Raleigh Hardy Doddridge Clay and other counties. A Wood County Young Democrats leader was charged with embezzlement.
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West Virginia
Department of Public Safety
Accident Prevent Bureau
Grant
Doddridge County
Parkersburg
W._ Va
UPI
Wood County
Young Democrats
Ira W. Atkinson Jr
Atkinson
James Hoffman
Fred Rader
The
Clarence Gill
Hinton
W. Va
Glen White
Raleigh
Saturda Kenneth Richard Hose
Moorefield
U. S. 220
Hardy County
Eva Marie Keller
Terkelin
Layton L. Bennett
St. Albans
Precious
Clay County
Elk River
Willard Mills
Athens
Anna M. Logston
Marcella Aldridge
Mt. Savage
Grant County
Ronald D. McDanie
Martinsburg
Jerry Lee Hess
Illy Jean Austin
Herndon
Wyoming County
Jody Sparrow
Chapel Hill
N.C
Marlinton
Virginia Barker
South Charleston
Helen Gooch
Charles
Judge weighs contempt in Consol Coal jury harassment case
UPI reports U.S. District Judge Mac Swinford placed under advisement a motion to hold Consolidation Coal Co. and counsel Harold Schmidt in contempt over alleged jury harassment tied to a $7 million South-East Coal Co. judgment. Prosecutors claim four jurors were probed for bribery by E. J. Moranski Co. investigators.
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Lexington, Ky
UPI
U.S
Mac Swinford
Consolidation Coal Co
Harold Schmidt
Pittsburgh
John Rountree
South-East Coal Co
United Mine Workers of
Rountree
Swinford
Eee
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