Word: virginia
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Cutbacks in payments by these trusts triggered this summer's West Virginia wildcat strikes, and provoked a march on Washington by 1,000 of the striking miners...
...their blessing to, a state of anarchy. Under Miller's leadership, they point out, man-days lost because of the unauthorized strikes have more than quadrupled; the total so far this year is 2.3 million. Most dam aging were a series of brushfire walkouts that spread from West Virginia to Kentucky and Ohio this past summer, idling many mines for eight weeks. Though Miller personally appealed to the men to go back, his pleas were ignored. Mine owners-whose negotiating team is headed by Joseph Brennan, 42, a onetime U.M.W. official-contend that buyers are becoming reluctant to purchase...
During his successful race for the West Virginia governorship last November, Jay Rockefeller kept a tight lip when it came to talk of his wealth. "I am too rich to steal," one less-than-tactful aide quoted him as saying during the campaign. How true. Last week, while Wife Sharon was in Washington testifying on her appointment to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Rockefeller finally released a financial report. His net worth: $19,716,479 in trust funds, property, furniture, art and other possessions...
DIED. Fred F. Finklehoffe, 67, Hollywood and Broadway producer-writer; in Springtown, Pa. Finklehoffe and John Monks Jr. wrote a parody of their cadet days at Virginia Military Institute that became the 1936-37 Broadway hit Brother Rat. Finklehoffe went on to produce other successful plays and revues (The Heiress, Showtime, Big Time). He also co-authored several screenplays, including For Me and My Gal and Meet Me in St. Louis, for which he received a 1944 Academy Award nomination...
...Dodgers (yes Virginia, they played too) benefited from another exceptional performance from mild-mannered Don Sutton. Sutton, who is undefeated in post-season play, went seven strong innings before yielding to Lance Rautzhan. Rautzhan, who contrary to popular belief does not sell Oriental rugs in the off-season, was only around long enough to keep the Yankees' ninth-inning lead to a single...