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Mine Reopening #7035

ABC Evening News for Thursday, Sep 11, 1969
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(Studio) Consol. No. 9 sealed up in November to stop fires. Work begins to remove 78 bodies trapped in mines.
REPORTER: Frank Reynolds

(Farmington, West Virginia) [Police Chief Orville MARTIN - says mine opening better for people because they no longer have to wait.] [Mrs. Mary MATISH - says we'll never forget disaster.] [Miner Charles PRIESTER - says it's all in coal mining.] Most miners wait to return to work.
REPORTER: Bob Sprague WTAE-TV Narrates

Reporter(s):
Reynolds, Frank
Duration:
00:02:30

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