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Kentucky's Plight
Griffin, Gerald | August 7, 1954 issue

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Kentucky has two big coal fields separated by the fabulous blue-grass country. Owing to recent industrial developments in the western part of the state, the western field is much better off than the eastern. Eastern Kentucky is a mountainous region half covered with cut-over timber. There are sparse opportunities for agriculture. Industry has shunned the area. Coal is its life blood, and leukemia has set in. With a steadily shrinking market, mining companies are going bankrupt and thousands of miners are out of work. The most depressing part of the picture is the few jobs available for the unemployed miners.

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MINE closures; COAL mines & mining; EMPLOYEES -- Dismissal of; REDUNDANT employees; MINERAL industries; KENTUCKY; UNITED States
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