[78-L] NOW VERY ^!!J and The Weather ^

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Dnjchi at aol.com>
> In a message dated 6/28/2009 5:03:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> agp2176 at verizon.net writes:
>
> > Back in  the 70s, the Mutual Broadcasting System had
> a network called the Mutual  Black Network geared toward radio
> stations for the african-american  market. I recall listening one day
> when I was working in radio to its feed  and heard something akin to:
>
> > 'A major explosion in a coal mine in West  Virginia this morning
> claimed the lives of 5 minuers. No black miners  where involved.
> Funny, yes, but way off mark.  A large percentage of miners were black  in
> West Virginia.  McDowell County has I high percentage of blacks,  decended
> from the coal miners.
>
Particularly right after they came home from working in the mines?!

...stevenc