ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 29, 1990                   TAG: 9004300442
SECTION: THUNDER IN THE COALFIELDS                    PAGE: 13   EDITION: METRO 
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#12 PHOTOS BY DON PETERSEN.

The men occupying the Moss 3 coal plant slipped out under cover of darkness - and melted into the crowd that had gathered outside. On previous nights, state police had flooded the people with lights. But on the last night, the troopers pulled out of the valley, leaving the miners and their families to celebrate by the dim light of a Coleman lantern before they dispersed. Here, Duck Stapleton (left) cheers with his friend, Jack Mullins, one of the occupiers. B&W



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