Wheeling-Pitt union reach tentative contract deal
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel and the United Steelworkers announced a tentative contract after 10 months on strike by 4500 workers. The pact promises a guaranteed pension, a signing bonus, and a wage increase, with Beech Bottom Corugating and Martins Ferry roofing to stay open. Union locals will vote Sunday in Pittsburgh, then rank and file ballots.
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Wheeling
Wheeling- Pittsburgh Steel Corp
United Steelworkers Union
Union International
Charles Robideau
New York
Pittsburgh
Doug Outward
United Steelworkers Local 1238
Martins Ferry
Ohio
John Saunders
Ron LaBow
Wheeling-Pitt
WHX Corp
Saunders
Ron Gildow
NetAccess adds local dialing for Tazewell County
NetAccess will offer local dial access in Tazewell County starting August 1 through a new POP. The service provides unlimited hourly access for $22.95 per month with local lines and internet switching equipment. NetAccess, based in Abingdon, serves parts of VA, TN, WV with over 4,000 users.
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Bingdon
Tazewell County
NetAccess
Mike Davis
Abingdon
Virginia
Tennessee
West Virginia
Youth Overcomes Fairgrounds To Teach Food Origins
About 250 youngsters crowded the Tazewell County Fair as the Farm Bureau Women’s Committee set up a mini farm. Kids hoed potatoes, picked apples, and learned food production with a grocery store set and a vegetable garden while safety and nutrition booths from Tazewell Community Hospital offered lessons. County 4 H Share the Fun contestants performed, carnival rides were free for children, and fair officials praised the effort.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Tazewell County Farm Bureau Women’s Committee
Fuller
Tazewell Community Hospital
Katherine Dowdy
Dowdy
Betty Melvin
Mountaineer Militia Informant Credibility Questioned
In Wheeling AP report, Floyd Looker’s lawyer says informant Okey Richards lied about CIA NSA and NASA work. Judge Stamp blocks psychiatric record use but allows limited questioning. Richards, key witness, faces credibility attacks over Navy 1970s treatment and Vietnam PTSD claims.
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Mountaineer
CIA
Wheeling
National Security Agency
NASA
Bill Cipriani
Floyd “Ray” Looker
U.S
David Godwin
Looker
Frederick Stamp Jr
Evi
Dence
Okey Marshall Richards Jr
Stonewood
Mensa
FBI
Criminal Justice Information Services
Clarksurg
Richards
Cipriani
Atric
Navy
Vietnam
Bluestone Valley Fair offers animals, crafts and feasts
The Bluestone Valley Fair showcases livestock from hogs to cattle and rabbits along with vegetables and horse shows drawing a 10 state audience. Volunteers run the chicken barbecue expected to sell 375 dinners with baked beans and desserts. Riders like Anne Busse defend wins while artisans like Johnny Wells paint in stalls.
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John Scott Jr
Bluestone Valley
Scott
Bluestone Valley Volunteer Fire Department
Ment
Spanishburg
Bev Maxwell
David Dunford
One Valley Bank
Dunford
Susan Sunday
St. Albans
Anne Busse
Johnny Wells
Lerena
Tazewell sees boost in literacy test scores and teaching quality
Mullins praised teachers and supportive parents after Tazewell County posted higher Literacy Passport Test results for sixth graders, 13.3 percent above prior levels as the state average fell. He noted strong staff development and prepares for the new Standards of Learning replacing the Literacy Passport Test in 1998.
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A-1
Mullins
Tazewell County
Health factors raise Mercer County death rates
Health notes show lifestyles contributing to obesity and cigarette smoking increased Mercer County death rates. Local residents matched national smoking and obesity rates but had higher hypertension and sedentary habits. Snuff use and low seat belt use were concerns, though non-use fell from 55.2 percent on the road.
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Mercer
Correction misidentifies Bluefield speaker at town meeting
A correction clarifies that the man who spoke at last Monday's Bluefield Town Council meeting was not Bruce Garrison of New Graham Pharmacy but another unidentified speaker.
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Bluefield
Bruce Garrison
New Graham Pharmacy
Three gang members sentenced for death of 3 year old
Anthony Rodriguez Manuel Rosales and Hugo Gomez were sentenced to more than 54 1/2 years each for murder and attempted murder in the 1995 shooting that killed 3 year old Stephanie Kuhen and injured her family. The Avenues gang claimed the street as territory and blocked the car with a trash can before opening fire. The grandmother cried out at the men urging they be locked away for life.
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OS Angeles
Anthony Rodriguez
Manuel Rosales
Hugo Gomez
Stephanie Kuhen
Avenues
Stephanie
Linda Dalton
Mercer County Health Report Highlights Access and Risk
The Mercer County report shows increases in seat belt use from 1986-91 to 1991-95 and adds two new health access categories: Difficulty Seeing a Doctor Because of Cost and No Health Insurance for ages 18-64, with rates aligning national figures. Dyer notes ongoing work to improve access to essential services and healthier lifestyles as the Community Health Advisory Board prepares a county health improvement plan and coalitions target tobacco, heart disease, immunizations, teen pregnancies, and injury deaths.
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Dyer
Department
Community Health Advisory Board
County Board of Health
Mercer County
Massey Coal Firm Tops U.S. Revenue Amid Buchanan County Ties
Massey, the fifth largest U.S. coal company by revenue, reported 1996 revenues above $961 million and coal shipments of 31.1 million tons. The firm, a wholly owned subsidiary of Flour Corporation of Irvine, Calif, has historical ties to Buchanan County through earlier Island Creek Coal properties and extensive coal deposits. Marcum notes limited familiarity with Pocahontas met coal seams.
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A-1
Massey
Marcum
Pocahontas
United
Island Creek Coal Properties
Consol
Buchanan County
U.S
The
Flour Corporation of
Irvine
Calif
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