State highway leader retiring in West Virginia after 34 years
Division of Highways Commissioner Fred VanKirk, long regarded as West Virginia’s master road builder, announced plans to retire after 34 years with the agency. At 62, he presided over an expansion to 37,000 miles of highways, championed Corridor H, and faced a lawsuit from environmental groups over the project. He will stay through August.
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West Virginia
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Transportation
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Fred
Transportation Department
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Byrd
Chesapeake Bay crater found wider by new data
Geologists from the College of William and Mary report the Chesapeake Bay impact crater may be nine miles larger than previously thought. Seismic surveys and drill data indicate a crater about 55 miles across, stretching from east of Yorktown to offshore Cape Charles, with rock fractures shaping Southeastern Virginia for over a century.
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Cape Charles
College of William and Mary
Chesapeake Bay
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
Richmond
Virginia
Hampton Roads
Yorktown
Atlantic
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Postal parcels rules ease surge in mail handling
Webb outlines immediate short term measures to manage a surge in parcel post volume by allowing more mail acceptance without restricting Express Mail and urging prebarcode parcel preparation. He stresses service quality will not be compromised and hints at long term structural improvements if volume stays high.
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Webb
Delivery Post Office
Postal Service
UPS
UPS Teamsters Strike Presses for Full Time Jobs and Benefits
The strike, involving 185000 Teamsters, centers on full time opportunities for part timers, subcontracted feeder runs, and pension protections. Management cites competitive disadvantages. negotiations stalled after a four year contract expired. Experts note nationwide impact with UPS handling 80 percent of parcel market.
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Bell
UPS
Associated Press
Washington, D.C
Teamsters
Ron Carey
Federal Express
U.S. Postal Service
Marvin Runyon
Dave Murphy
Calment remembered as Arles' long-lived figure and city icon
Arles mourns long-lived symbol Jeanne Calment who died at 122 after a life marked by olive oil and port wine routines. Her death pains locals and stirs Guinness age claims, with flag at half staff and residents recalling a woman who felt never bored.
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Michel Vauzelle
Arles
Calment
Andre-Francois Raffray
Huguette
Clive Carpenter
Guinness Publications
London
California
Guinness
City Hall
Princeton OKs supplements to five pensions
Princeton approves up to ten thousand dollars to let five long term city employees add retirement years in the West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System. City officials say the window relies on a possible state law change and may close in January 1998. Jim Miller Day is proclaimed as he returns as keynote speaker for Princeton Senior High School Sports Hall of Fame.
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Anne Morris
Jefferson Street
Jefferson Map
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Steve Yost
Cumberland Road
Jim and
Sarah Ferguson
Cliffmont
Board of Adjustment
Grover and
Josephine Dillon
Parkway
Rogers Street
Bluefield
West Virginia
Beverly G. Tresch
Princeton — Council
Doug Freeman
West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System Board
Cecil Underwood
Freeman
Will Stafford
C.W. Bingham
West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System
Stafford
City Council
Jim Miller
Anita Skeens Caldwell
Princeton Senior
Miller
PSHS
Converse
University of Virginia
Ralph Sampson
UVA
Utah Jazz
Europe
Charleston Gunners
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