Dow Slumps Below 800 As Market Stumbles Again
The Dow Jones industrial average falls 7.61 to 795.85 as stock markets slide for the second straight session. Retailing and pharmaceutical issues lead losses with J C Penney Federated Kmart F W Woolworth dipping while Eli Lilly Merck and Pfizer drop amid weaker July sales data and an Oraflex recall. Jupiter Industries also falls after plans to go private are scrapped.
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Cabell Alcoholic Center Becomes Statewide Prototype
Corrections Commissioner Joseph McCoy outlines a Cabell County jail based treatment prototype for chronic alcoholics aimed at replacing incarceration. The plan separates alcoholics from revelers, detoxes in a private facility, then moves patients to structured residential care before home-community follow up. Funding may come from federal sources, Health Department, governor’s contingency fund, or the Alcohol Beverage Control Commission.
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Virginia Agency To Cut 236 Jobs
RICHMOND AP The Virginia Employment Commission will eliminate 236 positions and drop two job search programs by Sept 30 amid further federal funding cuts. The agency has shed 700 jobs in 15 months and will shift 170 fulltime and 66 temporary workers.
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Rockefeller and Miller Stay In Patronage Suit Defense
A federal judge denied motions to remove Gov. Jay Rockefeller and state Highway Commissioner Charles Miller from a patronage suit filed by former highway workers Byron Dennison and Frances Blake. Trial set for Aug. 16 in Charleston.
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