Byrd Urges Federal Help for Housing Crisis
U S Senate Minority Leader Robert C Byrd urged federal action to ease the housing crisis as private housing starts and new single family home sales hit a record low. He criticized Congress for not overriding President Reagan's veto of a $3 billion housing subsidy and pressed for Fed rate cuts to 2 to 4 points below inflation to revive construction and home purchases.
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Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
U.S. Senate
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
Reagan
House
Benedict
Cleve Benedict
West Virginia
Federal Reserve Board
Railway Workers Drawing Benefits In Western Virginia Area
About 900 furloughed railroad workers in a 27 county western Virginia region receive Railroad Retirement Board benefits up to 25 dollars a day from the Roanoke office. Roughly 600 are in the Roanoke Valley with most on furlough from Norfolk and Western. others from Southern Railway and the Chessie System.
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Roanoke
Railroad Retirement Board
Virginia
Norfolk & Western Railway
Audrey Richardson
Retirement Board
Roanoke Valley
N&w
Southern Railway
Chessie
Huffman Attacks Amendment Polls Debate in Mercer County
State Senator Huffman denounces a November constitutional amendment as a political ploy and not seriously intended. He opposed the measure limiting property tax increases, arguing it shifts tax burden to business and favors senior voters, while noting reassessment in Mercer County would raise taxes further. He spoke to the Bluefield Lions Club at The Fig Tree.
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Odell Huffman
Huffman
Bluefield Lions Club
Fig Tree
Mercer County
Housing Display Showcases Grade-Mmarked Lumber at Hillside Fourplex
A national housing demonstration in Blacksburg Virginia features grade-marked yellow poplar lumber for the Hillside Fourplex project. The display runs August 7 8 14 and 15 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 500 Harrell Street. Lumber was sourced dried processed and graded by the Forestry Sciences Laboratory in Princeton under a cooperative with Homer T. Hurst P.E. Virginia Tech.
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Blacksburg
Harrell Street
Homer T. Hurst
P.E
Virginia Tech
Forestry Sciences Laboratory
Princeton
Weekly Health Clinics and Community Notices
The McDowell County Health Department Wilcoe lists clinic slots for the week beginning Monday including Family Planning venereal disease immunization and kindergarten testing. Other items note Pocahontas Coalfield stickers out of stock and Civitan Club updates with district convention plans and a Mercer County Board of Education special session Monday at 7 p.m.
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McDowell County
Civitan Club
Curtis Murray
Graham Presbbterian
Bluefield
Police Department
Bill Mitchell
John Dellis
Rocky Gap
Education Board
Mercer County Board of Education
Honaker Avenue
Princeton
Free Lemonade Monday Satisfies Downtown Heat Wave
Bluefield area residents cooled off as temperatures near 90 degrees spurred the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce to plan a Monday lemonade event. About 150 gallons will be served noon to 2 pm at Bluefield Plaza First National Bank Bank of Tazewell County Bluefield Va Mercer Mall and Bluewell People's Bank. Graham and Bluefield High School cheerleaders will serve with Gwen Gearheart leading the committee. Kwik Kafe supplies the lemonade.
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Greater Bluefield
Bluefield
Chamber
Bob Hamilton
Bluefield Plaza
First National Bank
Bank of Tazewell County
Mercer Mall
People’s Bank of
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C. W. Smith
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Smith
Mercer County Vocational School
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Brushfore Church OF Christ
Falls Mills Road
Route 52
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Blofield Baily Telegraph
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NAACP
Communicators Roundtable
CRV
Sharon Manzo
Concord College
Athens
Jaycees
Greater Bluefield Jaycees
University Club
West Virginia Manor
Bulletin Board
Pocahontas Coalfield Centennial Committee
P.O. Box
W.va
PCCC
Bluefield Jaycees
Robert Moore
Pocahontas Coalfields
Gwen Gearheart
Kwik Kafe
Betsy Cochran
Bramwell
Donna Hatfield
Matoaka
Atlanta
Miss Cochran
Miss Hatfield
Cedar Lakes
Ripley
Supef
Kodak Paper
SUN
Trivette
Southview Mall
RT. 52
Bluewell
Super X Drug Store
RT. 52 North
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Children's Church
Church OF God
Oliver Ave
Frank Meadows
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