West Virginia plans cut for private psychiatric complex
Construction plans for the Central Behavioral Health Complex in Raleigh County are reduced by 20 million dollars and 200 beds from a 60 million project to about 40 million with 200 to 250 beds and 300 employees after talks with Health Director Dr. Heydinger. The builder, James Clowser, cited wear and tear from hard core patients and said the larger plan was not feasible.
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Beckley
Central Behavioral Health
Raleigh
James Clowser
David Heydinger
Clowser
Falwell says he deserves award for emotional suffering
Virginia Falwell claims the appeals court ruling sustaining his $200000 emotional pain award from a Hustler parody means smut peddlers cannot hide behind the First Amendment. The 4th Circuit upheld the trial jury's decision allowing Falwell to collect for emotional suffering. A separate Norfolk note reports a Tidewater group urging Baliles to skip sales tax funds for road work and consider income tax instead.
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Richmond
Jerry Falwell
4Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Falwell
Norfolk
Gerald L. Baliles
Henry E. Howell Jr
Monroe County Tobacco Growers Face Slim Harvest Prospects
David Cole, a Monroe County tobacco farmer since 1945, faces a ruined crop after a July hailstorm amid dry spells. County growers, led by Richard Riffe, warn that 10 to 15 percent of crops may be lost and prices may drop further. Cole expects only about a third of normal production, with markets in Huntington and Abingdon affected by overseas price pressures and co op support from the Burley Co-Op in Lexington.
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David Cole
Monroe County
Cole
Richard Riffe
Monroe County Tobacco Growers Association
Riffe
Huntington
Abingdon
Boone
N.C
Burley Co-Op
Lexington
Community calendar highlights for Mercer County week
Today events include Mercer County Bookmobile visits at four locations Glenwood Methodist Home Lilac Hills Oakland Terrace and Lakeland Park from 10 to 3 15 p m with a 2 35 p m stop at Lakeland Park and evening meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous in Bluefield Princeton and Bluefield areas. Friday and Saturday offer further gatherings including Twins Club picnic at Johnstons Chapel and White Shrine instruction at Macedonia No 8 Temple with AA meetings in Princeton Bluefield and Bluefield. For details call 487-2232 or 425-6149.
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Mercer County
Glenwood Methodist Home
Lilac Hills
Oakland Terrace
Lakeland Park
Alcoholics Anonymous
College Avenue Baptist Church
Bluefield
Narcotics Anonymous
Bluefield Group
First Presbyterian Church
Tazewell Ave
McCulloch Ave
Parents of Twins Club
Princeton
Johnstons Chapel
Halls Ridge Road
School of Instruction
Macedonia
Order of the White Shrine of
Jersualem
Masonic Temple
South Ninth St
Scott St
Man Charged in Shooting at Raleigh Street Bar
Bluefield man Fred Starling Jr faces malicious wounding charges after a Wednesday shooting at the Rec. Center bar near the Roma Club left Mac Alfred Harless of Pocahontas, Virginia, wounded in the shoulder. Harless was taken to Bluefield Community Hospital and listed in stable condition in the cardiac care unit.
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Bluefield
Raleigh Street
Fred Starling Jr
Mac Alfred Harless
Pocahontas
Lisa Muncy
David O’neal
Rec. Center
Roma Club
Harless
Bluefield Community Hospital
Jury convicts Princeton man on possession charge
A Mercer County Circuit Court jury found 22 year old James Edward Johnston of Old Athens Road guilty of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver as charged, but the nine to three verdict favors the lesser count of simple possession. A sentencing hearing is set for Aug. 20 before Judge John R. Frazier.
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Princeton
Princeton Area
Mercer County
James Edward Johnston
Old Athens Road
Johnson
Billy E. Burkett
John R. Frazier
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Sheraton Inn
Bluefield, W.V
Richard Keeling
University of Virginia
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