Mercer County Jail case set for August in Charleston Court
Mercer County inmates’ lawsuit against sheriff, clerk, a deputy and three commissioners is scheduled for August 23 in U S District Court in Charleston. The hearing date was moved from late July. Meanwhile the annual West Virginia Horse Show in Spanishburg runs through Saturday with Rex Watts as judge and Rick Kephart as ringmaster. Donations to the PJHS Fire Fund from Horizon band and other groups push toward the $40,000 goal as animal shelter ads urge adoptions of dogs and puppies.
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Mercer County
U.S. District Court
Charleston
Wilson Harvey
West Virginia
Spanishburg
Princeton Lions Club
Mercer County Horseman's Association
Rex Watts
Hudson
N. C
Rick Kephart
Princeton
Lions Horse Show
Fred Buxton
Kephart
Marshall Lytton
Bill Snavely
Harold Haldren
Harold Oxley
Paul
Horizon
Pjhs Fire Fund
Rockwell International
PHS
Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 89
Plant and Palette Garden Club
Princeton-Mercer County
Damages Trial Probes Flood Source At Bluefield Housing Site
A $91,000 suit against Bluefield Public Housing Authority Corte Construction Co and the city of Bluefield continued in Mercer County Circuit Court with two witnesses testifying. Carl Dawson Bluefield Sash & Door president described damages and noted mud on a wall while Vernon Chinault recalled muddy water near the complex in spring 1972. The case centers on surface water runoff from Hill Street now Tiffany Manor and the flood’s impact on nearby businesses.
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Bluefield Public Housing Authority
Corte Construction Co
Bluefield
Mercer County
Carl Dawson
Bluefield Sash & Door Co., Inc
Vernon Chinault
Bluefield Sash & Door
Norfolk and Western Railway
Hill Street
Tiffany Manor
Dawson
Norris Kantor
Dan Ashlin
Ashlin
Chinault
Howard M. Jarrett
Bluefield Man Guilty In Unlawful Wounding Case
Bluefield resident Joseph W. Flack was found guilty of unlawful wounding by a Mercer County Circuit Court jury after a nearly three hour deliberation. He faces sentencing on August 31 with motions and sentencing set. The October 23 1977 incident involved a confrontation over a dice game, with Flack alleged to have fired a .22 caliber pistol at Demoss Wilson Jones in an Elks building apartment.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Williams O. Bivens
Joseph W. Flack
Flack
Demoss Wilson Jones
Jones
Elks
Modular Home Damaged In Trestle Collision Near Kegley
A modular home towed through the Kegley area was badly damaged when the tractor pulling it struck a railroad trestle. Driver Donald Fayne McCowan of Richlands Virginia, an employee of Donald Gye- Mance Modular Movers, was uninjured. Estimated damage stood around 4000 dollars. Trooper T L Vance led the investigation.
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Kegley
Donald Fayne McCowan
Richlands
McCowan
Donald Gye- Mance Modular Movers
MccCowan
T. L. Vance
Public Works Projects Okayed In West Virginia
Senate appropriations committee approves eleven WV projects in the 1979 Public Works and HUD budget bills. Funds include 8 million for R D Bailey Dam near Summersville, 1.2 million for Burnsville Lake, 500 thousand for Beech Fork Lake, and 100 thousand for Oceana Local protection. Additional dollars support Tug Fork River and Big Sandy River studies, Kanawha River Basin report, Huntington study, VA hospital research cut restoration, and river water quality stations. Total Appalachian Regional Commission funds reach 368 million, aiding WV highway corridor programs.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Senate Appropriations Committee
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
R.D. Bailey
Summersville
Burnsville
Beech Fork Lake
Oceana
Tug Fork
Big Sandy
Guyandotte River
Metropolitan Huntington
Veterans Administration
Huntington
Martinsburg
Byrd
Public Works
Appalachian Regional Commission
West Virgina
Tazewell Supervisors Discuss Richlands Park Road Annexation
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors discussed annexing a portion of Secondary Route 703 into Richlands Recreation Park. Officials also reviewed right-of-way concerns, water system improvements for Claypool Hill, and ARC funding to extend lines to Cedar Bluff Indian Creek Middle Creek and connect Richlands Raven systems. An animal control trash and employee life insurance ordinances were approved, with an ARC funded flood study for Richlands and a Cavitts Creek Dam bond slated for November. The new Airport Authority plans an Aug 31 organizational meeting.
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Tazewell
State Recreation Area
Palmer Mitchell
Rt. 610
Tazewell County Highway Safety Commission
Virginia
Mitchell
Claypool Hill
Farmers Home
W. N. ‘Pick’ Lambert
Water and Sewage Authority
Appalachian Regional Commission
ARC
Cedar Bluff
Indian Creek
Middle Creek
Richlands
Raven Water Systems
W. H. Hawkins
Health Department
State Water Control Board
Lambert
Charles Yates
Cumberland Platuea Planning District
Yates
Falls Mills
Bluefield
Cavitts Creek
Tazewell County
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Barbara Hawkins
Kitty Wooldridge
Mercer County Animal Shelter
Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Kantor
N & W Railway
Cray & Moore Construction Co. of
Ray Lynch
J. Franklin Long
Deborah C. Gibson
Modular
the World Almanac
New Orleans
Bing Crosby
Richlands Park Road
Maryanne Stevens
Stett
DuPont
Luci
Lucite
Enam
A-Mart
OUR
Kiltie
Oxford
Athletic
Brown
Shoe ‘Marts
Bluefield Ave
Willow & Mulberry Sts
W Vo
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