Economic Growth and Profits Hit Eight-Year High
Washington AP reports the economy grew 9.2 percent in spring, fastest since 1978, while corporate profits rose at a 14.7 percent annual rate to $124.1 billion. Commerce revised real GNP higher, but durable goods orders fell 3.6 percent in July amid a broader slowdown in housing and consumer spending signaling a more moderate pace ahead.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Robert Ortner
White House
Larry Speakes
Reagan
California
Commerce
Robert Wescott
Wharton Ics
Mercer County School deficit estimated at six hundred thousand
Mercer County School system faces a preliminary deficit of less than 600000 for the year ended July 1, per State Tax Department auditor Robert E. Jones. Superintendent Arthur W. Steller reports tighter spending controls, a hiring freeze except for law-required positions, and possible cuts in the 1983-84 budget to comply with laws requiring no deficits for two consecutive years. Final audit due in six weeks, could take up to six months to complete. The 1980-81 deficit was about 800000 with a 1981-82 surplus of 14000.
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Jim Gilreath van Tongrape
Princeton
State
Mercer County
Arthur W. Steller
Mercer County Board of Education
Robert E. Jones
Jones
Steller
Dr. Steller
Tax Commissioner
State Tax Department
Board of Education
Superintendent's Wife Appointed Principal in Princeton
Dr. Kaat H. Steller, wife of Superintendent Arthur W. Steller, was named principal of Mercer Elementary School in Princeton by the Mercer County Board of Education. JoAnna M. Fredeking was appointed vice principal at Oakvale School. Both moves become effective Monday with salaries around 26,000 and 24,000 respectively.
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Jim
Princeton
Kaat H. Steller
Arthur W. Steller
Mercer Elementary
Mercer County Board of Education
Steller
JoAnna M. Fredeking
Oakvale
Allen Lackey
William J. Akers
Jim Oxley
Ben Faulker
Harold Brewster
Lackey
Faulkner
Fredeking
Irene Pauley
Mercer
Princeton Junior High
John W. Fleming
Gun Struggle Ends In Girl Death At Hensley Home
A 17 year old McDowell County girl Frances Devon Willis died from a single gunshot wound to the head after a struggle over a .38 caliber revolver with a man identified as Bobby Young at her mother's residence in Hensley. Authorities say Young is not her stepfather. Funeral services set for Sunday at Fanning Funeral Home Chapel in Welch.
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Hensley
McDowell County
Welch
Frances Devon Willis
Bobby Young
Willis
Young
Chicago
Ill
Miss Willis
Brenda Bennett Willis
Gary Willis
Mount View High School
Eva Stanley
Pecks Mill
Steve Pack
Logan
Fanning Funeral Home Chapel
Ollie Bishop
Russell Justice
School Board Goes Into Coal Business
Mercer County schools launch a short term coal venture at Matoaka High School to save taxpayers 30 000 to 60 000 this year. Mountain State Construction removes 200 feet of embankment at no charge to obtain 5 000 to 7 000 tons of coal.
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Jim Gilbeath
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Matoaka High School
Beckley
Mountain State Construction Company
Board of Education
Howard Harvey
Mountain State Construction
Harvey
Soviet Boy Writes Letter To Reagan Stirs Diplomatic Standoff
U S official asserts 16 year old Andrei Berezhkov wrote Reagan requesting asylum. State Department yielded on direct questioning, Berezhkov left the U S with his parents for Moscow after two press conferences where he denied writing the letter. Officials cite FBI handwriting analysis while Soviets protest to Vienna Convention claims.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
White House
Andrei Berezhkov
Reagan
United States
State Department
Berezhkov
Ques
Larry Speakes
California
Speakes
FBI
Soviet Union
Moscow
Romberg
U.S
Tass
Warren Zimmerman
Washington
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