WV unemployment rate clash between state and federal figures
West Virginia posts 10.8 percent jobless rate in June per Labor Department data, ranking second to Michigan. State officials dispute the figure, arguing Virginia shows 8 percent, while federal analysts defend the Method that yields higher estimates which influence federal funding and investment perceptions.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
U.S. Labor Department
Michigan
Sharon Brown
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington, D.C
Brown
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Ralph Halstead
Labor and Economic Research
Halstead
Broadcasters Elect WV Association Officers At Annual Meet
Curtis Butler of WOAY Oak Hill was elected president of the West Virginia Broadcasters Association for a two year term. Skip Simms of WBOY Clarksburg named vice president, with Mike Shott of WHIS Bluefield as secretary treasurer. New board members are Tom Schlosser WANJ Wheeling and Janet Evans WBTH Williamson, each for two years. Police sought Lester man Roscoe C Brown in a murder warrant related to a skeleton find near Lester identified as Richard Keith Reedy, who had been missing since 1980. Reedy’s death likely not natural. At least eight West Virginia residents died in weekend accidents. a West Virginia man perished in a Virginia crash. Names include Kevin P. McCombs, James P. Lorenz, David Mosser Jr., Larry Shirk, Mary Forde, and Jean Makowski. Two deaths occurred on Route 119 North near Grafton in a state road collision.
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West Virginia
Lester
Richard Keith Reedy
Beckley
Reedy
Keaton
Associated Press
Virginia
Kevin P. McCombs
Linthicum
James P. Lorenz
Charleston
David Mosser Jr
Weirton
Larry Shirk
Martinsburg
Mary Forde
Lockport
N.Y
Jean Makowski
Buffalo
Grafton
Taylor County
Monroe Reading Program Okayed for 1982 funds
The Monroe County School System received approval for the ESEA Title I Reading Program for fiscal year 1982 with a grant total of 242,476 dollars. The same amount as last year, despite cuts in Title I personnel and programs due to rising costs. Reading services will decrease at Gap Mills and Greenville Junior High as well as fewer children served at Gap Mills and Union Elementary due to loss of staff.
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Monroe County
Mary P. Compton
ESEA
Gap Mills
Greenville
Union
Judges Reveal Outside Income Sources
West Virginia circuit judges show outside business investments supplementing a 45000 salary. Most report minor holdings in hometown firms and bank shares, with several filing detailed tax returns. A few judges hold extensive portfolios across banks, utilities, railroads, and large corporations, including AT&T and Exxon.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
State Supreme Court
State Judicial Code of Ethics
Supreme Court
C. W. Ferguson III
Wayne
Darrell V. McGraw Jr
A. Andrew MacQueen III
James C. Holliday
Winfield
Circuit
Dan C. Robinson
L.D. Egnor
Huntington
W.O. Bivens Jr
Princeton
William L. Fury
Weston
Jack R. Nuzum
Elkins
Vance E. Sencindiver
Martinsburg
Floyd R. Tarr
New Cumberland
Joseph M. Handlan
Parkersburg
Thomas B. Miller
Frank J. DePond
Morgantown
Danny O. Cline
Sutton
Harvey Oakley Jr
Logan
W. Robert Abbot Jr
Fayet
At&t
General Motors
Exxon
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Joseph LaCascia
Marshall University
Mountain State Briefs
White Sulphur Springs
Curtis Butler
West Virginia Broadcasters Association
Irvin Sopher
Monroe
Jordan Nicholson
Charles Town
Virginia 7
Interstate 81
Frederick County
Leonard Huffman
Kearneysville
Winchester Memorial Hospital
McCombs
Fort Ashby
Mineral County
S.P. Havasy
Thomas J. Masters
Pasadena
Memorial Hospital
Cumberland, Md
Havasy
Masters
Putnam County
Lorenz
Teville
Arthur N. Gustke
John M. Hamilton
Moorefield
C. Berkley Lilly
Kermit A. Locke
Charles M. Lobban
Lewisburg
Edward T. Luff
Philippi
J. Harper Meredith
Fairmont
J. Zane Summerfield
Fayetteville
Callie Tsapis
Robert B. Ziegler
Clarksburg
Holliday
Oakley
Meredith
George M. Scott
Spencer
Richard A. Warmuth
Moundsville
Cameron Bank
Ziegler, Meredith and
Richard Neely
Ziegler
New York Stock Exchange
Neely
South Carolina
Grand Strand
Florida
Myrtle Beach
America
Chamber of Commerce
S.C
Stone Homes
Mim
Mercer Mall
Poplin
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