North Carolina Baptists Help West Virginia Build Heritage Church
Charlotte Baptists joined a Mountain State 200 effort to raise West Virginia Baptist congregations from 100 to 200 by 1985. Heritage Church in Kanawha County gains a new 60 by 40 foot sanctuary after NC volunteers raise funds and assist with foundation, roof, and framing. A Boone NC group will finish the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinch
W.va
Charlotte
N.C
Heritage Baptist
Kanawha
North Carolina
West Virginia
Heritage
Charleston
Mountain State
Southern Baptist Churches
Bill Poe
St. John’s Baptist Church
St. John’s
Heritage Church
Earl Vaughn
First Baptist Church of
Boone, N.C
Drums Dump Cleanup Underway Near POCA West Virginia
About 70 drums of chemicals found in a field near POCA West Virginia are to be hauled to Browning Ferris Industries Charleston plant for identification by the EPA. Crews wearing isolation suits moved the drums by forklift with work to finish by Sunday evening. Local DNR officials kept the road closed around the clock as federal Superfund funds support the cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poca
W.va
Baltimore
Joe Lavigne
Browning Ferris Industries
Charleston
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Browning Ferris
Lavigne
State Department of Natural Resources
John Northeimer
DNR
Northeimer
Five Counties Choose Probate Reform In West Virginia
Kanawha County adopted a new probate system creating a fiduciary supervisor to cut estate settlement fees and time. Only Braxton Putnam Summers and Marion counties joined, while others faced Aug. 10 deadline. Fees under the new system total about 55 dollars with 40 dollar fiduciary charge. Officials say faster estate handling and lower costs will benefit residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Kanawha
Braxton
Putnam
Summers
Marion
Kanawha County
Mary Marks
Sutton
David L. Jack
Jack
Virginia Farmland Value Drops, Slows U.S. Trend
U S Department of Agriculture figures show Virginia farmland value fell 4 percent from February 1981 to April 1982, with statewide prices dropping from 1080 to 1040 per acre. Nationwide, farmland declined about 1 percent while inflation masked a roughly 8 percent real drop, the steepest since 1932. Rental rates rose in Virginia as 18 of 23 states saw higher cropland rents, though pasture rents fell 15 percent.
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Richmond
Virginia
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Plains States
Mountain States
Pacific Coast
New England
South
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
Delaware
Arkansas
New Jersey
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
North Carolina
Tennessee
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Illinois
Charleston S C May Become Newest Coal Export Center
PINEVILLE Ky AP Charleston S C has the right stuff to become a major new outlet for export of Kentucky coal in the next few years a deep water year round port direct railroad routes and a favorable economy make Charleston an ideal coal port James E Baker a Coal Policy Council member says U S Rep Harold Rogers has discussed coal exports with South Carolina lawmakers Kentucky officials expect higher demand Bow Valley Coal Inc team leader says coal will grow in America energy use Despite nuclear power coal will not be all oil not staying longer Last week 14 countries including France China and Japan showed interest in future coal supplies Massey Coal Terminal in North Charleston set to begin operations in November.
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Pineville
Charleston
S.C
Kentucky
South Carolina
James E. Baker
Coal Policy Council
John Y. Brown Jr
Baker
U.S
Harold Rogers
R.ky
America
Bow Valley
France
China
Japan
Goins
Massey Coal
North Charleston
Bomb threat forces Memphis landing on Dallas to D.C. flight
A jetliner from Dallas to Washington diverted to Memphis after a flight attendant found a bomb threat scrawled on a restroom mirror. FBI said the note appeared near 1:30 p.m. The pilot announced a probable hoax and the Boeing 727 was inspected by FBI agents, police, and a fire crew after landing in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis, Tenn
Dallas
Washington
Memphis
FBI
Charles B. Smith
American Airlines
Smith
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Allen Meade
Joe Browder
Greg Burgess
RED Cross
First United Methodist Church
Bluefield, VA
Bluefield State College
Burleigh Breedlove
Marjorie Chariton
Sherman Dodrill
John Duffy
Chester Foster
E. Franklin Hart
Pauline Harvey
James Hsieh
Allen Jonas
Jack Kaufman
Allen Lackey
E. H. Lee
Mary Meadows
Issac Robinson, Jr
Nasr Salaita
Phyllis Thompson
Bobby Vicars
Elizabeth Skaggs
Sadie Smethers
William Aldridge
Frank Ball
Donald Bury
William Caruth, Jr
George Featherstone
Patsy Haslam
James Harrison
Donald Kensinger
J. Alvin Lester
Floyd Liley, Jr
Bernadette Mirabile
David Muskera
Deborah Noble
Arthur Kern Parker
J. Kent Poff
Travis Reed
David Roberts
Tom Badgett
Steve Bourne
Patricia Brock
Hilda Lee Cochran
Jane Bruce
Nathan Davis
Harriet Duncan
Dorothy Dunn
Terry Graham
India Hosch
Paul Lux
Roger Owensby
Robert Porter
Betty Rader
Gail Serdoz
Wanda Smith
Jessica Sharp
Sandra Kay Thompson
Norman Zwald
William Thomason
Thomas Terrell
Sunki Choe
Thomas Hunter
George Roy
Carol Walchowski-Cofer
Christopher Nicolay
Conley Hall
BSC
Bluefield State College Office of Admissions
Office of Continuing
Legisla
Putnam County
Jeff Moore
Happy
Atat
Von
Thomas F. Hartnett
John L. Napier
United States
Bell County
Bow Valley Coal Inc
Clyde Goins
UT A
Cox
Princeton Shopping
Bland ST. Bluefield
W.V
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