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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1978
Page
5
West Virginia Turnpike Commission holds informal pre meetings with media absent. Chairman Harris defends openness but says details are none of the press. He questions editorial calls on safety and hints governor could reshuffle members for accountability.
Charleston AP reports Henry Moomaw of Petersburg advocates a Maryland waste dump in Mineral and Grant counties West Virginia arguing a dockside collection and treatment system with bales 2800 pounds each to be shipped by rail toward a strip mine site. He contends the plan protects water and reduces leachate while EPA ARPC previously showed interest. State Health official Dale Parsons notes emotional debate and no decision timetable on Regional Resource Recovery’s permit.
A Huntington man, 23, died after his car burst into flames when it spun out on eastbound I-64 near Nitro. Passenger Bruce Smith, 19, escaped. Bragg, 53, of South Charleston, had minor injuries. A tire blowout was cited as the likely cause.
The Senate approved a compromise version of a second supplemental appropriations bill for fiscal year 1978 clearing it for action by President Carter. The measure funds four state projects and advances key budget priorities as negotiations wrap up.
LENORE West Virginia A Mingo County man Leonard Earle Happy Jack Ball 27 held for arraignment on murder charge in his brother Walter B Ball 44 death after an argument at their mother's Lenore home Ball shot once in the neck with a 44 cal revolver State police Trooper C W Collins said Also mentioned is Sen Robert Byrd DWVa and his bill with amendments funding WV projects including 1 5 million for Morgantown lab design 6 million for coal conversion plant design in Monongalia County 50 million for Farmers Home water sewer grants and 2 million for EDA Public Works program
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