Poverty rate falls for second straight year in 1985
Census Bureau data show 14.0 percent of Americans in poverty in 1985, down from 14.4 percent in 1984, while real family income rose 1.3 percent. Green says recovery broadening, but critics warn poverty remains high and call for more social programs. The 1985 figure equals 33.1 million people, down from 33.7 million.
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Census Bureau
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Gordon Green
Robert Fersh
Food Research and Action Center
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Weather forecast mixed clouds and sun with storms
Accu Weather reports mixed clouds and sun with a thunderstorm in spots. High near 77 degrees. Tonight cloudy and breezy with showers and a thunderstorm. Low around 55. Weather A-10
Dow Jones Rises to 1904 After Broad Market Gains
Stock prices climbed across sectors on Tuesday as investors reacted to lower interest rates and related factors. The Dow Jones industrial average advanced 32.48 points to 1904.25, reflecting broad-based strength.
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Dow Jones
Actor Ted Knight Dies at 62 in New York
Actor Ted Knight, famed as Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, died Tuesday at age 62 in New York. Knight earned two Emmy awards during a long TV career.
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Ted Knight
Ted Baxter
Contaminated soil removal at former Joy site begins
EPA project officer Walter Lee said contractors will haul away several tons of contaminated soil from the former Joy Manufacturing property on Washington Street starting today, with final cleanup unlikely before next spring due to winter rain delays.
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Joy Manufacturing
Washington Street
Environmental Protection Agency
Walter Lee
EPA
Lee
Bluefield Board of Directors
Major banks cut prime to 7.5 percent in response to Fed move
New York AP report says the nation's leading banks reduced their prime lending rate to 7.5 percent after the Federal Reserve cut the discount rate to 5.5 percent. Wells Fargo led the shift late Monday, with other big banks following Tuesday, marking the lowest prime in nine years. Analysts note limited immediate impact on the economy and stress the balance of trade as crucial to any revival.
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New York
James Annable
First National Bank
Chicago
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
San Francisco
Judge Frazier seeks emergency transfer to Huttonsville jail
Mercer County Chief Circuit Court Judge John Frazier filed a motion for emergency relief to move prisoners from the county jail to the state facility at Huttonsville amid severe overcrowding. Hut tonsville officials confirmed a female inmate’s admission, the first since Gov. Arch Moore’s May 26 ban on new prison admissions, while denying lifting the ban or ignoring Judge Larry Starcher’s order. The move would curb double banking and related costs, with incarceration running about 30 dollars daily per inmate plus medical fees.
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Mercer County
John Frazier
Huttonsville
Arch Moore
Larry Starcher
Frazier
Jair
Wayne Sizemore
State Supreme Court
West Virginia counties lose jobs in 1980 to 1985 study
The Department of Employment Security reports more than half of West Virginia s 55 counties lost jobs between 1980 and 1985 with total state employment down by over 50 000. McDowell and Kanawha counties show the largest declines and Hancock and Cabell also report wage drops. a few counties show gains.
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West Virginia
Department of Employment Security
McDowell County
Kanawha County
Cabell County
Hancock County
Weirton Steel
AHA revises dietary guidelines cutting fats and sodium
The American Heart Association unveiled major dietary guideline revisions with tighter limits on fats and sodium and new advice to cap alcohol intake. The plan urges Americans to eat fewer calories overall to reach and maintain a healthy weight, using the Metropolitan Life weight scale for guidance. It notes a high U.S. diet in fats, sodium, and calories continues to fuel heart disease despite declines in death rates.
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American Heart Association
Association
W. Virgil Brown
Mount Sinai Medical School
New York
Brown
Heart Association
The
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
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