Four Mercer County Attorneys Seek Jarrett's Circuit Seat
Four Mercer County attorneys, all Democrats from the Princeton area, announce intent to seek the Circuit Court Judge vacancy created by Judge Howard M. Jarrett's resignation due to ill health. The hopefuls are Billy E. Burkett, Delegate John R. Frazier, State Sen. Odell Huffman, and Prosecutor David W. Knight. The governor will forward candidates to the Judicial Advisory Committee for recommendation, with a December 1984 term end for the current judge.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Howard M. Jarrett
Billy E. Burkett
John R. Frazier
Odell Huffman
David W. Knight
Jarrett
Bluefield
Governor's Judicial Advisory Committee
Robert E. Holroyd
Norris Kantor
David Burton
James Satterfield
Robert Coulling
Guy Perkins
Bobby Richardson
Charles R. Smith
Owen Griffith
Frazier
Knight
Huffman
Burkett
Frazer
Democratic Party
John D. Rockefeller IV
Judicial Advisory Committee
Rockefeller
Hinckley pleads innocent in Reagan shooting case
John W. Hinckley Jr., 26, clad in a blue suit with a bulletproof vest, entered a not guilty plea to a 13 count indictment charging him with shooting President Reagan and three others outside a Washington hotel. The judge ruled Hinckley competent to assist in his defense as doctors may continue evaluations.
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Washington
John W. Hinckley Jr
Reagan
Hinckley
Denver
Elizabeth Flynn
U.S
Barrington D. Parker
Vincent J. Fuller
Roger M. Adelman
Parker
White House
James Brady
Secret Service
Timothy McCarthy
District of Columbia
Thomas Delahanty
Fuller
Virginia Side Broker Backs Coal Pier Plan
A Bluefield coal broker linked to an Kentucky investment inquiry leads a $50 million coal export pier project for Wilmington North Carolina. American Capital International funds the Carolina Coal Export Corp to handle as much as 9 million tons of coal. Walter C. Childers and E. E. Padilla head the effort amid Kentucky regulators alleging fraudulent deferred delivery coal contracts. Childers faces a Kentucky securities hearing on September 22.
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Richmond, Va
Bluefield
Kentucky
Wilmington
N.C
Richmond
North Carolina
E.E
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American Capital International
California
Carolina Coal Export Corp
Walter C. Childers
Attorney General's Office
Department of Banking and Securities
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Childers
Stephen Beshear
Beshear
Kentucky Securities Department
Charlotte
David M. McConnell
Weekend Weather and Civic Note Highlights
The forecast shows Saturday hazy and warm with highs near 85 and humidity. showers possible Saturday night into Sunday. Partly cloudy Sunday through Tuesday with continued warmth and chances of showers. Mayor Cole urges citizen involvement as a key civic note appears on page 5, and a Huntington woman seeks the right to die in peace on page 16.
Witnesses Take Stand in Mercer Murder Trial
Six witnesses testified for the prosecution in Mercer County Circuit Court as James Boyd Southern of Princeton faces a murder charge in the July 6 1979 shooting death of 82 year old Amos Sutphin in Bluefield. The trial before Judge C Berkley Lilly resumes Monday with a nine to three juror panel.
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Burkett
Mercer County
Bluefield High School
West Virginia University
WVU School of Law
Princeton
U.S
Herbert S. Boreman
Phi Beta Kappa
The
Order of the Coif
James Boyd Southern
Bluefield
Southern
Amos M. Sutphin
Boone Street
Raleigh County
C. Berkley Lilly
Deborah Gibson
Rhoda Tibbs Southern
Sutphin
Graham defeats Bluefield 10 to 0 in opener
The prep football season opened Friday night with the Bluefield-Graham clash as the big game. Graham won 10-0, with the defense and rushing attack led by standout plays. Photo by Mike Fisher.
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Bluefield
Graham
Tazewell Workfare Program Extended Through December
The U S Department of Agriculture extended the Tazewell County workfare program through December amid pilot project data gathering. The program, 50 percent federally funded, requires able bodied adults to work hours monthly for food stamps and could become national under proposed legislation.
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Tazewell
Virginia
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Tazewell County
Reagan
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
William C. Wampler
R-9th
Agriculture Department
Taylor
Board of Supervisors
Congress
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John W. Hinckley Sr
Joanne
Virginia Side Broker
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Huntington
David Oxley
Bluefield Fire Department
Clinton Good
Daniel Oliver
Clarence Surface
Lee Puckett
Jack Beavers
Roanoke
Va. Memorial Hospital
Hinckley, Left
Barrington Parker
Mike Fisher
Eddie Hall
Doug Taylor
Graham Bluefield
Hinton
Big Creek Independence
Marion
Aeger Pineville
Richlands Narrows
Fort Gay
Norton
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Honaker
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