Counties Prepared For Losses Coal Tax Collections Down 1.9 Million
West Virginia coal severance tax receipts for January through March 1978 fell by 1.9 million to 384 679 as the 111 day nationwide coal strike cut output to 2.8 million tons. In the same period of 1977 receipts reached 2 294 833 with 21.1 million tons produced. The 1975 tax act allocates 75 percent of revenues to coal producing counties and 25 percent to all.
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Charleston
W.va
Jon H. Snyder
State Tax Department
Ronald McKenzie
Teachers Strike In New Orleans
In New Orleans AP reports teachers demanding higher pay went on strike disrupting the opening day of school for 91,000 pupils. The union claimed 3,400 of 4,200 teachers were members and sought an 8 percent raise with better insurance, while the school board offered 4 percent. Local scenes varied as many campuses opened with limited staff and mixed order.
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New Orleans
Nat LaCour
United Teachers of
Funcyen Ge Mecca
Knox County
Tenn
Knoxville
LaCour
Giesert
Striking Indiana Firefighters Watch As Blaze Rages
In Anderson Indiana striking firefighters stood by as a downtown block burned, with no injuries. Fire Chief Ed Ballinger said unions ignored pleas for help though some strikers arrived. A prior theater roof collapse injured three, prompting threats of court action to end the four day strike over pay.
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Indiana
Ed Ballinger
Mercer teachers prep for new school year
Inside today over 800 teachers gathered Wednesday to make preparations for the Mercer County school year. A West Virginia man pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection with a nightclub shooting. An operations subcommittee is named to delve into possible uses for the old Bluefield municipal building. Sports. Piggy forecasts Bluefield High School over Graham Friday night.
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Mercer County
West Virginia
Bluefield
Piggy
Associated Press
Bluefield High School
Graham
Prominent Bluefielder Is Killed In Pike Smash-Up
One person was killed and two injured in a West Virginia Turnpike crash near Milepost 11. Henry S. Carter, 68, of Bluefield, died when his Chrysler New Yorker burned after a rear impact from a tractor-trailer. Hudd Lee Gorham, 26, of Iowa, driving the rammed truck, was reported stable. The crash damaged three tractors and a Caterpillar D-8, with total losses exceeding $130,000.
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Daily Telegraph
West Virginia
Henry Stuart Carter
Mountain View Avenue
Bluefield
Carter
Princeton Community Hospital
Hudd Lee Gorham
Iowa
Gorham
Paul Toker, Jr
Toker
Latonya
Ohio
Princeton
BMW Excavating
Huntington
Meetings Still Closed Under Sunshine Act Findings
Federal Sunshine Act in its first year shows less than 40 percent of 47 agencies fully open to the public. Common Cause, led by David Cohen, criticizes agencies for secrecy while noting some exemptions like national security and trade secrets. The group lists the Parole Commission, Federal Reserve Board, CFTC and Federal Home Loan Bank Board as often secretive.
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Washington
Sid David Cohen
Common Cause
Citizens’ Lobby
Cohen
Parole Commission
Federal Reserve Board
Commodity Futures
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