Availability Of Mortgage Loans Shrinks In West Virginia
State Banking Commissioner C Joe Mullen says home mortgage loans are slowing in West Virginia due to high interest rates. National banks may charge 10 percent under federal rules, surpassing the state floating ceiling. Mullen notes scarce mortgage funds in Wheeling Parkersburg and Clarksburg, with Southern West Virginia showing some loan growth. He cites past 1974 savings withdrawals and Fed actions to curb inflation as context.
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Charleston
W.va
C. Joe Mullen
West Virginia
Mullen
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
U.S
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
U.S. Treasury
Treasury
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Savings and Loan Associations
Federal Reserve
Court expands miner safety complaint protections nationwide
The U S Court of Appeals ruled that a coal miner is protected from employer retaliation under federal law for safety complaints even if he did not intend the matter to reach federal authorities. The decision involved Phil Baker at North American Coal Powhatan No 1 mine who reported unsafe practices.
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Washington
U.S. Court of Appeals
Phil Baker
Powhatan No. 1
Powhatan Point
Ohio
Baker
Larry McNear
McNear
Secretary of Interior
Interior Department Board of Mine Operations Appeals
Court of Appeals
Hermann
William Quinn
McKesson Wine Spirits Co
Attorneys Fail To Link 21 Brands Check With Hinton Representative
West Virginia federal case probes a $1000 corporate contribution from a New York liquor firm to a West Virginia representative. Margolis and Breimeister face mail fraud and obstruction charges as Reid and 21 Brands await trial. Judge Copenhaver hears testimony about corporate policy violations and urgencies behind the payment.
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Hinton
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
New York
U.S
Wayne Rich
Raymond R. Hermann Jr
McKesson Wine and Spirits Co
21 Brands Inc
Charles R. Margolis
William G. Reid
McKesson
San Francisco
John Copenhaver
Margolis
Brands
Reid
Quinn
Robert King
Copenhaver
Short Hills
N.J
Breimeister
Fort Lee
Dioe
West Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
Union Carbide worker dies linked to vinyl chloride disease
Gerald Forrest of South Charleston, a 25 year veteran in Union Carbide’s vinyl chloride unit, dies with autopsy suggesting angiosarcoma, a rare liver cancer tied to vinyl chloride exposure. NIH tests to confirm. he would be the sixth Union Carbide worker to die from the disease since 1968.
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Charleston
W.va
Union Carbide
South Charleston
Gerald Forrest
Benjamin Newman
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Forrest
Frank Stowers
National Institute of Health
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Gilbert Breimeister
Foremost
Smeubl
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West Front Street
Richlands
Virginia
S.M.L
Bluefield
Princeton
Blue Prince Plaza
Princeton Rd
Rt. 460
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