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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1981
Page
3
Daily Telegraph reports affidavits of prejudice were signed by some state police officials against two McDowell County magistrates, though the affidavits target only one magistrate. The item notes the discrepancy in the published headline from Monday’s edition.
Princeton police said a Sunday shooting death at 124 Mercer Street appears to be self defense. Loretta Walls admitted shooting her estranged husband Dennis Walls after he forced entry with a hatchet threatening her and two daughters. No charges filed. case to Mercer County prosecutor for grand jury decision. The victim, a Princeton Street Department employee, died at Princeton Community Hospital. autopsy ordered.
Washington ap in the gloomiest forecast yet President Reagan's economists estimate the budget deficit could soar to a record 109 billion in 1982 and 162 billion by 1984. The bleak projections point to a monstrous problem confronting Reagan in his quest for a balanced budget and a strong economic recovery.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph established 1893 publishes news from Bluefield West Virginia. Paper prints morning editions with Associated Press news and local dispatches. Subscription rates listed for West Virginia and other zones with post office box for changes.
Gov. Jay Rockefeller announced nearly 13 million dollars in federal Low Income Energy Assistance Program aid for West Virginia families facing heating costs this winter. The Department of Welfare will administer funds with local senior centers and community action program offices.
Allen Funt, originator of Candid Camera, told Richlands chamber members how pranks backfire and described production methods. He recounted a knife incident on a plane and joked about viewers recognizing episodes, noting his Cornell background and the show’s satellite airing.
Richmond AP reports the Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services plans 60 layoffs due to a $2.3 million deficit from inflation and federal funding cuts. The cuts include seven layoffs at Southwestern State Hospital in Marion.
A 30-year-old Tazewell County man, William Jennings Fields of North Tazewell, Va., was killed Monday when an endloader overturned at Judy C. Coal Company in Oakwood. Fields, 30, reportedly operated the machine around noon, and he died at Clinch Valley Community Hospital. Funeral home officials said services were pending at Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell.
Princeton authorities report the regular city council meeting canceled for lack of a quorum with only three of seven members present. Mayor Lewis I. Skeens, E. J. Reaser, and Jim Cannon attended. others were absent due to out of town duties and a family death. A new meeting was set for tonight if a quorum can be formed.
Nine Virginia Lime Company employees win 99000 in damages from United States Steel Workers for physical and verbal abuse during an 18 month strike. Case awaits Supreme Court appeal. Plaintiffs allege daily racial slurs and obscenities as they entered the plant.
Princeton resident Charlie Zack Mills, a 72 year old Spanishburg man, faced murder charges for the shooting death of 56 year old William Lankford of Princeton. He was released on a $10,000 bond after a brief court appearance with attorney Derek Swope. Lankford died after being shot multiple times at a party at the Mills residence on November 20.
In Beckley West Virginia two residents propose bold DOH remedies for financial strain One suggests toll booths on every road into the state and the other urges halting salt spreading on snow and ice covered roads The dialogue reflects urgent debate over highway funding and maintenance strategies in the state.
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