County Supervisors Hear Budget Strains and Requests
The Board reviewed county budget pressures with emphasis on juvenile transport and civil process service costs. Court Clerk Rhea Moore Jr. highlighted lengthy trip figures, while members approved a $5 service fee proposal. School Superintendent Lester Jones urged budget clarity and revenue breakdowns to aid hard decisions, noting prior years’ varying funding and the need to maintain essential expenditures.
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Christiansburg
Bristol
General District Court
General Assembly
Rhea Moore Jr
Jones
Princeton Man Faces Wreck Charge After Route 460 Collision
A Princeton man Roger Dean Green and Bluefield woman Lisa Ann Buchanan were injured and admitted to Bluefield Community Hospital after a two vehicle crash on Route 460 near the Sheraton Inn. Green, 37, was charged with pulling into oncoming traffic after his late model car was struck broadside by Buchanan’s pickup. Both vehicles were totaled and Green’s car ended about 100 feet off the highway. Both sustained lacera tions and abrasions and were in stable condition.
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Princeton
Bluefield
U.S
David O'Neal
Green
Ms. Buchanan
Bluefield Community Hospital
O'Neal
House Clears Anti-Busing Bill
The House voted 243 to 153 to bar the Justice Department from funding litigation that would force student busing beyond home neighborhoods. The amendment was attached to a $9 billion appropriation for Justice State and Commerce departments and related agencies for the next fiscal year.
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Washington
House
Justice Department
Justice, State and Commerce Departments
County to cut many programs to balance budget
county commissioners propose deep cuts in Coal Severance Tax and General Revenue Sharing funds affecting agencies from Agricultural Agent and Health Unit to Data Processing and Parks. A van shame and insurance review prompt the county to drop coverage on non county vehicles and pursue liability only. In Welch annexation, officials deny the final step over line placement. In Huntington a murder trial takes a courtroom moment as an inmate is identified in the Harmon killing case.
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Boyd
Sizemore
Court House
General Revenue Sharing Fund
New Commission
Karen Kraje
Welch
North
Rick Marensky
Huntington
W.va
Bobby Dean Stacy
Paul Harmon
Wilburt Mayle
Stacy
Moundsville
Cabell County
Ted Norman
Harmon
Dropout Rate Below State Average in Mercer County
Daily Telegraph reports Mercer County dropouts fell to 21.67 percent in the 1981 82 term from 24.39 percent the prior year, lowest in the region. 234 students dropped out last year. 112 in the current term. Board approves paddling ban. hearings planned on school corporal punishment ruling.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Board of Education
Marguerite Miller
Mercer
Miller
West Virginia
McDowell County
Monroe County
Raleigh County
Summers County
Wyoming County
Hancock County
Jaw Education
West Virginia House of Delegates
Supreme Court
Hughes
Virginia Road Contracts Awarded
The state Highway and Transportation Commission awarded twenty seven highway contracts totaling 30.5 million dollars for construction maintenance and resurfacing. Bids were received in October. Projects include a Bland County bridge replacing an inadequate span over Crab Orchard Creek by Fort Chiswell Construction Corp. at 258,389 dollars and a Buchanan County effort replacing two bridges over Prater Creek and Slate Creek with three retaining walls costing 147,576 dollars by Edwin O'Dell and Co.
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Richmond
State Highway and Transportation Commission
Crab Orchard Creek
Bland
Fort Chiswell Construction Corp
Max Meadows
Buchanan Coun
Quate Bridge
Slate Creek
Slate
Lester Fork
Hurley
Edwin O’dell and Co
Pulaski
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
General Fund
Robert Burns
Taylor
Nellie Bundy
Historic Crab Orchard Museum
Pioneer Park, Inc
Laura Surface
Carter Wells
Harry Frazier
Hutton and Williams
Cavitt's Creek
E.R. Templeton
Templeton
Tazewell County
Ballard
Wells
St. Luke’s Professional Building
Highway 460
Southview Drive
American Cancer Society
Santa’s
Santa
Leggett
Mercer Mall
VISA
American Express
Man
McDowell
Sheriff's Department
Roy Truby
William J. Akers
Kegley
Spanishburg
Sherman R. Smoot Company
Princeton Senior High School
Sherri Bailey
Bramwell High School
Virginia Road
Bland County
Golden Pond
HBO
Hbonly
Katharine Hepburn
Henry Fonda
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