West Virginia farms rise to highest level since 1969
A federal agricultural census shows West Virginia farms climbed to 18,751, up 1,276 since 1978, the most since 1969. Growth concentrates in southwestern counties with land division driving smaller plots and gains in farmed acreage offset by losses in the eastern part of the state.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
U.S. Department of Commerce
Panhandle
Pendleton
Hampshire
Cabell
Mason
Logan
Summers
Monroe
Farmers struggle to qualify for bank loans in Virginia
In Halifax County banks report ample loan funds but few farmers qualify under cash flow lending standards. Experts urge meticulous records, strong income projections, and crop insurance to gain leverage. A Farm Credit seminar also highlights the shift from asset to income-based lending and the role of FmHA loans when needed.
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Halifax
Halifax County
Bill Confrey
Central Fidelity Bank
Confroy
Virginia Cooperative Extension Service
Controy
Virginia
Logan Young
Virginia National Bank
Boston
Don Marston
Farm Credit Association
Marston
Ralph Tuck
Virgilina
Tuck
Federal Farmers Home Administration
Ed Davis
Fmha
TVA completes $1.3 billion pollution plan in TVA plants
TVA says all 12 coal fired plants now meet federal air standards after a $1.3 billion scrubber program. Paradise Steam Plant in Kentucky’s Muhlenberg County installed the final scrubber tested Dec 1. TVA faced EPA lawsuits to push compliance but argues environmental costs are part of energy production. Senator Stafford praised the agency’s example.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Richard Freeman
Paradise
Muhlenberg County
Freeman
Environmental Protection Agency
S. David Freeman
Mobile Klansman convicted in Black youth's hanging death
In Mobile Alabama a jury convicted Henry Francis Hays 29 of the March 21 1981 murder of 19 year old Michael Donald a black youth. The verdict which included 11 whites and one black foresees possible death by electric chair or life without parole. The judge will decide after a January 16 sentencing hearing. The case drew strong statements from prosecutors and included testimony by James Tiger Knowles another Klansman who pleaded guilty to civil rights violations.
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Mobile
Ala
Henry Francis Hays
Alabama
Hays
Michael Donald
Mobile County
Braxton Kittrell
Donald
Birmingham
Tom Harrison
Harrison
M.A
Bubba” Marsal
Easi
Marsal
James
Tiger
Knowles
Vision to solve housing problem major theme at Richmond conference
RICHMOND AP The president of the National Low Income Housing Coalition argues decent housing for all is achievable, blaming lack of vision and underfunding rather than cost or will. She notes public housing subsidies flow to the wealthy and cites 1980 data on income and deductions. The conference, organized by Task Force for Historic Preservation and Minority Community, discussed revitalization in Jackson Ward and its impact on low income residents.
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Richmond
National
Cushing Colbeare
Ms. Dolbeare
Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority
Jackson Ward
Central Business
al Dobbins
Richmond Renaissance Inc
Richmond Renaissance
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Gus Douglass
Douglass
Tennessee Valley
U.S
Robert T. Stafford
Senate Committee On Environment and Public Works
C.H. Dean
Stafford
THE
Bluefield Optical Service
North ST
Harry Espenshade, Jr
Manheim
Pennsylvania
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Lillys
Towle
Swith An & Oz
Drusn
MJ Mercer Mall
LE Ingress
Deluxe
Spacemaker
Kammer
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