FEMA funds deadline set for January first 1987
Mercer County will receive 27192.17 from FEMA to support emergency food and shelter programs during winter. Local agencies including Bluefield Salvation Army Princeton Salvation Army Tender Mercies and Catholic Community Services plan to apply. The Red Cross may also apply and the Phase Five award aims to extend services through winter. Applications may be submitted to Ms. Robertson at 502 Southview Court Princeton WV 24740. A Jan. 2 meeting will review submissions.
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Faye Robertson
Mercer County
Bluefield Salvation Army
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Operation Blessings
Catholic
Red Cross
Robertson
Southview Court
W.va
Salvation Army
Fire marshal begins probe of Warblaze
War-A West Virginia fire marshal arrived Monday to begin the investigation of an early morning Saturday fire that destroyed two downtown buildings and damaged several others. The Curtain Shop and Pizza Shop were ruined and an adjacent apartment building heavily damaged. Witnesses saw an exploding transformer, but officials doubt it caused the fire. War Chief Jeff Collis said investigations will continue. AT&T displaced IBM as No 1 in business ad spending with 49.6 million.
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WAR
West Virginia
Main Street
War Light and Power Co
Jerry Keen
War Power
War Fire
Jeff Collis
EPA orders cleanup of PCB contamination at Joy site
EPA reports show oil filled motors and transformers at the Joy site contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls. Tests in April confirmed contamination and cleanup was ordered. Aliff and Joy blamed for the work though Joy financed it. Germann notes stored equipment inside and says 55 percent of the building will be cleaned by Friday.
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EPA
Joy
Aliff
Germann
Princeton delays PCH parking area decision
Princeton Parks and Recreation Board delays recommendation to city council on selling 2.9 acre land to Princeton Community Hospital for parking. Hospital countered with 280000 offer. board cites notice concerns as another meeting is set for December 22. Council also okayed a minor boundary adjustment to annex Princeton Health Care Center and charged parade sponsors a 200 dollar security fee.
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Princeton
Princeton Parks and Recreation Board
Princeton Community Hospital
PCH
Recreation Board
Bill Morefield
El Tech Announces Local Plant Near Princeton
A manufacturing manager is selected and an official announcement will come late this week. Most workers will be local residents except the plant manager, with opening initially set for January 2, 1987 but a one to two week delay possible. Negotiations for both defense and commercial contracts are under way and progressing, with announcements expected in a few days. El Tech officials anticipate 35 to 50 employees at start, growing to 450 to 500 within three years, and aim to be good neighbors in Princeton.
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Cummings
Rockefeller
el Tech
Princeton
Princeton man convicted for contempt in child support case
Rex Lusk of Princeton was found guilty by a Mercer County Circuit Court petit jury of criminal contempt for failing to pay about $700 in child support to his former wife Catherine over the past year. He was sentenced to six months in Mercer County Jail with a $2,500 appeal bond after pleading innocent. Lusk testified he could not pay due to unemployment.
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Princeton
Mercer County
Rex Lusk
John R. Frazier
Lusk
Guilty Plea Entered in Mercer County Wounding Case
Alfred Wayne Conley pleaded guilty before Mercer County Circuit Judge William O. Bivens Jr to unlawful wounding. The case went to the probation department for a pre sentence investigation due December 22. Unlawful wounding carries one to five years in prison or up to one year in jail plus a $500 fine.
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Mercer County
William O. Bivens
Alfred Wayne Conley
Moore plan uses private funds for state hospital shares
Moore’s plan substitutes private hospital money for the state share to fund a program. Moore’s press secretary John Price said Monday that the hospital deals are perfectly legal, adding that the arrangement was checked at every level.
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Moore
John Price
Bluefield College to build visual arts center at Rish Hall
Bluefield College plans a visual arts center by remodeling the first floor of Rish Hall to add a large studio, exhibition area, six offices and two classrooms. The project, funded by a grant received this week, aims to relieve overcrowded facilities and expand fine arts instruction starting in summer 1987.
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Bluefield
Bluefield College
Charles L. Tyer
Tyer
Rish Hall
Shott Hall
Dennis Yena
Lance Henderson
Announcement on Mercer County Master’s Degree program
Tom Tinder administrative assistant to Gov Arch Moore will speak at the Bluefield Area Arts and Crafts Center today at 1 30 PM The announcement is expected to concern Mercer County schools Master’s Degree program The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce board will meet Thursday at noon at Frankie's La Salute in Bluewell.
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Arch Moore
Tom Tinder
Bluefield Area
Virginia tax revenues rise on windfall forecast
Virginia faces higher revenue projections for the 1986 88 biennium with an anticipated 47.1 million increase over original estimates and a possible windfall near 184 million from federal tax reform. Governor Baliles told budget committees that corporate income tax receipts and insurance premium and sales tax revenues should be stronger, while individual income taxes and public service corporations taxes may dip.
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Richmond
Virginia
Gerald L. Baliles
House
Senate
Baliles
Iice Appropriations Committee
Secretary of Finance
Onnock
Garage Fire Damages Residence on Groveland Drive
Bluefield firefighters responded to a garage fire at 915 Groveland Drive on Monday at 9 45 a.m. Officials said structural damage was substantial and estimates were not available. The garage is owned by Ronnie Jones.
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Bluefield
Groveland Drive
Ronnie Jones
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