Buchanan County leader honored for service and philanthropy
At a December chamber banquet, McGlothlin received a top Buchanan County award reflecting decades of county involvement through the United Company and local boards. His work with the Boy Scouts, the county school board, and Buchanan General Hospital underscores a career centered on education, youth, and regional growth. The United Company, now run by his son Jim, donated 1.3 million dollars this Christmas to churches, rescue squads, fire departments, and other county groups across East Tennessee and nearby regions.
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United Company
Buchanan County
McGlothlin
Boy Scouts of America
Buchanan General Hospital
Jim McGlothlin
Tennessee
Kentucky
Virginia
DC-8 Crashes on Mountain Flight with No Survivors
DC-8 on a maintenance flight carried only crew members. Estimates of crew range from three to six, with no survivors confirmed. Authorities report reports of an explosion and wreckage scattered across the mountain side. Freezing rain in the region contributed to other accidents on Interstate 77. Rescue efforts reached the site but will resume in the morning.
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Findley
Finley
The
Narrows Police Department
Narrows Fire Department
West Virginia may need public works or subsidies for welfare jobs
West Virginia officials warn that to meet federal welfare to work mandates the state may have to create public works jobs or subsidize private sector positions. The plan limits Aid to Families with Dependent Children to five years and targets 25 percent participation next year, rising to 2002, affecting about 35,000 households.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Cecil Underwood
Gretchen Lewis
House
Bob Kiss
Raleigh
Lewis
Kiss
Congress
McGlothlin backs Appalachian School of Law in Grundy plans
The article notes United funds support for Milligan College and several other institutions, plus Emory & Henry links and McGlothlin’s Boy Scouts work. It highlights McGlothlin’s role on ASL’s board and steering committee, his county-wide impact, and hopes the law school opens in fall 1997 to stimulate Buchanan County’s economy. He also discusses gardening and seed preferences.
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Milligan College
Johnson City
Tenn
United
Marshall Leggett
King College
Virginia Intermont
Northeast State Technical Community College
College of William and Mary
Berea College
Pikeville College
Mountain Mission School
Grundy
McGlothlin
Buchanan County
Boy Scouts of America
Appalachian School of Law
ASL
Mickey McGlothlin
New Law School
Sistant
Frank Kilgore
Law School
Emory & Henry
Boy Scouts
Missouri
Bucanan County
McGlathlin
Loophole Lets Some Keep Food Stamps Despite Welfare Rule
Congress signed the bill in August 1996 reducing able bodied adults without dependents to three months’ eligibility in a three year period unless they work seek or train. States can obtain waivers to exempt many from the requirement based on unemployment above ten percent. USDA notes 13 states requested waivers with eight approved including Louisiana Illinois New Jersey Virginia Washington West Virginia Alabama Kentucky.
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Washington
Congress
Clinton
Agriculture Department
Yvette Jackson
USDA
Food and Consumer Service
Louisiana
Illinois
New Jersey
Virginia
West Virginia
Alabama
Kentucky
Jackson
South Carolina
Vermont
New York
Hawaii
Ohio
Bob Kiss
House
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Senate Human Resources Committee
Martha Walker
D-Kanawha
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N. Walker
Princeton
Oie
MFG
OUR
Lea
Everhide
Father & Son
Murs Tye
Harvard
Brunswick
Safi
Vinster
Brick Street
Princeton, WV
Mee
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