West Virginia faces substandard housing crisis says official
Kenney notes 18 percent of WV occupied housing is substandard based on a Housing Development Fund study. Of 547,214 units occupied in 1970, 99,072 were substandard and 18,614 overcrowded, with rural growth and mining-driven expansion worsening conditions. Housing shortages raise discrimination claims, yet region McDowell to Wyoming has few complaints. Landlords often avoid explicit bias, making discrimination hard to prove.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
State Human Rights Commission
Housing Development Fund
Howard Kenney
The
Human Rights Commission
Commission
Kenney
McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Prefiled Virginia Bills Signal Shift in 1979 Session
The 1979 Virginia General Assembly profiles include a major bingo law revision limiting events and banning outside organizers, a Senate cap on general fund growth returning excess to locals for tax relief, a parole impact bill to inform jurors, and a proposal to revert to biennial 60 day sessions.
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Richmond
Virginia General Assembly
Assembly
ERA Split Sways Virginia ERA Ratification in 1979 Session
Virginia Common Cause pushes ERA adoption as top priority for 1979 General Assembly. Judy Goldberg says threat of ERA defeat could tilt lawmakers toward ratification, with six prior defeats noted. Also seeks public funding of elections, bipartisan redistricting commission, and other reform measures to curb gerrymandering and improve election law enforcement.
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Richmond
Citizens’ Lobby
General Assembly
ERA
Judy Goldberg
Common Cause of
Virginia
Common Cause
Assembly
Goldberg
Deaths and funerals of Wells Coleman Poston in tri-state area
Obituary notices list Edna W. Wells 84 Mullens. Brenda Coleman 28 Harman. George W. Poston Sr. 61 Norfolk. Wells part owner of Ray Wells Chevrolet. services Friday at Wesleyan Church Mullens and Oakwood Cemetery Bedford. Coleman from Grundy. Poston to be buried at Roselawn Memorial Gardens Bluewell.
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Edna W. Wells
Mullens
Glenwood Park
Wesleyan Church
Ray Wells
Foglesong-Longanacre Funeral Home
George W. Poston
George William Poston
Norfolk
Bluefield
Nemours
Benjamin H
Hattie Carter Poston
Norfolk and Western Railway
Dorothy Henderson Poston
George W. Poston Jr
Arlene Neal
Margaret Munsey
Dolly Stamper
Roy Dalton
Greensboro
N. C
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Bluewell
Thomas McFarland
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Obituary notices from Bluefield area papers collection
Norval C. Taylor 59 of Havre de Grace Maryland dies after long illness in Perry Point hospital. Lorene Austin Taylor and two daughters, and two sons survive. Mose Lane 90 of Bristol Virginia dies after brief illness. Clarence Compton 69 of Portsmouth Ohio and former Dickenson County resident dies in Columbus Ohio hospital. Fred Rye 51 of Freeman dies in Bluefield hospital. Geroge W. Belcher 80 of Littlesburg near Bluefield dies in Princeton hospital. Miss Lucy Mae Elliott 67 of Pompano Beach Florida dies after long illness. Robert Keith Shortt 50 of Middletown Ohio dies after long illness. Mrs Callie M. Kiser 82 of Tazewell Virginia dies after long illness. Reginald R. O'Brien 73 of North Tazewell Virginia dies in a Tazewell hospital. Funeral details and survivors listed for each.
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Norvald. Taylor Norval C. Taylor
Havre de Grace
Perry Point
Rock Run
William and
Emma Moore Taylor
Stancil Sand and Gravel Co
Joppa
Lorene Austin Taylor
Carole Stanley
Bel Air
Emma Duff
William Taylor
Aberdeen
Norval Taylor II
Marie Schepers
Middle River
Henry Strong
Benjamin Taylor
James Harold Austin
Council
Walter Wampler
Clyde Lambert
Austin
Venia
Honaker Funeral
Atlam
Mose Lane
Gouge St
Bristol
West Virginia
Old Regular Baptist Church
Bloomingdale
Tenn
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Grover C. Lane
Alma
Ellis J
Franklin D
Claude S
Terry Lane
Swanee Deel
Grundy
Mamie Plyler
Ival Stacy
Floria Sproles
Fred Lane
Blevins Funeral Home Chapel
Foster Mullins
Leroy Hall
M.D. Mullins
Susong Cemetery
Clarence Compton
Portsmouth
Ohio
Dickenson County
Columbus
Carrie Compton
Dennis Compton
Minneapolis
Swanson Compton
Bee
Ellis Compton
Haysi
Clinton Compton
Chloe Sutherland
Arlington
Lynn Mullins
Emma Candy
Haysi Funeral Home
Franklin Viers
Sutherland
Fredrye Fred Rye
Freeman
Bluefield
Coalwood
Fannie Arthur Rye
Wallace Casper Rye
Harold
Helen) White
Bob (Carel) Page
Apex
N.C
Rye Family
Nemours
Clifford Compton
Mercer Funeral Home
GE W. Belcher
Geroge W. Belcher
Littlesburg
Princeton
McDowell County
James and
Dick Lambert Belcher
Belcher
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen of America
New Salem
Jim Sisk
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Athens Road
Lucy Mae Elliott
Pompano Beach
Fla
Mercer County
Matoaka
Ada and
Wiliam J. Elliott
Dade County
Godfrey M. Elliott
Sarasota
Ruth Elliott Jackson
Miami
Nell Elliott Hoyt
Estero
Kraver Funeral Home
Callie M. Kiser
Tazewell
Abingdon
Brooks and
Hetitia B. Williams
Reginald R. O'Brien
North Tazewell
Bishop, Va
Virginia
Patty Bailey O'Brien
Mildred Walk O'Brien
John
Dottie) Thompson
Bishop
Greever Funeral Chapel
Grandview Memory Gardens
New Sheraton Project Details Revealed
Ammar outlined permanent financing for a New Sheraton hotel project with an FHA loan guarantee covering 90 percent of 2.3 million. The remaining equity comes from Bluefield Motel Corporation shareholders, with the bank providing the final 10 percent. The 120 units include a restaurant, lounge, pool, and tennis court across two stories, creating about 150 jobs. A large room will be sub dividable into six meeting spaces, or host 350 for banquets and 500 for meetings if not subdivided. Construction is projected at 12 to 14 months.
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FHA
Bluefield Motel Corporation
Ammar
Funerals Set Across Counties for Five Local Residents
Obituaries list services for Bessie Colvard 82 of Princeton Beatrice Hart Fredericksburg Va Stafford Flipping Pocahontas James Spencer Abbs Valley and Roy Miller Athens units. Services include church and chapel rites with burial at Roselawn Fredericksburg Grandview Memory Gardens Athens Cemetery and other local plots.
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Hart
Beatrice
Fredericksburg
Richlands
Elkins Funeral Chapel
Stafford
Pocahontas
Boissevain Macedonia Baptist Church
Howard Dews
J.H. Saunders
Restlawn
King Hiram Lodge
Jericho
Bland Man Shot Dead in Apparent Personal Safety Incident
Robert Elmo Bowles of Bland County died at his home Tuesday night from an apparent personal safety related gunshot. Authorities identified the 28 year old Bland area man and continued investigation. The service will be held Friday at the Bastian Church of God of Prophecy with burial at Rose Hill Cemetery in Bastian.
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Bland, Va
Robert Elmo Bowles
Rt. 2
Bland
Bland County
Bastian
Shelby Blankenship
Kathy Deatley
Nancy French
Judy Williams
Beckley
Bastian Church of God of Prophecy
Euugene Harrell
Don Lewis
Rose Hill
Newberry Funeral Home
Gacy linked to multiple disappearances and old sodomy conviction
John Butkovich 17 Lombard vanished July 31 1975 after visiting Gacy for a paycheck. Greg Godzik 17 Chicago vanished Dec 11 1976. Robert Piest 15 Des Plaines disappeared July 1968 after talking with Gacy about a job. Police had limited follow up amid 23 000 missing person reports and Gacy’s 1968 sodomy conviction cited.
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Gacy
John Butkovich
Lombard
Chicago
Butkovich
Theresa
John
Greg Godzik
David Mozee
Chicago Police
Robert Piest
Des Plaines
Joseph Kozenczak
Robert
Kozenczak
State health care plan faces bed surplus concerns
The agency forecasts excess hospital beds in the region if Humana builds a replacement facility on a 20 acre site near the Platnick Subdivision by the Bluefield bypass. St Luke's argues a new hospital is needed as the Bland Street site is outdated and would require about 4 million to upgrade. Officials note appeals can delay the CON decision, potentially reaching the governor’s designated appeals agency or circuit court. Supporters say the project would replace 72 beds without increasing total beds, while opponents warn capacity could be absorbed by Bluefield Community Hospital. A separate note mentions Ferdinand Maximilian, former emperor of Mexico, shot in 1878.
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HSA
National Health Planning and Resources Development Act
Humana
Platnick
U. S. 460
Bluefield
St. Luke's
Bland Street
Stottlemyer
CON Office
State Tax Department
Circuit Court
Bluefield Community Hospital
St. Lukes
State Con Office
Ferdinand Maximilian
Emperor
Mexico
Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria
Archduke Francis Charles
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Wanda) Norris
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Joy) Greenup
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