Mercer County Voters Approve School Levy Renewal 77 Percent
Mercer County voters backed a $3.5 million five year school levy renewal by 77 percent in a light turnout of about one third of 30,000 registered voters. The measure passed in 74 precincts with Bluefield area strongest and no organized opposition.
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Mercer County
Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Southern West
Bluefield
District I
District III
District II
Bluefield Municipal
Thelma
Civic
MCEA
No Word from Trumka Received at Big Bear
Big Bear Mining Co in Lynco Wyoming County awaits UMWA President Richard Trumka’s response to resume contract talks after a letter published in four West Virginia papers. More than 60 workers have been off since Oct 1 1984. security guards, threats, and an earlier fire wreckage are noted as background to stalled negotiations with UMWA and BCOA.
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Pat Ceci
Daily Telegraph
Big Bear Mining Co
Lynco
Wyoming County
UMWA
Richard Trumka
Norman
Butch” Lester
The
Coal
Lester
Trumka
West Virginia
Big Bear
A.T. Massey Coal Co
Mack
United Mine Workers
Bituminous
Virginia House approves back to back governor terms
The Virginia House narrowly passed a constitutional amendment to allow governors to serve two consecutive terms, approving 51-43. The measure would end the prohibition on succeeding oneself, but a separate proposal to bar a sitting attorney general from running for governor failed 67-31. The amendment must also win Senate approval this year and again next year before a voters’ decision.
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Richmond
House
Virginia
del. Ford Quillen
D-Scott
Quillen
Senate
General Assembly
Miller
Telegraph to Consolidate Quarters in Bluefield
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph will consolidate operations at its Bluefield Avenue site after renovations. Publisher Gary M. Greene expects the press to be ready within nine months. current departments on Bland Street will move as pages are composed and photographed.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Avenue
Spruce Street
Gary M. Greene
Bluefield
Bland
Greene
Reagan vows timely budget control with light mood
President Reagan met congressional leaders in the Oval Office to deliver signed copies of his federal budget proposal amid brisk humor. House and Senate aides discussed possible variations as leaders weighed the plan, while Speaker ONeill was absent without explanation.
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Washington
Reagan
Oval Office
Green
Congress
House
Jim Wright
Texas
Thomas P. O’neill Jr
Massachusetts
Capitol Hill
Malpractice suit opens against Bluefield obstetrician in Mercer County
In Mercer County Circuit Court a malpractice case against Dr. M. S. Hajjar opened with jury selection and statements. Plaintiff Michael E. and Rita Fay Fain sue Hajjar individually and as estate co-administrators for their deceased son Jeremy Fain born Oct. 8, 1981 and died Nov. 16, 1982. The Fains allege negligent care during delivery at Bluefield Community Hospital. Hajjar contends standard of care was met. The retrial follows a deadlocked 1984 jury verdict. The trial is before Judge William O. Bivens Jr. with multiple witnesses and assertions about birth injuries and long-term impact.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Michael E
Rita Fay Fain
Jeremy Fain
M. S. Hajjar
Bruce Ambrose
David Burton
L.R. Coulling Jr
Harold Brewster
Dr. Hajjar
Bluefield Community Hospital
William O. Bivens Jr
Hajjar
Mercer County Circuit Court
Ambrose
Michael Jeremy Fain
Princeton Community Hospital
Jeremy
Fain
EPA Won't Pull Falls Mills Grant Over Plant Dispute
Falls Mills Va EPA disavowed reports it might suspend grant funds for a controversial sewage treatment plant. Regional staff engineer Jim Kern said a lawsuit against Tazewell County could affect grant decisions but EPA will not seek an injunction nor withdraw funds while awaiting court action.
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Wauy
Falls Mills
Environmental Protection Agency
Daily Telegraph
Jim Kern
EPA
Tazewell County
Kern
John Reynolds
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Jim Leslie
Board of Education
Ben Faulkner
Faulkner
Mercer County Education Association
Tom Farmer
Mercer County A Great Big ‘Thank You’.”” Farmer
Arthur Steller
Telegraph
Fred Brown
Yolanda McConnell
Bramwell
Bulletin Board
Tees
Ism
Boucher
Pine Plaza
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