Kim Aftermath U.S. Envoy Accuses Seoul
In Seoul on Saturday the U S ambassador charged the government with failing to honor firm agreements on the homecoming of dissident Kim Dae Jung after police dragged him and his wife from U S escorts at Kimpo airport. Seoul said Kim provoked the confrontation and offered no comment on a stern note from the U S Embassy.
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South Korea
U.S
Kim Dae-jung
Kim
Kimpo International
United States
Richard L. Walker
Edward Feighan
D-Ohio
Thomas Foglietta
D-Pa
Walker
Associated Press
Choi Tae-soon
Chun Doo-hwan
Reagan
Washington
el Salvador
Robert White
White
Feighan
Raul Manglapus
Philippine
Lee Won-kyung
Manglapus
Guards To Leave Big Bear at Massey Mine
UMW and Massey subsidiary Big Bear Mining Co agree to remove site guards after talks led by UMW President Danny Short and Big Bear's Norman Lester. The strike began Oct 1 over a national coal agreement, with earlier picket clashes. Both sides optimistic a contract may be signed and work resume soon.
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LYNCO
W.va
United Mine Workers
A.T. Massey Coal Group
Norman Lester
Massey
Big Bear Mining Co
UMW
Danny Short
Lester
Supreme Court
Short
Big Bear
Bluefield Woman Tans Indoors Amid Light Rain Outlook
Judy Dudley of Bluefield Virginia enjoys a brief indoor tanning session at a local salon despite chilly weather. The forecast calls for a slight rise in temperatures with possible rain later in the day.
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Judy Dudley
Bluefield
Pickets Protest Rehiring Mercer County Seeks Steller Contract
Mercer County School Board and protesters clash over the renewal of Dr. Arthur Steller's contract while the board handles other legal matters, votes to buy 12 school buses, and prepares to appeal a court ruling. About 30 people picketed outside the central office in cold weather. Norman Thomason leads petitions surpassing 1,000 names calling against a new contract.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Arthur Steller
Board of Education
Steller
Ben Faulkner
Mercer County Circuit Court
Central Office
Honaker Avenue
Allen Lackey
Faulkner
Norman Thomason
Jim Harrison
Massachusetts marks 13000th welfare-to-work graduate
Gov Dukakis distributed diplomas to 14 clerical skills graduates as Massachusetts officials celebrated a 12 year low in welfare caseloads and the 13000th person leaving the rolls through the Employment and Training Choices program. Cheryl Liberatore, 22, will start as senior secretary at Massachusetts General Hospital earning substantially more than welfare payments.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Cheryl Liberatore
Liberatore
Glenn
Barbara Burke-Tatum
Sioner
State Department of Public Welfare
Burke-Tatum
Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare
Michael Dukakis
Weather report for today with rain chance
Cloudiness will increase today with a 50 percent chance of rain tonight. Highs reach the mid 30s and stay in the 30s tonight.
Mercer County Sees Tax Revenue Boost From 1985 Reassessment
Mercer County plans a roughly 17 million dollar increase in real property assessments for the 1985 fiscal year starting July. This boosts tax dollars by about 275 thousand, to be shared among the Board of Education, county government, and municipalities per their levy rates. Federal revenue sharing cutbacks heighten the need for the added revenue.
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West Virginia
Mercer County
Board of Education
Mercer County Tax Shock Fears Rise After Reapportionment
Mercer County faces tax increases in 1986 as reassessments boost assessments by 17 million while revenue sharing falls and coal severance tax remains nearly zero due to no active mines. Assessor’s Deputy Tony Whitlow notes new appraisals on homes and businesses, with 1985 taxes stable only if property ownership hasn’t changed. A Mercer County Board of Education member condemns Tuesday’s aborted executive session, fearing a public relations fiasco and seeking clarity on why the meeting occurred as emergency without notice.
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Mercer County
Tony Whitlow
Whitlow
Mercer County Board of Education
Arthur Steller
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