EPA Cannot Account For Superfund Spending
The EPA cannot verify how $53.6 million of the $1.6 billion Superfund outlay in 1982 was spent, with records too poorly kept to confirm allocation to actual Superfund activities. Auditors found only $369,000 potentially misspent previously and $177,000 this year, while officials defend the accounting as inadequately documented expenditures to be corrected per standard procedures.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA Inspector General
James Scheuer
New York
Mike Synar
Oklahoma
EPA
Scheuer
Congress
Synar
Bakery Concessions Vote Sought At West Virginia Baking
West Virginia Baking Co employees at Bluefield face a proposed concessions package to be decided by a scheduled vote next Tuesday. Teamsters official Douglas Church says changes require majority approval and cannot contravene local contracts. Union members claim the deal would halve wages and threaten homes and cars, urging rejection.
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Daily Telegraph
Teamsters
Douglas Church
West Virginia Baking Company
Bluefield
the Telegraph
Teamsters Local 175
Church
Beckley
Clarance Lambert
Rank and File
Lambert
Flowers Industries
West Virginia Baking Co
Oil price cuts pressure OPEC as North Sea debuts
Britain and Norway cut North Sea oil by 3 a barrel signaling pressure on OPEC to reduce its base price. Nigeria and Libya considered larger cuts to undercut rivals, while U.S. pump prices barely move. Nigerian price moves mirror North Sea pricing amid faltering exports.
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OPEC
Associated Press
Britain
Norway
North Sea
United States
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
U.S
Kuwait
Ali Khalifa
Al-Sabah
Nigeria
Libya
Nigerian National Oil Company
London
Dillard Spriggs
Petroleum Analysis Ltd
Senate Passes Tax Hike Bills In West Virginia
The West Virginia Senate approved two tax hike measures totaling more than 135.1 million dollars starting April 1, sending one to the House and the other to the governor, while approving a public employee union rights bill. The package includes an 85.3 million dollar personal income corporate and B O tax increase and a 49.8 million dollar wholesale gasoline tax awaiting final action.
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Charleston
W.va
State Senate
House of Delegates
Senate
House
Jay Rockefeller
State Tax Department
Warren McGraw
Rockefeller
McGraw
West Virginia
Baloney
B&o
Gino Colombo
D-Harrison
Colombo
Virginia Drinking Age Bill Advances to 19 in Senate
A Senate committee in Richmond voted 10-5 to keep the drinking age for bars at 19, not 21, while leaving wine and liquor at 21. The measure would require under 19 to complete driver education and would allow court-ordered license suspensions up to one year for violations.
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Richmond
Senate
Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee
Dudley Emick
D-Botetourt
Sen
Joseph Gartlan
D-Fairfax
Saturday Convicted Murderer Denied New Trial
A convicted murderer faced in court was denied a request for a new trial. The judge upheld the original verdict, stating insufficient grounds for appeal and citing prior findings as the basis for the decision. The ruling closes avenues for post conviction relief on this case at present.
Magistrate Hunt Arraigned in Welch homicide case
Magistrate David Noel Hunt faced a three count indictment and was arraigned in Circuit Court on negligent homicide providing false information to state police and failure to maintain control of his vehicle. bond set at 1500. The case relates to a December 20 1982 fatal hit and run on U S Route 52 near Welch that killed 68 year old John Kitchen.
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Daily Telegraph
Welch
McDowell County
David Noel Hunt
Rudolph Murensky
Tom Seay
Hunt
Murensky
Sarah Nell Hall
John Kitchen
Kitchen
U.S. Rt. 52
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Brushfork
Toby S. Carrier
Bluefield State College
Ms. Carrier
Sun Valley Elementary
George Washington
Hilaree Thompson
Diane Nichols
Kim Ratliff
Ward Morgan
General Accounting Office
Reagan
White House
Justice Department
FBI
Rita M. Lavelle
Anne M. Gorsuch
Scott Thomas
Flowers
Caracas
Humberto Calderon Berti
Virginia
Del
Mary Sue Terry
D-Patrick
Terry
Rai
Magistrate Hunt
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