Mercer Airport grant in jeopardy over matching funds
A $400,000 federal airport development grant faces jeopardy due to a shortfall in the required 10 percent local and state matching funds. Mercer County officials and airport representatives debated funding for the rest of the fiscal year and the 1985-86 match, with potential loans and existing debts discussed amid reduced hangar rentals and fuel sales.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Mercer County Airport Authority
Mercer County Commission
State of
West Virginia
Ray Bragg
Claude Blankenship
Clarence Six
Russell Sink
Ron Satterfield
Owen Griffith
Satterfield
Federal Aviation Agency
Department of Transportation
Bragg
Griffith
Mercer County school staff to get first settlement payment
About 500 Mercer County school service personnel will receive the first of two payments in about 40 days after a Mercer County Circuit Court decision on the long running suit against the Board of Education. The judge allowed a separate suit by 265 dissatisfied workers seeking more than twice the settlement.
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Susan Belcher
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Board of Education
John R. Frazier
Bill
Flanigan
John Shott
Charleston
Benjamin Yancey
Shott
Frazier
Yancey
McDowell County
Ex-St Luke's Employee Sues For 2.5 Million
Juanita Hendricks, a former St Luke's Hospital employee in Bluefield, filed a 2.5 million dollar civil suit in Mercer County Circuit Court against Humana of West Virginia and American Sterilizer Company. She alleges a August 32 1984 ethylene oxide leak in sterilizing equipment caused permanent injuries and ongoing medical needs. The complaint claims failure to maintain safe equipment, warn users, monitor exposure, and negligent design and manufacture. Defendants have 20 days to answer.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
Humana of
West Virginia
American Sterilizer Company of
Juanita Hendricks
St. Luke’s Hospital
Bluefield
Humana
American Sterilizer Company
Schroeder Leaves Hospital After Artificial Heart Ride
William Schroeder became the first artificial heart recipient to leave a hospital setting, taking a wheelchair ride from Humana Heart Institute in Louisville. Murray Haydon continued to recover, sitting up and exercising, with doctors hopeful he may walk soon. Barney Clark, the first Jarvik-7 recipient, had died 112 days after his operation. Schroeder's portable Hermes drive powered his heart during the outing, and he met visitors including Kim Nasser and Cristy Ballard.
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Louisville, Ky
William Schroeder
Humana Heart Institute
Murray Haydon
Haydon
Allan M. Lansing
Humana Heart Institute International
Barney Clark
Salt Lake City
Schroeder
Humana
Robert Irvine
Kim Nasser
Cristy Ballard
Louisville
Miss Ballard
Irvine
Miss Nassef
Indiana University
Bobby Knight
Utah
Margaret
Jasper
Ind
Hayden
Bill
Lansing
Goosens Fate Hinges On School Board Ruling
McDowell County schools superintendent Robert Goosens faces a pending decision by the Board of Education after late Tuesday testimony in his suspension case. Interim leader Bennett Church has run the district since Goosens’ suspension over a disputed $474,939 back-pay settlement check to attorneys for non teaching personnel.
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Mary
McDowell County
Housing Starts Jump 15 Percent Fueled by Apartments
The AP reports housing starts rose 14.9 percent in January led by a strong surge in apartment construction, signaling a buoyant urban housing market.
Mercer County Commission Vows Action on Landfill
Mercer County commissioners pledged to address criticism of the landfill schedule. They seek a user satisfactory solution amid calls for changes to Sunday dumping bans, road conditions, and limited loading space. They cite funding, staffing, and federal requirements as core hurdles to a remedy.
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Mercer County
Mercer County Commission
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mercer county commissioners discuss landfill changes and costs
Mercer Notebook reports commissioners considering longer hours and larger loading area at the landfill entrance and possibly Sunday operation with supervision funded by county. Insurance costs may reach 25 000 annually with a 50 000 deductible, a financial strain. Sen Whitlow plans a bill to allow counties to pool insurance, while Rockefeller notes a national coal advisory council being formed by President Reagan and compares it to Carter era coal commission.
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Fred Parker
Rudolph Jennings
Tony Whitlow
U. S
Jay Rockefeller
Advisory Council On
Ronald Reagan
West Virginia
Jimmy Carter
Coal Commission
Rockefeller
Mercer County
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Hendrcks
Hendricks
Circuit Clerk’s
William DeVries
Goosens
Commerce Department
Commission
District III
David W. Knight
Fred Burton
Mercer County Board of Health
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Butch Joyce
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Hawkins
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