State Officials Back Reagan But Not All Details
Governors and county officials met at the White House to support the principle of Reagan’s new federalism while resisting some details. They urged negotiation on points of difference, focusing on who would fund and run welfare programs and the proposed 1991 phaseout of the trust fund. The budget plan would shift Medicaid to the federal government while states handle basic welfare programs like Aid to Families with Dependent Children and food stamps.
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Washington
White House
Reagan
National Governors’ Association
National Association of Counties
Richard Snelling
Vermont
Governors’ Association
Snelling
Whitlow Proposes Industrial Access Road Fund Bill
West Virginia delegate Tony Whitlow introduces an Industrial Access Road Fund to finance access roads to industrial sites. The bill would divert taxes from motor fuels and highway revenues to the Highway Department for constructing improving or maintaining access roads near new or expanding plants and airports, aiming to spur industrial location and replace stalled Cumberland Road work.
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Daily Telegraph
Charleston
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Tony Whitlow
Dmercer
Whitlow
Mercer County
Cumberland Road
Department of Highways
Federal redistricting suit in West Virginia under review
Three WV residents argue the Legislature plan for congressional districts is unconstitutional and less compact than a rival design. The state defends the plan as meeting federal and state standards while a panel studies arguments for a prompt ruling.
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Steve Levine
Associated Press
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Robin Godfrey
Thornton Cooper
South Charleston
Godfrey
State Senate
S. Clark Woodroe
Woodroe
United States
Jay Rockefeller
Ritchie County
Wayne Williams Testifies Denying Murder Charges
Wayne B Williams, on trial for murder, testified he has never killed anyone and denied being homosexual. The 23 year old photographer stated he had never seen the two youths he is accused of murdering. He spoke for nearly two hours as his defense pressed questions about strangling and prior motives.
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Atlanta
Wayne B. Williams
Williams
Faye Williams
Sensa
New Attacks On Walesa Reported Four Arrested
In Warsaw the army newspaper accuses Lech Walesa and Solidarity leaders of supporting a December call for hanging Communist Party officials. Four anti-Soviet dissident leaders, advised by Solidarity, are moved from civilian to military trials for treason. The Central Committee meets amid a tug of war between moderates and hardliners after the December crackdown.
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Walesa
Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
Lech Walesa
Communist Party
Labor Movement
Zolierz Wolnosci
PAP
Zolnierz Wolnosci
Four Politicians File For State Races In West Virginia
Four well known state politicians filed papers with the secretary of state Monday opening their congressional campaigns for the June 1 primary. Incumbent Mick Staton sought a second term in the 3rd District. Roger Tompkins Glen Gainer Jr. Harley Staggers Jr. and Cleve Benedict also entered races along with other legislators. Primary ends March 27 and election is June 1.
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Charleston
W.va
Secretary of State
Mick Staton
South
Robert B. Mollohan
Harley O. Staggers Jr
Harley O. Staggers
Cleve Benedict
U.S. Senate
Fred Weiland III
Morgantown
James A. Washburn
Clarksburg
Robert Byrd
Senate
Richard Baylor
D-Summers
del. Donza Warden
D-Wood
Frank Lucente
Huntington
Bus wedding on the move in Detroit area
DETROIT AP Yvonne Prince and Ronald Johnson wed on a Greyhound bus and planned a train honeymoon to Toronto. They met after a bus trip from Cincinnati to Dayton and kept in touch from Winchester Tennessee to Royal Oak Michigan. The couple left honeymoon plans to Greyhound and decided to travel by train for the trip to Toronto.
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Detroit
Yvonne Prince
Ronald Johnson
Ms. Prince
Cincinnati
Dayton
Ohio
Johnson
Greyhound
Winchester
Tenn
Royal Oak
Toronto
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Elbert Clowdis
Herbert Mills
River Ridge Mall
Lynchburg, Va
Barbara Hawkins
Appalachian Regional Commission
ARC
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
DOH
Taylor County
Lewis County
U.S
U.S. Supreme Court
Plock
Vistula
Wayne Williams
Alvin Binder
Northern
Panhandle
Eastern
PCH
Virginia
Beckley
Bluefield
Erro
Rene
Abby
Dr. Lambeee
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