Meese Confirmed Attorney General by 63-31
Edwin Meese III was confirmed as attorney general by a 63-31 Senate vote after a four day filibuster by farm state Democrats over the agricultural credit crisis. Meese pledged fair, compassionate policies and said he would shape the Department of Justice with a forward looking approach.
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Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
New Rules for Mingo Miners Violence Out
In LOBATA West Virginia, miners led by United Mine Workers end a five month strike against A.T. Massey Coal Co with peaceful sit-down protests. Police describe demonstrations as orderly though sizable, with 140 plus arrests as a crowd of 300 to 500 faced non union trucks.
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Abortion Matter Unresolved Virginia Assembly Adjourns
Virginia lawmakers adjourned the 1985 General Assembly after failing to resolve a House Senate abortion consent impasse and a vacancy on the State Corporation Commission. Gov. Robb praised the session as productive, with major laws enacted including a beer age rise, budget revisions, education funding, and Chesapeake Bay cleanup, while a highway funding formula reform sparked rural opposition.
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Acquittal for Boyd Ends McDowell County Case
Princeton McDowell County Commissioner Jennings B. Boyd was acquitted by a county circuit court jury on election law violation and bribery charges. The trial centered on alleged attempts to bribe sheriff candidate Ronnie McKenzie to withdraw from the 1984 primary in exchange for a $1500 monthly job. Boyd, a former Northfork High coach and teacher, praised the jury and judicial system and signaled possible retirement from politics.
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City Man Fatally Shot After Allen Street Robbery
Gene Johnson, a 38 year old Bluefield man, was found dead with a chest wound after an early morning robbery on Allen Street. Investigating officers say Johnson tried to hide from the suspects, who included two Bluefield residents, James Dickens and David Gardner, and a Supreme arrests etc.
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James Dickens
David Gardner
Mercer County backs GM site plan near Turnpike
Mercer County officials join West Virginia efforts to attract General Motors a 2000 acre tract near the Turnpike is proposed as a potential site county administrators say the area has a adequate workforce and county records show county and other landowners submitted property information to development consultant H K Shabdue in Charleston
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Mercer County Land Site Details and Workforce Estimates
MercerNotebook reports 25 350 labor force and 3 520 unemployed as of December 1984 with Parker noting 28 890 available workers and about 850 high school graduates annually. The proposed 2 000 acre site near I 77 four miles from U S 460 and Route 7 lacks water and sewer except Princeton. Bluestone or Brushcreek could supply water with processing of regional assets. A landfill dispute resurfaces amid criticism of new regulations, with Fly By Nite Disposal’s Rod Weitzel voicing complaints.
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