Tax Increase Protested By PAT CECIL
McDowell County residents and corporate representatives packed the County Commission office to protest a tax increase on Class 3 property. The Board of Equalization and Review approved higher land valuations, but many claim the notices were improper. attendees debated legality as they demanded reconsideration and records of the meeting.
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Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
McDowell County Commission
Commission
Board of Equalization and Review
Jennings B. Boyd
Welch
Blair
Pocahontas Land Company
McDowell
Donald
Elizabeth Chadwick
Maryland
McDowell County
County Commission
Board of Equalization
Commissioners Refuse To Reveal Consultation for Tax Basis
McDowell County commissioners Jennings B Boyd and Robert Edward Blair refused to name real estate experts or others they consulted before setting the county surface land tax base at 300 per acre. Blair cited attorney client confidence, while lawyers noted no formal evidence was presented at the Board of Equalization and Review hearings.
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Wally Teregtap
McDowell County
Jennings B. Boyd
Robert Edward
Pete) Blair
Blair
Board of Equalization and Review
Harry Camper
County Board Faces Protest Over Tax Increase Delay
Taxpayers and attorneys gathered as the county board discussed a five day notice before a tax increase set to take effect Feb 28. Harry Camper noted legal ads were published three days prior, while state law counts publication day differently. Residents planned verbal protests but were informed complaints must be in writing.
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Harry Camper
Welch
County Sheriff's Department
Camper
Nuclear moratorium ends as Sequoyah plant licensed to test
Washington AP reports the Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to issue a testing license for Tennessee Valley Authority's Sequoyah nuclear plant near Chattanooga, ending a self-imposed pause since the Three Mile Island accident. The move allows low power tests and paves the way for other completed plants to begin generating power after safety investigations and new procedures.
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Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Tennessee
Three Mile Island
NRC
Tennessee Valley Authority
Sequoyah
Chattanooga
Tenn
Guerrillas Free Hostages at Dominican Embassy in Bogota
Leftist rebels freed three wounded people and up to 10 women from the Dominican Republic embassy siege in Bogota. About 60 hostages were taken, including at least 16 ambassadors, as talks reportedly began after the Thursday release. U.S. Ambassador Asencio remained inside the building.
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Bogota
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Red Cross
Guillermo Rueda
Associated Press
Oscar Gostiaga
Rueda
U.S
Diego C. Asencio
Students seize Salvadoran embassy in Panama City
Panamanian students from the Revolutionary Student Front seized the Salvadoran embassy, detaining six people including Salvadoran Charge dAffaires Manuel Aguirre to protest El Salvador government repression. Police confirmed the takeover with no injuries. the militants planned a short occupation in Citibank office building in Panama City.
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Panama City
Panama
el Salvador
Manuel Aguirre
Revolutionary Student Front
Citibank
U.N. Panel Agrees to Meet Tehran Hostages Says Radio
The U N investigating panel with Iranian President Bani Sadr will meet with about 50 American captives held at the U S Embassy in Tehran. Tehran radio said no time was set. The panel toured a former secret police prison on its fifth day of inquiry into charges against the deposed shah.
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Associated Press
U.N
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
Tehran
Sadegh Ghotbzadeh
Revolutionary Council
U.N. Commission
Shah
Commission
Hassan Habibi
Andres Aguilar
Venezuela
Caracas
Samir Sambar
United Nations
Mohamed Bedjaoui
Iran
Pars
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Soviets Ready for New Violence in Kabul Clash
AP dispatch reports Kabul on edge as Soviet and Afghan forces go on full alert amid anticipated Friday mosque protests. Guerrilla leaders warn of attacks while diplomats cite heavy rebel casualties and mass desertions.
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Kabul
Afghanistan
Islamic Guerrilla Movement
Khalq ( People’s) Party
Pakistan
China
United States
PPI
Ghazni
Kandhar
Iuar
Paris
France
Foreign Ministry
Moscow
Friday Weather Report Summary
Partly cloudy today with a chance of flurries and highs in the upper teens to upper 20s. North mainly cloudy and chilly with snow in mountains and lowlands near zero to ten below tonight, while the south stays clear. Saturday brings mostly sunny northern skies and partly cloudy southern with highs from the upper teens to the mid 20s.
Wright blasts delegation over proposed McDowell coke plant
Del Wright claims Washington lawmakers and Princeton planners bias site selection away from McDowell County while citing a Pittsburgh firm's report that Saeger in McDowell County ranks highest for a $20 million, 200000 ton plant. The study highlights coal reserves near Saeger and nearby War and Anawalt, with Raleigh County sites also rated highly. Regional planners plan an $86,000 environmental impact study and note several Lester area sites meet funding criteria.
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del. Wright
McDowell County
Jim Terry
del. Lacy Wright
McDowell
Washington
Wright
Pennsylvania Coke Technology, Inc
Pittsburgh
West Virginia
Lester
Raleigh County
Saeger
War and
Anawalt
Jaeger
Lester and
Sophia
Mullens
Wyoming County
War
Panther
Bradshaw
Isaban
Hanover
Mike Jacobs
Region I Planning and Development Council
Princeton
Jacobs
Federal Office of Economic Development
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