Trials Moved For Belcher Wolfe Scott In McDowell County
A U S District judge ordered moving the McDowell County extortion and drug trials from Bluefield to Parkersburg four days before they were to begin. Sheriff Clark Belcher, deputy Harold Wolfe, and two deputies face charges of protection payments and theft from Operation 55. Commissioner T J Scott and Douglas Martin are also tied to the case with Martin having pled guilty to drug distribution and agreeing to testify.
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Wolfe
Scott
Parkersburg
Daily Telegraph
USS
McDowell County
Bluefield
U.S
Charles H. Haden II
Clark K. Belcher
Harold Wolfe
Everett
Bill) Sparks
Coalwood
Jerry Ray
North Welch
Charleston
T.J. Scott
Welch
Douglas Martin
Thorpe
Student protest over plan to cut Bluefield State teaching program
Bluefield State College students charge the West Virginia Board of Regents with politicizing a proposal to transfer the teacher education program to Concord. They warn hundreds, especially McDowell County residents, would face longer trips, higher costs, and potential degree disruption while preserving support services at Bluefield State. They cite 343 education majors needing transfer and stress regional educational harm.
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BSC
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Bluefield
McDowell
Wyoming Counties
Litton
Morgantown
David Cline
Bluefield State Student Government Association
Cline
SGA
Tom Tabor
Board of Regents
Rockefeller School Package Faces Tough Legislative Battle
Governor John D. Rockefeller IV pitched an education package to Mercer County educators at Princeton Senior High School, warning of a hard fight in the legislature. The plan includes teacher pay hikes, aging retirement changes, and a statewide bond program totaling about 600 million dollars over ten years.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
John D. Rockefeller
Mercer County
Princeton Senior
Rockefeller
Pendleton County
West Virginia
Paroled Bluefield Robbery Suspect Pursuing Ministry
Cam Mills of Bluefield, convicted in 1979 armed robbery at a local ABC store, was granted parole by the West Virginia Parole Board at Hut Tonsville Correctional Center after a clemency order signed by Gov. Rockefeller. Mills, whose sentence was reduced to 110 years, is expected home and plans to enroll at Bluefield College while pursuing seminary studies for the ministry.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Cam Mills
Bluefield
ABC
Good News Ministry
West Virginia
Mills
William O. Bivens Jr
Mercer County
Rockefeller
Bluefield College
Inside Wytheville residents help sick baby
Wytheville residents rally to assist a ailing infant in a local aid effort described on Page 11. Community volunteers organize supplies and fundraisers to support the child’s treatment.
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Wytheville
Reagan Campaign Opens 1984 Tour in Atlanta Rally
President Reagan, on his first paid 1984 campaign outing, urged Americans that they have come too far to turn back. He spoke before 14,200 at the Omni, praising economic strength and security and urging Democrats to consider voting Republican.
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Reagan
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Amway Corp
Mark Weinberg
Omni
U.S
America
Southern Republican Leadership Conference
GOP
Carter
Senate Bars Two Year Pause On Telephone Access Charges
The Senate 44-40 blocked a two year moratorium on consumer access charges, aiding AT&T and big business while letting the FCC decide the issue. The FCC delayed new fees until mid-1985, and AT&T favored charges to lower interstate rates to stay competitive with MCI and GTE-Sprint. The article also notes renewed human rights and Lebanon policy discussions with Dodd Barnes and Shultz, plus division over a White House hunger task force report.
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D-Conn
Michael D. Barnes
D-Md
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el Salvador
U.S
George Shultz
Capitol Hill
Lebanon
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Shultz
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