Mountain State Briefs Injured 13 year old cyclist struck by car
Hedgesville, West Virginia. Michael Todd Bingaman, 13, was killed when a car struck him while he rode a bicycle at Cherry Run Road intersection. State police Trooper F D Wagoner cited the 3 p m accident in Berkeley County.
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Hedgesville
W.va
Michael Todd Bingaman
Berkeley County
F.D. Wagoner
Cherry Run Road
Monongalia
Larry Starcher
Dostert
Andrew Fusco
Starcher
Fusco
Alvie Qualls
Cabell County
Detlev
Audrey Preissler
Preissler
State Proposes Tests To Weed Out Incompetent Educators
West Virginia officials push to weed out incompetent teachers and raise standards for future instructors. A four year college based testing plan would screen freshmen through seniors in reading writing math general studies analytical ability teaching methods. Delays on legislation and concerns over content, control, and enrollment await review.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Wilson Ward
Alcohol Beverage Control Commission
Ward
Roy Truby
del. Lyle Sattes
Dhanawha
Education Department
Board of Regents
Sattes
Truby
Southern Regional Education Education Board
John Pisapia
Pisapia
State College
del. Sue A. Davis
D-Cabell
State Education Association
Billion Dollar Lawsuit Filed Against Company
A group of 43 former Monsanto employees filed a 1.35 billion dollar lawsuit in U S District Court in Charleston claiming exposure to toxic chemicals at the Nitro plant caused long term illnesses including cancer and heart disease. The suit notes related cases bring the total to over 4 billion.
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Charleston
W.va
Monsanto Co
U.S. District Court
Monsanto
Nitro
E. Stuart Calwell
Calwell
Rex Null
Supreme Court rejects murder and arson appeals in Beckley cases
The state Supreme Court declined to review Claude R. Hall's first degree murder conviction for the 1979 Beckley shooting that killed Patricia Blevins and upheld a life sentence with parole eligibility after 10 years. It also denied Philip D. Ferguson’s first degree arson appeal tied to a Mineral Wells mobile home fire. The court granted review in two Beckley civil service promotion appeals involving policemen contesting sergeant promotions.
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Charleston
W.va
State Civil Service Commission
Department of Corrections
William McProuty
Robert Nestor
McProuty
Grafton
Billy Taylor
Nestor
Huttonsville
Taylor
State Industrial School For Boys
Pruntytown
Joseph McCoy
Work Release Center
McCoy
Industrial School For Boys
State Supreme Court
Claude R. Hall
Beckley
Hall
Patricia Blevins
Mercy
Supreme Court
Philip D. Ferguson
Wood County
Beckley City
George Campbell
Carl Jones
Raleigh County
Farmers Upset With Secondary Road Conditions
State Agriculture Commissioner Gus Douglass says farmers face losses as secondary roads deteriorate and crops spoil. They oppose Gov Rockefeller's $29 million oil products tax, warning it would raise farming costs amid drilling impacts and limited road repair.
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Charleston
W.va
Gus Douglass
Jay Rockefeller
Douglass
Monongalia County
Putnam County
On The Road This Wanderer Not Exactly A Hobo
Victor Chudzik, 74, travels by road three months after leaving Chicago to see the United States. He walks from Bluefield to Weirton via Charleston, Parkersburg and Wellsburg, saying wandering offers freedom and experience. Though labeled a hobo by some, he explains he is retired and prefers travel over settling.
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Charleston
W.va
Rodolfo Karl Stock
Washington, D.C
U.S
John Copenhaver
Washington
Stock
Peru
Victor Chudzik
Chudzik
Chicago
Windy City
West Virginia
Weirton
Bluefield
Beckley
Parkersburg
Wheeling
United States
Europe
Wellsburg
Northwestern University
New York
Salvation Army
Rahall Attacks Budget Cuts in West Virginia
BECKLEY West Virginia Congressman Nick Rahall labels House budget cuts devastating for the state detailing reductions in Head Start the National Science Foundation and the Library Services and Construction Act He warns of higher lunch prices stricter student loan rules and library book funding losses while predicting a voter backlash and possible Democratic gains in 1984
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Beckley
W.va
House of Representatives
West Virginia
Nick Rahall
Ronald Reagan
Rahall
National Science Foundation
Library Services and Construction Act
Reagan
Kennedy Center
House
Beckley College
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Paul E. Simmons
Donald Bordenkircher
Bordenkircher
Hartley
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Norwood Bentley
Charles Town
Pierre Dostert
RCA
Rocky and the Godfath
Taste Mistone
Wth
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Stadium Drive
Terim
Lattes
Ferguson
California
Stucco Stone
Nature
RT. 460
Green Valley
Charles W.wheeler
West Virginia Department of Health
Charles W. Wheeler
St. Mary's Nursing Home
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