WV Counties Face Million-Dollar School Budget Gap
Mercer and McDowell county school systems closed the last year with deficits totaling about 1 million dollars. McDowell faced 600 thousand and Mercer 400 thousand, state official Jim Smith told the state Board of Education. Nine other counties also had issues but resolved them with aid and intra-budget transfers.
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Ripley
W.va
West Virginia
State Board of Education
McDowell
Mercer County
Jim Smith
State Education Department
Smith
Cedar Lakes
McDowell County
Mercer County Officials Scramble Over School Deficit Remedies
Mercer County Supt John M Hughes told state education leaders about deficits caused by governor cuts and lost quarter funding. He expects deficits to be overcome in 1981 82. Also notes state wide fund shifts resolved by 8 8 million restoration and mentions Preston County ninth grade transfer denial amid consolidation disputes. A San Francisco five alarm fire in a homosexual district destroyed a dozen buildings downtown and prompted investigation into its cause.
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Mercer County
John M. Hughes
State Board of Education
Hughes
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
San Francisco
Hijacked Airliner Bound for Cuba From Miami Flight
Two men seized a Chicago to Miami flight with Molotov cocktails forcing a Havana landing. The Eastern L 1011 arrived at Jose Marti Airport at 1 08 p m and the hijackers were detained by Cuban security. Six passengers left the plane voluntarily before refueling and resuming to Miami.
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Miami
Cuba
FBI
Jim Freeman
Havana
Miami International Airport
Commission approves Princeton annexation
The city commission approves annexation plans for Princeton, outlining zoning changes and boundary adjustments to integrate the area into the municipal jurisdiction. Officials cite growth potential and service infrastructure as key factors shaping the decision.
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Commission
Princeton
Baby Boy Born In Front Of Huntington Police Station
Det. C D Morrison delivered a baby boy in a pickup truck in front of the Huntington police station. Henry and Debby Paden of Lavalette rushed to the scene as Mrs Paden went into hard labor unexpectedly. A sailor helped cradle the newborn until hospital transfer. both mother and child were reported fine at Cabell Huntington Hospital.
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Huntington
W.va
C.D
Tadpole
Morrison
Wayne County
Henry
Debby Paden
Lavalette
Paden
Reagan and Trudeau discuss pollution and trade at Washington meeting
President Reagan told Prime Minister Trudeau that the United States will not export pollution from acid rain and asked Canada to ease U S investment barriers in its energy reserves. They reviewed plans for the upcoming G7 summit near Ottawa where Reagan would meet Francois Mitterrand. Reagan called rebuilding the economy a central challenge to the free world.
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Washington
Reagan
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
United States
Canada
U.S
Ottawa
Francois Mitterrand
France
Trudeau
Riots at Joe McDonnell Funeral in West Belfast
British troops moved to arrest IRA gunmen at the hunger striker Joe McDonnell funeral in West Belfast sparking a major street battle. Two civilians were killed per priests, police reported injuries among all sides, and several rifles were seized as rioting spread through nearby streets.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
West Belfast
Joe McDonnell
Irish Republican Army
Royal Ulster Constabulary
IRA
RUC
Andersonstown Road
McDonnell
Goretti
Bernadette
Joseph
Frank
Bobby Sands
Sands
Maze
Rioting Across London and Provinces as Police Rally
Rioting and looting spread from London to six provincial cities as gangs attacked cars and shops. Home Secretary Whitelaw banned demonstrations in greater London for a month. Scotland Yard reported 231 arrests and over 40 injuries to officers. Prime Minister Thatcher called the events terrorism and criminal looting while urging unity.
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London
William Whitelaw
Greater
Scotland Yard
Birmingham
Ellesmere Port
Hull
Newcastle
Preston
Liverpool
England
Margaret
Cher
Britain
Thatcher
London Fire Brigade
Southall
Battersea
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Jay Rockefeller
United Mine Workers
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Marshall
Mingo
Putnam
Wetzel
Wyoming
Preston County
Aurora
East Preston High School
Aurora School
Education Department
Roy Truby
Jim Gladwell
Helen Saunders
William Smith
San Francisco Blaze
PLO
Lebanon
Baby Boy
National Weather Service
McEnroe
Justice Department
Bridge
Bulletin Board
Church News
CSCC
Abby Cee
Dixon
Dr. Lamb
Magistrates Peace
Old Dominion
Striker
Lenadoon
Milltown
Charles Franklin
Warren
Court of Jefferson
Pierre Dostert
Maryland Correctional Institution
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