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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1981
Page
10
The Mountain State Forest Festival runs October 1 through 4 in Elkins with education as the theme. Events include a craft fair classic car show woodworking and saw ing championships a rock concert four wheel drive championship professional boxing and more. Senator Robert Byrd will enter a fiddle and banjo contest.
Welfare Commissioner Leon Ginsberg cites a department audit showing about 9.4 percent of Medicaid bills contain double billings or improper charges. Examples include a $90 surgery billed to both patient and state and a $25 injection not covered by Medicaid. He notes 866 responses supported the finding, warns education or prosecution for intentional fraud, and notes West Virginia pays $140 million yearly for 152,000 clients.
The Justice Department will not oppose the Norfolk and Western and Southern railways merger, saying it is unlikely to create significant anti competitive effects. N and W general counsel Donald Tolmie calls the stance favorable, while Southern solicitor K Allan Wimbish hails it as a big step.
Charles Bruce Franklin and Warren Douglas Franklin, both 25 and 23, escaped from Jefferson County Jail by sawing through a cell bar and stealing the jailer’s pickup. Armed with iron bars and a hacksaw, they overpowered Roy Hodgson and freed fellow inmate Charles Warnick before fleeing with the vehicle. A multi state search follows with roadblocks and a helicopter. authorities fear further harm as warrants and prior escape history unfold.
The Welfare Department seeks 9 million dollars in CETA funds to create about 1 000 jobs aligned with the Work Incentive Program. Assistant Commissioner Ed Burdette describes a training plan where welfare recipients work minimum wage hours weekly to offset state grants and food stamps, combining benefits to set hours. The aim is to use federal CETA money for training aid recipients rather than state funds.
Liberian Minister of Posts presents Mount Vernon’s director with commemorative stamps issued July 4 to honor George Washington’s 250th birthday. The 80-cent stamp and $1 souvenir sheet depict Washington crossing the Delaware. Also noted, a marijuana cultivation incident at a Virginia training center prompted a staff warning and state police action.
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