Grant Offer May Cut Sewage Project Rates In Bluefield
West Virginia Water Development Authority offers a grant of about 359000 to the Bluefield Sanitary Board for the 15 million dollar two state sewage improvement project. The grant could lower monthly bills from about 13.25 to near 10 dollars per customer if other cost reductions and lower bond interest are secured.
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Bluefield Sanitary Board
West Virginia Water Development Authority
Sanitary Board
James Macomber
Macomber
West Virginia
of Virginia
Water Development Authority
Bluefield Board of Directors
Bluefield
Ex-convicts eyed in Chowchilla school bus kidnapping case
Investigators ponder three former inmates as possible operators of the Chowchilla bus abduction. Reports say an informant claimed knowledge of a revenge plot targeting authorities and a San Quentin connection. details remain unsettled as police pursue multiple leads and verify motives.
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Chowchilla
Calif
Madera County
Ed Bates
Madera
San Leandro
Livermore
Jack Litteral
Tuolumne
San Joachin
Gene Saper
Allpoints
San Jose
San Quentin
Litteral
Associated Press
APB
Pike Decision To Speed Up Work By 2 Years
Charleston West Virginia AP reports federal financing will accelerate rebuilding of the West Virginia Turnpike south of Beckley by at least two to three years. 23 miles will be upgraded to interstate standards with 90 percent federal reimbursement, contracts totaling 72 million dollars.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Beckley
William S. Ritchie Jr
Ritchie
Department of Highways
Princeton
Federal Highway Administration
Miners Strike Centers Around Kanawha Valley
Thousands of coal workers walked off the job in West Virginia as roving pickets blocked shifts at dozens of mines in Kanawha County and some in Fayette County. About 3,000 workers were off the job, with Cedar Coal Co mines in Kanawha and Boone counties also shut. The walkout follows a $50,000 court fine against a Kanawha Local and a daily $25,000 fine for continued Cedar Coal Co absenteeism.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Kanawha Valley
Kanawha County
Fayette County
Quin Morton
Kanawha Coal Operators Association
Morton
Boone County
United Mine Workers
U.S
Dennis Knapp
Cedar Coal Co
Meany endorses Carter with solid labor backing
AFL CIO President George Meany announced labor's official endorsement of Jimmy Carter for president saying labor will mobilize its political machinery. Meany praised Carter as a warm leader seeking economic change and noted the Executive Council's unanimous vote to back the Democratic ticket.
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Washington
Aflcio
George Meany
Jimmy Carter
Labor Federation
Meany
Carter
Labor
Plains
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Federation
George McGovern
Richard Nixon
Afl-Cio
Kansas City
Tweedledee Ford
Tweedledum Reagan
Jail Floods and Food Tossing Hit Mercer Courtroom
A 16 year old prisoner flooded the top floor isolation area causing ceiling damage in Judge Jerome Katzs courtroom. Three inmates in the federal block threw food during meals to gain attention, leading to isolation and restricted water and outside store orders. Sheriff John I Jack Scott provided details with repairs still undetermined.
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Barbara Hawkins
Mercer County
John I
Jack’’ Scott
Jerome Katz
Scott
Mercer County Sheriff Announces Big Pay Increases
Mercer County Sheriff John S. Scott reports a 1976-77 budget approved raises for law enforcement jail tax division staff. Salaries rise from July 1 with gains for chief deputy captain lieutenant sergeant corporal deputies jail sergeants and tax division staff including bookkeeper tax deputy civil division clerk and other deputies.
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Mercer County
John S
Jack” Scott
Sheriff's Department
Scott
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Raleigh
Raleigh County
Don Cuppett
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