Moore says lottery director pay will top top state officials
West Virginia Governor Arch Moore says the lottery director will earn more than the state’s top educators or even the governor. He aims to appoint a commission by July 1 and a director by July 12 with geographic balance across the state.
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West Virginia
Board of Regents
WVU
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Regents
Leon Ginsberg
Don Adams
Lottery Commission
Commission
Talks Fail In 16 Day Teamsters Walkout At Virginia Concrete
Federal mediators said the 16 day walkout by Teamsters at Virginia's largest concrete company has ended without new talks scheduled. Virginia Concrete Co. said its offer meets concerns on wages pensions health benefits and job security but Teamsters Local 639 rejected it. Also lawmakers charged Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. plans to raise rates to subsidize business subscribers through Centrex drawing criticism from labor and consumer groups.
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Teamsters
Virginia
Thomas Wotring
Virginia Concrete Co
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Philip Feaster
Teamsters Local 639
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
C&p
George Strick
Communications Workers of America District 2
Virginia plan would monitor inmate calls faces ACLU objections
BOYDTON VA AP A proposal to allow officials to monitor inmate telephone calls in all Virginia prisons draws fire from the state ACLU which says actual listening would violate laws. The Corrections Department seeks monitoring amid a lawsuit over alleged wiretaps at Mecklenburg Correctional Center.
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State Board of Regents
Bhopal
Lewis
Boydton
Virginia
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American Civil Liberties Union
Chan Kendrick
ACLU
State Corrections Department
Mecklenburg Correctional Center
Job seeker navigates layoffs in coal region
Unemployed Holdren, previously at Southern Erectors, moved to M&M Construction in Bluefield before later layoffs. He plans to keep hunting for work in the coalfields, hoping the free ad helps him find opportunities since he cannot afford paid advertising.
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Holdren
Southern Erectors
M&m Construction Co
Bluefield
Local merchants to buy tokens for downtown parking
Bluefield merchants learned that the City Parking Facilities and Commission ordered parking tokens for seven cents each. Tokens will fit meters as the city converts to token usage. Steve Roach became group president with Ellie McCormick as vice-president.
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Allison’s
Ellie McCormick
Rockefeller critiques tax plan impact on West Virginia
Rockefeller warns the proposed tax reform may benefit the nation overall but not West Virginia. He notes revenue sharing and ARC funds distribute at different levels and says coal and steel industries face only superficial analysis of the plan. He emphasizes West Virginia’s basic industries may gain little from the plan's high tech focus.
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Rockefeller
West Virginia
Investigation progresses in Mercer Elementary B and E
Princeton city police probe Thursday night break in at Mercer Elementary School with desks ransacked and missing items to be checked by faculty. Entry gained via west window. Break-in found at 5:30 a.m. Friday by Patrolman D L Spradlin. Detectives take over the case.
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Mercer Elementary
D. L. Spradlin
Spradlin
R. A. Akers
Princeton Police Department
Cut-A-Thon kicks off in Bluefield to aid cancer crusade
Beauticians at the Prime Cut on Jefferson Street Bluefield begin the Mercer County Cancer Society Cut-A-Thon at 9 am raising seven dollars per haircut. The four hour event supports the annual cancer crusade led by crusade chair Harry Kammer, in his group’s first drive. Volunteers from the Mental Health Association in Virginia plan house-to-house canvassing in Pocahontas with Alice Wallace Hannah Haga Frances Craft Elizabeth Peters Mary Sue Salt Julie Gentry and Elizabeth Elmore among those collecting.
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Mercer County Cancer Society
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Crusade
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Colpane
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Pocahontas
Alice Wallace
Hannah Haga
Frances Craft
Elizabeth Peters
Mary Sue Salt
Julie Gentry
Elizabeth Elmore
Matoaka Youth Pleads Guilty in Mercer Juvenile Court
A 15 year old male pleaded guilty to breaking and entering and was adjudicated delinquent in Mercer County Juvenile Court. Judge John R. Frazier found him guilty with Basil Legg as attorney and Charles R. Smith as assistant prosecutor.
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Mercer County Juvenile Court
John R. Frazier
Mary Porterfield
Basil Legg
Charles R. Smith
Two Tazewell Middle Students Injured Walking Into Traffic
Virginia State Police Trooper Matney reports two Tazewell Middle School students were injured on Route 9706 while walking away from school and entering traffic. James Cruey, 15, was unharmed. Thomas Cruey, 14, suffered a broken leg. Susan Brown of Tazewell was not deemed negligent.
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Virginia State Police
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Tazewell
Susan Brown
Dr J Hagy to speak at Tazewell High Baccalaureate
Dr J Hagy 1952 graduate of Tazewell High will deliver Baccalaureate at 6 Sunday in the high school auditorium. He serves as associate director of the Family Practice Residency Program at Roanoke Memorial Hospital and is a professor of Family Medicine at the University School of Medicine. He is the son of Rufus and Polly Hagy of Tazewell. Mrs Hagy is a former guidance counselor at Tazewell High. Tazewell High will graduate 189 seniors.
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Tazewell
Tazewell High School
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Tazewell High
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
University School of Medicine
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Polly Hagy
Pittsburgh resumes talks Monday after Rosen cites monetary limits
Scalise warned on May 9 that the company cannot fully fund the pension plan or redeem or pay dividends on preferred stock issued to workers in lieu of raises. He seeks a 5-year contract with reduced medical coverage, no cost of living bonuses, and removal of unemployment benefits for long-serving staff. Continental Airlines filed Chapter 11, voided union contracts, and reemerged as a low-cost non union carrier after debt strain.
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Scalise
Continental Airlines
McDowell County confronts school closing plan protests
At a public hearing on plan to close Kimball and Elkhorn junior high schools and consolidate Northfork and Mount View high schools, 18 people spoke against it. About 125 residents attended at Kimball Elementary, voicing concerns over longer bus rides and lack of formal input before the January 8 board vote.
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McDowell County Board of Education
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Keystone
Dickerson
Gary Dove
Dove
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