Akers Unseats Wood For Mercer Board Seat
Princeton lawyer William J. Akers defeated Harold M. Wood in a Mercer County Board of Education primary, winning by about 400 votes as turnout barely reached one third of roughly 30 000 voters amid drizzle. Akers was backed by the Mercer County Education Association. The unofficial vote total was tallied at the Mercer County courthouse.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
William J. Akers
Mercer County Board of Education
Harold M. Wood
Akers
Mercer County Education Association
Mercer County
Benedict Turns Back Challengers In Local Elections
In a Tuesday night Canvass at the Courthouse the CES computer system logged 8 467 total votes with 6 904 Democrats 1 521 Republicans and 42 Independents. Akers led the Board of Education contest early and stayed ahead of Wood as results from east Princeton trickled in. Akers finished with 2 203 votes 30 9 of the total while Wood had 1 822 25 6. Walthall 985 votes 13 9 and Joyce Pickett Havens 640 votes 9 0 followed. Captain Paul H Davis Jr 625 votes 8 3. Tony Cavallo 400 5 6. Paul D Driscoll Sr 234 3 3. Dennis Lee Jarvis 214 3 0.
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CES
Akers
Board of Education
East Princeton
Princeton
Wood
Bluefield
District III
Robert H. Bob Walthall
Joyce Pickett Havens
Montcalm
Athens
Paul H. Davis Jr
U. S. Navy
Tony Cavallo
Paul D. Driscoll Sr
Dennis Lee Jarvis
Lashmeet
Six Bests Southern In Commission Race in Mercer County
Mercer County primary results show District II incumbent Six defeating three Democratic challengers with 2,631 votes 43 percent while Ira Southern trails with 1,729 votes 28 percent as Smith Tex unopposed leads Republican slate toward November general election. Six 66 of Princeton resident railroad retiree. Smith 44 ex miner from Princeton seeks seat with boxing title in past.
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Southern
Smith
Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Jerry W Smith
Clarence
Mercer County Commission
Mercer County
Ira ‘Ike
John B. Conley
Milton Dudley
Dud” Caffee Sr
Six
Glenwood Park
Rt. 6
Nellie Brown
Church of Christ In
Parker Upsets Baylor In Mercer County Primary
Freddie Parker appears to have upset State Senator Richard Baylor in the 10th Senatorial District Democratic primary near Summers County. In Mercer and nearby areas four Democratic nominations were decided with Tony Whitlow, Richard D. Flanigan, Donald Anello, and Gilbert E. Bailey leading the ticket. Republican Tony Romas ran unopposed for one of four House nominations. Incumbent Whitlow led Mercer totals with 4,318 votes. Flanigan, Anello, and Bailey followed with strong Mercer tallies and Wyoming County totals included in their sums.
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United States Senate
Robert C. Byrd
U. S. House of Representatives
Homer L. Harris
Nick Joe Rahall
Mercer County
R. E
Ed” Gilger
Earl Landers
Tony Whitlow
Robert (Emilie) Holroyd
Nellie Wallace Miller
Clara Lee Sibold
John R. Frazier
Randal W. Rolahing
Ted G.teddy Byrd
Mark E. Wills
Michael F. Gibson
Bill J. Morefield
Lawrence E. Morhous
David L. Sims
Richard Wesley
Princeton
Greenview
Freddie Parker
Richard Baylor
Summers County
Del
Richard D. Flanigan
Donald Anello
Gilbert E
Gene) Bailey
Jennings
Wyoming County
Tony Romas
del. Whitlow
Kellysville
Virginia side voters reject liquor licenses and store vote
In Bluefield Virginia residents defeated liquor license measures by wide margins with 706 to 438 against a state liquor store and 719 to 400 against sale by the drink in restaurants. East Graham and West Graham precincts split against both proposals as towns weighed potential revenue and traffic impacts in a heated referendum initiated by a 269-signature petition.
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Dany Teregrapn Due
Bluefield
East Graham
West Graham
Tazewell County
Robert Powell
James Dudley Dudley
Don Whitt
Virginia
Cumberland Road
W.va
Pocahontas
Tazewell
Bluefield Ministerial Association
Art Mead
Moore And Murensky Nominated To 18th District Seats
Unofficial results from 35 of 43 McDowell precincts show Democrats Moore of Thorpe and Marensky of Welch winning the 18th District seats while the 19th District winners are Bailey of Saeger and Williams of Pineville. Voters also chose Ted Osborne for the McDowell Board of Education and nominated Tom C Church for the county commission, with Republican Steve Horn the lone candidate for the November commission race. State Senate nominations saw H Truman Chafin win the GOP nod over Lafe Ward.
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Welch
McDowell County
West Virginia
House of Delgates
Wyoming County
Ernest Moore
Thorpe
Rick Marensky
Booker T. Stephens
Keystone
Barbara Spencer Hairston
Terry Walker Mullins
Keith Wagner
Yukon
McDowell
Mingo
Sidney S. Bailey
Saeger
Bruce Williams
Jaeger
Moore
R.L. Taylor
Church
Donald Sword
Bishop
Steve Horn
Paynesville
T.J
Scotty’ Scott
Scott
Benny Cassady
Seager
Wesley Miller Jr
War
John Sprouse
H. Truman Chafin
Lafe P. Ward
Chafin
Ward
Williamson
Weather forecast briefing shows mild midweek temperatures
Wednesday brings mostly sunny skies and lower humidity with highs in the lower 80s. Clear and cooler tonight fall to upper 50s. Thursday stays partly cloudy with mid 70s. Chance of showers develops in the southwest Thursday. Friday and Saturday turn mostly cloudy with showers and possible thunderstorms. Daytime highs mid 70s, overnight lows upper 50s.
Forced Cutback at Charles Town Turf Club
In Charles Town West Virginia the turf club faces a manure surplus as demand for fertilizer drops. Donald Hudson notes annual deposits fell from about 100000 dollars as mushroom growers shrink due to cheaper imported fungi. Compost firms cancel contracts as storage swells and prices drop.
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Charles Town
W.va
Taiwan
Hong Kong
Korea
Debbie Snyder
The
American Mushroom Institute
Hudson Farms
Fred Duck
Duck
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Joanne) Tabor Jr
Bill Stafford
Homer L Brown
Leland H. Carter
E Nelson Dudley
Kelly R. Jenkins
Norris Kantor
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Libby) Linkous
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Norma Jean) Bay
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Bruce S. Ambrose
Jimmy Mills
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Merce County
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Jack” Feller
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