Stone Begins Special Envoy Mission To Central America
Former Sen. Richard Stone was sworn in as a special envoy to Central America and will undertake a 12 day fact finding mission to El Salvador, Nicaragua and eight other nations. He aims to persuade moderate leftists to join Salvadoran elections, curb arms flows, and promote democracy and development while seeking regional peace. The trip includes stops in Costa Rica Panama Colombia Venezuela Honduras Nicaragua Guatemala Belize and Mexico with a return to Washington on June 14.
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Washington
Richard Stone
Central America
el Salvador
Nicaragua
George Shultz
Florida Democrat
Latin America
Stone
Cmdr
Albert Schaufelberger III
Costa Rica
Panama
Colombia
Venezuela
Honduras
Guatemala
Belize
Mexico
State Department
Alan Romberg
U.S
United States
Managua
Shultz
Brazil
Langhorne Motley
Thomas O. Enders
Weekend Weather Outlook With Mild Temperatures
The National Weather Service forecasts Thursday sunny with highs 70 to 75 and clear skies at night. Friday turns partly cloudy with a chance of afternoon showers and highs 75 to 80. From Friday night through Sunday expect variable cloudiness with daily chances of showers, highs in the 70s to low 80s and overnight lows in the 50s to around 60.
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National Weather Service
Inside Bank Buys Mansion and Gubernatorial Race Hints
Incumbent Bland sheriff loses the Republican bid as Princeton candidates respond to questions. McGraw enters the gubernatorial race while Graham's Eddie Neal wins the Currence Award. Results and reactions unfold across the state in this page 12 and page 8 coverage.
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Bland
Graham
Eddie Neal
Jobs Bills Compromise Incomplete In West Virginia
Charleston AP report says West Virginia Senate and House conferees failed to finalize compromises on two key items in the special session. A $20.8 million jobs program and a statewide property reappraisal remain held up as technical issues delay final form. Gov. Rockefeller’s plan originally totaled $47 million to aid about 6,300 unemployed with public works jobs and training for 7,000 others.
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Charleston
W.va
Senate House
Jay Rockefeller
Senate
House
Rockefeller
West
Ballard Declines Re election Citing District Treachery
Tazewell supervisor Leslie Ballard announced at a board meeting he will not seek re election this fall citing inherent treachery within core Democratic factions in the Western District. He praised his 12 years of service and offered to discuss his decision in person, denying firm details but signaling political tension over the Eastern District school board appointment.
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Wilson Ramsey
Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Leslie Ballard
Board of Supervisors
Ballard
Democratic Party
Tazewell County
James Dudley
Charles Gilmore Jr
Gilmore
Public Hearing Set For Tazewell Budget
The Tazewell County Board of Supervisors set a public hearing for June 23 on the proposed 1983 84 county budget with revenue sharing considered at 1 p m and the overall budget at 1 30 p m The panel reviewed figures from a subcommittee and intends to submit the budget for consideration The draft shows a 28 954 604 50 total expense after cuts including a salary freeze and reductions to the school budget and capital outlay Contingent salary increases and possible department wage freezes were noted with preliminary revenue projections and starting balances for July 1 including school board social services and revenue sharing
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Wilson Ramsey
Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Joe Peery
Charles Gilmore Jr
Bluefield
Cook
Scholar System and Social Services Department
Social Services Board
Virginia
Norfolk Southern marks merger with intermodal yard expansion
Roanoke report details Norfolk Southern Corp profits of 1982 and 1983 outlook, 411.4 million earnings, 6.8 billion assets, and 21 state reach. It notes 6,000 layoffs among 41,000 workers, plus a dedicated Chicago Landers intermodal yard and corridor expansions linking Chicago to the Southeast, Knoxville to Kansas City, and Spencer Yard to Roanoke amid recession pressures.
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Associated Press
Roanoke
Norfolk & Western and Southern Railways
N&w
Norfolk Southern Corp
Norfolk Southern
Fortune Magazine
Norfolk
Southern
Robert B. Claytor
Claytor
Harold Hall
Chicago
Landers Yard
Atlanta
Jacksonville
Fla
Indiana
Southeast
Winston Salem
N.C
William Geeslin
Knoxville
Washington
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Popular Liberation Forces
FPL
Schaufelberger
Central American University
Little River
Radford
Princeton
McGraw
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