Incumbent mayors favored in area towns
Voters turnout was light across Mercer and McDowell counties as incumbent mayors won re elections in Matoaka Oakvale Saeger War Gary and other towns. In Matoaka Jimmy Sayid won a third term with 52 to 33 over Carson Dishner amid 35 percent turnout. Oakvale recaptured O Bee Boothe as mayor while Saeger incumbent Perry Roberts was re elected unopposed. War saw Floyd Jones secure another term with several write ins. Gary mayor Ron Estep and recorder Melvin Dillon ran unopposed. Weather was mostly favorable despite morning storms.
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Jimmy Sayid
Matoaka
Mercer
Carson Dishner
Charles T. Nesbit
Ralph Bird
Roy A. Williams
Samuel Davis
Douglas Hawkes
Trevis
Saeger
Perry Roberts
Ruby Fanning
Recorder
Paul A. Hare Sr
Sylvia L. Johnson
Raymond Lawson
Dana Stafford
James Stafford
Rans E. Dangerfield
Richard Auville
Mose Blankenship
John S. Owens
Floyd Jones
Jones
Wesley Miller
Quinto Falgiani Jr
Harry Gates
Angeline Harman
Jack Jenkins
Glenn Reese
John T. Linkous II
Howard C. Linkous
Gary
Ron Estep
Melvin L. Dillon
Magdalene Allison
R.L. Robinson
Mark Alderman
Dennis L. Charles
Frank Kapish Jr
West Virginia
Fayette County teacher seeks reinstatement after suspension
The counselor for Janet Boley at Gauley Bridge Elementary School asks Fayette Circuit Judge Robert Abbot to reinstate her, asserting no evidence supports child abuse accusations and a ruling is expected soon. The article also notes multiple WV cases on unemployment benefits, UMW fines, and health system revamp plans.
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Fayetteville
Fayette County
Gordon Billheimer
Fayette
Robert Abbot
Janet Boley
Gauley Bridge
Prison overtime plan eyed for uniform payments in Virginia
Virginia prison officials plan a quick decision on standardizing overtime pay for guards after a communications mixup led to some prisons paying time and a half only after longer waits. In another report, Virginia lawmakers discussed a buyout option for stockpiled flue cured tobacco to aid farmers without new congressional action.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Department of Corrections
Boston
U.S
Paul S. Trible Jr
W.C
Dan
Daniel
Congress
Trible
R-Va
D-5th
McDowell seeks state funding relief in court
McDowell County asks the West Virginia Supreme Court to order the state to repay 1.25 million dollars withheld after voters approved a 55 dollar monthly salary supplement for non teaching staff. The dispute covers July 1 1975 to June 30 1979 and includes interest.
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Charleston
W.va
McDowell County
State Supreme Court
McDowell
Board of Education
Supreme Court
State Board of Education
McDowell tables insurance bid on patrol car fleet
McDowell County Commission halted action on accepting a bid to insure ten sheriff patrol cars. Commissioner president Dr Ebb K Whitley Jr said the deal fell through and noted the special session aimed to discuss insurance for leased Ford patrol vehicles. The county rows with Ford lease plans and a loss ratio that caused insurers to refuse renewal.
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Vance Insurance Agency
Whitley
Sheriff's Department
Harry Camper
Civil Service
Camper
Bluefield Sees Economic Upswing Said By City Manager
City Manager Fred Burton told the Bluefield Rotary Club that 1985 shows firmer footing than 1983 with growth in tax revenues and a revived retail scene. He noted five furniture outlets in town, new arts and crafts ventures, and ongoing downtown revitalization led by Mayor Cole and the Chamber. Burton cited cost-cutting steps, a lower fire fee and a $50 quarterly tax aid for small liabilities as part of the fiscal improvements. Approximately 55 people attended the Elks Club briefing on Cumberland Road.
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Bluefield
Fred Burton
Burton
Hecks
Bluefield Avenue
Southern Automotive
North Street
State Electric
Center Square Park
Bland St
Paul Cole
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Elks Club
Cumberland Road
Hartley Mays
Mystery gasoline spill perplexes river officials at Kanawha
Conflicting reports on a gas spill near the Gulf Oil plant in North Charleston west of Charleston, with authorities puzzling over timing and source. Officials say the spill disappeared nine hours after first report, prompting guesses it evaporated or came from a leaking barge. Gulf Oil denies responsibility and records show no large loss.
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South Charleston
W.va
Kanawha River
R.L. Seacrist
Gulf Oil Co
North Charleston
Gulf
Seacrist
State Water Resources Division
Water Resources
Tom Fisher
Department of Natural Resources
Bud Zimmerman
Gulf Oil
Normality Returns to Massey Coal Sites After Power Restored
Work resumed at three A T Massey coal facilities in LOBATA West Virginia after a 19 hour outage caused by dynamite blasts that knocked out a 12 000 volt line. Two hours earlier gunfire targeted a union local president’s home and truck as violence linked to an eight month strike escalated along the Kentucky West Virginia border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalachian Power Co
Carter McDavid
A.T. Massey
McDavid
Hayes West
Massey
West
Kentucky-West Virginia
United Mine Workers Union
National Labor Relations Board
Bluefield waits for AT&T access in new decree
The Princeton area may gain long distance service from firms other than AT&T under a consent decree signed May 4 1985 between GTE and the Justice Department. Bluefield awaits timing while Princeton eyes August 1986 for equal access as digitized facilities exist.
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Princeton
At&t
Bluefield
General Telephone Corp
GTE
Department of Justice
Sprint
Mike Swatts
West Virginia-Virginia
Swatts
Correction of Bramwell High graduation spelling
A Sun's Daily Telegraph notice corrects a Bramwell High School senior name in the graduation section. The proper spelling is Powboy Wayne White.
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Bramwell High School
Daily Telegraph
Wayne White
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UMW
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Sprouse Creek Processing Co
Rocky Hollow Coal Co
A.T. Massey Coal Co
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David Heydinger
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B.G. Foutty
Foutty
Bert
Gilbert Hundley
Mill Creek Baptist Church
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McDowell Tables Insurance
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