Bragg Thanks County Voters in Mercer County Race
Mercer County Commission District I candidate Bragg, a Princeton businessman, thanked voters for the June 3 primary victory over five opponents. He led with 27 percent and 2,664 votes, promising to earn public trust and noting cross campaign cooperation. Bragg faces a six year term in November 1980. no Republican candidate appeared on the primary ballot.
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Princeton
Ray Bragg
Mercer County Commission
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bragg
The
Daily Telegraph
L.C
Corky
Caldwell
Bluefield
Mercer County Board of Education
Joseph A. Shoda
Charles R
Chuck) Derenge
Joe E. Walker
Mercer County
County Commission
Rockefeller Sees Tough West Virginia Campaign Ahead
Governor Rockefeller lays out a hard race for re election stressing an aggressive yet honest campaign. He defends eminent domain limits and coal policy while noting 49 000 more jobs since taking office and expansion at the Volkswagen plant in South Charleston.
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Karen Kaplan
Wally Telegraph
Charleston
John D. Rockefeller IV
Rockefeller
West Virginia
Martinsville
H. John Rogers
God
Arch Moore Jr
Congress
Volkswagen
South Charleston
Mercer County Magistrate Reports Bluefield DWI and more
Friday and Thursday sessions in Bluefield detailed multiple arraignments and pleas. Jerry W. Boyd pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and no registration, received 24 hours and license revocation plus two hours for the other charge. Several defendants faced warrants for larceny, battery, destruction of property, and sexual assault with varied bail and bonds. Court and arresting officers included State Trooper J R Howell and Deputy D R Compton.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Luther H. Byrd
Jerry W. Boyd
Matoaka
Boyd
John Parr
C.R. Smith
Mark Wills
J.R. Howell
David Pedneau
Jo Ann Scarberry
Highland Avenue
Jesse Underwood
Rt. 5
Box 98
Billy J. Mathena
Old Athens Road
Princeton
Diana Pendleton
Dep
D.R. Compton
Kenneth D. Hill
Thorn
Donna M. Gass
Box 69
McDowell
J. Losiego
Hills Dept. Store
Kessinger
Glen Torrence
Shreve
Ohio
Don Sizemore
West Virginia Turnpike Detachment
Amos Ross
Wayne St
W.B. Mathena
West Virginia Tech honors at 81st commencement in Montgomery
WVU Tech awarded 530 degrees at the 81st Montgomery commencement on May 17. Among 127 December 1979 grads and 66 summer 1979 grads, honors included Summa Cum Laude Rodney Dunn and Magna Cum Laude Frances Adams with other graduates named. Concord Travel program joins Academic Common Market. Concord College students may enroll at in-state rates. Princeton Majorettes and field conductor named for 1980-81 season. Mercer County Community Education adds summer classes in photography and a cheerleading clinic at Princeton High School.
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W.va
Isaban
Frances C. Adams
Welch
Rodeny W. Winfree
Capels
Mercer County
Joseph F. Wheley
Princeton
Wyoming County
John Lay
Glen Fork
Amy Powell
Kopperston
George E. Dick
Mullens
Rebecca L. McKinney
Charles D. Cook
Oceana
William K. Perkins
Wyco
Doris A. Acord
Kenneth D. Compton
Pineville
Kenneth H. Moseley Jr
Ravencliff
Concord
Craig D. Willis
West Virginia Board of Regents
Travel Industry Management
Mercer County Vocational-Technical Center
Princeton High School
Five Virginians Plead Guilty To Moonshining
Five men pleaded guilty in a Franklin County moonshining probe. Sentences ranged from probation to three years and fines from 500 to 10,000 dollars. George Clinton Smith faces trial July 15 16 on a separate charge. lawmen traced an eight unit still complex in Pittsylvania County and Franklin County operations beginning in 1979.
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Roanoke
Franklin
U.S. District Court
James Turk
George Clinton Smith
Turk
Amos Law
Law
Robert Powell
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Macon
Pittsylvania County
Virginia
Georgia
Franklin County
Powell
Smith
Court Dismisses Murder Charge Wilson Guilty Of Assault And Battery
A Tazewell County jury found Benny Lane Wilson guilty only of assault and battery after the murder charges were struck from the case. Wilson, 25, faced murder and related counts from the Mountain Music Park shootings that killed Danny Ray Keen and wounded several, including Dennis Ellis Keen. The jury convicted on the lesser charge, with Judge Powell setting a motion to set aside the verdict for a week. Wilson received a $1000 fine and 12 months confinement but remains free on bond.
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Wilson Ramsey
Tazewell
Tazewell County
Raven
Benny Lane Wilson
Zane Christian
Robert Powell
Wilson
Danny Ray Keen
Dennis Ellis Keen
Mountain Music Park
Shortt's Gap
Buchanan County
Keen
Christian
Powell
Commonwealth
Tommy Gene Brown
Brown
Rhea Moore Jr
Commonwealth Attorney Ails During Hearing in Virginia Case
TAZEWELL Va Robert Galumbeck commonwealths attorney suffered chest pains while closing arguments in a circuit court trial at Shortts Gap He was treated at Tazewell Community Hospital and said he had gastrointestinal issues He returned to resume the address and won the case though the defendant was convicted on a lesser charge
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Tazewell
Robert Galumbeck
Tazewell County
Commonwealth
Tazewell Community Hospital
Galumbeck
Benny Lane Wilson
Robert Powell
Wilson
Mountain Music Park
Shortt’s Gap
Tazewell-Buchanan County
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Concord Travel
Concord College
Alabama
South Carolina
Maryland
Bill Ryan
Vicki Ellison
Shelia Hamilton
Sherri Paisel
Tammy Neal
Eric Eanes
Mercer County Community Education Department
Mercer Street
Bible School
New Hope RO
Glenn A. Tabor, Jr
Ernie Keen
Christians
Music Park
Cumberland Styles Beauty Salon
Cumberland Park Mall
Betty B. Prater
Green Valley
Diet Center
Nila Walters
Thad
Tiend
Marjorie Belshaw
Mel
Irv Johnson
ITER
Redden
Prince Rd
U.S
Canada
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