West Virginia Move Lets California Family Seek Quiet Life
The Mann family of Peterstown, aged 31 Corkie and Bill, relocate from California with three children after a murder nearby spurs a life change. They swap a high cost city lifestyle for a 16 acre Monroe County hilltop, plan tree clearing for power, and aim to raise animals and live off the land. Corkie pursues part time chiropractic work and portrait photography barter while Bill quits his computer operator job. They hope a calmer, neighborly community will replace urban strain and drug issues. The family sold their $86,000 home and hope for a simpler future as they settle into rural life in Monroe County.
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Peterstown
Bill
Corkie Mann
San Francisco
California
West Virginia
Corkie
Lion’s den
Manns
Monroe County
San Franscsco
Mann
Cashmere
Appalachian Power
Apco
Monroe
Summers Counties
Big City
Mother Earth
Charleston
Robert Sandell
Greenville
Giles County
Tri-State Greyhound Park trims midweek races to boost crowding
Cross Lanes WV AP The Tri-State Greyhound Park cuts Wednesday and Friday matinees amid small crowds and wagering. The Racing Commission approved the move as the track keeps six evening shows and Saturday matinee. Officials say attendance and handle will rise as the new track stabilizes.
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Cross Lanes
Tri-State
State Racing Commission
Commission
Alfred Hays
Hays
Louis Derteen
Derteen
Peery Plans Retirement as County Administrator
Charles H. Peery III, 63, longtime Tazewell County administrator, announced retirement after his 64th birthday. He will stay on as a consultant until January 1, 1986 while Joyce Kinder acts as interim administrator. He plans to enjoy fishing, golfing and hunting in retirement. Peery has served since May 1, 1983 and may relocate south if he leaves.
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Tazewell
Charles H. Peery III
Board of Supervisors
Tazewell County
Peery
Joyce Kinder
Hudson Huffard
Murder suspect declares his innocence in Princeton trial
Mercer County jurors hear Hoge Boyd deny killing drinking companion Ralph Ramey in a Princeton Avenue apartment bathtub on May 16, 1984. He claims intoxication rendered him unconscious and recalls finding Ramey submerged. defense wins suppression of a police interview.
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Princeton
Ralph Ramey
Hoge Boyd
Mercer County
John Frazier
Boyd
Princeton Avenue
Ramey
Irvin Sopher
Watching and Waiting painting by Jan Clarkson shown in D C
Bluefield High School student Jan Clarkson will display her surrealist painting Watching and Waiting in a hall near the Capitol in Washington D C as part of the National High School Art Exhibition. The work, judged by Mrs Margie Kish, features coal mining tools and a dominant eye to reflect unemployment and recession impacts.
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Chris Morris
Daily Telegraph
Washington D.C
Capitol Rotunda
Jan Clarkson
Bluefield
Capitol
Margie Kish
Clarkson
Godspeed Trails Schedule On 5000 Mile Jamestown Voyage
The sailing vessel Godspeed is roughly three weeks behind schedule on its 5000 mile voyage from England to Jamestown Virginia the site of Americas first permanent English settlement. Officials said the ship is due to dock at Tenerife Canary Islands today for landfall the first time in 38 days the Virginian crew of 14 will sleep in hotel beds. During a four day stay the vessel will take on provisions install radio gear and add a sail to the mainsail before continuing to the next leg.
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Jamestown
Godspeed
England
North America
Tenerife
Canary Islands
Atlantic Ocean
Allan Libby
Jamestown- Yorktown Foundation
Project Godspeed
Joan Betzner
Jones' trial date set in murder conspiracy case
In U S District Court at Bluefield former Monroe County Prosecuting Attorney Grover Jones Jr. is scheduled for Aug 26 at 9 am in a murder conspiracy case. Judge Elizabeth V Hallanan relieved counsel Guy Bucci and Bruce Ambrose and named John B McIntyre and Warren Thornhill as co counsels. Motions deadline dates set with hearings Aug 5 in Beckley. Jones remains free on bond pending trial.
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U.S. District Court
Bluefield
Moroe County
Grover Jones Jr
Elizabeth V. Hallanan
Guy Bucci
Charleston
Bruce Ambrose
Princeton
John B. McIntyre
Warren Thornhill
Beckley
Two arrested in Pikeville coal strike violence
In eastern Pike County Kentucky two men were arrested after clashes between roving pickets and non union coal truckers. About 100 pickets roamed Blackberry Creek near McCarr with rocks and bottles shattering windshields. One man William Ball a union member said he was struck in the ribs. Earl Eugene Thomas 33 from Roadfield West Virginia faced criminal mischief charges and Rodney H Morgan 40 of Welch WV faced second degree assault and criminal mischief after a warrant was issued by Daniel Sartin of Corbin. A prior shooting death of non union coal trucker Hayes West is being investigated with gun link efforts ongoing.
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Hays
Racing Commission
West Virginia
Monongalia
Preston County
Cheat Lake
Morgantown
Clarksburg
Pikeville
Kentucky
Coeburn Mountain
Hayes West
Blackberry Creek
McCarr
Pike County
Kenneth Frost
Frost
William Ball
United Mine Workers Union
Earl Eugene Thomas
Roadfield
W.va
Mr. Thomas
Rodney H. Morgan
Welch
Daniel O. Sartin
Corbin
West
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Daily Telegraph City Editor
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Frazier
David Schumacher
Randal Reahing
Fraizer
Washington
Rahall
United States
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Kish
Eric Brady
Jones
Hallanan
John and
Joseph Whitlow
Ballard
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