Metcalf & Eddy Near Completion Of Bluefield Study
Boston firm Metcalf & Eddy nears final receipts of a Bluefield Virginia project feasibility study for the Sanitary Board as costs for phase two rise to about 22 million. City officials expect a presentation soon amid ongoing talks on rates and project scope.
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Sanitary Board
Boston, Mass
Metcalf & Eddy
Bluefield Board
Iweghies
Bluefield
W. Va
Metcalf
Ada
U. S. 460
Grassy Branch
Pension Queries From Heartline Service
A reader asks about the allowable income to receive a V A pension for a family including a child. The answer states four thousand two hundred dollars. Another question asks about Civil Service pensions after moving abroad. answers note annuity checks can be mailed abroad with some country restrictions and advise contacting the U S Civil Service Commission in Washington D C 20515.
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V. A
E. H
M. C
Thee
Bureau of Retirement, Insurance, and Occupational Health
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Moving in with relatives affects Social Security SSI
A reader asks about reporting a move to Social Security and the answer stresses prompt reporting of living arrangements and new address to ensure correct checks. Another reader asks about SSI eligibility while living with family. eligibility depends on other income and property, and existing Social Security benefits reduce SSI if eligible.
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Social Security
M. S
E. F
Judge Katz Hears Six Juvenile Cases in Mercer County
Six juvenile cases were heard by Judge Jerome Katz in Mercer County Circuit Court Juvenile Division. A 17-year-old male faced probation, a 15-year-old Bluefield youth was sent to Spencer State Hospital, and a 16-year-old Matoaka youth received one year probation with restitution and schooling conditions. Other hearings included a vandalism charge for a Green Valley teen and a temporary custody ruling for a 15-year-old Rock girl on a runaway charge.
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Jerome Katz
Mercer County Circuit Court
Ivan Kramer
Daicaren
Vocational Rehabilitation Center
John Frazier
Bluefield
Ean
Davis Stuart
Lewisburg
Ed Wiley
Green Valley
Fred Muth
Bone Valley
Mercer County Chooses Land For County Museum Project
Mercer County Commission accepts one acre from Carper of Princeton for a museum site near the West Virginia Turnpike Princeton entrance. The plan includes a log structure to house a museum and gift shop, with the Mercer County Historical Society to receive the property after the national Bicentennial year. The budget lists a $12,000 executive director salary plus $1,400 fringe benefits and $1,600 for supplies making $14,000, plus $15,000 in matching funds from county and state for the museum building and $3,000 for equipment each from county and state totaling $18,000 from each.
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Mercer County Commission
Carper
Princeton
West Virginia Turnpike
Ellis Appointed Justice of the Peace in Mercer County
Princeton man Kenneth Ellis was named Justice of the Peace for District Two by the Mercer County Commission to fill the unexpired term of James Belcher who resigned due to ill health. The vote was split with two commissioners backing Ellis and one backing Ernest Six. Mildred Murphy was reappointed Justice of the Peace unanimously.
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Princeton
Kenneth Ellis
Mercer County Commission
Ellis
West Virginia State Police
Commission
Justice of the Peace
James Belcher
Belcher
O. D. “Bus
Compton
Luther Byrd
Joe Coburn
Ernest Six
Mercer County
Monda
Mildred Murphy
Himalayas Contain Most Of World’s Highest Peaks
Analysis notes that 21 of the world’s top 31 highest summits lie in the Himalaya range, underscoring its dominance in extreme elevation.
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Himalayas
City PHA Delays Hill Street Project Pending Funds
The Bluefield Public Authority awaits about 400000 in needed funds to pay debts and start corrections at the Hill Street public housing project. HUD may require an economic justification study before approving more money, potentially delaying occupancy of the 3 million dollar, 142 unit project. Corte Construction bids may accelerate work if funds are approved, with a protection firm now on site and reimbursement planned once HUD releases funds.
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Jim Terry
Bluefield
Hill Street
Corte Construction Co
the Pee
The
Burton
U. S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development
Cars
Corte Authority
Corte
Corminel
HUD
Bluefield Board of Directors
Haseen
We Ject
Hanna Rites Set Wednesday
Funeral services will be held in Charleston for Homer W. Hanna 79 former U S District Court Clerk who died Sunday after a short illness Hanna directed 140 Democratic campaigns for Gov Matthew H Neeley and Senator Harley M Kilgore and served as court clerk from 1944 to 1960 also ran an insurance agency.
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Charleston
W.va
U.S. District Court
Homer W. Hanna
Hanna
Matthew H. Neeley
U.S
Harley M. Kilgore
West Virginia
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Fred Burton
Gore
Heartline
N. Main St
Dayton
Ohio
Cricketeer
Katz
City Pha
Authority
Karl H. Frye, Inc
Bluefield Ave
Dad
Blue Prince Plaza
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