Mercer County actions include contract renewal and tax funds
The Mercer County Commission renewed a landfill management contract with L.E. Joyce and Company at 1800 per month through June 30, 1987, and approved several demand investments from different funds. They heard a drainage pipe funding request from Lashmeet Area Parks, Inc. and scheduled a July 11 meeting. A jury in Princeton awarded 2401.48 in a 1984 auto collision case involving Ellen Lamm and Kathie Meadows against Bernie Carter and Johnny Agee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.E. Joyce and Company of
Princeton
Norman Mills
Lashmeet Area Parks, Inc
Fred Parker
Rudolph Jennings
Joe Adams
Ed Cabbell
Mercer County Susquecentennial
ABA accreditation questions linger for CBN law school
In Virginia Beach the CBN Law School faces ABA scrutiny after receiving Oral Roberts University library and faculty links. Officials warn accreditation remains uncertain though both schools applied together. ABA notes past ORU issues include financial backing and honor pledges amid earlier provisional accreditation lasting to 1987.
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Virginia Beach
Oral Roberts
Oklahoma
M.G
Pat”’ Robertson
Christian Broadcasting Network University
CBN Law School
Oral Roberts University
Tulsa
CBN
American Bar Association
ABA
Law
Frederick R. Franklin
Section of
Legal Education
Bar
Franklin
James P. White
White
Indiana University
Bloomington
Virginia
John F. Kay
State Board of Bar Examiners
ORU
Herbert W. Titus
Law School
Titus
Navy officer upholds murder conviction in Garraway case
Newport Navy base commanding officer Capt. Carr agrees with a court martial that Mitchell Garraway Jr. was guilty of premeditated murder and carrying a weapon in the 1985 slaying of Lt. James Sterner aboard the USS Miller off Bermuda. Garraway, 22, is held in a Norfolk brig and plans an appeal.
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Newport
R.I
Newport Naval Base
Mitchell T. Garraway Jr
Navy
Peter S. Carr Jr
Naval Education and Training Center
Garraway
James K. Sterner
Miller
Bermuda
Suitland
Sterner
Norfolk
Trevor L. Brooks
Navy-Marine Corps Court of Military Review
University of Hard Knocks Graduation Celebrates Non Graduates
The University of Hard Knocks holds its 1986 graduation in Philippi with 45 graduates and college presidents serving as waiters. Alumni include Barry Goldwater Jesse Helms and Ray Kroc. Founder Jim Comstock, Russell, explains the diploma mill joke leading to real alumni and campus support from Alderson Broaddus College.
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Philippi
University of Hard Knocks
University
West Virginia
Jim Comstock
Chicago
W. Clement Stone
Barry Goldwater
R.ariz
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Ray Kroc
McDonalds
Comstock
Marshall University
West Virginia Wesleyan
Salem College
Marshall
Dale Nitzschke
Bronson McClung
Nicholas County News-Leader
Richwood
UHK
Alderson-Broaddus College
Wilson
Alderson-Broaddus
Union pickets uneasy over Ramb o guards at ALCOA plants
ALCOA strikes entered day four as pickets near gates voiced concerns about newly hired security dubbed Rambos by workers. Company says guards are unarmed, in military-like green uniforms, and stationed to protect sprawling East Tennessee facilities. Unions seek restoration of benefits and delay negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoa, Tenn
Aluminum Company of America
Dallas Maxwell
United Steelworkers Local 309
ALCOA
Maxwell
Elton Jones
East
Tennessee
Knoxville
Aluminum Company
United Steelworkers of America
Aluminum, Glass and Brick Workers International
United Steelworkers
Jones
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Dudley
Southwest Virginia Community College
Tazewell
Russell
Dickenson
Tazewell County
Share Virginia
Graham Community Center
Laurenda Franklin
TCDC
Bluefield
Richlands
Pocahontas
Petit Jury
Mercer County
Circuit Court
Ellen Lamm
Kathie Meadows
Bernie A. Carter
Johnny D. Agee
Sherri Linkous
Boissevain-Pocahontas
State Department of Highways and Transportation
Lynchburg
Bateau
Chesterfield County
Sealy
Warlick Furniture
Raleigh St
Bluefield, W.va
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