Catnip farmer grows crop for Cosmic Pet Co in Md
Wil son Besler, a 36 year old Maryland transplant living on seven acres in Indian Mills, grows catnip for Cosmic Pet Co in Hagerstown. He harvested over 5,000 pounds last year and plans a larger market this summer, paying diggers 8 cents a pound. Besler notes a high non germination rate but expects steady demand from pet stores while balancing carpentry work in Washington. Cats’ response to catnip is brief and variable, with the herb prized for its aroma and potential calming effects.
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Wilson Besler
Maryland
Cosmic Pet Co
Hagerstown
Besler
Monroe County
Cosmic
Carpenter's
Washington, D.C
Coal plan angers state operators at Albright plant
ALBRIGHT AP Monongahela Power plans to buy Maryland coal rather than West Virginia coal as part of a 20 year low sulfur agreement prompted by pollution orders. Preston County operators call the move ludicrous while noting it preserves local jobs. WV coal markets have shifted since the 1970s.
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Albright
Monongahela Power Co
Maryland
West Virginia
Preston County
Robert Allen
Tri-State Coal Operators Association
Monongahela Power
State Air Pollution Control Commission
Fort Martin
Morgantown
Margaret M. Teahan
Teahan
Met
Potomac Edison Power Co
Charleston
Joy Manufacturing Meeting Draws Four Area Leaders
Bluefield attendees at a Joy Manufacturing session on PCB contamination included two city officials and two business representatives, while four civic leaders questioned the issue. Drs Guzelian and James presented 45 minutes on medical findings, with only city manager Fred Burton and one other attendee asking a question.
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Bluefield
Joy Manufacturing
Joy
Lawrence J. Lepici
Philip Guzelian, Jr
Robert C. James
Fred Burton
Brown
J. Peter Richardson
Charles Peters
Peters Equipment Inc
Burton
Lyle Gage
Dr. Gage
Drug dealer released on reprieve in Charleston
Marion County officials freed Martin Biafora a convicted drug dealer after a governor issued a 90 day reprieve to ease prison overcrowding He faced one to five years for possession with intent to deliver marijuana and was released until the reprieve ends.
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Charleston
Marion County
Martin Biafora
Arch Moore
Smokeless tobacco use patterns across states in 1986 survey
ATLANTA AP report notes smokeless tobacco use highest in the Southeast and Midwest. West Virginia shows 10.2 percent current use, while Massachusetts and New York report 0.4 percent. The CDC cites a 34,395 person telephone survey across 25 states and D C.
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Atlanta
Southeast
Midwest
West
District of Columbia
Raese pushes right to work on ballot in West Virginia
Princeton duties: GOP Chairman John Raese urges putting the right to work on the ballot for West Virginia voters. Addressing Mercer County realtors he attacks Senator Byrd as asleep on his watch and backs a coal pipeline. Raese argues 70 percent favor right to work and calls for removing political influence to let people decide.
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Princeton
GOP
John Raese
West Virginia
Raese
Mercer County Board of Realtors
U. S
Robert C. Byrd
D-Wv
Byrd
West
Park Inn
Republican Party
U.S
Coal Age” Magazine
Absher pays delinquent real estate taxes in Tazewell County
Tazewell County supervisor Troy William Absher paid $1,278.83 in delinquent real estate taxes after a county board meeting. Tax bills remained due to unrecorded transactions and notices in Absher name, with liens tied to properties rather than individuals.
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Absher
Tazewell
Troy William
J.R
Board of Supervisors
Wally Cox
Norman Cook
Randal E. Arno
Absher Realty
Richlands
Norman
Cook
Entrepreneurs graduate from local business institute
Forty area entrepreneurs completed a seven week program at the Bluefield Business Center to learn marketing, research, finance, law, personnel, advertising and insurance. Eloise Jack of the Small Business Development Center in Charleston praised entrepreneurs as risk takers and cited Fred Haddad who built a large Charleston presence from a single Madison discount store.
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Eloise Jack
Charleston
Jack
Park Inn
Cumberland Road
Fred Haddad
Madison
Bluefield Business Center
Robert Taylor
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