Mingo County editor faces death threats for hard review
Dan Auvil, assistant editor of The Industrial News in Gilbert, West Virginia, has received death threats after columns criticizing a beer joint and alleged vote buying. He works part time for the paper, holds other town jobs, and records threats while maintaining his vow to write honestly.
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Jaeger
Dan Auvil
Industrial News
Auvil
Gilbert
Mingo County
Anvil
McDowell County
Johnson
Hechler
Ken
Celtics
Chmara Named Citizen of the Year at Bosses Night Banquet
Bluefield High School head football coach John Chmara honored as Citizen of the Year by the Greater Bluefield Jaycees at the 41st Bosses Night banquet. Marshall S. Miller received Boss of the Year. West Virginia University AD Fred Schaus spoke. Chmara, a coach of six state titles, was lauded for leadership and community impact.
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Bluefield High School
John Chmara
Greater Bluefield Jaycees
Fred Schaus
Jaycee
Bill Albert
Chmara
Albert
Beavers
Oak Hill
Collins High School
Marshall University
Miller
Pete Taylor
Plans for Mercer County Cancer Arrest Day
Plans for the Mercer County Cancer Society's second annual Cancer Arrest Day were outlined by crusade chair Harry Kammer. The 1984 drive raised 22,900 with 124 arrests. This year aims to surpass that total during the July 12 event at Andy Clark Ford in Princeton, supporting the American Cancer Society with 60 percent staying in West Virginia and 40 percent sent nationally.
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Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County Cancer Society
Harry Kammer
Crusade
Kammer
American Cancer Society
Andy Clark Ford
Princeton
West Virginia
Whis Radio
William O. Bivens
WHIS
Donald Hare
Bluefield
American Cancer Society Division of
National Organization
Cancer Research
Mercer County
Health Board Faces Deficit Without Additional Funds
GREEN VALLEY Mercer County Board of Health faces an $8,000 deficit by end of June unless extra funds arrive. County Commission owes $15,030 under a contract, with a $5,000 advance possible if funds are available, potentially reducing the gap to $3,005.91. The board carries $418,605.85 in income this year, with $25,794.09 left at May end. The budget for 1985-86 remains unsettled as contributing agencies provide data. Dr Dyer urges July expense restraint and seeking state advance funding. permitting fees for board-issued permits are proposed as a new revenue.
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Green Valley
Mercer County Board of Health
County Commission
Rudolph Jennings
Jennings
Commission
Bruce Ambrose
Fred P. Burton
Burton
Health Department
N. Allen Dyer
Dyer
Retirement site eyed for Mercer County economy
Mercer County could become a retirement destination to revive the area’s economy. Ron Lively spoke for Princeton Mayor Cannon, noting West Virginia’s job losses and competition, and the county’s perks include health facilities, climate, safety, low taxes, recreation, and senior services. Dave Shields.previewed a brokers meeting to discuss costs and promotions, with an estimated $50,000 in funding.
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Country Roads
Princeton Task Force On
Ron Lively
Princeton
Jim Cannon
Lively
Mercer County
Dave Shields
Cannon
Correction: Senior Choir Anniversary Program at Tabernacle Baptist
The Senior Choir of the Bluefield Virginia Tabernacle Baptist Church presented an anniversary program on Sunday June 9.
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Bluefield
Tabernacle Baptist Church
McDowell School Board Grants Shelter Workshop Funding
The McDowell County Board of Education approved a $30 block grant for the County Sheltered Workshop for 1985-86 to pay the director’s salary and materials. The workshop has been closed with no working capital, and the grant aims to regain eligibility for federal and state funds. The board also awarded a $39,800 lockers bid to J.H. Pence for Bartley Elementary and accepted Appalachian Life insurance at $30 per student with $125,000 maximum medical benefits, at no cost to the board.
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Welch
McDowell County
Bartley
J.H. Pence
Roanoke
Melvin Dillon
Appalachian Life of Huntington
Dillon
McDowell
Trumka seeks state aid to mediate Massey strike
United Mine Workers President Richard Trumka met with Kentucky Governor Martha Layne Collins at the Governors Mansion seeking mediation help to end a violent long strike against A T Massey Coal Co. He said Collins intends to settle the dispute and the Kentucky Labor Cabinet is involved. The UMW began a selective strike Oct 1 against Massey, which the union says operates 10 to 12 mines in eastern Kentucky.
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Frankfort
United Mine Workers
Richard Trumka
Martha Layne Collins
A.T. Massey Coal Co
Trumka
Collins
Ken Hoskins
Kentucky
UMW
Massey
Martin
Pike
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Scott Boileau
Marshall Miller
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Mary Sue Terry
Patrick County
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Barbara Hawkins
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