Kimball Police Chief Charged In Hit And Run
Kimball Police Chief James Christian, 42, faces a hit and run charge in a fatal auto pedestrian crash on US 52 near Premier. Larry Welch, 26, died after being struck while walking along the shoulder. Christian turned himself in about three hours later and was released on a $5,000 bond. An August McDowell County Grand Jury will review the case for possible indictment.
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Welch — Kimball
James Christian
McDowell County
G.L. Woods
Christian
Mike Nasser Christian
Larry Welch
Premier
Woods
Welch
Sheriff's Department of
Stevens Clinic
Raleigh General Hospital
Raleigh
Kimball
Mayors urge help for hungry as crisis grows
Denver AP Mayors at the U S Conference declare a national hunger crisis and urge President Reagan to shift funds from defense and tax cuts to aid the poor. Resolution cites record unemployment and rising homelessness. asks Congress for a federal emergency program to provide food and shelter until unemployment improves.
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Denver
Mayors of America
Reagan
U.S
Conference of Mayors
Congress
Gas executives call for lower prices through Congress
UGI Corp. and Columbia Gas Transmission urge congressional action to adjust the 1978 federal natural gas pricing law to decontrol prices by 1985. They argue market conditions demand a midcourse correction to cut costs for consumers and preserve industrial markets.
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Harrisburg
UGI Corp
Columbia Gas Transmission Corp
Harry Ottey
UGI
Utilities
Columbia
Ed Calland
Ottey
Calland
Robert Casselberry
Fires Mystify West Virginia Town Firefighters
A spate of mysterious blazes struck a church and nearby modular home in Wharncliffe West Virginia with fires erupting from outlets and objects even after power was shut off. Fire Chief Jerry Grimmett and assistants said flames appeared in trash cans closets and on bulletin boards puzzling responders and residents. Appalachian Power Co officials dismissed electricity as the sole cause leaving the origin of the fires unclear and under investigation.
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Wharncliffe
W.va
Jerry Grimmet
Grimmet
Gene Clemons
Kendall Simpson
Clemenses
Grimmett
Appalachian Power Co
Gilbert
Simpson
Ben Creek
Attorney General Opposes Inactive Savings Fees Bill
Charleston West Virginia AP Attorney General Victor Barone says a legislative move to bar banks from charging fees on inactive savings accounts would be unconstitutional and void. The opinion centers on fragments of a 1983 act revising abandoned and unclaimed property law and argues the fee prohibition exceeds the act's title. State Treasurer Bailey requested the ruling.
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Charleston
W.va
Victor A. Barone
Barone
Court Decision Widens Food Stamp Eligibility
West Virginia gains broadened food stamp eligibility after a state Supreme Court not to review a lower court ruling. Kanawha Circuit Judge Andrew MacQueen found Bragg equity in his truck at $400, prompting a reassessment of asset value rules. DHS officials estimate a $180,000 to $200,000 annual increase in benefits.
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Mercer County
David W. Knight
Princeton
Derek Swope
Swope
Circuit Court
John R. Frazier
Norman E. Swope
Baltimore
Sanders and Austin
College of William and Mary
Washington and
Charleston
W.va
Supreme Court
West
Bragg
Fayetteville
Welfare Department
Human Services Department
Kanawha Circuit
Andrew MacQueen
MacQueen
Congress
Ed Burdette
West Virginia
Burdette
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Lawrence Optical
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Woodland
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