Klaudt Indian Family tours to lift Native life
Vernon Klaudt, formerly a teacher and principal in Atlanta, leads the Klaudt Indian Family on a nationwide singing tour with his wife and two daughters. He uses the platform to expose poverty on Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota, promote missions, and advocate for Indian children and housing, while recalling historic struggles and his pride in heritage.
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Bastian
Vernon Klaudt
Fort Berthold
N.D
Klaudt
Atlanta
Betty
Church of God
Vernon Klandt
Luther Ramsey
Bland County
Sacajawea
Lewis and Clark
American West
Louisiana Purchase
Custer
Little Big Horn
North Dakota
Buchanan County to cut 16 assistant principals in budget Vote
Buchanan County supervisors approved the 1987 88 budget reducing the schools budget to about 24.7 million from 30.8 million while avoiding a property tax double. The board also cut the county operating budget to 8.6 million and trimmed several departments including health fire and social services with a unanimous vote and about 25 residents in attendance.
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Grundy
Buchanan County
William P. Harris
Paul Hatfield
Public Service Authority
Sovereign immunity upheld by state Supreme Court
The West Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously upheld the state’s absolute defense against lawsuits, ruling suits against state agencies must be in the Court of Claims. The decision allows state agencies to countersue in circuit court and preserves the Court of Claims’ exclusive jurisdiction over suits against the state. The case stems from Mellon-Stuart Co. and Kirby Electric Service Co. suing Marshall University over 1979 Henderson Center cost overruns. claims were recommended for payment before the Court of Claims in 1986.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
Court of Claims
Mellon- Stuart Co
Kirby Electric Service Co
Pittsburgh
Henderson Center
Marshall University
Mellon
Kirby
Tazewell supervisors cut budget eight to lose jobs
In Tazewell Virginia the board of supervisors voted two to one to cut 467,028 from the 1987 88 budget costing at least eight county employees their jobs. One supervisor opposed citing insufficient information from County Administrator Randal E Arno. The shortfall and blamed tax delinquency prompted the cuts.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
Randal E. Arno
Troy William
J.R.” Absher
Hudson Huffard Jr
Joseph E. Peery Jr
Absher
Huffard
John M. Horpe
Norman Cook
Helpe
Wally Cox
Arno
Peery
Roanoke man seeks parole in murder-for-hire case
George Ballard Guthrie, twice convicted of hiring a killer in the David Cloud murder, seeks release from the West Virginia State Penitentiary claiming ineffective counsel in his 1984 Mercer County trial. He argues venue issues and insufficient representation, with a hearing set to be scheduled by Judge William O. Bivens Jr. Guthrie and co-defendant Elmer Corprew Jr. were linked to the 1982 case. Corprew pled to voluntary manslaughter and served sentence.
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Princeton
Roanoke
Mercer County
David Cloud
George Ballard Guthrie
West Virginia
Shooting Cloud
William O. Bivens Jr
Guthrie
Naomi Cloud
Cloud
Fayette County
Elmer Corprew Jr
Bivens
David Katz
Bluefield
John Parr
South Charleston
State Penitentiary
Petitioner
Chamber drives plan for Princeton welcome center
Princeton Mercer Chamber leaders prepare a $150000 fund drive to attract $1.5 million in federal highway funds for a state operated welcome center at the I 77 and US 460 intersection east of Princeton. Chamber President John Vance says Charles Collier will chair the campaign as officials confirm the site near the interchange is favored by Governor and Department of Commerce officials.
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Princeton
Princeton-Mercer County
Chamber of Commerce
Mercer County
Chamber
John Vance
Vance
Charles Collier
Bluefield
Collier
Tracin
Charleston
Virginia
Highway Department
West Virginia
Two States
Mayor calls for second fire vote in Princeton
Mayor Jim Cannon announced a July 6 re-vote on the controversial agreement between the Princeton Fire Department and the Princeton Rescue Squad. He said the council must act to remove any doubt about legality after a June 4 special meeting, citing public concerns and a desire for fairness.
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Princeton
Princeton Fire Department
Jim Cannon
City Hall
Cannon
Robert Carr
Land Memorial Tonight at Bluefield Synagogue
Sabbath services at the Bluefield Synagogue will be held this evening with memorial prayers for Steve Land, son of Alfred and Gladys Land, at 6 30 rather than 8. A Bat Mitzvah is set for 8. The 6 30 service will last about 30 minutes.
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Bluefield
Steve Land
Alfred and
Gladys Land
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Garret Mathews
Buchanan
Laucinda Kibler
Rainbow
Fred Brown
Bler
Harmony Acres Pool
Bluefield, Va
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