Defoliant spray worry and WV political notes in brief
Wetzel County farmers complain Mononghela Power Co defoliant sprayed near crops and pastures on June 12, while Gov Rockefeller agrees to a gubernatorial debate slated for October. Display marks WV statehood anniversary. a Fairmont clinic withdraws from a black lung program. A regional minority office opens in Clarksburg and a Charleston native is named USS Claude V. Ricketts commanding officer. Senate and state officials discuss economics, hunting rules, and an old city hall auction in Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Wetzel County
Mononghela Power Co
Power Company
Mike Helwig
Rick Fern
Silver Hill
Jay Rockefeller
Wmal-Tv
Huntington
League of Women Voters
Rockefeller
Arch A. Moore Jr
State offers cheaper mortgage rates through housing fund
The Housing Development Fund director says state mortgage rates around 10 percent beat commercial rates near 12 percent. The agency approved a 63.6 million dollar single-family mortgage bond sale, boosting this year’s total to 113 million. About 90 percent of the first bond’s funds have been requested, with buyers spread through roughly 50 lenders. Eligible families earn up to 23 thousand dollars annually, and loans apply to existing homes up to 50 thousand dollars or new homes up to 55 thousand dollars.
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Charles Steele
Steele
Rainbow Family Arrives as Goshen Prep Creates Peace Gathering
Rainbow Family members begin arriving in Goshen Virginia en route to a week long World Peace Gathering in Monongahela National Forest. By July 1 an estimated 15000 to 20000 attendees from diverse groups will converge for forums workshops and meditations amid West Virginia legal sparring and court guidance.
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Goshen
West Virginia
Monongahela National Forest
A. James Manchin
Marlinton
W.va
Manchin
U.S. District Court
William Kidd
Bluefield
West Coast
Crow
Akron judge Barbuto pleads guilty and resigns
Summit County Probate Judge James V Barbuto, 58, pleads guilty to dereliction of duty in connection with keeping a "considerable number" of guns confiscated as evidence. He agrees to step down from the bench and end his law practice after a plea deal that drops four felony charges. Investigators linked to the case also pursued broader probes of judicial misconduct and alleged sexual bribes.
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Akron, Ohio
Summit County
James V. Barbuto
Barbuto
Tazewell Budget Hearing Monday
Tazewell County will hold a public hearing Monday at 2 p.m. on the proposed 1980 81 budget totaling 25 337 811. The school board budget stands at 20 049 319, up from 16 358 973. A 102 percent county employee pay raise is proposed, excluding State Compensation Board direct pay. Adoption is planned for June 30 to set tax rates of 6 per 100 for personal property machinery tools and merchants capital and 64 cents per 100 for real estate and mobile homes. The new fiscal year begins July 1.
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Tazewell
State Compensation Board
Bill Hawkins
Bluegrass Market Sale Totals 355 Head From June 14
At Bluegrass Market Inc on June 14, 355 head of livestock sold to 70 buyers for 57 545.95. Prices ranged widely with standards 58 63.50, utility heifers 50 57, good stocker steers 63 66, veal calves 89 92.50, bulls 59.75, cows 47.25 51, hogs 17.50 35, sheep and lambs 51 70.75, and ponies at 85. Pony and sheep prices noted with various weights, reflecting a busy market day.
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Bluegrass Market, Inc
Richlands Coal Conference Set for Roanoke Center
Richlands Va October 23 and 24 mark the first Appalachian Coal Awareness Conference announced by Virginia Coal Council Secretary Barbara Altizer. The two day event at the Roanoke Civic Center includes three panel discussions with government business and labor leaders and a banquet. The aim is to hear coal industry problems from Washington and speed up solutions during Appalachian Coal Awareness Week October 19 to 25. Federal and state legislators coal companies industries chambers of commerce and concerned citizens from across the eastern U S will attend.
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RED Tape
Fairmont
W.va
Robert van Hook
Fairmont Clinic
van Hook
Keith Morgan
Morgan
West Virginia University
Journal of the American Medical Association
Richlands
Virginia Coal Council
Barbara Altizer
Roanoke, Virgina Civic Center
Washington
Altizer
Appalachia
United States
Big Dish Antennas Detect Spacecraft Signal Power
NASA's Deep Space Network uses ultra sensitive big dish antennas to capture signals as weak as one quintillionth of a watt. If that energy were collected for 19 million years it would light a 7.5 watt Christmas bulb for merely a thousandth of a second.
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NASA
Magistrate Report in Mercer County cases before Pedneau
Cases heard Thursday and Friday included Joel E. Brock Jr of Princeton who pleaded guilty to DUI and leaving the scene and other traffic offenses. He was sentenced to 24 hours, with total fines and costs of 275 dollars. Several warrants were dismissed or bonds forfeited for public intoxication and other charges. Complainants included Bluefield Police and Hills Department Store. Second docket items listed arraignments and pleas for destruction of property driving without a license and trespass among others with various bonds and officers noted.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
David Pedneau
Joel E. Brock Jr
Brock Circle
Princeton
Brock
Deborah Gibson
Robert Holroyd
J.L. Brogan
Harold Stone
Saretha Stone
P.O. Box
Nina Robbins
Mack Sparks
St. Augustine
Fla
R.A. Akers
Billy Wallace
Box
Lashmeet
C.W. Mitchem
Richard W. Beggs
Old Athens Road
Mitchem
Sharon Orr
Rt.1
Rock
Rhonda Estes
Hills Dept
Carol Davidson
Crossroads Mobile Home Park
Harold Wimmer
Box 72
Kegley
Claytor R. Noland
Rt.3
Robert Schumacher
Wimmer
Gibson
Louet Stouer
Box 5-A
Westville
S.C
J.C. Steele
Cynthia H. Fowler
Locust Grove
Gem Jewelers
Pedneau
Charles W. Fortner
D. Sizemore
Troy Proffitt
Michael Dinger
Rt.5
D.E. Hager
Clifford C. Woods
Rt.2
Randall Veneri
James F. Burnette Jr
Hayes
Ann Scarberry
Highland Ave
David Gaither
Bluefield Police
T.W. Hatfield
Lavinia Rose
Bluefield Ave
Arlene Gadd
Rt.4
John Helton
Noah
Sonny” Perdue
Donald Gadd
Helton
Bobby Hubbard
Athens Star Rt
Box 177
Patricia Cameron
City View Heights
L. R. Catron
Bobby Joe Smith
Box 301
Athens
Midkiff
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West Independence Hall
National Archives
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Johnson
Malacca
Clarksburg
U.S. Department of Commerce
Minority Business Development Agency
Sterling T. Price
Claude V. Ricketts
Navy
Second Fleet
Norfolk
Cmdr
Thomas R. Sheridan
Charleston Catholic
U.S. Naval Academy
Ricketts
Jennings Randolph
Randolph
Department of Natural Resources
State Motor Vehicles
Canaan Valley State Park
John Pittenger
Pennsylvania
State Department of Education
City Hall
Parkersburg
State Housing Development Fund
Rainbow
Goshen, Va
Rockbridge
Stephen Principle
East
Tony Crow
Michael Roselius
Rainbow Family
Orval Hoover
George McMonagle
Akron
Barbato
Camden Park
Gary Telegraph
Richlands Coal Conference
Bluefield Community Hospital
Ramsey Street
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Warlick
Virginia Based
Great American Fish Co
North Kings Hwy
Alexandria Va
Sali
Quick Mart
East Cumberland Road
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