Tonkovich pleads innocent in WV casino bribery case
Former West Virginia Senate president Dan Tonkovich pleaded innocent to extortion charges tied to a $15,000 payment from WVCC Inc in exchange for backing casino gambling legislation. He faced four counts for extortion attempts and improper influence, with trial set for Aug. 28 and pretrial motions July 28. The 1986 case involved polling work routed through his aide and a failed casino bill.
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Charleston
State Senate
Dan Tonkovich
U.S
Je Ho
Michael Carey
Tonkovich
Tonovich
United States
Wvcc Inc
Weirton
Grande Hotel
Resorts International Inc
Atlantic City
N.J
Benwood
WVCC
Bob Cain
West Virginia
Senate
House of Delegates
Baliles to Deploy National Guard in Drug Fight
Governor Baliles announced the use of the state National Guard to combat drugs and unveiled two anti drug initiatives. He criticized candidate Coleman for saying the state has done little, listing programs enacted since 1982 and noting Guard support with surveillance tech for rural areas. Dennis Peterson called Baliles' charges unfounded and tied to Wilder.
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Richmond
Gerald L. Baliles
State National Guard
GOP
J. Marshall Coleman
Baliles
Marshall Coleman
Coleman
Dennis Peterson
Osman
National Guard
Manganese plan advances in West Virginia congress panel
Representative Nick Rahall endorsed commercial development of southern West Virginia manganese deposits, moving the bill through his mining subcommittee toward the Interior and Insular Affairs full committee. The project, spanning Mercer, Monroe, Greenbrier and Pocahontas counties, would must be completed by September 1992.
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Nick J. Rahall
D-W.va
West Virginia
Jim Zola
Rahall
Committee On Interior and Insular Affairs
Zola
Congress
West Virginia Geological Survey
Mercer
Monroe
Greenbrier
Pocahontas
Bluefield Concert Gives Helium Balloons to Kids
The Batolae Bluefield Community will hand out helium balloons to children at today’s Daily Telegraph Main Street concert featuring Andrea LaShea. The hospital will offer free blood pressure and blood sugar checks during the event, which starts at noon in Chicory Square, Bluefield.
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Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
Aundrea LaShea
Chicory Square
Mercer County Tailgate Produce Market Opens Saturday
The Mercer County Tailgate Produce Market opens Saturday in the Mercer County Vocational Technical Center parking lot on Stafford Drive Princeton. Hours are 8 a.m. to sold out. Only home grown produce sold. Sellers contact John Scott Jr. at 425-3079 or 487-1439. A $5 per family fee. Fresh tax collected from sellers.
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Mercer County
Mercer County Vocational Technical Center
Stafford Drive
Princeton
John Scott Jr
Children's Theater Workshop in Athens
Athens hosts a day program at Concord United Methodist Church July 3 to 14, weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration July 3 from 9 to 11 a.m. Contact 425-5073 or 384-7943. Two week cost is 20 dollars.
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Concord United Methodist Church
Athens
Rafting firm charged after drowning in river near Mercer
The state Department of Natural Resources charged Adventures Inc. of Lansing with 16 misdemeanors over the drowning of 62 year old Allan Beavers on May 6 on the Bluestone River near the Mercer Summers county line. Owner Eddie Lilly has 30 days to contest license action. DNR plans to file criminal charges against Lilly.
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Princeton
State Department of Natural Resources
Fayette County
Raleigh, N.C
Adventures Inc
Lansing
Mercer County
T He Dnr
Mercer-Summers County
Eddie Lilly
DNR
Dianna Young
Lilly
Young
City Editors Open Tip Line at Daily Telegraph
Call City Editor Charles Boothe or State Editor Bob Pepalis at the Daily Telegraph with news tips. Accessible from the newsroom at 327-6171 for timely local information.
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Call City
Charles Boothe
Bob Pepalis
The
Daily Telegraph
State lottery trims budget as pig races stay on track
West Virginia lottery slashes costs including closing regional offices and laying off 71 staff. Pig races at the state fair in Fairlea, Aug 18-26, cost 4200 dollars but boost sales and publicity. An out of state firm will run daily races while promotions at other events are canceled.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Nancy Hill
Fairlea
Hill
Willie
Nelson
Clarksburg
Corbett Monica
Lottery
Arch Gleason
Budget increases fund county fair grounds and Rescue 945
Tazewell County supervisors approve next year budget with two major amendments raising funding for the county fair grounds to 100000 and allocating 70000 for Rescue 945 in Boissevain. The board also approves a 20000 outlay to upgrade the county computer system IBM 36 to handle payroll and tax processing. Tia Jessee 9 of Carbo supports United Mine Workers strike at Pittston Coal Group during a roadside solicitation effort.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Tia Jessee
Carbo
United Mine Workers
Pittston Coal Group
Cleanup ends at Slaty Mountain Dump in Monroe County
A five week cleanup at Slaty Mountain Dump owned by the Nature Conservancy in Monroe County is complete. The project cost 5000 dollars with more than 75 percent of trash removed. The site, an illegal dumping area for generations, will regrow over the next few years as vegetation returns.
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Charleston
Slaty Mountain
Monroe County
Nature Conservancy
State Department of Natural Resources
Randy Huffman
DNR
Solid Waste Management Division
Huffman
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