Sanitary board cuts jobs and moves office to save costs
Princeton Sanitary Board manager Vic L. Allen was relieved of duties as the board announced a July 15 move from Wickham Avenue to the Municipal Building. The action, approved as a cost saving, includes consolidating staff with the street department and replacing Allen with acting manager Ruth Elmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Princeton Sanitary Board
Vic L. Allen
Wickham Avenue
Jim Juhl
Sanitary Board
Allen
The
Juhl
Daily Telegraph
Ruth Elmore
Princeton Street
Vance Wright
Wright
Bland, Va
L. E. Joyce
Corbit Helmick
Beckley
Public education gains noted at West Virginia meeting
West Virginia officials report Southeast states have improved public education with a push toward excellence at a Greenbrier weekend gathering. In Elizabeth, parents of a mentally retarded girl sue the Wirt County Board of Education for 4 million dollars alleging supervision failures related to a sexual assault at Wirt County High School. The claim names a 17 year old girl and a 13 year old boy with mental retardation in special ed programs. Superintendent James Lydon says there was adequate supervision and declines to discuss case details before court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Dick Riley
West Virginia
Southeast
Greenbrier
Riley
Elizabeth
Wirt County
Masons
James Lydon
Mason faces electric chair in Eastern Shore rape murder
Virginia attorney says odds favor Morris Odell Mason's execution after he was sentenced to death for the 1978 rape murder of 71 year old Margaret Hand in Northampton County. Evidence showed rape, ax killing, hand nailed to a chair, and house set ablaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Morris Odell Mason
Morris
J. Lloyd Snook
Charlottesville
Mason
Margaret Hand
Northampton County
Gateway ends bus service between Princeton and Athens
GRTA plans to cut the Princeton to Athens route starting July 1 after years of reduced ridership. Cecil Spurgeon cites about 50 riders in school months and 10 in summer, projecting roughly $16,000 annual loss. Athens and Princeton officials say no formal action was taken, and both towns have pulled funding for GRTA in recent years. The revised schedule will terminate at the Mercer County Courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton — Gateway
GRTA
Cecil Spurgeon
Princeton
Athens
Cannon
Bluefield
Mercer County Commission
Public Transportation Division
West Virginia Department of Finance and Administration
Spurgeon
Daily Telegraph
Mercer County
Road superintendents hired as overhaul proceeds
Charleston AP State Highway Commissioner William Ritchie announced 54 new county road superintendents would be hired to smooth the transition after dismissals of last week as part of an agency restructuring. He expects a 10 district, 30 to 32 maintenance area plan within 12 to 18 months, with Kanawha County the exception due to civil service coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
William Ritchie
Moore
Ritchie
Joe Bob Goodwin
Kanawha
Civil Service
Court says West Virginia owes interest on disaster aid
A federal appeals court ruled West Virginia must repay the United States 4.3 million dollars plus interest for disaster relief work after the 1972 Buffalo Creek dam collapse. The case says costs were incurred under a valid contract and the federal government deserves interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Richmond
Buffalo Creek
4Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Logan County
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
Gilbert Creek
U.S
Norman P. Ramsey
Baltimore
Circuit Court
Ramsey
Appeals Court
No talks scheduled in Holiday Inn strike
Local 278 of the UFCW continues its boycott at the Holiday Inn on Oakvale Road as no negotiating session is set. The union and Holiday Inn officials report contact from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service but no date for talks. About 30 members across maintenance, laundry, utilities, maids, clerks and bellhops are on 24 hour picket lines. the in house restaurant remains open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
United Food and Commercial Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Holiday Inn
Oakvale Road
Bluefield
Larry Morhous
Local 278
Michael R. Barman
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Morhous
Virginia
Tom Cook
Barman
Roanoke
MCS
Robert H. Nissley
Bitter Massey strike exposes UMWA labor clash in coal fields
In Matewan the nine month old United Mine Workers of America strike against A.T. Massey Coal Co. and subsidiaries highlights national labor tensions. The piece notes cross-picketing, nonunion competition, rising employer militancy, and the high cost of security as 1,000 workers strike while 450 Massey vehicles are damaged and drivers endure danger on winding Appalachian routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Massey
Don Blankenship
Rawl Sales and Processing Co
Lobata
National Labor Relations Board
National Labor Relations Act
Labor Board
United States
Com
Morgan Massey
Jim Slater
Sprouce Creek Processing Co
Also Mentioned on This Page
Associated Press
Norfolk
Olivia Benitez
Robert G. Doumar
Gateway
Jay Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Federal
Arch Moore
Chauncey Browning
Browning
Corps of Engineers
Jim Gilreath
Eric Brady
N.Y. Times News Service
Panies
Ray Endicott
Guns & Guts
UMWA
Pinkerton
Baldwin-Felts
Wade Umberger
Kentucky
Umberger
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!