Increase Reported In Hilltopper Ridership
Amtrak spokesmen said ridership on the Hilltopper has risen nationwide in recent weeks with many more passengers choosing rail travel. Officials noted March figures are delayed but cited a 72.5 percent rise year to date and a 127.8 percent jump January through June versus last year while plans to cut routes proceed despite uncertain impact.
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Bob Casey
Washington, D. C
Casey
Washington
Brock Adams
Hinton
Charleston
Huntington
Ohio
Kentucky
Catlettsburg
Carter
Congress
Public Hearing Tonight On Bluefield Small Cities Program
A public hearing tonight at 7 30 by the Bluefield Board of Directors at the new municipal building will review a federal grant of 400000 for phase two of the Small Cities program on Bluefield's Northside. If approved, funds will acquire and demolish substandard housing in a block bounded by Allen Pulaski Reese and Lawson streets with additional streets Church Burton Marshall and Bailey in the target area. The city plans to relocate owners and tenants, resell lots, and offer low prices to encourage rebuilding while a rehabilitation grant program may provide up to 4000 for owner occupants to repair code violations. Sidewalks will be repaired or rebuilt to improve city property appearance. The application is due by week’s end, with final decision not expected until September and spending unlikely before late winter or early spring 1980. Budget items total 447600 with 4700 subtractions for property-related costs.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Board of Directors
Allen Street
Pulaski Street
Reese Street
Lawson Street
Gerwig
Warden Hired as Security Director at Princeton Community Hospital
Bluefield resident and former FBI special agent Dave Warden was named director of security at Princeton Community Hospital. He will oversee the hospital and grounds, assist with investigations, and coordinate with a nearby $2 million nursing home project. Warden retired from the FBI after 25 years in May and assumed duties Monday morning. He is married with two children and lives on Fairview Street.
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Dave Warden
Bluefield
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Princeton Community Hospital
PCH
William L. Sheppard Sheppard
Warden
Sheppard
FBI
Beckley
Woodrow Wilson High School
Concord College
FBI Academy
Washington, D.C
North Carolina
New York
Legal Notice Motor carrier permit application and sale notice
The West Virginia Public Service Commission receives an application for a contract carrier permit to operate between counties including Fayette Kanawha Boone and Wyoming under State Construction Rate with a $25 fee. Protest must be filed within specified days at the Capitol Building in Charleston. Also a real estate trust sale notice for Lot 18 Section C Sedgewood Bivefield Virginia with sale at Southwest Virginia National Bank on July 20, 1979 at 10:00 AM, cash. James W Dudley acting trustee.
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Pune Service Commission
West Virginia
Werite
Commission
Capitol
Charleston
Mus
Perm
Capitol Building
Frederick H Bane
James W Dudley
M Crockett Hughes, Jr
Tazewell County
Virginia
Wle
Will
Southwest Virginia National Bank
Bivefield
Sedgewood
James W Dudley Sale
Mercer jurors award 6000 in auto-truck collision case
A Mercer County Circuit Court jury awarded Margaret M. Phillips $6000 in damages after a trial over a December 17, 1976 rear collision with a Patsy Trucking Company truck near Thornhill Montcalm and McComas. The trial began last Thursday before Judge Howard M. Jarrett and resumed Monday with testimony and final arguments.
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Mercer County
Circuit Court
Margaret M. Phillips
Patsy Trucking Company
Thornhill
Montcalm
McComas
Phillips
West Virginia State Fair opens Aug 17 with top entertainers
The 55th State Fair of West Virginia near Lewisburg runs nine days from August 17 with major acts each day. Friday Night Fever kicks off with a $5 gate, admitting rides, horse shows, and a grandstand lineup featuring Little Jimmy Dickens and the Tennessee Travelers, plus Crystal Gayle and Charley Pride among others.
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West Virginia
Lewisburg
FFA
Little Jimmy Dickens
Roni
Stoneman
Ralph Sloan
Tennessee Travelers
Crystal Gale
Charley Pride
Billy “Crash” Craddock
Dave and
Sugar
Janie Frickie
Statler Brothers
Anita Bryant
Larry Gatin
Earl Scruggs
Life and the Sunshine Express
Stebbing Royal European Circus
DMV Announces New Rules Start July First
Virginia motorists must report accidents with total damages of 350 dollars or more to the DMV starting July 1 per Commissioner Vern L. Hill. Incidents on June 30 or earlier require reporting if damages total 250 dollars or more, and all accidents with personal injury must be reported.
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Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles
DMV
Vern L. Hill
Hill
General Assembly
Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union
The Articles of Confederation adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777 did not create a sovereign nation. The colonies, or States, delegated only powers they could not handle individually, such as waging war, forming a common currency, contracting debts, and making treaties with foreign nations, while taxes for expenses were levied by the states.
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Perpetual Union
Continental Congress
Flowers May Tie Up Work On Interstate 64
West Virginia botanists protect rare flowers along Kate's Branch Raleigh County near White Oak fearing wetland destruction by the I-64 project. About 200 acres of wetlands may be affected though officials say the area is five acres within rights of way. One plant may be new to West Virginia and endangered.
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Charleston
W.va
Anden
Kate's Branch
Glade Creek
Raleigh County
White Oak
Osbra Eye
Kanawha State Forest
West Virginia
Eye
State Department of Highways
Tellico
Tennessee
Eve
Gary Chernenko
Salem incinerator powers industry in Virginia
Salem Virginia builds a two million dollar incinerator to convert garbage into steam for local industry, aiming to save on landfills and fuel costs. The plan, first East Coast use, may expand as capacity is doubled and other localities are urged to adopt waste as energy source.
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Salem
Virginia Coal and Energy Commmission
Virginia
Paxton
Roanoke County
Midwest
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