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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1985
Page
18
Gov Arch Moore says WV may appeal a federal appeals court decision ordering the state to pay the U S Army Corps of Engineers 4.3 million for flood relief work. He states the state takes issue with the ruling and is reviewing options.
MOUNDSVILLE AP A circuit judge ruled that the state parole board must consider releasing John Wayne Ford who was sentenced to life without eligibility for parole for the beating death of Henry Russell in Kanawha County. Prosecutor Charles King said he will seek a Supreme Court ruling to overturn the order, arguing it conflicts with a 1972 Supreme Court decision upholding the conviction and life without mercy sentence in the joint trial with Will Melvin Leonard.
In Richmond a House-Senate subcommittee Tuesday examined amusement ride safety, noting no Virginia crisis yet urging possible statewide inspection. Statistics show 87 nationwide ride deaths since 1973 with one in Virginia, while Virginia motorists face higher risk. Colonial Shows owner Charles Dalton cites industry averages 10 deaths and 250 injuries per 2.5 billion rides annually.
McDowell school board faced a 14 hour session with five parents opposing James Green's reassignment. Green, dismissed last year for misconduct, will be reinstated for the next term under circuit court mandate due to notification errors. About 50 parents protested outside the central office before the meeting. no action or discussion occurred in open session.
Dolores Blankenship 21 was charged with shooting her 20-year old husband Billy in the head at their Glen Rogers residence on June 19. He died a week later at Raleigh General Hospital. She was arraigned by Wyoming County Chief Magistrate John Daniels and jailed pending bond. Trooper L Farley led the investigation.
MOUNDSVILLE West Virginia officials fear tougher air pollution standards will close the Kammer generating plant though plant officials have not stated how rules will affect it County Assessor Alfred Pinky Clark says the county would lose about 1 2 million in tax revenue and 238 jobs if the Ohio Power Co plant shuts down EPA administrator Lee M Thomas says new rules due Thursday will require factories and utilities nationwide to cut sulfur dioxide emissions by about eight percent
A former miner, After leaving a coal mine in Algoma on October 8, 1984, he sought motel maintenance or electrician helper work while worrying about his daughters college plans. He recently started as a salesman at Southern Style Potato Chip Co after a successful interview.
The Moore administration awarded an $800,000 reclamation contract for an abandoned Wharncliffe coal mine to Green Mountain Co of Charleston, owned by Kennett Faerber, the governor's special assistant on energy affairs. Faerber was listed as a director at incorporation but later removed. his wife was added as secretary, while Faerber claimed no conflict and says he resigned as director upon joining the governor's office.
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