New Spartan Gladiator pumper joins East River VFD in Princeton
East River Volunteer Fire Department unveiled a Spartan Gladiator based pumper tanker bought from Chief's Fire and Rescue for about 200000. Chief Nelson Short said the unit, delivering 365 hp diesel, 1000 gallon water capacity and 1500 gpm discharge, will serve commercial and residential hydrant areas, funded by Mercer County Fire Service Fee program.
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Princeton
East River
ERVFD
Nelson Short
Chief's Fire and Rescue
North Carolina
Short
Harrison Street
Mercer County Fire
Matoaka
Oakvale
East River Volunteer Fire Department
Floyd Ricks
Carl Harris
Speedy Hyatt
Terry Oxley
Apco seeks power rate increase in fuel costs
Appalachian Power Co asked the West Virginia Public Service Commission for a 27.2 million rate rise as part of its annual energy production costs review. If approved, the change would take effect October 1 and raise the average residential bill by 2.84 dollars a month for 1,000 kilowatt hours.
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Charleston
Appalachian Power Co
State Public Service Commission
Appalachian Power
American Cancer Society golf tournament seeks players for charity
The American Cancer Society invites golfers to enter its fifth annual charity event at the Princeton Elks Club on July 8. Teams of four pay 50 each. three handicap divisions, captain’s choice format. A hole-in-one on hole 5 wins a Buick Skyhawk. Dinner follows. call (304) 327-8770 to participate.
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American Cancer Society
Princeton Elks Club
Fund Drive
Tommy Welch
Welch
Pontiac
Bluefield Avenue
Carbide shifts construction to non union contractor
Union Carbide Corp will have Brown & Root Inc take over construction work at its South Charleston and Institute plants, laying off 180 union workers as the company exits its in house construction unit. Workers received a severance package of 36000 plus 18 months of health benefits. Brown & Root starts with a $30 million Triton surfactants unit in South Charleston.
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South Charleston
Union Carbide Corp
Brown & Root Inc
Union Carbide
South Charleston and Institute
Chemical Company
Kanawha Valley
Brown & Root
Vicky Hutchison
Dave Persinger
International Association of Machinists
Persinger
Hutchison
Court Upholds Life Sentence in Threats Case
The West Virginia Supreme Court affirmed a life prison term for William Jones, a repeat offender convicted in Morgan County of threatening a Sears repairman during a 1989 incident. The court ruled no time limit exists on prior felonies for habitual criminal sentencing, even if one conviction is old. The decision notes the deterrent aim of recidivist law requires considering older felonies. In a separate ruling, the court decided only one owner must surrender a driver’s license for 90 days when a jointly owned vehicle lacks insurance, reversing a DMV order against Robert Williams and his wife.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
William Jones
Morgan County
Caine
Sears Roebuck & Co
Jones
Supreme Court
Thomas B. Miller
Miller
Inci
Dent
Sears
John Jackson
Jackson
Division of
Motor Vehicles
Robert Williams
Donna Williams
Daniel Williams
Williams
DMV
Daniel
Donna
Robert
Tram closed at Hawks Nest park
ANSTED AP State officials closed the 1200 foot aerial tram at Hawks Nest State Park linking the lodge to the New River marina after inspectors found repairs ordered a month earlier had not been completed. Rich Hartman said the tram will stay shut about 10 days due to alignment problems. no passengers were endangered and a replacement part is on order.
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Ansted
State Division of Tourism and Parks
Hawks Nest State Park
Division of Labor
Rich Hartman
New River
Bob Brunner
Hartman
Brunner
Rockefeller says he was victimized by Penthouse interview
West Virginia Senator Rockefeller condemns a Penthouse article and its naked image as an unscrupulous move. Lane Bailey, his aide, calls the piece a serious trade policy discussion but says Rockefeller is fully clothed and offended by the magazine’s exploitation of women.
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Washington
Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia Democrat
Penthouse
Lane Bailey
Rockefeller
Bailey
Bush
Russell Warren Howe
London Observer
Howe
The
Observer
Senator Rockefeller
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Daily Telegraph
Merchant
Apco
Bluefield
ACS
Orpha Welch
Carbide
Mike Finney
Raleigh St. Bluefield, WV
Hawks Nest Park
Mohamed Salim Hajjar
Dr. Hajjar
Cherry Street
Dr. Lasker
Kathy
Ramada Inn
Jon Bass
eHigh
Atlantic Waterer
Hyarotol
LS Brown
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