Workers Return to Gathright Dam Protest Amid Picket Line
Workers returned to the Gathright Dam construction site near Covington Virginia after a brief protest by International Union of Operating Engineers Local 980 and another local. A U S Army Corps of Engineers spokesman said work on the $18 8 million dam is progressing on schedule since the return Tuesday. The union protest targeted a nonunion contractor Jaffo, a joint firm of Wiley N Jackson Co and Robertson Fowler, with demonstrators near the site but no active picket line.
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Covington. Va
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Gathright Dam
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
International Union of Operating Engineers
Laborers Union
Virginia Senator Dalton to file early campaign report
State Sen. John N. Dalton of Radford, the Republican lieutenant governor nominee, will release his initial campaign contribution and expense report. He spent 380,000 in the campaign through June 15, listing 32 donors over 100 and 261 under that amount, with total expenses 315,806.05 for staff, telephone, printing, and travel.
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Associated Press
John. N. Dalton
Bradford
Dalton
Lawrence Lewis
Richmond
David F. Sayer Jr
Logan
W. Va
GOP
Mills E. Godwin Jr
M. Patton Echols
Godwin
Henry E. Howell Jr
County Singfest Set for July 8 at Stovel Ridge
The Mercer County Singing Convention will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday July 8 at Stovel Ridge Baptist Church between Camp Creek and Flat Top. Fred Harris serves as president and leads the program.
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Mercer County
Stovel Ridge Baptist Church
Camp Creek
Flat Top
Fred Harris
State Board Shifts Mental Health Power to Localities
The State Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board approved transferring state run clinics to local boards as part of a three year plan. Open ward policy to begin at Western State Hospital July 1 signals broader community based care. The move aims to empower localities while retaining state oversight through routine approvals.
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Boanoke
State
Mental Health and Mental Retardation Board
Catawba Hospital
King David
State Board
Western State Hospital
Staunton
Hobart Hansen
Western State
Western
Virginia
William Allerton
Catawba
Graham Bourchill
Allerton
PSC Denies C&P Motion in $14.8 Million Rate Case
Charleston WV AP The West Virginia Public Service Commission refused to dismiss Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. rate hike case seeking $14.8 million. Hearings restart Monday with two days of sessions. intervenors The Greenbrier owners White Sulphur Springs Co. and WV Hotel and Motel Association had asked for dismissal. The attorney general’s office joined. PSC found no law limits on filing new tariffs and noted no 12 month test period requirement to halt new filings. Previous C&P order issued May 4, 1972, with rehearing denial on June 16, 1972.
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West Virginia Public Service Commission
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Monay
White Sulphur Springs Co
Greenbrier Hotel
West Virginia Hotel and Motel Association, Inc
State Attorney General’s Office
PSC
Commission
C&p
Singing Along During Cave Tour At Seasburg Mo
Tourists at Onondaga Cave on Route 66 sing along to songs from the film musical Tom Sawyer. The stereo system plays the latest tracks while guides share the cave scenes filmed there, with visitors given lyric sheets to sing during the tour.
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Seasburg
Onondaga Cave
U.S
Holton defies pleas to halt Virginia prison plan
Gov Linwood Holton faces pressure from two presidential councils to cancel plans for a penal facility in Green Springs Louisa County, while Historic Green Springs Inc seeks court relief. Letters from S K Stevens and Russell Train argue the project violates historic preservation and federal environmental review norms. Stevens warns state funding bypasses federal review and jeopardizes the Green Springs district’s integrity. The governor, on Navy duty, reiterates plans to proceed despite the controversy and court challenges.
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Richmond
Linwood Holton
Green Springs
Louisa County
S. K Stevens
Advisory Council On
Russell E. Train
Council On Environmental Quality
Holton
Historic Green Springs, Inc
Stevens
Train
John Ritchie
Hiram Ely
Green
Virginia
President
Advisory Council On Historic Preservation
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