Elderhostel trek brings Texas veteran back to Concord College
Ellis Earle, 61, traveled from Gun Barrel City Texas to Concord College for an Elderhostel week of non credit courses in Civil War biology and the symphony. The West Virginia trip stirred nostalgia for his 1943 soldier days at the academy and the old gym White Hall and the Sweet Shop. He recalls Army Air Corps training here with 220 cadets in a Civilian Training Detachment and later became an engineer and B 17 gunner. This year’s program hosts participants from multiple states and offers on campus lodging, park visits, and drama excursions.
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Athens
Gun Barrel City
Texas
Concord College
Ellis Earle
Earle
West Virginia
Concord
Army Air Corps
State
Texas Tech
West Virginian
White Hall
West Virginia University
Glenville State College
Virginia
North Carolina
Bluefield
Princeton
McDowell County School Board Sets 1985 86 Salaries No Raises
McDowell County Board of Education approves the 1985 86 salary schedule with no county raises for employees. State mandated increases apply after seniority and certification indexes. Principals receive a $1,000 supplement plus experience based indexing. Salaries listed for assistant superintendents instructional coordinators and teachers reflect varied degrees and years of experience.
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Welch
McDowell County
Church
New bridge authorized for Brickyard
Gov Arch Moore Jr authorized a new bridge on Brickyard Road near Princeton to replace a 50 year old wooden structure. State Senator Tony Whitlow learned of the action from Highway Commissioner William Ritchie as residents with 445 signatures urged the project. Norfolk Southern will participate financially and a Mercer County Commission resolution backed the effort.
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Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Arch A. Moore Jr
Brickyard Road
Tony Whitlow
Mercer
William Ritchie
West Virginia Department of Highways
Charleston
Norfolk Southern
Whitlow
Ritchie
Mercer County Commission
Department of Highways
Mercer County
Richie
Mercer interviews planned for county superintendent post
Mercer County Board of Education will begin interviewing applicants for the vacant county school superintendent position next week. Board President Ben Faulkner said the list has been narrowed from 65 to about 10 or 11 and that most applicants are from the East Coast. Dr. Steller will leave Mercer for Oklahoma City in mid July, with about 14,000 Mercer students to compare to Oklahoma City’s 45,000.
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Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Ben Faulkner
Faulkner
Arthur W. Steller
Mercer County
Steller
Mercer
Oklahoma City, Okla
Oklahoma City
West Virginia Hospitals Avoid Layoffs Despite Slumping Patient Numbers
Local hospitals, led by Princeton Community Hospital, report no layoffs due to staffing and cost controls. Overtime reductions and staff input helped trim expenses while occupancy remains around 60 to 82 percent across facilities. DRGs for Medicare and Medicaid curb stays and payments, with outpatient surgery rising.
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West Virginia
Princeton Community Hospital
Kirk Story
Story
Humana Hospital
St. Luke’s
Gary Polsky
Polsky
Ken Rutledge
West Virginia Hospital Association
Rutledge
Dorson
Bluefield Community Hospital
Reagan plan seeks 60 percent coal tax hike and benefit freeze
The administration proposes to raise the underground coal tax from $1.00 to $1.60 per ton by 1991 and surface tax from 50 to 80 cents. Federal black lung benefits would be frozen for two years and then rise 1 percent in 1988 before tying to federal civilian pay. The fund is $2.5 billion in debt and could reach $30 billion by 2010 without action.
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Louisville, Ky
Congress
Susan Meisinger
House
Ways and Means Committee
EPA rules threaten Huntington area power plant in Ohio claim
AEP vice president in Columbus warned the EPA stack rules could clobber a West Virginia powered plant near Hannibal Ohio serving an aluminum reduction facility. He noted a draft tied tall stacks to sulfur emissions limits, with the Kammer plant blasting 6 pounds per million BTUs while new rules target 1.2 pounds per million BTUs.
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Washington
Environmental Protection Agency
West Virginia
Ohio River
Ohio
Joseph Dowd
American Electric Power Co
Columbus
Hannibal
Dowd
EPA
Kammer
West Virginia AG orders investigators to disarm
Charleston AP Charlie Brown the West Virginia attorney general ordered all agency investigators to stop carrying firearms. He said the move reinforces a February memorandum noting work rarely requires a weapon. The trigger was consumer protection investigator Clay McDaniel bringing a pistol to a car auction and his supervisor citing a need for a psychological equalizer.
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Charleston
Charlie Brown
Brown
Clay McDaniel
McDaniel
Charles Garlow
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