Audit claims $400000 missing from UMW COMPAC funds
The United Mine Workers International Executive Board says more than $400,000 may be missing from COMPAC Nonvoluntary Fund. Arthur Andersen & Co audited COMPAC and reported inadequate documentation and reporting controls. The preliminary report notes delays and discrepancies between bank records and FEC filings and cites ongoing concerns ahead of a hot IEB meeting.
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UMW
Frank P. Jarrell
Daily Telegraph
United Mine Workers International Executive Board
Coal Miners Political Action Committee
Compac
International Executive Board
Washington, D.C
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Arthur Anderson & Co
IEB
FEC
Anderson Company
International Union
House B1 bomber production approved amid Carter decision in doubt
The House voted to begin B1 bomber production while President Carter weighs a Thursday decision. The vote also cuts CIA contingency funds by 15 million to limit covert operations. If Carter vetoes funding, Senate action could alter the plan. House leaders expect at least some planes to proceed to pressure Soviet arms talks.
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House
Carter
Central Intelligence Agency
Laos
Angola
Congress
Senate
White House
Air Force
House Appropriations Committee
George H. Mahon
D-Tex
U.S
Bill D. Burlison
D-Mo
CIA
Thomas P. O'Neill
O’neill
Oakvale Parents Lose Appeal Against School Merger
The West Virginia Supreme Court refused a temporary injunction to halt the Oakvale Junior and Senior High School closure in Mercer County. Four Oakvale residents petitioned for relief after a Mercer County Circuit Court injunction was dismissed earlier this month, as the board powered to consolidate grades 7–12 into Princeton schools starting 1977-78.
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Oakvale Junior and Senior
Mercer County
Supreme Court
Oakvale
Wilma Oldren
James Hammonds
Margaret Smith
Eupha Smith
Mercer County Circuit
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer School Board
Princeton
Mercer County Circuit Court
Howard M. Jarrett
Boards of Education
West Virginia
Toll-Free Order Sparks GenTel PSC Clash in West Virginia
GenTel asks the West Virginia Public Service Commission to reconsider its toll-free link order between Princeton Bluefield and Princeton Matoaka. PACA says the hearing was fair and rate hikes are scare tactics, while GenTel cites facility limits and studies on pricing to extend service.
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General Telephone Company
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Princeton
Bluefield
Matoaka
Bob Graham
Princeton Area Citizens Association
PACA
Graham
GenTel
PSC
Mercer
McDowell
West Virginia
United States
General Telephone
John C. McKinney
Public Property Flood Grants in Southwest Virginia Reach $5.2 Million
The FDAA approves 5,197,194 in public assistance grants to Buchanan Grundy and other southwest Virginia bodies for flood damage repair. Buchanan County leads with 1,644,544 followed by Grundy at 875,956. Additional funds go to Pocahontas Bluefield Richlands and more across multiple counties and authorities.
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Maryanne Stevens
Daily Telegraph
Federal Disaster Assistance Administration
Southwest Virginia
FDAA
Virginia
Buchanan County
Grundy
Buchanan
Levisa
Pocahontas
Tazewell County
Bluefield
Richlands
Disabled Miners Propose Plan to Aid Troubled Funds
Three disabled miners from Lebanon Virginia write to United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds trustees proposing a workout to ease fund deficits. They suggest working miners donate one shift of work per year and retired miners allow a $25 monthly deduction to support the 1950 Fund amid rising medical costs.
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United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds
Horace B. Jones
Tommy Smith
Trigg Large
UMW
Lebanon
Telegraph House members cancel a cost of living pay raise
Inside Todays Telegraph House members cancel a cost of living pay raise amid debates on Congressional salaries. Carter pledges support to Henry Howell while Godwin predicts Howell will lose.
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Carter
Henry Howell
Godwin
Howell
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