WV may cut state vehicle fleet by twenty percent
West Virginia could pare 2400 vehicles by 20 percent in coming months to save thousands, with a plan to place management under one central division. Gov. Caperton’s reorganization team led by Bell Atlantic executive David Lowe seeks cuts across agencies, aiming for 4000 fewer state posts in ten years and efficiency gains without harming services.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Gaston Caperton
David Lowe
Bell Atlantic
Timber bridges join West Virginia road plan
West Virginia moves to build new timber two lane bridges under the Timber Bridge Initiative. U S Sen Robert Byrd and the state Department of Highways approved 33 projects worth about 2 million dollars with construction to follow after contracts are let. Most bridges to be built within months and funded by a $1 million federal grant plus matching state funds.
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U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
State Department of Highways
Pifer
West
Highways Department
Don Rude
Department of Highways
Congress
House panel trims Medicare rural urban payment gap
The Ways and Means Committee approves a 9 percent urban rural differential for next year down from 12 percent this year. Rural hospitals would gain inflation plus 2 percent, urban hospitals lose 1 3/4 percent of inflationary adjustment. The change targets about 140 to 150 million dollars extra for rural facilities in the next budget year.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Senate
Finance Committee
Lloyd Bentsen
D-Tex
Bob Dole
R-Kan
Byron L. Dorgan
D-N.d
Dorgan
Bush Administration
Treasury and
Health and Human Services Departments
Congress
Abuse case reports rising in Kanawha Valley
Kanawha County caseworkers report rising abuse and neglect cases through 1986-87 with 1,304 families and 2,256 children involved, up from 835 families six years earlier. The rise includes more sexual abuse reports, shifting from mostly neglect. Officials cite 1983 as a turning point when sexual abuse cases surged.
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Charleston
Bill Curry
Kanawha County
Curry
Families and Children Together Network
Kanawha Valley
Myra Jarrett
Department of Human Services
West Virginia
Officials discuss spill cleanup plans for Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk AP reports Virginia officials urged readiness for a major oil spill in Chesapeake Bay with heavy traffic of barges tankers military vessels and pleasure boats. State secretary John W. Daniel II warned the catastrophe potential could exceed Prince William Sound due to shallower waters delicate marshlands and collision risks. Robert Huggett notes a large spill could devastate blue crab and oyster populations.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Prince William Sound
Alaska
John W. Daniel II
State Secretary of Natural Resources
Daniel
Alaskan
Virginia
Alaska Sound
Exxon
Rhode Island
Delaware
Texas
Robert J. Huggett
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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Chuck Polan
Lowe
Caperton
Legis
State Departments of Health and Human Services
John McCoy
Cranberry Glades
U.S. Forest Service
Jim Pifer
David Hawkings
Rep
Byron L. Crogan House
Daniel Rice
Pulaski Motor
Pocono Speedway
Radford
Santon
Autumn House Furniture
Berkline
Beckley
Samsonite
Entertainment Center
Mercer ST
Princeton
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