Former Highway Workers Claim Political Pressure Cost Jobs
Two ex State Highway Department employees allege they were fired for political reasons after Democrats took control in 1977. Jessie L. Hypes and William A. England say harassment followed, with Hypes forced to switch party registration and both men citing transfers and workload shifts as retaliation. Mrs Hypes also faced pressure fueling her resignation and job searches remain unfruitful.
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Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
State Highway Department
Hypes
SHD
District 10
Cheryl
SDH
State Highway Commission
Man Faces Dog-Killing Charges in Virginia
Robert Buckland is charged on two counts of killing dogs after neighbors report years of dog disappearances. A March 25 hearing was set. Neighbors recall skeletons of four dogs found last year and two killed Sunday for $350, with tracks leading to a mountain grave site where a collie pup with a bullet wound was found.
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Sharon Friese
Daily Telegraph
Falls Mills
Robert Buckland
Tazewell
Buckland
Frank Hall
Hall
Ann Lester
Tazewell County
Mercer County Sheriff Faces Son Payroll Rumors
Mercer County records show Donald Keith Hare listed as employed in the sheriff's department with a February start date and $863 monthly pay, despite Sheriff Don Hare stating he has not appointed his son to the chief field deputy post. Officials note civil service rules and academy enrollment questions cloud the situation. the sheriff was in Charleston at a county officials meeting when questioned.
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Princeton
Don Hare
Mercer County
Hare
Sheriff Hare
West Virginia
Charleston
Daily Telegraph
Donald Keith Hare
Wilson Harvey
Sheriff's Department
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Civil Service
Young
CAB Designates Greensboro as Mercer County Airport Hub
The Civil Aeronautics Board approved a temporary plan allowing essential air service to be met by Roanoke or Greensboro or both. Greensboro becomes a hubpoint alongside Pittsburgh and Roanoke, with final CAB decisions pending appeal outcomes. AeroMech plans daily flights to Greensboro from April 26, potentially up to four daily flights.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Roanoke
Greensboro
N.C
Mercer County
Pittsburgh
Airport Authority
William Critchfield
CAB
Office of
Community and Congressional Relations
Critchfield
Bluefield
Princeton
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
AeroMech Airlines
Aiport
West Virginia
AeroMech
EAS
Cruiser Policy Protested in Welch at Courthouse
Residents from the Sandy River and Big Creek Districts converged on the McDowell County Courthouse to protest a new policy allowing off duty sheriff cruisers to be kept at home. The policy, approved by commissioners R L Taylor and Pete Blair with Jennings Boyd abstaining, calls for county cars to be parked on the courthouse lot. Protestors plan to attend the March 12 county commission session to air complaints.
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Welch
McDowell County Sheriff's Department
Sandy River
Big Creek
Daily Telegraph
McDowell County Commission
R.L
Rollo) Taylor
Robert Edward
Pete) Blair
Jennings Boyd
Weather outlook with mixed precipitation and milder highs
Tuesday is partly cloudy with a chance of snow flurries and highs in the low 40s. Mostly clear tonight with lows near 15. The National Weather Service forecasts rain Thursday with possible snow in the mountains and mostly cloudy conditions Friday. Highs in the 40s and morning lows in the upper 20s to upper 30s for the period.
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National Weather Service
Pickets Removed At TNT Supermarket in Green Valley
United Steelworkers Local 14057 withdrew its pickets at TNT Supermarket after a 45 minute meeting with owner Jerry Patrick. Charges of unfair labor practices against the store were dropped, allowing Patrick to remain in business with 25 non union employees while five former Acme Markets workers linked to the pickets were not hired. An August NLRB hearing had been set on the 15 charges.
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Green Valley
United Steelworkers Local 14057
TNT
Jerry Patrick
Patrick
Acme Markets
Acme
National Labor Relations Board
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Kegley
William A. England
Arch A. Moore Jr
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C.E. (Tate) Lohr
Jim Posey
Glenn Mann
Beckley
Mann
Hubbard
Whitt
Wade Whitt
John Hubbard
Dog
Sheriff's Depart
Piedmont Airlines
By Pat Cecil
Old Dominion
Abby Mie
Dixon Tee
Dr. Lamb
Karen Kaplan
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