Coal Miners Won't Have To Rejustify Black Lung Claims
Charleston AP reports labor officials will not require current black lung beneficiaries to rejustify eligibility. A GAO finding on disability levels will not reduce existing benefits. Labor Dept. spokesman John Leslie says no current beneficiaries will be cut. Reagan options include higher coal taxes and curbing frivolous appeals to curb fund debt.
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Charleston
W.va
U.S. Labor Department
Charleston Daily Mail
Labor Department
John Leslie
General Accounting Office
Leslie
Washington, D.C
Reagan
Black Lung
Frightful fall ends in sight for Sardier in North Carolina
In Mountairy North Carolina Joseph Sardier, once blind from optic nerve atrophy, regains sight after a fall down stairs. He had been nearly completely blind since infancy and had not seen his family in years. He credits a basement mishap that left him aware of light and dark patches prior to the revival.
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Mountairy
N.C
Joseph Sardler
Sardier
Sardler
Third Suspect Sought In Bank Robbery Case
Roanoke authorities seek a third suspect in the January Grundy National Bank branch robbery at Hurley after the arrest of Roy Clifford Blankenship and the indictment of Blankenship and Carl Lockhart. A third man, Roy Lee Smith, was detained but later released as the case progressed.
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Roanoke
Hurley
U.S
John Edwards
Roy Clifford Blankenship
Stopover
Vulcan
W.va
FBI
Bill Klotz
Virginia
Jack Davidson
U S. District Court
Blankenship
Carl Lockhart
Lockhart
Lexington
Edwards
Roy Lee Smith
Majestic
Lockhart and Blankenship
Grundy National Bank
House Rejects Salary Raise for Congress Leaders
Washington AP reports the House rejected by voice vote a 16.8 percent pay hike for Congress and top federal officials amid austerity. The measure would raise congressional salaries from 60,662 to 74,000 and cabinet pay from 69,630 to 84,000 with boosts for 37,500 senior federal workers.
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Damascus
Syria
Pakistan
Libya
U.S
Washington
House
Congress
Jim Wright
Two Davy Women Arrested In School Issue
Linda Richards and Sharon Mullins were arrested near the McDowell County Board of Education central office for interrupting government process after participating in an anti consolidation rally. They aided parents in stopping buses at Big Jenny. protests were planned in Davy and Hensley but altered when Supt. Drosick appeared before 7 a.m.
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Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
Welch
Davy Area
McDowell County
Linda Richards
Sharon Mullins
Welch-Davy Road
Big Jenny
Davy
Hemphill
Hensley
John Drosick
County Charts County Wide Industrial Panel
County officials met in Bluefield to discuss a county wide industrial development committee. Participants included leaders from the Bluefield and Princeton chamber groups the county commission and local banks and utilities. The aim is a unified county effort led by a proposed full time development director and backed by the Mercer County Development Authority.
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Bluefield
Mercer County
Greater Bluefield
John McKinney
General Telephone Co
Bluefield Chamber
McKinney
A.A. Modena
Jim Russell
Don Keesling
W.W. Tinder Jr
Mercer County Development Authority
William Carper
Flat Top National Bank of
Bill Belchee
Appalachian Power Co
Jennifer Belcher
Princeton- Mercer County
Charles Mathena
Princeton Chamber
John McCabe
Princeton Area Development Corporation
Mercer County Commission
Ray Bragg
Mike Shott
Whis Radio
Rick Rotenberry
Jim Miller
Mercer County Bank
Princeton
Fred Parker
Jane Kastl
Governor's Office of Economic and Community Development
Hubert Shabdue
Tinder
County Development Authority
Mercer
Rt. 290
Development Authority
Shabdue
Kastl
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Afghanistan
Algiers
Pakistan International Airlines
Mohammed Zia Ul- Haq
Hafez Assad
Khan
Col
Muammar Khadafy
Khadafy
Keystone
Norfolk & Western Railway
Lou Phelps
N&w
Billy Coram
National Weather Service
Northfork
Laeger
Abb’s Valley
County Industrial Development Panel Eyed
Jim Terry
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