Davy Community Presses to Speed School Controversy
McDowell County residents in Davy protest consolidation plans for a fire destroyed school. Charmaine Brooks says the board will try to accelerate court action and settle with the insurer before seeking a bond to rebuild. Meantime arrests were made last week for disrupting government proceedings as talks resume.
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Daily Telegraph
Reagan Defies CBO Estimates On Budget Projections
President Reagan denounced the Congressional Budget Office figures as phony arguing they misstate his spending plan and that he will ignore them. He defended his projections while walking to a Capitol breakfast with Republican leaders and softened the term later, maintaining his budget path toward balance despite CBO warnings of higher costs and inflation.
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U S Embassy In El Salvador Hit By Gunfire
Two unidentified men in a small pickup fired ten shots at the U S Embassy in San Salvador. No damage or injuries reported. The attack follows an earlier shooting in the same month linked to extreme rightists against El Salvador’s junta.
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UMW Council Sends Home as Coal Talks Bog Down
Washington AP reports that a March 27 coal strike by 160,000 United Mine Workers became virtually assured after negotiators returned home. Union president Sam Church cited unresolved issues over seven day production and scheduling, with pensions and overtime on Sundays blocked, signaling a likely strike even as ratification efforts continued.
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Eldon Callen
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Sam Church
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BCOA
Tom Gaston
Crockett Named Tazewell County Board Supervisor
Samuel Crockett a 46 year old Bluefield Virginia businessman and Democrat was named interim member of the Tazewell County Board of Supervisors for the Eastern District by three circuit judges. The vacancy followed Charles Gilmore Jr. resignation February 5 after a dispute with a taxpayers group. Crockett will be sworn in before the board meeting and an election to fill the unexpired term will be held November 3.
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Tazewell County
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Gilmore
Robert Powell
Pearisburg
Nicholas Persin
Grundy
Glyn Phillips
Clintwood
Rhea Moore Jr
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Tazewell County Electoral Board
Six Consol mines shut down by alleged pickets in WV
Morgantown West Virginia AP six Consolation Coal Co mines in northern West Virginia were shut down on the afternoon shift Tuesday. Consol spokesman Len Gross said the idling affected several hundred miners with many wearing ski masks. The mines are in United Mine Workers District 31 and may involve pickets from a neighboring Pennsylvania mine. Our people stayed off. pickets from other places may be involved due to a Pennsylvania labor dispute.
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Consolidation Coal Co
West Virginia
Consol
Len Gross
United Mine Workers District 31
Pennsylvania
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Weather forecast and events for the region
The National Weather Service projects clouds and snow in the mountains today with possible rain or snow elsewhere in the afternoon. Highs in the 30s to 40s, with lows in the 20s to 30s. Thursday remains cloudy with highs in the 30s and southeast 40s. Saturday brings a chance of precipitation then fair conditions, with highs in the upper 40s to 50s and mountain lows in the upper 20s. A Pocahontas Coalfield Centennial dinner is planned for Saturday. State legislature news and West Virginia travel for the NIT are noted among sports and page references.
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