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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1981
Page
6
The House approved a 689 billion dollar budget plan backing Reagan’s economic revival through deep spending cuts and tax reductions. A coalition of Democrats and Republicans produced a 253 to 176 vote, with Reagan declaring a historic victory and urging bipartisan work within new fiscal limits.
Washington Reuters report says United Mine Workers and Bituminous Coal Operators Association resumed talks after a three week break but show no sign of quick agreement. UMW President Sam Church and spokesman Eldon Callen indicate no compromise on key pension fund royalties and unions election issues loom. Negotiations recessed after five hours with a Friday meeting planned to decide further talks.
A striking coal miner was shot after guards fired on pickets near Cumberland Kentucky as 50 to 60 demonstrators tried to stop a coal truck convoy on U S 119. Virginia troopers faced ball bearings fired from the Kentucky side during a cross border clash.
Princeton area father and son Kenneth G. Conner Sr and Ken Conner Jr are named among 18 defendants in a $4 million U S District Court suit in Charleston. Douglas A Wilson of Birmingham Mich says he was abducted by a deprogramming group and held for 30 days before being released near Gauley Bridge by state troopers. The elder Conner is president of the West Virginia IFIF Chapter and his son has been active in deprogramming work.
Clear to partly cloudy conditions dominate with increasing clouds Saturday and a chance of showers. Warmer through Saturday with highs from the upper 60s to mid 70s and nightly lows in the 40s to 50s in the mountains. The National Weather Service foresees partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday with a Monday rain chance, highs in the 70s and lows in the upper 40s to 50s.
In Charleston West Virginia the state Senate approved Gov Rockefeller’s 5 percent sales tax plan and a teachers and school employees pay bill. The session faced fights over effective dates and compensation equalization while the House stalled.
State officials say county boards of education plan to sue Gov. Jay Rockefeller over an 8.8 million dollar cut in state aid. The West Virginia Association of School Administrators says the telegram to Rockefeller signals the suit as districts face reduced funding amid the coal strike.
Bluefield State College officials confirm the Big Blues football program has been dropped. Page 14 carries the story. page 13 hosts a column raising unanswered questions about the decision and its implications for athletics and the campus community.
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