Bluewell Water Customers Protest Proposed Rate Hike
About 20 Bluewell Public Service District water customers urged a Public Service Commission hearing to deny a 9 percent rate rise to fund 28000 feet of copper piping and Falls Mills dam water, with a potential second hearing after objections and testimony. The plan would raise minimum monthly charges from 5.40 to 10.50 dollars and raise overall bills, while opponents call the cost too high and question Falls Mills as the sole source. officials cite a 1.625 million dollar FHA loan and 5 percent interest, and anticipate added restrictions if approved.
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Karen Kaplan
Daily Telegraph
Bluewell Public Service District
Public Service Commission
Bluefield
Falls Mills
Bluewell
Farmers Home Administration
PSC
Terry Owen
A.V. Gibson
Public Service Board
Gibson
Virginia
Owen
Millard Pollard
Pollard
Public Service District
Aretta Duncan
James Hagerman
William Williams
Giles VEC Office in Pearisburg to Close This Summer
Giles County faces loss of its Pearisburg Virginia Employment Commission office due to a 7.5 million dollar budget cut affecting Giles Monroe and Mercer counties. Director Rosemary Presley will commute to Radford from June 30 to September 30, with daily foot traffic of 15 to 20 job seekers and a 25 percent success rate. Offices in Tazewell and Wytheville will remain open.
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Sharon Friese
Daily Telegraph
Pearisburg
Virginia Employment Commission
Rosemary Presley
Giles County
Radford
Presley
Monroe
Mercer
Tazewell
Wytheville
Reagan Signals Willingness to Compromise on Tax Cut
President Reagan backs a 30 percent three year tax reduction but signals openness to congressional alternatives if they deliver adequate economic stimulus. White House Chief of Staff James Baker says the plan is not locked in and may shift if a viable substitute preserves essential elements. He cites an excellent chance of passage though a possible two to three month fight.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
White House
James A. Baker III
Baker
House
Senate
IRA Prisoner Joins Strike in Northern Ireland Rage
IRA supporters escalated pressure on the British government as another jailed guerrilla joined hunger strikes replacing Francis Hughes who died after 59 days. Thatcher rejected political status concessions while sectarian violence surged with funerals planned for Hughes and Guiney.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
Francis Hughes
London
Margaret Thatcher
Edward M. Kennedy
Thatcher
Hughes
Maze
IRA
Bobby Sands
Republic of Ireland
Republic
Bellaghy
County
Londonderry
St. Mary’s
Democratic Unionist Party
Ian Paisley
Eric Guiney
Guiney
Desmond
Brendan McLaughlin
McLaughlin
the Maze
New Import Battles Unveiled By GM at Glade Spring
The Chevrolet Cavalier debuts at Glade Spring near Beckley to counter foreign small cars with four J cars and a roomy trim interior. GM touts 43 standard features, two interior levels, and strong serviceability while EPA mileage estimates reach 26 city and 43 highway for standard, 30 and 47 with economy.
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Daily Telegraph
General Motors
West Virginia
Chevrolet
Glade Spring
Beckley
U.S
Cavalier
Environmental Protection Agency
Mercer County marriage licenses list Bluefield couples and area residents
Courthouse records from the Mercer County Clerk show marriage license applications for Sterling Jerome Green and Shelia Louise Harris of Bluefield, Bryant Lamont Davis of Keystone with Sharon Louise Hairston of Bluefield, Thomas Eugene Murphy and Anna Marie Gearhart of Bluefield, and James Calvin Via Jr. and Kim Elaine Bowman of Princeton. The Agricultural Department notes the average U.S. farm size rose from 427 acres in 1975 to 450 in 1979, with an expected addition of three acres in 1980.
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Mercer County
Sterling Jerome Green
Shelia Louise Harris
Bluefield
Bryant Lamont Davis
Keystone
Sharon Louise Hairston
Thomas Eugene Murphy
Anna Marie Gearhart
James Calvin Via, Jr
Kim Elaine Bowman
Princeton
U.S
Agriculture Department
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Giles Vec
Courthouse News
Lawrence
North Bluefield
W.V
Diopters OF Power & Woodland
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Ures
Aea An
Sean
Robert Bailey
Church OF God
Oliver Ave
Thorn ST
Pastor Frank Meadows
Stone
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