West Virginia to share ARC funds for distressed counties
13 counties in West Virginia will share 8.6 million from the Appalachian Regional Commission distressed counties program. Construction may begin next spring on water and sewer projects, with up to 50 percent funding and potential spillover to non ARC projects. Clay County eyes a new jail as urgent need. prisoners currently housed elsewhere.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
Appalachian Regional Commission
Appalachian
Fred Cutlip
Governor's Office of Economic and Community Development
Cutlip
ARC
Braxton
Calhoun
Clay
Gilmer
Lincoln
McDowell
Mingo
Pendleton
Pocahontas
Roane
Summers
Taylor
Webster
Clay County
J.R. Strickland
Farm Is Haven For Wild Turkeys In Tazewell Va
Mrs. Nettie Hagerman in Lynn Hollow raises turkeys with other fowl and reports wild turkeys visit her farm during hunting season. Her husband Charles hunts and they anticipate enough meat for Thanksgiving. Wild turkeys differ from domestic birds and are more wary yet tame with familiarity to her. Prices for turkeys rise about 23 percent to around 70 cents per pound, with a Turkey Hotline open at 1-800-323-4848.
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Tazewell
Nettie Hagerman
Lynn Hollow
Charles
Swift and Co
Hagerman
Tazewell County
Reagan Seeks 5 Cent Gas Tax Hike for Roads
President Reagan, aligned with congressional leaders, proposed a five cent per gallon increase in the federal gasoline tax to fund highway and bridge repairs and boost mass transit. The plan would raise the tax from four to nine cents, with debate over how much motorists will pay at the pump. Administration aides say the change would not alter net revenue but shift it to individual motorists. The proposal targets a 1959-era first federal fuel tax rise, with states averaging twelve cents in tax. The move is pitched alongside a broader highway rebuilding program that officials say could create up to 320,000 jobs in construction and related sectors. The plan faces stiff obstacles in a short lame-duck session, and some lawmakers doubt its passage. Meanwhile discussions continue on accelerating the scheduled ten percent tax cut. The announcement followed a long briefing at the White House and signals a broader tax-and-infrastructure push.
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Washington
Reagan
Transportation Department
Tom Blank
Senate
Howard H. Baker Jr
Tennessee
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Transportation
Drew Lewis
Lewis
Court Will Review Guthrie Case
West Virginia Supreme Court unanimously agreed to review the conviction of George B. Guthrie II for first degree murder in the 1980 shooting of David B. Cloud. Guthrie argues the Salem statement to a trooper should have been suppressed, leaving him with no other evidence tying him to the crime. The victim's widow Naomi Cloud remains a fugitive.
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Charleston
W.va
State Supreme Court
Princeton
George B. Guthrie II
Roanoke
Guthrie
Mercer County
David B. Cloud
Naomi Cloud
John E. Corprew Jr
Corprew
Cloud
West Virginia
Salem
Norris Kantor
Supreme Court
George Guthrie
Andropov Moves Closer To Becoming President
Moscow broadcasting reports Yuri Andropov, aged 68, won a seat on the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, a step toward the presidency. The Kremlin context places him among likely candidates as Brezhnev’s death prompts leadership jockeying. Other possible contenders, Chernenko and Gromyko, were not elected. The presidency is largely ceremonial, though analysts see power implications for Andropov within the Politburo. Industrial growth data shows 2.8 percent in 1982, with a five year plan targeting about 5 percent annually through 1985.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Yuri V. Andropov
Soviet Union
Andropov
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Presidium
Brezhnev
Konstantin A. Chernenko
Andrei A. Gromyko
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Nixon
Khrushchev
Nikolai Baibakov
State Planning Commission
Andropov Demands Stricter Factory Discipline
Soviet Communist Party chief Yuri Andropov told the Central Committee to tighten labor discipline, speed up work, and curb waste. He warned managers that inefficient supervision and inertia threaten growth and hinted at radical measures to boost output and material incentives.
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Communist Party
Yuri V. Andropov
Kremlin
Andropov
Party
KGB Secret Police
Leonid I. Brezhnev
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