Couple Sues Tazewell Officials Over Land Sale Attempt
In a federal suit filed in Abingdon, Carmen and Sharon Cooper accuse Tazewell County Social Services executives Harold French and Charles Gilmore Jr and others of pressuring them to sign over 13 acres in Pocahontas to county authorities for a housing project. They seek 2.75 million dollars in damages and a temporary restraining order.
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Daily Telegraph
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Charles Gilmore, Jr
U.S. District Court
Abingdon
S. Strother Smith III
Carmen E. Cooper
Sharon Lee Cooper
Tazewell County
Social Services Department
Tazewell Commonwealth
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French
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Newman
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Cumberland Plateau Planning Commission
James) Dudley
Tazewell County School Board
School Leader Appointed At Matoaka High School
Board selects Kessinger to lead Matoaka High. He holds a B S in education and a masters in education administration with extensive graduate work. He has served as social studies teacher, assistant principal, and principal at Matoaka High previously, plus regional leadership roles.
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Matoaka High
Mercer County
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Mercer County Secondary Principals Association
National Association of Secondary School Principals
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Pulaski
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Lashmeet Public Service
Hughes
West Virginia Department of Education
Tax Revenues Distributed to County Sheriffs
State Auditor Glen B. Gainer Jr announced a distribution of 319 323 06 to county sheriffs for delinquent real property taxes collected by the Land Department during fiscal year 1981. Area totals include McDowell 3879 90 Mercer 10332 91 Monroe 180 80 and Wyoming 3452 46 with most funds returned to county treasuries.
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Land Department
Mcdowell County
Mercer County
Monroe County
Wyoming County
State Auditor
Theft Investigated In Bluefield Car Theft
Bluefield police investigate the theft of a purse taken from a car at 304 Tyler Street. Ginger Desjardins reported her purse missing around 4 22 p.m. containing 25 dollars in cash 150 dollars in food stamps and a checkbook. Officer Ted Jones leads the inquiry.
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Bluefield
Tyler Street
Ginger Desjardins
Ted Jones
West Virginia court reduces life sentence of inmate Miller
The state Supreme Court on Thursday reduced Earl Thomas Miller's sentence from life without mercy to life with mercy. Written by Justice Richard Neely, the decision notes Miller was the only inmate in the state serving life without parole for a non murder conviction and could someday seek parole. Miller was convicted of rape on November 28, 1975, in Berkeley County Circuit Court.
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Charleston
W.va
State Supreme Court
Richard Neely
Earl Thomas Miller
Miller
Neely
West Virginia
Berkeley County
Compromise Gress Faces Budget Cuts Pushback
Compromise moves unfold as President Reagan weighs Saudi outreach and a revised arms package. Administration sources say personal intervention may be needed to secure Saudi consent, while White House lobbyists acknowledge 63 Senate votes against the sale and consider changing the package. About 30 revisions are under review.
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Reagan
U.S
White House
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Senate
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Baker
Saudi Arabia
Israel
Reagan Seeks Bipartisan Push on Social Security and Welfare Reforms
President Reagan calls for bipartisan action in Congress to safeguard Social Security and curb abuse in Medicaid while ending perceived luxury subsidies. He floated delaying a July cost of living increase but retreated amid GOP pushback and urged restoring a $122 minimum benefit for low income retirees.
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