Freezer work delays starve Mountaineer Food Bank donations
GASSAWAY AP The Mountaineer Food Bank, West Virginia's largest supplier for the poor, has paused accepting perishables due to limited freezer space. Director Carla Nardella says negotiations with Ferrous Equipment Co. aim to finish two new cooling units. one unit holds 13 000 cubic feet and could triple with full completion. If delayed, annual meals to 48 counties may fall short of 4.5 million.
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Mountaineer Food Bank
Ferrous Equipment Co
Beckley
Carla Nardella
Ferrous
Nardella
Braxton County Food Bank
Health departments seek funds for sewer study in Summers Raleigh Hinton
Summers and Raleigh county health departments with county commissions and the town of Hinton seek funding for a sewer study on the west side of the New River. Sanitarian Stephen Trail cites Madams Creek Beech Run and surrounding areas as crucial to river water quality. This is described as the last major sewer problem on the upper New River.
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Raleigh
Hinton
Stephen Trail
Summers County
Madams Creek
Beech Run
Upper New River
Death of James Earl Ray ends controversial King case
James Earl Ray died in Nashville at 70 from kidney and liver disease while serving a 99 year sentence. Civil rights leaders react with frustration as questions about the King assassination linger. King family seeks federal commission to probe suspected conspirators.
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Tenn
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Ray
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America
King
Coretta
James Earl
Janet Reno
Coal operators indicted on separate federal charges
Two southern West Virginia coal operators were indicted on federal charges. Paul Kizer of Beckley is charged with violating the Clean Water Act for discharging coal sludge into Hominy Creek from Lady H Coal Co.’s ponds. Kennie Compton of Beckley faces eight counts for alleged Mine Safety Act violations at the Lockridge Development mine near Horsepen, including falsifying preshift reports and operating two miners in the same air split.
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Charleston
Paul Kizer
Beckley
Kennie D. Compton
Timber Ridge Drive
Kizer
Lady H Coal Co
Nicholas County
Hominy Creek
Gauley River
Lady
Compton
Lockridge Development
Horsepen
Mingo County
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