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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1998
Page
13
Monday partly cloudy with a chance of showers and storms. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s. Tuesday partly cloudy with a chance of rain and storms. Highs in the upper 70s. Stream conditions numbers provided for Bluestone Lake Summersville Lake and R D Bailey Lake.
The article lists lawmakers wealth levels from million-dollar stock holdings to under 15,000 funds, detailing assets and liabilities of leaders like Kennedy, Rockefeller, Kohl, Armey, Gephardt, Gingrich, Lott, and others. It notes lavish travel sponsored by foundations, corporate trips, and ethics waivers, plus various business stakes and gifts kept or waived.
Howard reports pest problems from wet weather and potential mold due to soggy conditions. A June 2 hail storm cut a narrow path from Bradley to Forest Hill with heavy hail and wind damage. The Farm Service Agency is receiving reports of damaged hay, corn, and tobacco crops, with tobacco fields hit hard and drying times extended unless sunny winds appear.
West Virginia lawmakers reported limited travel funded by outside groups in 1996. Rep Nick Rahall logged five trips, including to Paris for a rail project and to the Middle East for a fact finding mission, funded by various foundations. Rep Bob Wise had one trip to Berlin and Frankfurt, Germany, financed by the German Marshall Fund. other members reported none.
A two vehicle crash on U S Route 52 near Saeger left four McDowell County residents injured, two in critical condition. The Pontiac Sunfire carrying three Jolo residents turned into the northbound coal truck, overturned, and spilled its load. Victims were taken to local hospital, with one flown to Charleston Area Medical Center and another to Roanoke Memorial Hospital. Investigators withheld names.
Commissioner Davis outlined staff realignments at Mount Olive, shifting to volunteer overtime and two consecutive days off to lift morale. The 1995 facility houses 790 inmates, near capacity, with a new St Marys unit expected to ease pressure and cut jail inmate overflow by December. The department plans 45 hires and a unit management overhaul to include one on one inmate counseling.
Kessler a Northern Panhandle lawyer says once a mine permit is issued little can be done. The panel will hear an interim issue introduction Sunday and plans a later tour of a blasting site. The mission is to gather facts for possible next year legislation while other committees review insurance, redistricting, workers compensation, welfare reform and health programs.
A Kopperston man in his 40s was killed Friday after a rock fall at Windfall Mining Co on Huff Mountain near Oceana Wyoming County. He was found at 1 p.m and pronounced dead at Appalachian Regional Hospital. Windfall officials ongoing investigation with local fire and EMS responding.
Clinton Eugene Rowe, 36, of Elkhorn City died in a roof fall while working a continuous miner machine 800 feet underground at Branham & Baker Underground Co. No. 9 in Dorton Pike County. The mine was closed following the accident.
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