Article: Bob Wise outraged as 'Silent Sam' Pierce takes the fifth - again.

Article: U.S. Won't Prosecute Ex-Secretary Pierce in HUD ...
The Washington Post;  January 12, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... Pierce committed illegal acts, "the system that resulted in {Dean's} conviction was both well known and authorized by Secretary Pierce. There are clearly different standards being applied - without any basis - as to who should be criminally prosecuted and ...

Article: Ex-Secretary Pierce Says HUD Aides Deceived ...
The Washington Post;  May 26, 1989 ;     700+ words ...In angry and sometimes bitter testimony before a House subcommitee, Samuel R. Pierce Jr. said yesterday that he was betrayed and lied to by senior aides at the Department of Housing and Urban Development who made grant awards in a $225 million housing-subsidy program for political reasons and

Article: HUD's `Stealth Secretary'; Pierce Has Reputation as ...
The Washington Post;  January 24, 1987 ;     700+ words ...Ask congressional staffers about the accomplishments of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Samuel R. Pierce Jr. and the response of Democrats and Republicans is uniform: laughter, often uncontrollable laughter. "The `stealth' secretary, we call him," quipped a Republican aide, referring to

Article: Aide to Ex-HUD Secretary Pierce Given Probation ...
The Washington Post;  October 15, 1994 ;     393 words ...An aide to former Housing and Urban Development secretary Samuel R. Pierce Jr. yesterday was placed on probation for three years for covering up kickbacks of $50,000 he received from a developer he helped get federal approval of a housing development in Puerto Rico. Joseph A. Strauss, 37, also was

Article: Retired Judge to Investigate Ex-HUD Secretary ...
The Washington Post;  March 3, 1990 ;     700+ words ...Arlin M. Adams, a retired appeals court judge from Philadelphia, has been appointed to investigate whether former secretary of housing and urban development Samuel R. Pierce Jr. illegally conspired with aides to steer federal funds to friends and Republican Party activists. Adams's appointment came

Article: West Virginia
Worldmark Encyclopedia of the States;      700+ words ...West Virginia State of West Virginia ORIGIN OF STATE NAME: The state was originally the western ... Charleston. ENTERED UNION: 20 June 1863 (35th). SONG: "The West Virginia Hills;" "West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home;" "This Is ...

Article: WEST VIRGINIA JURIED EXHIBITION 2007 WINNERS ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ...The West Virginia Division of Culture and History issued ... totaling $29,000 were presented to West Virginia artists and craftspeople. The awards ceremony preceded the opening of the West Virginia Juried Exhibition 2007 at the Parkersburg ...