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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 2002
Page
1
Local brief notes a fire that destroyed a home in Eckman. It lists related items including a National Day of Prayer event at Tazewell High and a separate mention of activities in New York City, without detailed context.
Green Valley notes the Coppinger Tournament continues at Bowen EXT. The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program hosts a meet and eat luncheon from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at Greenview United Methodist Church with Sheriff Harold Buckner as guest speaker.
Troy Sarver reports from Lurlee Field VA where Bill Legasse and other witnesses describe the Sept 11 attack on the Pentagon. Eyewitness accounts contrast with the famous World Trade Center footage, as no video exists of the Pentagon strike.
Virginia State Police Special Agent John Santolla, a Tazewell County resident, will speak at Tazewell Middle School about responding to the Pentagon after September 11. He will describe collecting evidence and show photographs from the debris as part of the Crime Victims' Rights Week program at 7 p.m. in the auditorium.
The East River Ruritans Club in Oakvale marks 50 years of service to Mercer County community efforts dating to 1952. Millard Thacker, 2002 National Ruritans President, spoke at the Sunday gathering as members recalled early projects including extending telephone service and removing junked vehicles.
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said Israel has finished the newest stage of its war on terrorism as troops pulled back from Nablus and much of Ramallah. Forces remained at Yasser Arafat's Ramallah compound and the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem while Jenin area combat winds down after three weeks of operations. Sharon called the operation a success in response to attacks that killed about 470 Israelis in 19 months of fighting.
In Athens West Virginia Mercer County voters confront a county division into two Senate districts. Brian Bradley of Athens calls the redistricting chaotic as Precinct 57 sits at the arrow point into District Six while Flat Top area remains with District Ten. His wife Sharon is also noted in Precinct A-2.
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