Sesame Street and Jets debut anti drug video for youths
Sesame Street creators join The Jets in a new upbeat music video urging 8 to 12 year olds to avoid alcohol and drugs. About a hundred youngsters clap along as the Be Smart Dont Start video debuts in the Great Hall of the Health and Human Services building. The $1.2 million federal program will air on CBS during prime time and Saturday morning.
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Washington
The
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Health and Human Services
CBS
Summerlike warm spell continues with sun and clouds
Accu Weather forecast says temperatures remain summer like with sunny spells and passing clouds. Daytime highs near 68 degrees. A few showers and light drizzle expected, bringing a cooler feel with a low around 52 degrees.
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Accu
Mahood Hall at Bluefield State College Burns Down
April 23, 1937 fire levels Mahood Hall at Bluefield State College with total loss estimated at fifty thousand dollars.
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Mahood
Bluefield State College
Supreme Court upholds Georgia death penalty system
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 4 that Georgia’s death penalty framework is constitutional despite research showing racial disparities in who is sentenced to die. The decision in McCleskey v. Kemp, joining by Powell with Rehnquist White and OConnor, preserves state law amid strong dissent, and accelerates executions though immediate impact remains limited by appeals.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Georgia
Lewis F. Powell Jr
McCleskey
Industrial park study to begin near Princeton
The federal Economic Development Administration will start a 20000 dollar feasibility study of the Cumberland Road Industrial Park next week to attract industry to Mercer County. Norman Kirkham said the study, part of 10 nationwide projects, will be conducted by Midwest Research Institute with input from bankers officials and developers.
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Federal Economic Development Administration
Cumberland Road
Mercer County
Region I Planning and Development Council
Norman Kirkham
EDA
Mercer County Development Authority
Sheraton Inn
Kirkham
Cumberland
Midwest Research Institute
Bluefield High prep for Coppinger Tourney at Bowen Field
Larry Estep assistant principal and athletic director at Bluefield High School cleans trash cans at Bowen Field in preparation for painting them ahead of the Alan D. Coppinger Invitational Tournament.
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Alan D. Coppinger
Larry Estep
Bluefield
Bowen Field
Southern Hills rehab facility open dedication in Princeton
Dedication ceremonies unveiled Princeton's Southern Hills Regional Rehabilitation Hospital a $9.2 million, 40-bed facility. Eugene Grove, the first patient and local businessman, cut the ribbon as about 200 officials and health workers attended. The Medicon Group and Harmarville Affiliates executives joined the ceremony. The hospital, owned by American, currently employs 55 people.
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Princeton
Southern Hills
Eugene Grove
Grove
West Virginia
HJ. Simmons III
Medicon Group
Lee H
State to get federal funds to retire road bonds
West Virginia expects to receive federal highway funds under the new transportation bill to cover ongoing road construction and meet a $123.4 million bond obligation from 1985. A DOH spokesman said sale of special obligation notes began six years earlier to accelerate interstate work and retire bonds via anticipated federal funds.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Department of Highways
Republican Party
John Raese
Public utility seeks rate increase for Bluefield area
Commonwealth Public Service Corp requests a gas rate hike for 650 domestic and business customers in Bluefield Virginia and Tazewell County to cover operating costs. The subsidiary of Bluefield Gas Co. faces approval by Virginia and West Virginia regulators and the SEC. The current rates have stood since November 1983. Carlton Smith notes the increase does not match four years of rising living costs.
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Tazewell County
Bluefield Gas Co
Roanoke Gas Co
Virginia State Corporation Commission
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West Virginia
Security Exchange Commission
Bluefield
Carlton Smith
PTL supporters reflect on Bakker departure at Heritage Grand
In Fort Mill South Carolina visitors watch as PTL founder Jim Bakker and wife Tammy Faye sit outside Heritage USA amid a door now closed scandal. Employees and supporters discuss the resignation and salary disclosures while saying the ministry’s future remains in flux.
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PTL Ministry
Heritage Grand
Jim Bakker
Peter Witterveen
High Point
N.C
Bakker
Tammy Faye
PTL
Heritage USA
Jerry Falwell
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