Sunday World A-2 Guerrillas Seize Capital Installations
Muslim guerrillas sweep through the capital seizing key government installations without firing a shot as leaders seek to forge a new government. Mexicans endured the 1985 earthquake in their capital but anger follows the disaster in their second-biggest city. Local elections are set next month in Pocahontas and Bluefield Virginia with Anita Brown challenging Mayor Jim Simmons in Pocahontas and six candidates running in Bluefield.
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Pocahontas
Bluefield
Anita Brown
Jim Simmons
Humorous Concord Homecoming Parade Incident On TV Tonight
A fall Concord College Homecoming Parade incident witnessed by Colleen Beatty and Jeannie Christensen becomes a national TV tease for Americas Funniest Home Videos. Beatty, 17, videotaped her roadster-jolt moment as Al Beatty’s car moved unexpectedly.
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Concord Incident
Concord College
Calendar items for Tuesday April 28 at local venues
On Tuesday April 28 the Red Cross Bloodmobile visits Concord College and Wytheville Recreation Center from noon to 6 p.m. Princeton Community Hospital board meets at 5 p.m. Greater Bluefield Jaycees hosts the 47th Annual Bosses Night Dinner at Bluefield Country Club from 6:30 p.m. featuring 1991 Boss and Citizen of the Year honors and speaker WV Agriculture Commissioner Cleve Benedict. Admission is $18.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
Concord College
Wytheville Recreation Center
Greater Bluefield Jaycees
Bluefield Country Club
West Virginia Agriculture
Cleve Benedict
Weather Outlook for Today and Tonight
An unsettled forecast calls for a high in the mid- forties today with an 80 percent chance of rain and possible snow. Tonight brings a 60 percent chance of rain mixed with snow and a low around the upper 20s to low 30s.
Princeton area awaits ARC and EDA funding decision for Gardner Road project
Officials anticipate federal approval within two weeks for a multi million dollar infrastructure package on Gardner Road. The plan covers dam work and sewer lines with ARC providing 742000 and EDA 1100000 plus local matches including 132000 from Mercer County Board of Education and other sources. The project aims to serve four major connections and add sewage capacity for Turnpike Industrial Park housing 334 workers.
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Princeton
Appalachian Regional Commission
Economic Development Authority
Gardner Road
Region I Development and Planning Council
Washington, D.C
Hinton
James Leslie
Region I
Pike View
Leslie
Athens
Norm Kirkham
Dave Cole
Ed Shutt
Stafford Consultants, Inc
State Public Service Commission
ARC
EDA
Mercer County Board of Education
Poral Products Lab
Robert Byrdwood Training Center
Turnpike
Coleman Maintains Innocence In Death Penalty Fight
In a letter received April 16 from Richlands Virginia, Roger Keith Coleman again proclaims his innocence of the Wanda McCoy murder and rape on March 10, 1981, asserting that existing evidence, including a forged or withheld time card, supports his claim. He outlines his whereabouts with time stamps and witnesses, and notes no coal dust on the victim or scene, while his counsel denies interview requests.
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Richlands
Wanda McCoy
Buchanan County
Virginia
Roger Keith Coleman
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Coleman
McCoy
Elmer Miller
State Bureau of Forensic Science
Kathleen A. Behan
Arnold and Porter
Tj&m Coal Co
Looney's Creek
Phil
Jimmy Lewis Lake Dedicated for True Sportsman in West Virginia
Dedication Saturday renamed Pinnacle Lake to Jimmy Lewis Lake in honor of a 45-year-old Bluewell paraplegic. DNR chief Robinson praised Lewis as a model of perseverance influencing Pinnacle Rock park improvements. The ceremony drew hundreds of friends, supporters, and fishermen around the 15-acre lake as officials presented a plaque and legislative resolution.
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DNR
West Virginia
Mercer County
Robinson
Lewis
Lewis story leads to lake access improvements at Pinnacle Rock
Finan overseen by hunt licensing and conservation stamps, the Department of Highways relocated the road and built the parking lot. Robinson announced a wheelchair accessible pathway around the dam and a fishing pier for the disabled will be added from the parlor edge to ensure access for Lewis and others. Pinnacle Rock Foundation president A. Buddy Warden chaired the event with Sen. Tony Whitlow and Del. Richard Flanigan speaking. JROTC, Dr. Kenneth Powell and Ken Camplinger from the Department of Natural Resources joined the ceremony.
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Department of Highways
Robinson
Lewis
Pinnacle Rock Foundation
Buddy” Warden
Tony Whitlow
Del
Richard Flanigan
Millions in Bramwell Bluewell road work unveiled
District engineer Bruce Leedy announced several Bramwell Bluewell area highway projects worth multiple millions as part of the Jimmy Lewis Lake renaming event at Pinnacle Rock State Park. The ceremony featured highway signs and improvements costing about 37 000, with Bramwell being opened later this year at an estimated 6 177 000. Nemours structures cost 465 000 and 259 000 respectively, with guard rail bids out for Pinnacle Mountain work.
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Bluewell — Way
Bramwell- Bluewell
District Three
Bruce Leedy
Department of Highways
Jimmy Lewis
Pinnacle Rock State Park
Leedy
T of Highways
Highway Districteer
Bramwell
Nemours
Pinnacle Mountain
Conaway to keynote Greater Bluefield Chamber Dinner
Plans are complete for the 88th annual Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce dinner at Bluefield Country Club. Lt. Gen. John Conaway, chief of the National Guard Bureau, will keynote as a motorcade, guard leaders, and a red carpet welcome unfold from Mercer County Airport to the club.
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Bluefield
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Bluefield Country Club
John Conaway
National Guard Bureau
Washington
National Guard
First
Harry Comer
Mercer County
249Th Army
Fairmont
Conaway
Chamber
Daniel T. Pochick
Joseph Skaff
West Virginia
Paul Cole
Cecille Barrett
Bluefields
Skaff
Ernest Hays
Virginias
Stanley Warren
The
Daily Telegraph
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Better Living Show
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