Tourist train proposal aims to spark regional revival
Reginald Sexton and Vernon Fields briefed residents at Ashworth Memorial United Methodist Church on a Bluestone Junction Tourist Railroad. The plan mirrors famed scenic lines, restoring vintage cars for visits between Bramwell, Matoaka, and Pocahontas with three trains and an $400,000 refurbishing cost per unit.
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Matoaka
Mercer County
Reginald Sexton
Bramwell
Bluestone Junction
Vernon Fields
Sexton
Ashworth Memorial United Methodist Church
Tweetsie Railroad
North Carolina
Strasburg
Pennsylvania
Cass Railroad
West Central
Area Chambers of Commerce
Governor's Office
Mack Gillenwater
Marshall University
Bluefield
Princeton
Construction Worker Endures 107 Degree Heat in Fort Worth
Dawn Mason works 10 to 12 hours daily on a Texas construction site where the Dog Days of summer push heat to extreme levels. She pours water on her shoes to cool them as sidewalks and equipment bake in 107 degree heat.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Dawn Mason
Today’s high temperature and conditions forecast
Accu Weather reports a high of 92 degrees with partly cloudy hot and humid conditions and possible thunderstorms in some areas. Tonight should be clear to partly cloudy with a low near 67. Details appear in the A sections and sports classifieds.
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Accu-Weather
Governors mock Clinton with long winded jokes in D N C satire
At the National Governors Association meeting in Cincinnati and a related Atlanta address, governors teased Bill Clinton for his verbose style. Dukakis and Kean exchanged quips about speeches with Dukakis jokingly offering Kean his keynote role in New Orleans and presenting an hourglass as a gag.
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Cincinnati
Bill Clinton
Arkansas
Johnny Carson
Michael Dukakis
Dukakis
Atlanta
Clinton
National Governors’ Association
Gerald Baliles
Virginia
Kean
New Orleans
New Jersey
Two Orioles players named in $2 million assault suit
Steven Paul Simmons files in U S District Court in Abingdon seeking 1 million dollars in compensatory damages and 1 million in punitive damages from Jeffrey Mark Champ Aman Eugene Hicks Baltimore Orioles Inc and Bluestone Security Agency for a July 4 10 30 p m beating at Bowen Field Bluefield The attack left Simmons with a broken jaw perforated eardrums and a head wound requiring stitches and was alleged to involve a dangerous instrumentality a baseball bat The case notes the defendants negligent supervision and awaits further comment from counsel
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Bluefield Orioles
Bluefield
Steven Paul Simmons
U.S
Abingdon
Champ
Jeffrey Mark Champ
Aman Eugene Hicks
Baltimore Orioles Inc
Bluestone Security Agency
Bowen Field
Simmons
Bluefield Community Hospital
Ann Simmons
Baltimore Orioles
Associated Press
David Burton
Princeton
Burton
Orioles
Reserve Board hikes key bank lending rate
The Federal Reserve Board voted unanimously to raise the discount rate by a half point to 6 percent. Officials cited reducing inflationary pressures while noting rising market interest rates and the move marks the first hike since last September.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Manchin faulting system over large tax refund delay
Charleston AP The state treasurer A James Manchin says a lousy system caused delays in 9.7 million dollars in refunds as security teams move 21000 personal income tax checks to the Tax Department. Gov Arch Moore Jr Auditor Glen Gainer and Finance Commissioner John McCuskey join in naming responsibility amid a refund backlog of 16 to 18 million.
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Charleston
A. James Manchin
Manchin
Arch Moore Jr
Glen Gainer
John McCuskey
Moore
West Virginia Leads Nation in Home Ownership
Charleston reported that West Virginia has the highest home ownership rate in the nation with 73.6 percent of residents living in owner occupied housing. Low transience and rural character are cited, plus a high share in mobile homes and a median home value of $38,500.
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Charleston
West Virginia
U.S. Census Bureau
West
Tazewell High School workers replace worn bleachers
John Tibbs and Clyde Bryant of the Tazewell County school maintenance crew labor on a Tuesday to replace worn bleachers at Tazewell High School, showing district upkeep efforts.
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John Tibbs
Clyde Bryant
Tazewell County School
Tazewell High School
Bluefield Board Sets Deadline for Cable Franchise Talks
Bluefield city officials authorized the solicitor to send TeleScripps Cable a letter fixing a deadline for starting negotiations on a new franchise. If no reply by end of August, the city will deem TeleScripps to have refused to negotiate. FCC rules on effective competition may strengthen Bluefield’s leverage over rates.
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Bluefield
TeleScripps Cable Co
John Feuchtenberger
TeleScripps
Federal Communications Commission
R.H. Moore Jr
FCC
Moore
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