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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 2008
Page
1
American killed in Olympics attack at Beijing Drum Tower
A Chinese assailant killed the father of a former Olympian and wounded the mother during a Drum Tower visit near the Beijing Olympics site. Elisabeth Wiz Bachman, 2004 volleyball Olympian, was present but unharmed. The attacker, Tang Yongming, 47, died after leaping from a 130-foot balcony.
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Beijing
China
Todd
Barbara Bachman
Lakeville
Minn
Elisabeth “Wiz” Bachman
U.S
Hugh McCutcheon
Olympic Committee Confirmed Bachman
Elisabeth Bachman
Bachman
Xinhua
George W. Bush
West Virginia Daily Lottery Numbers and Contact Details
West Virginia Daily 3 and 4 lottery results are listed along with Virginia Pick 3 and Pick 4 numbers. The notice invites readers to subscribe or contact the paper for questions about home delivery, rack sales, mail delivery, or the e edition. Customer service 304 327 2800 hours show a seven day operations with morning redelivery options in a limited area.
Be prepared in flood prone Southwest Virginia
Virginia Emergency Coordinator Michael Cline urges Southwest Virginia residents to prepare an emergency plan and kit as hurricane season peaks. He notes flash floods rise quickly and advises assessing local risk with input from long-time residents, citing past floods in 2001 2002 2003 and remnants of Hugo in 1989.
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Tazewell
Virginia
Coordinator of Emergency Management
Hugo
West Virginia
Cline
ER Waiting Times Rise Across Nation and Local Clinics
CDC data show emergency room wait times have grown from about 38 minutes to nearly an hour over the past decade. Dr. Stephen Pitts notes the figures come from hospital records via trained reporters and Census-backed forms, not direct stopwatch measurements, which may introduce some inaccuracy.
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Princeton
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
Stephen Pitts
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
U.S. Census Department
Pitts
United States
Telegraph staff earns top honors in 2008 contest
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph staff receives multiple top awards from the West Virginia Press Association. Executive Editor Tom Colley wins first place for best editorial page at the annual dinner in Wheeling. Managing Editor Samantha Perry earns first for best written news story on the downtown Brownstone collapse, plus a fourth column. The paper also notes its Pride edition continuing a winning tradition.
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Luefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
West Virginia Press Association
Daily Telegraph
Tom Colley
Oglebay Resort
Wheeling
Samantha Perry
Bluefield
Perry
The
Bluefield Coal Symposium Aims for Zero Harm Safety Goal
Bluefield hosts the biennial Coal Symposium August 26 27 at the Holiday Inn titled Coal Mine Safety The Road to Zero Harm with 26 speakers including CEOs of major coal firms leaders from MSHA NIOSH and national coal groups The event seeks to map safer mining practices and reduce miner injuries through industry collaboration.
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Coal Symposium
Bluefield
Norfolk & Western Railway
Pocahontas
Norfolk Southern
Greater
Bill Reid
Reid
Mine Safety and Health Administration
NIOSH
National Institute For Occupational Safety and Health
National Coal Association
Coal Associations
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Kentucky
Virginia
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