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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1997
Page
1
A short note reports Medley Fishbone and Fred Lashmeet, both natives, set to sing in Charles. The item highlights local performers and a planned appearance, with no further details on venue or date available in the legible text.
West Palm Beach AP Geoffrey Bible, chairman and CEO of Philip Morris Cos, said cigarettes might have killed 100 000 Americans, a rare admittance as Florida sues the industry for 12.3 billion dollars. The remark came as a 36 million settlement talks loom and during Motley’s deposition questioning. Bible added a possible link to lung cancer but cautioned no definitive proof.
Boundary County prosecutors charged Lon Horiuchi, the FBI sniper who killed Vicki Weaver, with manslaughter after a two year federal probe found no charges against the agency. Kevin Harris, a Weaver associate, faced first degree murder charges in Deputy Marshal Degan’s death during the 1992 siege.
City officials interview internal applicants for the police chief job. City Manager Tom Vidovich says the process has begun and no outside applications are being accepted yet. If no internal candidate is suitable, external hiring will be advertised and accepted. The timeline aims to fill the post as soon as possible, though scheduling may affect the pace.
The Thomason family Theresa William and Jason adopt a two mile stretch of Hurricane Ridge near Airport Road in Bluefield to curb dumping. They collected 50 pounds of garbage and over a ton of metal in a recent cleanup and installed no dumping signs after state approval. The family plans to continue year round with Harmon Ridge linking to Airport Road and state providing supplies.
A Smyth County plastics plant fire sent thick black smoke into Wythe County. About 2000 residents were evacuated, shelters opened at Rural Retreat High School, and air tests showed only low levels of cyanide gas not deemed hazardous. Authorities warned those with respiratory illness to stay indoors.
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