Bill and Karl headline Music in the Square at Princeton
Bill Archer and Karl Miller headline the Princeton Town Square concert co sponsored by The Bluefield Daily Telegraph and Princeton Times. The noon to 1 pm event features Archer on lyric vocals with Miller on keyboard backing performing original traditional and contemporary music.
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Princeton Town Square
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Princeton Times
Archer
Miller
Princeton
Mir Crew Says Station Alive As NASA Russian Talks Clash
Mir's crew remains alive and breathing, with the station slowly regaining power after a repair mission. NASA reported oxygen systems failed, sparking panic. Russian officials defended normal operations and blamed sensational reports.
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Mir
NASA
Boris Yeltsin
Space Station
Beheading case in Independence tied to white suspects
Emmett Cressell Jr. will assist prosecutors as they build a capital case against his codefendant Louis Ceparano in the beheading and arson death of Garnett Johnson. Cressell and Ceparano, both white, face first degree murder and robbery charges with possible life terms. Bond hearings were held in Grayson County with prosecutors citing prior incidents and a party alleges of racist taunts. Ceparano faces capital murder and robbery charges. Cressell could face life if convicted. The case draws federal scrutiny over possible hate crime motive.
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Mark Claytor
Cressell
Ceparano
Independence. Va
Emmett Cressell Jr
Louis J. Ceparano
Garnett P. Johnson
Hazel Louise Anderson
Associated Press
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Claytor
Bird
Wilma Cressell
Commonwealth
J.D Bolt
Bi state talks push stalled Mercer tourist train idea
Hedrick outlines progress with Reginald Sexton and the Mercer Tourist Train Authority to launch a regional rail concept. A proposed $1 million bridge would connect two communities without using Norfolk Southern mainline tracks, while NS executives weigh a Bramwell to Montcalm option. Local and state officials from Virginia and West Virginia express interest in partnerships and job‑driven, market based growth. Committees will study regional interstate cooperation as a tour of the exhibition mine follows.
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Hedrick
Reginald Sexton
Mercer Tourist Train Authority
Norfolk Southern
Bill Carper
NS Pocahontas Division
Bramwell
Montcalm
Bob Mathis
West Virginia Parks System
Cass Scenic Railroad
Virginia
John H. Tate
Marion
Jack Reasor
D-Bluefield
West Virginia
Homer Ball
D-Mercer
Elizabeth Osborne
Eustace Frederick
Richard Flannigan
Mercer County
Alisa Bailey
Wellman
Former magistrate clears Coleman of most charges in lawsuit
The case charged Coleman with assault on a police officer battery resisting arrest and obstruction of justice but Shirley Pickett found him not guilty on all counts except speeding and failure to stop. A judge ordered dismissal of the town from the suit. Mayor Kennedy was unavailable for comment.
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Shirley Pickett
Coleman
U.S. District Court
David Faber
Lawger
Raymond Kennedy
Christian Coalition lays out legislative drive in tax and faith agenda
The Christian Coalition urged Congress to cut taxes for families and act against global religious persecution. Led by new president Don Hodel, the group backs a religious persecution act, a community renewal act, a constitutional amendment, education savings accounts, and tax relief, framing these as wedge issues for the 1998 midterms.
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White House
Frank Wolf
R-Va
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Saudi Arabia
Iran
Iraq
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Steve Forbes
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