Fat Free Eskimo Pie Debuts In Several States
Eskimo Pie Corp unveils The Fat Freedom Eskimo Pie Sandwich a fat free treat using Simplesse two fat free chocolate wafers and a frozen dessert filling. Initially tested in Illinois Missouri Indiana Iowa Arkansas and Tennessee company president David V Clark says it aims for healthier but not calorie free dessert choices.
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Eskimo Pie Corp
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Iowa
Arkansas
Tennessee
David V. Clark
Dagbladet Premieres Secret Sunday Edition in Oslo
Oslo newspaper Dagbladet published Norway s first national Sunday edition since 1919 to outmaneuver rivals Verdens Gang and Aftenposten. Editors kept the plan secret until Saturday night describing the move as a guerrilla attack on competitors.
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N Oslo
Norway
Dagbladet
Oslo
Verdens Gang
Aftenposten
Friday concert and college football open season details
On the calendar highlights a Friday 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Main Street Concert Series at Chicory Square Bluefield as the season finale. Also notes Friday opens Virginia scholastic football and WVU schedules, with the Sternwheel Regatta in Charleston through Sept 3 and the Raritan Old Time Farmers Day in Lewisburg on Saturday.
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Chicory Square
Bluefield
Virginia
West Virginia
Raritan
Lewisburg
Weather Today Highs in the low eighties with possible storms
The National Weather Service forecasts partly cloudy skies with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today. Daytime highs will be in the low 80s and tonight will stay mostly cloudy with lows around the mid 60s.
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National Weather Service
Saddam offers freedom to women and children
Saddam Hussein said he would allow women and children to leave the country as U S pressure mounted four weeks after he seized Kuwait. President Bush warned of a high price for further aggression while the Pentagon noted UN sanctions had halted most shipping to and from Iraq.
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Saddam Hussein
Kuwait
U.S
Saddam
Bush
Pentagon
United Nations
Bush warns Iraq will pay stiffer price in conflict
President Bush urged Iraq to bear a tougher cost for occupying Ku wait and warned of an even stiffer price if the conflict broadens. He said national unity and staying power must not be questioned as he returns to Washington to brief Congress on Middle East actions.
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Iraq
Washington
Congress
Persian Gulf
Kuwait
White House
Roman Popaciuk
Baghdad
Maine
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Foreign Affairs
Appropriations
Thomas S. Foley
D-Wash
Plane crash near Richlands kills three in fog
Three Cedar Bluff residents Fred Mutter 51 his son Michael 14 and Clayton Potter 48 died when a Piper PA-28A crashed about one mile south of Richlands Airport around 2 a.m. Local authorities cited fog and radar loss from Atlanta tower. Civil Air Patrol helped locate the wreck, with joint ground and air teams aided by Virginia State Police helicopter. The aircraft owned by Marx Aviation Inc. of Cedar Bluff was en route from Hickory North Carolina.
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Richlands
Galyean
Wytheville
State Police
Fred Herbert Mutter
Michael Paul Mutter
Clayton Potter
Cedar Bluff
Grundy Squadron
Civil Air Patrol
Fred Mutter
Ken Smith
CAP
Atlanta
Hickory
N.C
Smith
S.J. Copenhaver
Scott Air Force Base
Illinois
Richlands Air
Tt. Smith
Virginia State Police
Hidden Valley
State Police Aviation Division
Abingdon
C.F. Eaton
Marx Aviation Inc
J.E. Cox
Tazewell County
Citywide Curfew Debate Engulfs City Board Meeting
More than 40 residents attended a public hearing at the City Board of Directors to weigh enforcing a curfew ordinance addressing minors on city streets after midnight. Mayor Paul Cole noted the existing 10 p.m. start for under 18s and said business owners raised formal concerns. the board weighs changing the starting time to address community problems.
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Bluefield
City Board of Directors
Paul Cole
West Virginia House Passes Tax Raise Bill
The West Virginia House of Delegates approved a tax raise bill by an 88 to 4 vote, totaling 65 million dollars yearly. The measure hikes utility taxes and student and property tax elements, with costs estimated at 50 cents per month per resident, and includes provisions on consumer pass-through and investment duties. The bill now goes to the Senate which has a different version and may require a conference committee.
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Charleston
West Virginia
House of Delegates
House
Caperton
Senate
Conference
West
When the coal runs out in Virginia
Virginia may exhaust economically recoverable coal in 30 to 40 years. Geologist Robert Milici warned the state Coal and Energy Committee about declining reserves as a four to five year, joint USGS study continues. He noted peak production has passed in Appalachia and stressed diversification support from the Coalfield Economic Development Authority, funded by severance tax locally.
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Abingdon
Virginia
Virginia Coal and Energy Committee
Robert C. Milici
State Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
Milici
U.S. Geological Survey
Coalfield Economic Development Authority
Charles Yates
Tornado toll rises in Illinois as storms Level towns
Tornadoes struck Joliet Plainfield and Crest Hill, destroying a Crest Hill apartment complex and Plainfield High School. At least eight are dead, with five in Plainfield and three in Joliet. Downed lines caused fires and road closures as winds toppled trees and vehicles.
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Ill
Illinois
Chicago
Joliet
Plainfield
John Mezera
Plainfield High School
Steve Schernerhorn
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