Bluefield State Adds Telecourses to Fall Schedule
Bluefield State College announces additional telecourses for the 1990 fall semester. Courses include Discovering Psychology, Art of the Western World, Portrait of a Family, Ethics in America, Economics USA, and Race to Save the Planet. For details contact the Office of Continuing Education at 304-327-4071 or 1-800-344-8892.
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Bluefield
Bluefield State College
Dwight D. Moore
America
Economics USA
Office of Continuing Education
West Virginia
WVU School of Pharmacy admits area students
Morgantown area students accepted include Lora A. Neal and Karin R. Ratcliffe of Bluefield, Frank A. Fulco and Patricia G. Pecora of Beckley, Eva M. Stump of Mullens, and Soad M. Aboul Hosn of Princeton.
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Morgantown — Area
West Virginia University School of Pharmacy
Lora A. Neal
Karin R. Ratcliffe
Bluefield
Frank A. Fulco
Patricia G. Pecora
Beckley
Eva M. Stump
Mullens
Soad M. Aboulhosn
Princeton
Fine Arts Community School Registration At Bluefield College
Bluefield College Fine Arts Community School opens fall term registration in Bluefield Virginia for Sept 5. New offerings include boys choir folk dancing and string ensemble with Janet Crawford and Susan Allen joining as instructors. Free first session offered under the Try One program. Call Deborah Grabeel 326 3682 9 am to 5 pm.
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Bluefield
Bluefield College
Fine Arts Community School
Janet Crawford
Susan Allen
Deborah Grabeel
Beckley College Registration Extends to September Fourth
College registration at Beckley College continues through September 4 for day and evening classes. Contact the admissions office at 600 South Kanahna Street Beckley or call 304-253-7351, toll free 1 800 762 1500 for West Virginia inquiries.
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Beckley
Beckley College
South Kannaha St
West Virginia
Fugitives Nabbed After Money Offer Sting
U S Marshals used a fake payout of overdue government benefits to trap about 480 fugitives. The NABEM hoax told recipients they were owed 300 to 400 dollars and summoned them to the Poff Federal Building in Roanoke for payment. After ID checks, they were arrested.
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Roanoke
U.S. Marshals Service
U.S
Wayne Beaman
U.S. Treasury Department
National Arbitration Board Emergency Management
NABEM
Poff Federal
Son wants to be there in Saudi Arabia
Bobby Mullens Jr and his parents from Lynchburg Virginia express pride and concern about his deployment in Saudi Arabia. His mother notes his readiness and desire to serve while Mullens Jr. is highlighted in Newsweek for leading the 82nd Airborne Division, with the caption War Path.
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Lynchburg, Va
Bobby Mullens Sr
Sandra Mullens
Saudi Arabia
Bobby Mullens Jr
Newsweek
Mullens Jr
82Nd Airborne Division
Daily Telegraph Tips Line for NewsEditors Contact
A prompt invites readers to call News Editor Bob Pepalis or City Editor David Barker at the Daily Telegraph with tips, numbers provided. The notice emphasizes tip contribution from the public and directs tips to the two editors.
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Call
Bob Pepalis
David Barker
The
Daily Telegraph
Eastward Virginia population shift prompts local challenges
Virginia’s eastward population growth shows a 14.9 percent statewide rise to 6.1 million, but western and mountain counties like Bland and Covington lose residents. Roanoke drops from 100,220 to 94,501, with officials planning to appeal the Census figures, citing missed housing units and undercounts.
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Roanoke
Virginia
Covington
David Dew
Dew
Franklin County
Census Bureau
Richard Huff II
Joel Schlanger
West Virginia in Partnership Backing Education Special Session
Gov. Gaston Caperton officials say the special session is driven by teamwork with educators and leaders pushing education funding. Administrative Assistant Howard Wellman predicts most tax measures to fund about 65 million in added education spending will advance, highlighting unity among lawmakers.
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Charleston
West Virnia
Gaston Caperton
Howard Wellman
Mercer County
Wellman
Caperton
House of Delegates
United Way Launches Pacesetter Program in Bluefield
The Pacesetter Program of the United Way campaign begins Thursday at the Holiday Inn Bluefield. The phased drive aims to raise 498000 for 39 local human service groups with a Singing Cowboys show planned for September 28 29 and Leader's Club donors contributing 500 or more.
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Bluefield
United Way
Holiday Inn
William Craft
Craft
Barrett
Cecile Barrett
Early Morning Route 460 Crash Traps Two Rescued by Jaws of Life
An eastbound Blazer rear ended a tractor trailer on Route 460 near Halls Ridge Road trapping two people inside. Both were rescued by Jaws of Life. One man was transported to Charleston Area Medical Center and another remained in critical condition at Princeton Community Hospital, per a nursing supervisor.
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Charleston Area Medical Center
Princeton Community Hospital
Halls Ridge Road
Bobby Hoge
Oh-9 Rescue Squad
Mining safety beefed up by state and federal agencies
Officials from West Virginia and federal agencies announced a major push to enforce mine safety rules at a Virginia Tech institute. The plan targets small unlicensed mines with pattern violations, aiming to reduce fatalities in four states by tightening inspections and closing persistently violative mines.
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Blacksburg
Institute On
Virginia Tech
Larry George
West Virginia Division of Energy
Kentucky
William Tattersall
Department of Labor
Mine Safety and Health Administration
George
Division of Energy
Tattersall
Institute
MSHA
West Virginia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Soviet coal chief warns health and enviro costs rise
Prof Victor Khartchenko of Moscow Mining Institute told Virginia Tech listeners that the Soviet Union has begun to factor health and environmental impact into mining after years of prioritizing production. He noted Soviet policies exist but top-level policy changes are needed and warned that past targets measured lives lost.
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Robert Frantz
Raja Ramani
Penncow Mining Institute
State
Chut
Victor Khartchenko
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
Virginia
America
Coal Mining, Health, Safety & Research Institute
Victor A. Khartchenko
Moscow Mining Institute
Soviet Union
Khartchenko
Mercer K-2 program design firms submit qualifications
Eight architectural firms from West Virginia Tennessee North Carolina and Virginia presented 20 minute qualifications to Mercer County School Board at a 2 PM special session in the Central Office Conference Room The board will choose a firm within a month to design the K-2 facility The firms emphasized aligning with education goals and the aim that every student read and write by finishing the K-2 block.
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Princeton
Mercer Elementary
Mercer County School Board
Mercer County Board of Education
West Virginia
Tennessee
North Carolina
Virginia
SEM Partners
Beckley
Stafford Consultants
Bob Mills Mills
Oliver & Webb, Inc
Blacksburg
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General Assembly
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Bland
Brunswick
Tidewater
Highland County
Fairfax County
Washington
Richmond
Manassas
Spotsylvania
James City County
Loudoun County
Gloucester County
Phil Farmer
WVEA
AFT
Way of the Virginias, Inc
Bob Hoge
Dennis Thompson Jr
U.S.S.R
Greg Jordan
Mercer
Callowway, Johnson, Moore
Winston-Salem
N.C
Barber & McMurry
Knoxville
William H. Baker
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