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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 2003
Page
1
In a Sunday August 31, 2003 college football rundown from www.bottonline.com, Wisconsin Badgers upset West Virginia Mountaineers 24-17 in Big East action. Marshall later defeated Hofstra 45-21 in MAC play.
Federal Reserve Chair asserts the economy is better positioned to endure shocks, citing resilience in growth, employment, and consumer demand amid evolving global risks.
Pocahontas hosts its 12th annual Coal Miners Reunion on Labor Day September 1 with a Coal Miners Breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. and the Coal Miners March at 11 a.m. Political speeches follow at 11:30 a.m. and the Coal Miners Dinner near the Exhibition Mine. U S Rep Rick Boucher heads a slate of incumbents and county candidates.
In Boissevain Virginia McConley Byrd recalls his father returning from the Boissevain Mine on February 27 1932. It took seven days to recover the last body as hundreds of miners died across coalfields from explosions. The Pocahontas Fuel mine had tested mechanization amid widespread tragedy.
The Coal Miners Memorial in Richlands Virginia lists 1,184 fallen miners from Tazewell Russell and Buchanan counties on a towering wall drawing large crowds. Co chair Nassif calls it very unique and notes the monument memorializes those who died underground in Southwest Virginia's coal region.
A Keystone man died Saturday following a serious all terrain vehicle crash in McDowell County officials said. The incident details and precise location were not immediately released by authorities.
A 43 year old Keystone man died at the scene of a two vehicle accident on a dirt road used mainly by coal trucks. The identity wasn’t released pending notification of next of kin and the crash was reported at 2 25 p m.
Barbara Hawkins reports on the costly burden of false burglar alarms in Mercer County. A Princeton alarm triggers rapid police response to a large two story business while at Bluewell residents face similar bogus calls to state police or sheriff's department.
The U S Sentencing Commission plans tougher penalties starting November 1 for certain cybercrimes as prosecutions remain rare despite the vast damage from viruses like Blaster Sobig and others. Authorities note tracing such crimes is hard in an anonymous online world and laws lag behind. One U S prisoner and two in Britain reflect the low conviction rate in this field.
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