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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1996
Page
1
The East River Area Red Cross offers relocation help and funds for clothing and furniture to families displaced by a fire that destroyed a Princeton building and apartments above The Game Room on Mercer Street. Charlene Meade provided contact at 327 5017.
Today, the region experiences mostly cloudy skies with a 40 percent chance of rain and highs in the mid 40s. Tonight remains partly cloudy with a low near 30, followed by a cooler start tomorrow and a muted rain risk.
Bluefield residents credit smoke detectors with preventing tragedy after a basement fire in a two story home on Winona Street. Toby Levert arrived by car and called 911 but lines burned in the basement fire. Firefighters contained the flames quickly and no one was hurt. One detector suffered melting but remained active and audible, underscoring detector reliability.
RUNDY Virginia Judge Fred H. Combs presided over a late session in Buchanan County as charges against Kevin Rose Rebecca Rose and Tim Scott were certified to the grand jury for seven break ins. The defendants face conspiracy to commit a felony breaking and entering grand larceny and statutory library charges with several adjustments noted by Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Greg Turpin.
Princeton fire marshal and state investigators search Friday for the cause of a Thursday 3 a.m. blaze that killed Joey Cox 37 and Richard Linkous 40 of 609 Mercer Street. Witnesses place the fire in the rear as witnesses say thick smoke filled hallways. Autopsies planned at the State Medical Examiner in South Charleston with a report expected midnext week. Fire units from Princeton, East River and Matoaka assisted.
Charleston West Virginia Republican Gov elect Cecil Underwood outlined a more structured transition compared with 40 years ago. He noted experienced aides, a later inauguration date and a larger transition team while recounting personal details and recent briefings on the budget welfare reform and Medicaid from state officials.
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