Ramada East River Mountain opens in Bluefield
Monday at Park Inn in Bluefield joins the Ramada system at 7 a.m. with a ribbon cutting at 1 p.m. Rep. Nick J. Rahall assists. The Cumberland Road motel will be Ramada East River Mountain and undergo 500000 dollars in renovations over 18 months. Chamber president Buzzy Wilkinson and owner Thomas Blair III speak at 11:30 a.m. luncheon.
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Park Inn
Bluefield
Nick J. Rahall
D-W.va
Cumberland Road
Greater Bluefield
Toy chain drops Steve the Tramp dolls after protests
12 protesters at Stamford Town Center prompted Kay Bee Toy & Hobby to pull Steve the Tramp dolls from its 1,200 stores. The Disney licensed figure is described on packaging as a dirty, homeless bum. The move follows complaints that the copy degrades the homeless. A Raleigh judge sentences Elijah Lawrence to one year for assaulting a police horse, Heir Apparent, stating the act endangered others. Lawrence kicked the horse during an attempted arrest for failing to appear in court. the horse was not seriously injured.
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Steve
Dick Tracy
Walt Disney Co
Stamford
Ken Cunniff
Cunniff
Raleigh
N.C
James Fullwood
Elijah Lawrence
D.A. Brugger
Lawrence
German unification talk at Bluefield State College
On December 10 at 1 p.m. Richard Wiemer from the German embassy will discuss German unification in the Basic Science Building. This is the last visiting lecture of the semester sponsored by the Center for International Understanding. Also December 10 at 7 p.m. the New River Parkway Authority meets at City Sidetrack Park, 400 Front St. Hinton. December 12 at 4 p.m. the Bluefield State College Advisory Committee meeting is rescheduled to Conley Hall 309.
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Richard Wiemer
Federal Republic of Germany
Washington, D.C
Bluefield State College
Center For International Understanding
New River Parkway Authority
City Sidetrack
Front St. Hinton
Bluefield State College Center For International Understanding
Conley Hall
Partly cloudy with highs in the lower 50s
Partly cloudy skies are forecast with a high in the lower 50s. Tonight will be mostly clear with lows in the mid to upper 20s. Weather package. A-8
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National Weather Service
Freed hostages flee Iraq for Germany in first U S step
About 175 Americans rescued under Saddam Hussein’s order arrived in Frankfurt on a U S chartered flight. Britons Canadians and others also rode out of Kuwait and Iraq with more evacuations planned in coming days. Survivors described relief and desire to reunite with families as they prepared for US hospital care and return home.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Saddam Hussein
Iraq
Wiesbaden
United States
Joseph Lammerding
Sacramento
Calif
U.S
Persian Gulf
Saudi Arabia
Lammerding
Tary
Randal Warren
Charleston
Ireland
Greece
Austria
Argentina
Denmark
Italy
Netherlands
Switzerland
Baghdad
Seabgabre
Kuwait
Fam
Ily
Saddam
Robert Denton
Santa Fe
N.M
Denton
London
Mos
Community Christmas Tree drives seek more gifts to reach goal
Donations lag again for the Community Christmas Tree drive, with Appalachian Power contributing 200 dollars but the total still about 7 500 short of the 12 000 goal. Contributions can be mailed to P O Box 1599 Bluefield WV 24740 or dropped at the Daily Telegraph office on Bluefield Avenue. Names listed include J Richard Copeland and Elinor R McQuail among others.
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Appalachian Power
Community Christmas Tree
P.O. Box
Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Avenue
J. Richard Copeland
Edward J. McQuail Jr
Elinor C. McQuail
Elinor R. McQuail
Edward J. McQuail III
Ronald
Richlands chamber honors four citizens
Richlands Va last week awarded four Richlands Area Citizenship Awards. Marvin Brooks received the economic development honor. Sue Cox the public service award. Susie Hurst Garret the human service award. and Millard Farmer the community development award. Brooks chairs the county Economic Development Committee and is treasurer of the Airport Authority. He previously chaired the Water and Sewage Authority and Coal Show, and led the chamber. He has 11 years at Claypool Hill plant Sims Rand, rising to plant manager by 1983. He is a Tazewell County native, Bluefield High School graduate, 1963, and Bluefield State College graduate, 1973. Cox, a longtime Richlands Library circulation librarian, has served the county publicly, starting at the library seven years ago after three years in the Richlands High School Library.
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Richlands
Chamber of Commerce
Richlands Area
Marvin Brooks
Sue Cox
Susie Hurst Garret
Millard Farmer
Brooks
Tazewell County
Tazewell
County Water and Sewage Authority
Richlands Library
Richlands High School
Young Maple View team seeks Ark atop Mount Ararat
John Doughty aged 25 of Hanover Maryland and Doug Hardman 32 of Akron Ohio formed the youngest team to search for Noahs Ark. They faced danger including gunpoint from Turkish troops and encountered wild dogs scorpions and harsh drought as Kurdish shepherds hosted them at their base camp and guided them toward the mountain summit.
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Maple View
John Doughty
Maple View Church of Christ
Doughty
Hanover
Doug Hardman
Akron
Ohio
Hardman
Athens Church of Christ
Mount
Ararat
Agridagi
U.S
Arewell
Abraham
Lung cancer rising in nonsmoking women study shows
New York AP report notes a study finding non smoking women in the United States now have a higher lung cancer death rate than the total death rate among women 30 years ago. Experts cite secondhand smoke radon asbestos and pollution as possible factors.
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New York
United States
Devra Lee Davis
Davis
National Academy of Sciences
Washington
National Cancer Institute
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Tamula Horn
Richlands Chamber
Dennis Thompson Jr
The
Murat Deeteels
Sai Uckiling
Winchester
John de
Bob Garbe
Columbus
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