Markets Slide as Budget Fight Hits Investor Confidence
Washington AP reports the Dow falls 101.52 to 5075.21 amid fears Congress Clinton budget stalemate delays expected Fed rate cut. Treasuries slump with 30-year yield rising to 6.19 percent as tech stocks tumble and analysts blame political gridlock.
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Washington
Congress
Clinton
Federal Reserve
Treasury
House
Tom DeLay
Texas
White House
Sec
Mike McCurry
U.S
Fed
Premier Bankshares plans stock split and buyback
Premier Bankshares Corp. announces a stock split from 4,987,802 to up to 6,650,402 shares plus a 1 for 3 dividend as of Dec 14. A 12 cent quarterly cash dividend is declared payable Feb 1 for record Jan 15 1996. A stock repurchase program may buy up to 332,500 shares.
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Bluefield
James R. Wheeling
Premier Bankshares Corp
PBRC
Premier
Wheeling
Virginia
Wytheville
Tazewell
Honaker
Trust Company
Police blotter reports multiple WV State Police arrests
West Virginia State Police in Princeton report several arrests and incidents including Timothy Ayers 18 tampering with a vehicle. Joseph Grzelka 36 DUI with expired license. Tim McMahon 37 DUI. Marvin Radford 42 DUI. Steven Lane 35 driving with license revoked. Mercer Sheriff logs note alarm at Brushfork Armory. domestic disturbance. arson at Little General Store. diesel fuel spill. further domestic trespass and gunfire reports. purse theft. attempted break-ins. suspicious vehicle. post office burglary. Princeton police record gunshot wound injury. breach of peace. trespassing by juveniles. larceny of Christmas lights. vandalism to a Ford and a car windshield.
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West Virginia
Princeton
Timothy Wayne Ayers
K.E. Tawes
Joseph L. Grzelka
Old Athens Road
C.C. Smith
Tim K. McMahon
Sgt
T.H. Johnson
Marvin Garrett Radford III
Greenville
N.C
Steven Brian Lane
D. Skala
Mercer Sheriff's Department
Brushfork National Guard
K.K. Earnest
Tabernacle Hill
C.J. Smothers
Little General Store
Oakvale Road
East River Volunteer Fire Department
Princeton Police Department
Greg Christian
Princeton Community Hospital
W. Gilley
Thomas L. Smith
Ingleside Road
T.A. Bailey
Princeton Junior High School
R.A. Mann
Washington Avenue
R.T. Compton
Circuit Court Sentences Four Defendants in Mercer County
Judge John Frazier placed Phillip Michael Craighead of Princeton on six months in jail suspended for two years probation and 45 days jail plus 200 hours community service with a curfew for switching serial numbers on two vehicles. Elesia Williams of Bluefield drew one to 10 years for embezzlement, one count dropped. Misty Autumn Dove, 19, faces up to one year jail and a $2500 fine after a guilty plea for breaking and entering. Jimmie L. Braswell, 56, of Montcalm Duhring received one to three years for a third offense DUI.
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Mercer County
John Frazier Phillip Michael Craighead
McNutt Avenue
Princeton
Elesia K. Williams
Bluefield
Misty Autumn Dove
Jimmie L. Braswell
Goodwill Hollow
Montcalm/ Duhring
Robbery suspect arrested in Richlands armed case
Richlands Police report the arrest of Billy Joe Smith, 18, of Raven, Virginia, tied to the October 15 McDonalds robbery. An eight count indictment by the Tazewell County Circuit Court Grand Jury charges four counts of armed robbery and four counts of use of a firearm. He is held without bond with a trial set for March 1, 1996.
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Richlands
Raven
McDonalds
Billy Joe Smith
Route 1
Virginia
Smith
Tazewell County
Three strikes trial set for Princeton man in sex offenses
Charles Andrew Pee Wee Scott, 33, convicted Sept. 2 of first degree sexual abuse and burglary, faced a jury on Jan. 24 to determine habitual offender status under Maine style three strikes. Prosecutors seek life imprisonment with parole eligibility after 15 years if found habitual.
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Princeton
Charles Andrew “Pee Wee” Scott
Mercer County
Scott
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Tsar Coal
Asa
Ashland Oil Inc
Atlantic Richfield
Baker-Hughes Inc
Baltimore Gas & EL
Bearings Inc
Bell Atlantic
CORP
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing CO
Cabot Oil & Gas
Carolina Power
Chevron Corp
Chrysler Corp
Chubb Corp
Citizens Utilities
Coca-Cola CO
Columbia Gas Sys
Columbia Healthcare
CON
Nat'l Gas
Corning Inc
Crestar Financial
CSX Corp
Detroit Edison
Dominion Res
DOW Chemical
Dupont
Eastman Kodak
Emerson Electric
Ethyl Corp
Flowers Industries
FMC Corp
Food Lion Inc
Ford Motor CO
GEN. Electric CO
GEN. Motors Corp
Humana Corp
IBM Corp
Ingersoll Rand
K-Mart Corp
Kroger CO
Lowe's CO
Mapco Inc
McDonald's Corp
MC Communications
Merck & CO. Inc
Mobil Corp
Monsanto CO
Mylan Labs
Nash Finch CO
Nationsbank Corp
Navistar Int'l
Nike, Inc
Norfolk Southern
Occidental Pete
ONE Valley Bank
Pacific Telesis
J.C. Penney CO
Pennzoil CO
Pepsico Inc
Phila, Electric
Philip Morris Cos
Phillips Petroleum
Pittston Minerals
Pittston Services
Potomac Elec
PWR
Praxair, Inc
Premier Bankshares
Pulaski Furniture
Reebok Int'l
REX Stores Corp
Reynolds Metals
Rite Aid Corp
RJR Nabisco Hldg
Rockwell Int'l
Sara Lee Corp
Sears Roebuck
Sherwin Williams
Shoney's Inc
Signet Banking
Southern CO
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Usair Group
Usx-Marathon Oil
USX
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Daily Record
Sunset Drive
Green Valley
Uty
McKinley Avenue
Sgt. R. Hill
Hills
Mercer Mall
R. Hill
Quality Mhp
Hill Top Road
W. Gill
the Rock Post Office
M. Ash
Bert Douglas Wooton
Highland Avenue
Hank I. Hayden
Rockers
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