Deaths toll in Virginias mining era revealed
A review of 19th and 20th century Virginia and West Virginia mine disasters shows unsafe mining and unsafe mine management as recurring factors. Key events include Pocahontas 1884, Red Ash 1900, and Monongah 1907 with deaths totaling over 2,000 from 70 explosions listed in a 1950 West Virginia Mines report.
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Wise
K County
West Virginia
Virginia
Stuart McGehee
Eastern Regional Coal Archives
Craft Memorial Library
Bluefield
Pocahontas, Va
Pocahontas
Boissevain
Southmountain
Norton
W.va
Department of Mines
Monongah
Eccles
Layland
First Lady Rachael Worthy Pursues Perfection Drive
Sunday Inside profiles the region figure Rachael Worthy highlighting her pursuit of perfection. Caribou or reindeer terms reflect regional naming. Princeton faces Bluefield in the tournament final in sports coverage.
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Rachael Worthy
Princeton
Bluefield
Shooting at Mercer Mall Leaves Teen in Stable Condition
A teen victim was shot at Mercer Mall and arrived at Bluefield Regional Medical Center in stable condition Saturday night. Early reports place the incident in the mall parking lot between 7:30 and 8 p.m. Hospital officials confirmed the injury but provided few details.
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Mercer
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Luminaries Set Out Tonight Across Bluefield Streets
Bluefield Garden Council asks residents to place luminaries at dusk today lining streets and lots with sand or bird seed and a votive candle. Also, hunter education course offered at Peterstown Fire Department 1 to 6 pm covering safety, firearms, hunting role in wildlife management, and laws. Call Sgt Barnes at 256-6945 or 753-9465 for details.
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Bluefield Garden
Bluefield
Division of Natural Resources
Peterstown
Barnes
Rain and drizzle forecast with cool highs in the 40s
The National Weather Service expects an 80 percent chance of rain and drizzle today with highs in the low to mid 40s. Tonight remains cloudy with a 30 percent drizzle chance and lows around the upper 20s. Weather package A-10.
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National Weather Service
Forces Move Toward Kismayu for Aid Landing in Somalia
A joint U S and Belgian force sails toward Kismayu to seize the port and airport for dawn relief convoys, aiming to bypass clan violence and restart food shipments to southern Somalia. U S Marines and Belgian paratroopers expect limited resistance, with plans to escort the first Baidoa convoy and deliver 300 tons of WFP aid to feed about 750 000 people for a day.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
Kismayu
U.S
Navy
John W. Peterson
Peterson
Juneau
Brian Beaucreault
Chicopee
Mass
Marc Jacomin
Orma Jees
Robert Oakley
Baidoa
NBC News
World Food Program
Paul Mitchell
Fred Peck
Fair Share Dilemma Highlights WV School Funding Gaps
A West Virginia Education Fund report titled The Fair Share Dilemma shows sharp funding disparities across counties. Pleasants County spends seven times local support per student compared with Clay County, a 550 percent gap between top and bottom assessed property values per student, and a $1,803 per pupil revenue difference. For 1991-92 figures Mercer County ranks 35th in local and basic state aid, while McDowell County shows high state aid support and low local revenue, underscoring unequal funding in Mountain State schools.
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Mountain
West Virginia Education Fund
Mary F. Hughes
Education Policy Research Institute
Pleasants County
Clay County
Mercer County
McDowell County
Christmas Tree fund tops 11 thousand as drive nears goal
The Community Christmas Tree drive in Bluefield raises past 11,000 with a 1,000 donation from the Bluefield Rotary Club and about 1,200 children await the big Christmas Eve party in four days. Donations can be mailed to Community Christmas Tree or dropped at the Daily Telegraph offices.
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Daily Telegraph
Stanley Warren
R.W. “Buz” Wilkinson
Bluefield
Bluefield Avenue
P.O
Vera S. Fowler
Mindy & Abram & Rob
Janet M. Sarver
Earl E. Muse
Myra Muse
John
Johnnie Queen Jr
Bluefield Rotary Club
Tore
Ice Custessnall
Christmas Eve Party Schedule at Bluefield Auditorium
The Bluefield City Auditorium hosts a Community Christmas Tree party on Christmas Eve. Noon doors open for ticket holders who receive candy bars. Cecil Surratt Don Whitt and band perform. Santa arrives at 12 30. At 1 00 doors open to the youth center annex. Tickets assign ages of toys fruit nuts and candy. 2 30 deadline for one tickets remaining bags distributed.
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Cecil Surratt
Don Whitt
Band
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