Wednesday Inside items and regional notices
Marines announce Christmas Eve deployment and a government grant aids Cumberland Regional Authority with five hundred thousand dollars. State Clinton campaign director addresses Bluefield Rotary. Area prep players earn All-Area honors. A tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 77 near Bluefield around 10:30 p.m., ambulance dispatched, details unavailable.
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Clinton
Bluefield
Interstate 77
J.C. Miller
State Police
Princeton
Miller
K.J. Foreman
Motorist shot in head blows bullet out nose
A 25 year old man was shot in the right temple during a traffic dispute and dislodged the bullet by blowing his nose in the emergency room. Police say the bullet lodged in a sinus and a man identified as Leonard Peralta was arrested on suspicion of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and two counts of felony endangerment. he was released on a 7000 dollar bond. The victim was treated and released.
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Steve Spraggins
Desert Samaritan Hospital
Susan Gordon
Leonard Peralta
Chandler
Ariz
Community Christmas Tree Party in Bluefield
On Thursday December 24 at noon the Bluefield Youth Center on Stadium Drive hosts a community Christmas tree party. About 1,200 needy children will receive gifts, sponsored by Bluefield Daily Telegraph. A separate notice states on Tuesday January 5 at 6:20 p.m. the Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center board meets at the CMHC Welch Clinic.
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Bluefield
Stadium Drive
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center
CMHC
Welch Clinic
Rainy Day Outlook With Rain Then Snow Showers
A weather bulletin notes today’s cloudy conditions with a 70 percent chance of rain and drizzle and a high in the upper 40s. Tonight the precipitation shifts to rain changing to snow showers at midnight.
Smokings, Monitors Tied to Wise County Mine Blast Findings
Federal officials released partial findings from the December Wise County Va mine explosion probe. Cigarettes were found on and around victims and a methane monitor may have been tampered with. Eight miners died. rescue work faced methane interference. MSHA to issue a hazard alert reinforcing anti smoking and gas monitoring rules.
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Arlington
Wise County
Bill Tattersall
U.S. Secretary of Labor For
Virginia
Tattersall
Southmountain
Southmountain No. 3
MSHA
Mine Safety and Health Administration
Board OKs BHS plans and 60 day extension
PRINCETON The Mercer County Board of Education approved Bluefield High School addition plans and a Comprehensive Facilities Plan Amendment. Dr Deborah Akers was reappointed interim superintendent for 60 more days effective Dec 30 1992 after a lengthy executive session. Baker resigned Aug 31. The annex budget is 600000 for seven classrooms and 98 percent ready. Funds are being reallocated to complete 1990A series expenditures.
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Princeton
Mercer County Board of Education
Bluefield High School
Deborah Akers
Bill Baker
Akers
Baker
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mills, Oliver and Webb Architects
Community Christmas Tree Party Hands Out Gifts in Bluefield
Volunteers prepare for the annual Community Christmas Tree Party at Bluefield Youth Center. 1200 needy children will receive gifts as donations push the fund to $14 235 with more contributions welcomed. Santa will arrive at 12 30 PM and bags of toys fruit nuts and candy will be distributed to ticket holders.
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Bluefield
Stadium Drive
Santa Claus
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Avenue
P.O
First National Bank Employees
W.va
Jr. Women Club
U.S.S. Yeager
Bus recalls reforming safety fixes span nationwide
Navistar International Transportation Corp issued recalls on fuel tank safety cages and steering systems affecting thousands of school buses. The steering recall covers 1978 to 1987 models after a fracture of the pitman shaft could cause loss of steering. A New Jersey crash occurred with no injuries to passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navistar International Transportation Corp
U.S
Cole Mo
Tors
John Ryan
Ryan
Navistar
General Motors
Average pay for West Virginians rises 3.1 percent
The U S Bureau of Labor Statistics reports working West Virginians earned an average of 21 356 in 1991 up from 20 715 in 1990, higher than 19 other states. Payroll data exclude farm workers domestic help and self employed.
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Charleston
West
Paisner
West Virginia
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