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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1997
Page
1
Medley of performances and festive segments anchor Dick Clark’s famed year end broadcast. Guests and musical acts expected to appear as viewers count down to midnight.
In a weary voice from St. Peter's, Pope John Paul II offered solidarity to the homeless and jobless and announced a Jan. 3 visit to Assisi and another quake‑hit Italian town. He avoided naming specific conflicts, urging peace and brotherhood amid ethnic violence and displacements.
In Mingo County, three homes burned to the ground as train delays held up fire crews by about 15 minutes. Paramedic Dall as Toler cited long ambulance wait times and limited roads, while firefighters reached Naugatuck after a Monday blaze began near Christmas preparations.
Daily Telegraph reports the Kwanzaa celebration moves to Mount Olive Baptist on Logan Street at 6 p.m. today. It marks the fifth year of organized observance in Bluefield, expanding beyond prior Scott Street Baptist events to include broader community participation.
West Virginia benefited from a 3.8 percent rise in workers compensation payments from 1994 to 1995, outpacing a 2.7 percent drop nationally. State cash and medical benefits grew from 510.2 million to 529.5 million, while national payments fell from 44.7 billion to 43.5 billion. Employers’ costs declined 5.8 percent nationwide.
Veteran educator Jane Walthall of Princeton, principal of Lashmeet Matoaka Elementary, begins Russian adoption process and meets her future daughter Susan Litz Walthall on December 7 after 27 years in education. She is immediate past District Governor of West Virginia Kiwanis and is single.
The Bureau of National Affairs reports 36 percent of employers will offer Friday as a paid holiday this Christmas, down from 46 percent in 1986 when Christmas fell on a Thursday. Only 10 percent will give a paid day off Jan 2, versus 22 percent 11 years ago.
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