Forbes Targets Dole Tees Up Second in Iowa Caucuses
GOP rivals battle for second place as Bob Dole clings to a lead in the Iowa race. Steve Forbes faces personalized attacks while airing a $4 million Iowa ad blitz and a Sunday infomercial. Lamar Alexander and Phil Gramm trade barbs as forecasts call for a large turnout.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Lamar Alexander
Forbes
Texas
Phil Gramm
Dole
Senate
Des Moines
New Hampshire
Steve Forbes
Reagan
Terry Branstad
Bluefield events and weather forecast mix with lottery results
Monday schedule lists a football banquet at the Douglas Center for Princeton High School attendees and a Mercer County Peace Coalition meeting at 202 Plymouth St. Friday features Bluefield Summit Players performing Love Letters with two showtimes and $10 tickets. Weather calls for snow showers highs in the 20s and chilly nights. Lottery results note Powerball, Virginia Lotto drawings with no top prizes.
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Princeton
Douglas Center
Mercer County Peace Coalition
Plymouth St
Concord College
Bluefield Summit Players
Fred Muth
Bluefield Area
Chamber Seeks 100 New Members in PMCCC Drive
The Princeton Mercer County Chamber of Commerce launches a membership drive with 7:30 a.m. coffee and doughnuts at the PMCCC office on Oakvale Road. Campaign chair Rick Kephart says seven recruitment teams, 35 volunteers, and a weeklong blitz aim to lift members from 306 to 400, with a two year goal of 500.
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Princeton
Princeton-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
PMCCC
Oakvale Road
Rick Kephart
George Lanton
Kirk Story
Marshall Lytton
Jack Brown
Beverly Wellman
Tony Martino
Armed Forces Recruiting Center
Uncle Sam
Michael J. Lefever
Kephart
Anton
Flood relief, budget, and casino bill shape WV legislature
In Charleston, the 1996 West Virginia Legislature eyes flood aid, teacher retirements, pay raises, welfare, stock investments, abortion, and casino gambling in the session's second half. Flood damage exceeded 31 million dollars. a 7.5 million relief bill passed. Caperton signs tax relief measures. budget talks hinge on emergencies and rainy day funds. Casino gambling at The Greenbrier gains support with leaders optimistic about passage.
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Charleston
State Senate
Bill Wooton
Raleigh
Gaston Caperton
West
Kiss
Caperton
Greenbrier Resort
White Sulphur Springs
Jim Rowe
D-Greenbrier
Chuck Chambers
D-Cabell
Roadblock promotes child safety during city stop
Bluefield officers conducted a noon to 1230 pm traffic stop near Shoney's on Bluefield Avenue and at the Greater Bluefield Community Center to reward children using proper restraints. Police gave away stuffed lions and T shirts, noting all participating children under 10 must be restrained by law.
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Luefield
Shoney’s
Bluefield Avenue
Greater Bluefield Community Center
College Avenue
Steve Davis
West Virginia
Bluefield
Mike Poe
Rock Hall of Fame publicist from Bluefield rises
Tim Moore 34 of Bluefield Virginia serves as director of communications and public relations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. He built the department, hired staff, and notes celebrities who have visited since the hall opened. Moore grew up in Gary and Bluefield, studied at Wittenberg, and previously directed Ohio tourism communications. He credits gospel R&B and country influences from his childhood.
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Bluefield
Virginia
Tim Moore
Moore
Cleveland
Graham
Beaver
Bob Costas
Ray Davies
James Brown
Art Garfunkle
Bobby Hull
Kristi Yamaguchi
Katerina Witt
Clarence E
Dora B. Moore
Gary
Rock 'N’ Roll Hall of Fame
Springfield
Ohio
North Carolina
Columbus
State of Ohio
Division of Tourism
The
Rock Hall of Fame
South
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Monroe
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Fayette
Greenbrier Counties
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Serene
Teewereneeseeunens
Chamber
Tony Barbery
Daily Telegraph
Sissy
Buffy Snapp
Tazewell High School
Tazewell
Jason Snapp
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John Bailey
Music Hall of Fame
Bill Archer
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