Hokies greeted on return after Sugar Bowl loss
Virginia Tech fans welcomed the Hokies back to campus and Roanoke airport after their Sugar Bowl defeat to Florida State. QB Michael Vick and tailback Andre Kendrick joined in greetings as coach Frank Beamer was away. Fans praised the team and said their season was a success despite falling short of the national title.
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Census 2000 count creates local job openings in Bluefield
The United States Census 2000 count is under way and offers hundreds of temporary positions in the region. In Tazewell County 75 to 95 new census jobs remain available with tasks including checking addresses and interviewing residents. The count, conducted every ten years, also guides funding for roads hospitals schools and influences political representation.
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Carol Oakes
Welfare in Southern West Virginia A Humbling Burden
Three Beckley Register-Herald reporters spent weeks examining how families and individuals cope in a changing economy. The piece notes stigma in schools, the humiliation of welfare receipt, and the broader reality of scarce jobs in the region. See Making, Page A-3.
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Clintons settle into new Chappaqua home with neighborly welcome
President Clinton and Hillary arrive for first meal and overnight at their $1.7 million Chappaqua house. Dorothy Rodham joins them as reporters are kept behind barricades. Neighbors greet the couple amid mixed feelings about the attention.
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