Earth Summit push and forest funding eyed by Bush
President Bush proposes 150 million extra to save the world's forests and urges other nations to double their forest conservation budgets as Earth Summit in Rio approaches. Airlines cut fares roughly in half, especially to the West Coast. A citizen participation course expands in three area schools, led by Athens High School teacher Paul Hodges, promoting greater democratic involvement. Mount View earns its first state tournament trip since 1979 with a 6-5 baseball win. Local rescue of toilet paper crisis by dozens of donors at East Longmeadow Fire Dept. May include a stretch limousine donor delivering 16 rolls and 240 total rolls. A debate emerges over Ansel and Gretel in schools amid calls to ban the Grimm tale for promoting hate. Calendar items note meetings and events in Princeton and surrounding towns, with a flea market, Mardi Gras, and planning details.
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Bush
Rio
East Longmeadow
Mass
Robert Wallace
Springfield
Weather forecast for today and tonight
Partly sunny with morning fog and north winds. Highs near 70 to 75 degrees. Tonight partly cloudy with lows in the upper 40s. Weather package, A-8.
Abandonment case bound over in Virginia hearing
A Bland County grand jury will decide on a case against Lorne and Cassandra Cooper charged with attempted child abandonment after a preliminary hearing. Commonwealth Attorney Mickey Newberry withdrew four felony conspiracy counts stating evidence did not support them. Testimony linked to an interstate incident on I-77 near Wytheville involving Candice Cooper and family.
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Bland
Woodbridge
Bland County
Commonwealth
Mickey Brock Newberry
Lorne
Cassandra Cooper
William F. Thomas
Thomas
Candice Cooper
Coopers
Daniel Wayne Taylor
Dir. Whittemore
Wytheville
Florida
Whittemore
Interstate 77
South Gap
Newberry
Robert Gottlieb
New York
Candy Cooper testifies about being abandoned on highway
An 11 year old girl known as Candy recalls being placed out of a car by her stepfather Lorne Cooper on Interstate 77 while traveling from Woodbridge, Virginia to Heritage, South Carolina, left on the median as her mother cried and tried to comfort her. She was last seen wearing only pink socks and the clothes on her body.
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South Carolina
Sharon
Bill Powers
Powers
Candice
Bland
Candice Cassandra Cooper
Interstate 77
Bland County
Woodbridge
Heritage
U.S.A. S.C
West Virginia
Candy
Lorne W. Cooper
William F. Thomas
Cooper
Jacob
Cassandra Cooper
Family vows to continue push to clear Roger Coleman's name
Grundy Virginia family of executed convict Roger Keith Coleman pledges ongoing efforts to prove his innocence after an 11 year battle ending in his May 20 execution. W K Coleman lauded supporters including NAACP and Amnesty International and thanked defense lawyer Kathleen Behan and investigator James McCloskey while condemning what he calls a lack of justice for Wanda McCoy.
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Roger Keith
Coleman
Virginia
L. Douglas Wilder
Roger
NAACP
Virginia Coalition of Jails and Prisons
National Coalition To Abolish
Amnesty International
Pace Memorial Church
Richmond
Roger Coleman
Kathleen Behan
James McCloskey
Behan
Wanda McCoy
Looney traces line between city role and private engineering
Bluefield city manager Bill Looney says he avoids conflicts of interest with Appalachian Engineering and Surveying Inc. He declined Plaza Associates work on the Kmart site, then oversaw on site surveying to align plans. Partners and officials confirm limited on site duties. charter changes in 1988 allowed outside business.
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Bluefield
Bill Looney
Appalachian Engineering and Users Inc
Looney
Plaza Associates
Kmart
Cumberland Road
U.S. 460
Jim Campbell
Raleigh
N.C
Campbell
Shannon
Strobel
Weaver
All- Campbell
Appalachian Engineering and Surveying, Inc
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Neering and Surveying, Inc
Fred Burton
John W Feudenberger
Feuchtenberger
Bill
Mobilizing supporters against Tazewell budget cuts
A coalition of human service agencies in Tazewell County mobilizes supporters to protest a proposed 1992 93 budget cut. A public hearing is scheduled June 11 at 6 p.m. in the Juvenile and Domestic Relations Courtroom. Speakers must register by 4 p.m. June 11. The cuts could cost $518 000 in state federal and private funds and threaten programs and jobs including nine county employees and 45 senior companions. Agencies include CART Office on Youth Prenatal Information Project ARC Center for Christian Action and others.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Vicky Rinehart
Public Library Board of Trustees
Rinehart
Laurie Surface
Richlands Citizens For the Arts
CART
Office On Youth
Prenatal Information Project
Association For Retarded Citizens
The
Center For Christian Action
Senior Volunteers
Senior Companion
Clinch Valley Community Action
Appalachian Agency For Senior Citizens
Tazewell County Public Library
VPI
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Paul Hodges
Athens High School
Golden Knights
Kings of the Hill
Scott Harmon
Charlie Dabney
Mount View
Hansel
Gretel
Ansel
Karlyn Straganana
Mount Diablo
Calif
Music In the Square Committee
Johnston’s Inn
Princeton
Maples Nursing and Retirement Home
Ruth
Humana Seniors Association
Tazewell Senior Citizens
Richlands
DIOS
Abby
Babette Pascasio
Barbara, Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Barbara Hawkins
Othe
Stan Marney
Longview
Allen County
Fort
Wayne
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