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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 2000
Page
1
Family spokesman John Ellison says justice was served as the Ellison family accepts a 1 million settlement after the Sept 17 1998 scuffle with police left Robbie Ellison 22 of Bluefield quadriplegic for life. He rejects money as the goal but calls the admission of guilt by payment.
The defense for Michael H. Graham, found guilty April 28 in Bluefield of obstructing federal bank examiners at First National Bank of Keystone, seeks acquittal or new trial. His attorney argues insufficient evidence of corrupt intent and notes co-defendant Terry Church was convicted separately. The bank, FNB Keystone, was insolvent and closed by the OCC on September 1, 1999.
Caleb Cooper, Wyoming East two way end, survived a May 7 auto crash that killed his father Michael. Despite injuries and weather delaying a helicopter ride, he walked at the May ceremony, thanked family and teammates, and received his high school diploma before a Watt Powell crowd.
Molly Fromkin a 13 year old Bluefield Middle School student competed in the 2000 Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee in Washington. She reached a final group of under 40 before being eliminated in the fifth round on the word epenthesis meaning insertion of a sound or letter.
FAA said a 1978 twin engine Cessna 414A piloted by Patrick Swayze crashed Thursday while attempting an emergency landing on a dirt road near a town about 90 miles north of Phoenix. Swayze was uninjured and was flying from Van Nuys, California to Las Vegas when the emergency landing was required.
An 11th Circuit panel ruled INS acted within reason by allowing only Elian Gonzalez's father to apply for asylum, denying an asylum hearing for the six year old. The ruling delays departure to Cuba and gives Miami relatives two weeks to seek further appeal while Elian urged family to end the fight. Juan Miguel Gonzalez, the father, pressed for reunification saying they could go home together.
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