FAA Official Supports Commuter Runway Plan For Mercer County
FAA Beckley field office director Joe Scheff told the Mercer County Airport Authority there is no problem with the 10 county study on air service in southern West Virginia and southwestern Virginia. He favored commuter aircraft over jet service and noted FAA funding for a master plan and airport layout updates. The authority debates final payment to Baldwin & Gregg while planning its own improvements at Mercer County Airport.
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Jim Terry
Daily Telegraph
Federal Aviation Administration
Mercer County Airport Authority
Bluefield
Joe Scheff
FAA
Beckley
Mercer
West Virginia
Virginia
Scheff
Baldwin & Gregg, Ltd
Pentree, Inc
Princeton
Mercer County
Walter Burton
Melvin Grubb
Ron
Greater Bluefield
Baldwin & Gregg
Sydney Bradbury
The
Authority
Bradbury
Roanoke
Piedmont
Shay Gregg
Fairfax
Norfolk
Gregg
Syd É
Rahall Announces Amtrak Hearings Include Bluefield Route
U S Rep Nick J Rahall said 38 coast to coast hearings will invite comment on a DOT report on Amtrak. Bluefield is named for a hearing to discuss possible Hilltopper route elimination and system reductions from 27000 to 18900 miles. Rahall urged close review and better promotion of the Hilltopper to Southern West Virginia residents.
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Nick J. Rahall
Interstate Commerce Comission
Department of Transportation
Amtrak
Bluefield
Rahall
West Virginia
Rahal
Maiden Bluefield man arraigned in purse snatching case
A 19 year old Bluefield man, Donald Danny Kipfinger, was arraigned before Mercer County Magistrate Donald R. Hare on a malicious wounding charge tied to a purse snatching Sunday night near the Bluefield Multi Care Center. He was released on $500 bond pending a preliminary hearing. Kipfinger also faces assault and battery charges. Patrolman C L Honaker filed the malicious wounding count. In separate action, Gene B. Miller Jr. pleaded guilty to public intoxication and was sentenced to seven days in Mercer County jail, arresting trooper R D Jones noted.
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Gene B. Miller Jr
Mercer County
R. D. Jones
Bluefield Man Freed On Bond In Wounding Case
William R. Kitts of Bluefield was released on 500 dollar bond by Chief Mercer County Magistrate Ernest Six after being jailed since May 17 on a charge of malicious wounding of Edith Brown. He also posted 200 dollar bond on a separate destruction of property charge. Bluefield witnesses include Virginia Mullens and officers S. E. Murphy and G. V. Smith.
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Blufield
Mercer County
Ernest Six
William R. Kitts
Bluefield
Kitts
Edith Brown
S. E. Murphy
Virginia Mullens
G. V. Smith
Tomb of Mau Solus Builds Mausoleum Fame Across Ages
The tomb of King Mau Solus of Anatolia built by his wife Artemesia was so magnificent and renowned that the term mausoleum became synonymous with grand tombs in the ancient world.
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Mausolus
Anatolia
Turkey
Artemesia
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