Peterstown State champions raise town pride after title win
Todd Stringer reports Peterstown high school baseball team captured the West Virginia Class A championship with an 8 7 comeback win over Moorefield at Watt Powell Park in Charleston. Residents praise the squad and its achievement as the town's pride soars.
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Peterstown
New Heights
West Virginia
Moorefield
Charleston
Watt Powell
Danny Richardson
Dotty Fields
Jay
Peterstown Pirates Win State Baseball Title
Danny Richardson praised a fantastic game as Peterstown clinched the state championship. Fans, teachers, and graduates cheered as seniors presented the trophy, marking a long-awaited, prideful comeback for the town after about a decade.
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Charleston
Fields
Pirates
Peterstown
Sake Lilly
Students Hold Off Soldiers in Beijing Against Martial Law
Tens of thousands of troops advanced on Tiananmen Square as crowds of students and citizens blocked major streets. Protests continued despite martial law with buses and trucks forming blockades, while students at Beijing University and Beijing Normal University urged resistance. One soldier voiced defiance, saying he would rather die on the battlefield than on Changan Avenue.
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Tiananmen Square
Movement For Democracy
Beijing
China
Changan Avenue
Beijing Hotel
Beijing University
Beijing Normal University
Anmar
Tiananmen
Inner Mongolia
Square
City Hall Pedestrian Way Deadlock Delays Chicago Link
Four years behind schedule builders face a muddled city state link from City Hall to the Illinois Center as misaligned sections leave a nine inch discrepancy in height and eight inches in offset. Officials estimate a $309,669 fix including a new elevator stop to straighten the project.
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Chicago
City Hall
State of Illinois Center
Malaysia shaves heads of illegal migrants to ID them before deportation
Immigration officials in Malaysia reportedly shave the heads of Indonesian illegal migrants before deporting them to facilitate identification. Government figures indicate about one million Indonesians work on plantations and construction sites, with many arrested and deported but a large number returning within days.
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Malaysia
Indonesia
Tiday
Partly cloudy with 50 percent rain chance today
Partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today and tonight. Highs stay in the 80s, with overnight lows in the mid-60s. Classified notes mention AM FM cassette and local ads.
Parkway authority weighs bond refinancing decision in WV
West Virginia’s new Parkway Authority faces a Dec 1 deadline to refinance about 39.5 million dollars after applying 5 million in reserves. Interim manager George McIntyre outlined steps to hire underwriters and bond counsel, secure a traffic study update by Wilbur Smith Associates, and select a financing plan within three to four months. Authority member Terry Horne said the issue is an urgent, new responsibility.
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West Virginia
Parkway Authority
George McIntyre
New Authority
Authority
Terry Horne
Bluefield
McIntyre
Wilbur Smi Associates
New Haven, Conn
Bond Issue For Parkway Authority Authorized By Legislature
The Legislature authorized the Parkway Authority to issue up to 83 million dollars in bonds to repay a Department of Highways loan tied to the Turnpike Commission. The plan may also refinance 39.5 million and include other funds. Alan Sussman named interim vice chairman until a transportation secretary is appointed.
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Parkway Authority
Department of Highways
Turnpike Commission
Horne
Secre of Transportation
Alan Sussman
Secretary of Transportation
Gaston Caperton
County figures differ from school board's
Prosecuting Attorney David Kole told a Friday meeting that figures differ from those held by the Mercer County Commission regarding interest owed to the county Board of Education. A school system spokesman noted the Treasurer said Knight had $25,000 to $30,000 less than the 1986-87 audit, which claims the county owes the board.
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Princeton
David Kole
Mercer County Commission
County Board of Education
Oard of Education
Jim Leslie
Knight
Lifeline Volunteer Jimmy Hill Honored by BCH
Jimmy Hill a lifelong Bluefield resident has logged 4518 hours of volunteer work over six years earning the nickname Mr Lifeline at Bluefield Community Hospital He was nominated for the Southeastern Conference Outstanding Service Award for organizing and sustaining the BCH Lifeline program aiding elderly and disabled residents Hill installed most of the home telephone units and BCH Volunteer Services Director Phyllis Walker notes 66 homes served without his building the first unit with the program now under BCH auspices.
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Bluefield Community Hospital
Jimmy Hill
Bluefield
James
Jimmy
BCH
Hill
Southeastern Conference
Lifeline
Department of Volunteer Services
Phyllis Walker
West Virginia first lady chairs hearing on children
Dee Caperton and the Task Force on Children, Youth, and Families hosted a public hearing at Welch Regency Hospital to hear stakeholders from the West Virginia Child Care Association and the Department of Human Services. Speakers cited prenatal care gaps, transportation barriers, late pregnancy disclosure by teens, low Medicare reimbursement, and a shortage of certified early intervention teachers as key obstacles to reducing poverty and improving outcomes for state children. Doris Cobb endorsed governor plans to reorganize programs and called for parental training as part of the effort.
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WELCH
West Virginia
Dee Caperton
Task Force On Children, Youth, and
Welch Regency Hospita
West Virginia Child Care Association
Department of Human Services
Caperton
Carlos Lucero
Beckley
Lucero
Peggy Morgan
Doris Cobb
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