Serbs Down U S Jet in Bosnia Amid Hostage Releases
A U S F 16 was shot down over Serb held northern Bosnia as 120 to 126 of 377 UN peacekeepers were reported freed. Bosnian Serb TV showed peacekeepers in buses while a search and rescue operation for the pilot continued amid Western pressure for his release.
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Sarajevo
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Jim Mitchell
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Mitchell
Bosnia
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Mercer schools set ceremonies for graduating seniors
Mercer county schools plan commencement exercises for 709 seniors on Sunday. Montcalm High School will graduate 77, Pike View High School 180, Princeton Senior High 276, Bluefield High 176. Bluefield starts at 7 p.m., Princeton at 3 p.m., Montcalm at 2 p.m.
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Princeton Senior High School
Bluefield High School
Reeve regains sensation as pneumonia subsides
Christopher Reeve shows chest sensation indicating spinal cord not fully severed after the riding accident. Doctors report pneumonia is subsiding and plan surgery to fuse two upper vertebrae. Reeve remains unable to breathe on his own but is intelligible and maintains a positive attitude.
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Charlottesville
Christopher Reeve
John Jane
Tasting Tea for Princeton Library and Class of 1983 Reunion Plans
On Tuesday June 6 a charity tea at United Methodist Church Princeton runs 11 30 am to 1 30 pm with 2 50 admission and recipe sales. At 5 15 pm Graham High School Class of 1983 reunion committee meets at Premier Bank in Wal Mart Plaza to finalize Aug 4 6 reunion plans. contact James Hampton 322 4628 or Catherine Sowers Stringer 325 5442.
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Princeton
Graham High School
Premier Bank
Wal-Mart Plaza
James Hampton
Catherine Sowers Stringer
Weather showers and storms with mild highs in 70s
A West Virginia weather package reports today as showers and thunderstorms with highs in the 70s. Tonight periods of showers and storms are likely with lows in the 50s to 60s.
Tazewell EDC backs prison site in Pocahontas
Tazewell County Economic Development Commission and the Industrial Development Authority pass resolutions in support of a medium to maximum security state prison at Pocahontas. A public meeting at Pocahontas High School will feature Virginia Department of Corrections officials and workshops to answer questions. Residents may address the issue at the session.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Pocahontas High School
Virginia Department of Corrections
Poll shows Virginians favor schools over new jails
Virginia Tech researchers report rising concern over prison spending and broad support for more funding for public schools. The State faces 1995 figures with 23.5 percent deeming prison spending too high and over 50 percent calling for more school funding while proposals surface for one or two medium to maximum security prisons in Tazewell County with sites near Big Vein. Petitions circulate in Pocahontas Abbs Valley Boissevain Falls Mills and surrounding areas.
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Nelson
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Tazewell County
Board of Supervisors
Big Vein
Pocahontas
Boissevain
Abbs Valley
Falls Mills
Mercer County braces for weekend flooding threats
Mercer County emergency officials prepared for possible flooding and mud slides as a steady weekend rain was forecast by the National Weather Service. One to one and a half inches had fallen by Friday afternoon with a rock slide on Route 1 near Montcalm and flooding reported in Cheesy Creek area of Oakvale.
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Mercer County
National Weather Service
Nelson Short
Mercer County Flood Control and Fire Board
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Short
Cheesy Creek
Oakvale
Miller Paul Harris Fellow named by Princeton Rotary
Princeton James L. Miller, president of One Valley Bank, was named the Princeton Rotary Club's 1995 Paul Harris Fellow at a noon Roma II luncheon. Miller, a Princeton native and Concord College graduate, is noted for active community work including fundraising for the PCH Foundation Health and Fitness Center. He thanked the club for the honor, saying the award was unexpected yet pleasing.
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James L. Miller
Princeton Rotary Club
Dick Copeland
Princeton
One Valley Bank
Friday Miller
Rotary
Roma II
Copeland
Rotarians
Miller
Princeton Tiger
Concord College
Mercer County Bank
PCH Foundation
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