West Virginia Guard Copter Crashes at Fort A.P. Hill
A West Virginia Army National Guard helicopter crashed during a routine training flight at Fort A.P. Hill near Fredericksburg. All four aboard were unharmed, though treated for observation at Walter Reed. investigators probed the cause as the first significant Guard helicopter crash in 15 years.
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Fort A.P. Hill
West Virginia Army National Guard
Guard
Army
Jay Craig
Caroline County
Fredericksburg
Craig
David Kent
Charleston
Kent
West Virginia
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington, D.C
Army Aviation School
West Virginia Guard
111Th Engineer Group
Parkersburg
Kent Said
National Guard
Army Reserve
Unusual Company Takes The Risk Out Of International Business
Alexandria based Risks International Inc a niche firm with ten employees monitors global terrorist activity to warn clients about physical dangers of operating abroad. Founded five years ago by Roy Tucker and Charles Russell it compiles monthly 25 to 30 page risk reports using a six region six category system and shares them with several hundred subscribers.
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Alexandria
Roy C. Tucker
Tucker
Risks International Inc
Risks International
Florida
West Virginia
Charles Russell
U.S
Air Force
Office of Special Investigations
Russell
Walter Burns
FBI
OSI
Tucker and
Colombia
IRA
Irish Republican Army
Weather Bureau
el Salvador
Lebanon
Guatemala
Honduras
India
Nicaragua
Peru
Chile
Ecuador
France
Greece
Spain
Venezuela
Conventions Rescheduled For Two GOP Districts In Virginia
The Republican Party in Virginia shifts its Fifth Legislative District and 38th Senatorial District conventions to June 13. Margaret Cover, chair in Tazewell County, says the legislative session meets at 8 p.m. and the senate session at 9 p.m. at the municipal building to nominate House of Delegates and Senate candidates respectively. Twenty four hour time is common in scientific work and U S Armed Forces operations. in Europe it is preferred to the 12 hour system.
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Republican Party
Margaret Cover
GOP
Tazewell County
Senate
Virginia House of Delegates
Virginia Senate
United States
Europe
Southern States Gain In Education Aid Under Senate Proposal
Senate plan by Dale Bumpers would rewrite Chapter 1 subsidies to total 2.66 billion for next fiscal year. North Carolina would gain about 6.8 million but remain under current levels. California and New York would lose tens of millions. The measure would also add per capita income to the formula, shifting funds to states with lower incomes and potentially widening regional disparities.
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Associated Press
Senate
Dale Bumpers
D-Ark
Charlotte Observer
North Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
California
New York
Gregory Humphrey
American Federation of Teachers
South
Snowshoe President Hears of Sellout Offer
Snowshoe ski resort chief Frank Burford says Pennsylvania investors asked Pocahontas County to hold a June 16 hearing on issuing 15 million dollars in industrial revenue bonds to finance a purchase. He cautions no contracts exist and terms have not been approved.
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Slaytyfork
W.va
Pennsylvania
Pocahontas County Commission
Snowshoe
Frank Burford
Burford
J. Stephen Hunter
Pittsburgh
Shenandoah Federal Savings and Loan of
Martinsburg
Shenandoah
John Taylor
Watershed group discusses funds for Kimberling Creek pastures
The Kimberling Creek Watershed Committee met at Harold Morehead's Shop in Bland on May 26 to announce $150,000 in funds for pasture re-seeding with a 75 percent cost share. Eligible landowners in No-Business, Dismal, Wilderness Creek and Kimberling Creek areas may sign up from June 1 at the ASCS office. Funds provided via Mountain Dominion RC&D and Big Walker SWCD, with SCS contact in Bland. The note adds a historical line about Graf Zeppelin's 1928 Atlantic commercial flight to Lakehurst, New Jersey.
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Bland
Harold Morehead
Gary Johnson
Rex Morehead
William B. Ramsey
Carl Newberry
Fred Rodgers
David Hancock
Joey Crockett
Soil Conservation Service
Kimberling Creek
ASCS
Wilderness
Walker Creek
Mountain Dominion Resource Conservation and Development Project
Big Walker Soil and Water Conservation District
SCS
Newberry
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Legislative Convention
Princeton
Harold R. Randy
Jerry L. Flanagan
James E
Jim) Harvey
Richard M. Howell
Donzie E
Don) Kessinger
Homer Skeens
Joe H. Vicars
New Hope Road
Beckley Road
Virginia Wohlford
S. Brown Weatherford
Jack Nestor
Watershed Group
Lakehurst
N.J
City OF
American Heart Association
Paul McManaway
Harold R. Bandy
Jim
Harvey
Donzie
Don
Kessinger
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