Perry to plead bargain over cash campaign payments
Noah Perry, once head of an Arch Moore 1988 campaign office, says he will enter a plea deal with federal officials over handling illegal cash payments in southern West Virginia. He admits funneling cash to about five campaign workers and cites amounts between $2,000 and $4,000, with larger sums from unnamed coal operators under investigation.
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Charleston
Noah Perry
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Perry
Beckley
Paul Kizer
Putnam County
Jerry Bradberry
John Seaberry
Bradberry
Cial
Perjy
Cas
Moore
Seaberry
State Agriculture Department
Democrats
Hamlin man convicted of murder and other charges
Stuart Marty Elliott of Hamlin was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Annette Abraham. He received a life sentence without parole plus 15 to 25 years for sexual assault, 1 to 2 years on arson, and 1 to 5 years on two attempted murder counts. The trial followed a dramatic witness stand shooting by Annette Abraham’s mother.
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Hamlin
Lincoln County
Branchland
Ury
Stuart
Marty” Elliott
Jay Hoke
Annette Abraham
Elliott
Pearl Abraham
Abraham
West Hamlin
W. Jack Stevens
Danny Ray Dotson
Carlisle
Dotson
Wilder keynote at Kennedy School warns of public service gains
Virginia Governor L Douglas Wilder delivers the commencement address at Harvard's Kennedy School in Cambridge. He emphasizes good works through public service and reiterates he does not plan to run for president.
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Virginia
L. Douglas Wilder
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Wilder
Byrd Staff to Hold constituent sessions in Bluefield
Sen Robert Byrd announces staff will be in Bluefield today to assist West Virginians with federal related problems, serving Mercer and McDowell counties. Sessions run 9 a.m. to 12 noon at the Bluefield Municipal Building Board of Directors room. Byrd cannot attend due to Senate session.
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Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Bluefield
West
Tailgate Market Opens June 30 At Princeton
The Farmers Tailgate Market will officially open June 30 at 8 a.m. in the Vocational School parking lot at Princeton. Items available begin June 9 include broccoli squash lettuce onions jellies jam sourdough bread strawberries and fried apple pies.
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Vocational School
Princeton
Emergency Red Cross Test to TV Tonight at 9
East River Mountain Area Chapter Red Cross announces an hour long interactive special titled The American Red Cross Emergency Test airing tonight at 9 on WOAY WSET. Host John Riter leads a 20 question viewer response test to gauge emergency knowledge. Local broadcast sponsored by Bluefield Regional Medical Center with hospital support.
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East River Mountain Area
American Red Cross
Woay-Wset
American Red ‘Cross
John Riter
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Mercer County Black Lung Association Meeting
The Mercer County Black Lung Association of West Virginia will meet on June 12 at 7 p.m. at the Bluewell Fire Department. Guest speaker is Charleston area attorney John Taylor. Officers will be elected. For details call Melvin Sperry at 325-6850 or Linda Hutchens at Bluestone Health Center 467-7143.
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Mercer County Black Lung Association of
W.va
Bluewell
Melvin Sperry
Linda Hutchens
Bluestone Health Center
POWs Hold State Convention in Bridgeport at Holiday Inn
The Former Prisoners of War of West Virginia will hold their annual state convention at the Holiday Inn in Bridgeport from June 22 to 24. Attendees should arrange pre-registration promptly to avoid higher late fees.
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Prisoners of War of
West Virginia
Holiday Inn
Bridgeport
Bramwell Woman Says Name Included In Ethics Letter Was Misplaced
Dana Carver of Bramwell states her name appeared in a state Ethics Commission letter only because she wrote to the commission in March as secretary of the Save Our Schools Committee. She says the inclusion was erroneous in a Mercer County Board of Education conflict story.
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Dana Carver
Bramwell
State Ethics Commission
Mercer County Board of Education
Save Our Schools Committee
Flood insurance costs may ease with new community rating plan
The Federal Flood Insurance Administration unveiled voluntary community rating system rules to grant lower premiums for areas reducing flood damage. Credits include flood-control education and relocating structures in flood zones, with state actions like water management zoning. High performers gain savings while poorer efforts face higher rates, with further hearings planned this summer.
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Washington
Federal Flood Insurance Administration
Harold Duryee
Carolinas
Texas
Alabama
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Duryee
House Subcommittee On Policy Research and Insurance
Head Start program aids low income preschoolers
Preschool children from low income families gain access to Head Start offering educational, medical and nutritional services. The program includes indoor and outdoor play, private instruction, group activities, immunizations, and a supervising nutritionist to tailor dietary needs.
Conspiracy trial postponed in Buchanan County case
In Grundy Virginia, the murder for hire case against Johnny Stevenson Smith is pushed back two months to August 6 at the defense’s request with no objection from the Commonwealth. Special Prosecutor Gerald Gray noted the co defendant Frank Eugene Justus, 50, faces conspiracy to commit murder charges and remains slated for trial on the same date.
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Stevenson
Gray
Smith
Justus
Francis Colby
Smitty) Smith
Greenville mill revived to celebrate Old Mill grand opening
Maryland native Jim Wells restores the 1790s mill near Centerville, now a heritage center. Opening June 16 and 17, the project features a water turbine, a working water wheel, a blacksmith shop, and craft classes run by Frank Hedgecock. Wells mortgaged his farm twice to fund the effort and balances family life with dawn to late evening labor.
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Greenville
Maryland
Jim Wells
Wells
New York
Stonybrook University
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Lewisburg
Centerville
Laurel Creek
Frank Hedgecock
Glen Daniel
Donna Clayton Named Telegraph Advertising Director
Donna Clayton was named advertising director of the Daily Telegraph, replacing Don Watson who left for Florence Morning News. A Logan County native, she joined the Telegraph in 1985 and previously led the retail advertising department. The promotion, announced by Publisher Terry L. Horne, makes her responsible for all advertising operations including classifieds and special sections in Bluefield area newspapers.
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Donna Clayton
Daily Telegraph
Terry L. Horne
Clayton
Don Watson
The
Florence Morning News
South Carolina
Donna
Bluefield
Horne
Logan County
Man High School
West Vi University
Bluefield State College
Neek
Se Newspaper
Edgemont Baptist Church
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