Steller confirms departure from Mercer to Oklahoma City role
Dr. Arthur W. Steller announced he will not continue as Mercer County school superintendent beyond a mid July transition. He will take the Oklahoma City post starting July 10 with a salary around 90 000 including benefits. He plans a short Mercer transition and his wife Deborah may seek a job near Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Mercer County
Arthur W. Steller
Oklahoma City
Okla
Steller
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Board of Education
Oklahoma
Deborah
Mercer Elementary
Storms Possible This Morning With Pleasant Temperatures
A 40 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms this morning gives way to partial clearing in the afternoon. Highs in the mid-70s, NW winds around 10 mph. Tonight will be fair with lows in the mid-50s. Sunday partly cloudy with highs in the mid-70s to mid-80s and Sunday night lows in the 60s. Scattered showers are possible Monday.
Stacy Keach Returns Home From British Drug Prison
Actor Stacy Keach arrives in the United States at Kennedy Airport after six months in a British prison for cocaine smuggling. He expresses relief to be home in New York City and vows to fight drug abuse while promoting his Mike Hammer project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stacy Keach
United States
New York City
Keach
Kennedy International Airport
Mickey Spillane
Mike Hammer
Top seeds reach quarterfinals in Daily Telegraph Tennis Champs
Inside three of the four top seeds advance to the quarterfinals of the Seventh Annual Daily Telegraph Tennis Championships. They include top seed Brian Woodward who defeated Dr Naeem Pervaiz and Bill Meade. Former titleholder Jeff Lipinski also advances. Meanwhile in Providence jurors deliberate von Bulow murder charges. Frye convicted of murdering a state trooper in Covington Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
Brian Woodward
Naeem Pervaiz
Bill Meade
Robert Hurt
Eddie Sizemore
Jeff Lipinski
Sports AG
Moore proposes boosted aid for poor families in West Virginia
Governor Arch Moore announced substantial increases in public assistance and Medicaid in West Virginia effective July 1. Welfare grants for a four person family rise from 249 to 312 monthly, school clothing vouchers jump from 50 to 90 per child, and Medicaid inpatient coverage increases from 20 to 60 days annually. The plan adds arthritis drugs and eye and dental care, funded by the 1985 Legislature. About 33,000 families and 30,000 individuals stand to gain, with about 31.7 million in net added federal matching funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
Arch Moore
West Virginia
Moore
Pocahontas County
Alyson Rose Gabbard
George Washington High School
Fiona Whei Jen Ong
Morgantown High School
FMC Corp
South Charleston
Robert Malott
FMC
Mengele bones may belong to infamous Nazi doctor
Coroners in Sao Paulo began analyzing bones unearthed near a town to verify if they are those of Josef Mengele. Federal police chief Romeu Tuma said dental and medical records from Germany should help confirm the skeleton’s identity, with results potentially taking hours or weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sao Paula
Brazil
Josef Mengele
Auschwitz
Romeu Tuma
Federal Police
Sao Paulo
Mengele
Germany
Tuma
SLA Seizes 24 Finnish UN troops in Lebanon crisis
In Beirut and Qantara a chaotic flare around UNIFIL forces unfolds as South Lebanon Army fighters seize 24 Finnish soldiers and threaten one execution every hour until SLA prisoners are freed. Conflicting reports claim both sides attacked. two Finns were later released amid tense tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
U.N
SLA
Timur Goksel
Finland
United Nations
Unifil
Mohammed Shehaden
Amal
Berias
Qantara
Israel
Tel Aviv
William Callahan
Ori Orr
Orr
Goksel
Syria
Graduation night safe in Mercer County writes up
Mercer County 843 high school seniors enjoyed Grad Night at Mitchell Stadium with over 300 attendees. Area police reported no drunk driving arrests as graduates followed a media campaign warning of alcohol and drug dangers. Bluefield Police Chief Jim Dent noted one minor incident with a student who had been drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercer County
Mitchell Stadium
Bluefield
Jim Dent
Dent
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rter
Mercer County Board of Education
Arthur Steller
Norfolk and Western Railway
Fred Brown
U.S.A
Associated Press
Providence
R.I
Claus von Bulow
Dow Jones
Sane
Al2
South Lebanon
Mercer
Eee
Eric Brady
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!