Good Samaritan Ends Up Rescuing Elderly Man From House Fire
Princeton 20 year old Tony Howard helped Alexander Akins escape a two story High Street residence after smoke and flames spread from an electrical fire around 2 a.m. Howard knocked, woke Akins, and used the phone to summon the fire department. Fire crews battled the blaze and kept it from destroying the home, with damages estimated at 20 to 25 thousand dollars.
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Lower Pine Street
High Street
Tony Howard
Mitchell Barker
Princeton Fire Department
Howard
High St
Alexander Akins
Rusty Cole
Akins
Eee
East River
Cole
Walker
Barker
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church
J.W. Howell
Howell
Gateway Motel
East Side
Margolin pleads innocent trial set in WV federal case
Former state Associate Treasurer Arnold T. Margolin pleaded innocent to 26 counts in a federal indictment. Judge Hogg scheduled an Aug. 13 trial before Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. He posted unsecured bond and said he would travel only to New York and within West Virginia. Margolin was fingerprinted after arraignment as FBI and postal inspectors led the probe, marking the first charge in the investigation.
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Arnold T. Margolin
Margolin
U.S
Jerry Hogg
Hogg
U.S. District
John T. Copenhaver Jr
James McIntyre
G. Collins
Federal Marshal’s Office
Finger
State Consolidated Investment Fund
FBI
West Virginia
Legislature Commission On Special Investigations
NAACP Mercer County Meets Sunday at Bluefield Center
The Mercer County Branch of the NAACP will hold a meeting Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Bluefield Community Center located at 201 Peck Street. Members and supporters are urged to attend.
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NAACP
Bluefield
Peck St
Amateur Photography Contest Sponsored by Local Shops
Associated Photography and Framing and Princeton Summerfest 90 sponsor an Amateur Photography Contest. Entries welcome in any size up to 11x14 in color or black and white. Categories include people flowers scenic pets and animals and Princeton or Mercer County subjects. Entry forms are available at Associated Photography and Carousel Photo. Must be received by June 25. For details contact Associated Photography at 813 Mercer St Princeton WV 24740 or call (304) 425-5519.
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Princeton Summerfest
Princeton
Mercer County
Associated Photography
Mercer St
Mercer Mall
Carousel
Pine Plaza
Vacation Bible School Events At Two Churches
Vacation Bible School sessions will be held at Community Baptist Church on Country Girl Road from June 18 to 22, 6 30 to 8 30 p m, and at Silver Springs Baptist Church 308 Thornton Ave Princeton from June 18 to 22, 6 30 to 9 p m nightly. Transportation is available by calling 425 0371.
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Community Baptist Church
Country Girl Road
Silver Springs Baptist Church
Thornton Ave
Princeton
Alumni Reunion Worship Service Set at Bluefield State College
The 1990 Bluefield State College Alumni Reunion Worship and Prayer Morning will be held on July 15 with the theme Return to the Terraced Hills. All churches are invited to participate and each church will conduct its own program as graduates, friends, and supporters join the BSC family for the morning service.
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Bluefield State College
BSC
Virginia SCC limits free directory calls to three monthly
The State Corporation Commission ruled that Virginia telephone firms may cap free directory assistance at three calls per month. To offset revenue gains from the reduction, the SCC requires a reduction in basic service rates.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
Virginia
SCC
Trooper not prosecuted after wreck kills two in Virginia
Madison County Commonwealth's Attorney Caroline Watts said Trooper L A Leake was not driving recklessly when his cruiser struck a compact car, killing Edward Lynn Hicks aged 30 and his father Richard Edward Hicks aged 59 of Aroda on February 21.
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Madison, Va
Madison County Commonwealth
Caroline Watts
L.A. Leake
Edward Lynn Hicks
Richard Edward Hicks
Aroda
Stilwell murder trial put on hold in Grundy Virginia
Clifton Forkman, 18, faces a delayed murder trial for the Aug. 11, 1989 death of Joyce Pere, a Virginia Community College student. Judge Nicholas Person granted a continuance to July 9 as lab reports were awaited and pending motions may be argued. The change of venue motion questions sensational local coverage.
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Person
Stilwell
Judy Gillespie
Fred Harmon
Wayne T. Horne
Techni
Grand Jay
Horne
Bluefield Native Becomes First Black EHS Paramedic Grad
Bluefield Virginia native Charles L. Elston is the first Black graduate of the Emergency Health Sciences Paramedic program at Roanoke College of Health Sciences. He joined 9 other students at the May 20 commencement to receive certificates. Elston credits program staff for changing his life and stresses the need for dedication, teamwork, and continuous skill maintenance in the fire and rescue field.
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Bluefield
College of Health Sciences
Roanoke
Charles L. Elston
Elston
Norte
County commissioners refuse funding for Princeton parking lot
Mercer County officials said the county will not finance a Main Street parking lot next to the courthouse being sold by Princeton. President Claude Blankenship and Commissioner Rayer said funds will come from the state judicial system or pass through the county, not from the county budget, while noting jurors need suitable parking.
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Princeton
Mercer County Commission
County Commission
Claude Blankenship
Memorial
Daily Telegraph
Jim Juhl
Rayer
Mercer County Sheriffs Department
Blankenship
Early start urged for vocational training in middle school
Richmond AP report notes consultant Richard L. Lynch urged beginning vocational education by sixth grade to aid the half of high school graduates unlikely to complete college. He cited limited enrollment in vocational programs, calls for supervised work experience, balanced classroom time, and limits on weekly work hours, with trials in other states showing mixed results.
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Richmond
Richard L. Lynch
State Department of Education
Lynch
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Mark Shelton
Commission
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