Years of friendship sparked by a bar job and history talk
The narrator recounts meeting William Sanders in Bluefield after answering a classifieds ad for a bar doorman job at the Bluefield Holiday Inn. Their bond grew from shared community commitment to a rivalry in writing and history, culminating in Sanders being named Mercer County History Hero in 2006 and inspiring the narrator to pursue poetry and local history.
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Monterey Hill
William Sanders
Bluefield
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bluefield Holiday Inn
Morgantown
Mike Lucci
Holiday Inn
Sanders
Princeton
Mr. Sanders
Bluefield Sanitary Board
Helidome
Arcadia Publishers
West Virginia
Mercer County Historical Society
Mercer County
Mercer
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Staff Credits and Quote
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph lists William Randy Deason as Publisher and Samantha Perry as Managing Editor and City Editor. The piece opens with a Psalm quote, marking a religious-themed note at the top of the page.
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Bill Archer
Daily Telegraph
Barcher
Bottonline
William ‘Randy’ Deason
Samantha Perry
Obama provokes bin Laden tape amid Cairo visit
An Al Jazeera audiotape purportedly of Osama bin Laden targets Obama during his Saudi visit and Cairo trip. Bin Laden claims seeds of hatred equal to Swat Valley refugees while accusing a broader American Jewish Indian conspiracy. The piece notes Pakistan’s army pressing the Taliban and debates Obama following Bush policies.
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Al-Jazeera TV
Osama bin Laden
Obama
Saudi Arabia
bin Laden
Kingdom
Cairo
U.S
Pakistan
Swat Valley
Swat
Taliban
al Qaeda
Afghanistan
Bush
Opposition to dealer closings sparks heated letter
A reader denounces government pressure on Chrysler and GM to close local car dealerships funded by taxpayer bailouts. The letter blames the Obama administration and cites Rockefeller, Nazism, and Chavez as comparisons while urging voters to replace allied politicians in 2010 and 2012 to oppose the president’s agenda.
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Sen. Rockefeller
Chrysler
Obama
Rockefeller
Democrat Party
Chicago
Sint Rockefeller
D-W.va
National Socialist Party of
Germany
Nazis
Hitler
Hugo Chavez
Venezuela
John Acton
U.S
Virginias
Rahall
Boucher
Eisenhower Warning on Spending Coming True Warns of Insolvent Future
Scripps Howard columnist Ann McFeathers revisits Ike's farewell warning about consuming today at the expense of tomorrow. The piece argues Social Security and Medicare funding are at risk, deficits have ballooned, and bipartisan action is needed to restore solvency. It cites Obama proposals, Bush and Clinton eras, and looming retirement needs.
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Ashington
Dwight — . Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Obama
Congress
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
White House
George W. Bush
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Archer
Bluefield Baily Telegraph
City Editor
Hs General Motors
Nour
Ike
Ann McFeathers
USA
Scripps Howard
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