Lt Gov Beyer to open Bluefield U S 460 Bypass ceremony
Virginia Lt Governor Don Beyer will headline the noon June 22 opening of the $9.5 million U S 460 Bypass in Bluefield Virginia. If rain the speech moves to Graham Middle School Little Theatre. The project adds a four lane connector planned in six year steps with the next section costing an estimated 10 to 15 million.
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Caperton: Picture is positive for West Virginia recovery
Gov. Gaston Caperton says West Virginia’s lowest unemployment in 11 years and a year end budget surplus reflect a reversal of past decline. In Bluefield interview, he cited partnership programs and a “working together” approach as lifting state morale from a “cesspool” to a sense of hope and forward momentum.
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Caperton Announces Nine Town Meeting Sites Across State
Gov. Gaston Caperton announced a series of town meetings in nine West Virginia counties, including a July 24 session in Welch, tied to an Education Summit. The plan aims to involve the public in setting educational goals and building a consensus for state action, with a June 25 summit and a June 22 special session on workers compensation and other issues.
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Heimdal couple ransom drive ends with $60,000 raised
Roy and Marge Heimdal entered a Peoria bank Friday with coffee cans of money completing a fund raise to ransom their son Scott, held in South America by Maoist guerrillas in Ecuador after an April 28 jungle attack that killed one and injured another. The kidnappers, said to be members of the Popular Liberation Army, reportedly threatened to reveal his body.
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Weather Outlook With Showers and Warm Day
Cloudy skies with a 60 percent chance of showers and highs in the low 80s. Tonight the rain probability drops to 40 percent. Jumbled OCR note about a calendar or edition appears to accompany the text with a volume and issue reference to Vol 95 No 160k.
Virginians Must Dial All Seven Digits After System Upgrade
GTE South switched 6000 lines in Bluefield Virginia to a new digital switching system with fiber optic cable. The $3 million facility on Academy Street introduces call waiting call forwarding speed calling and three way calling while changing local dialing to seven digits and long distance rules within the 703 area code requiring 1 703 plus the number.
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Tazewell energy urged to boost education in SW Virginia
Dr. James D. McComas of Virginia Tech told the Tazewell Rotary banquet that coal energy and local people energy should drive a push to educate for economic improvement in southwest Virginia. He noted automation reducing labor while raising the need for skilled workers and cited a new local attitude toward growth.
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Coal states targeted for mine safety campaign
MSHA targets West Virginia Virginia Pennsylvania and Kentucky in a new safety campus to cut coal mine fatalities and injuries. Director Tattersall cites reducing fatalities by century’s end amid 29 deaths this year. Veteran safety specialist John DeMichiel to head the program, with prior duties in Denver and Johnstown Pennsylvania.
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