Local accident victims update from Bluefield area
Over the past week several crash victims were updated. Bob Carringer, a retired Bluefield police officer, remains in stable condition at Bluefield Regional Medical Center after a Thursday crash on Princeton Avenue. Michael Lloyd, injured in a Saturday collision with a tractor trailer, has been released. Darrell Lane, hurt Wednesday on I 77, also discharged. Aaron Michael Scott and Heather Shupe, injured in a Saturday two car crash on Route 460 near Ingleside Road, Scott listed guarded but improving while Shupe was discharged. James Workman and James Lawson, injured in a Woodtech fire last Tuesday, were in good and fair condition at UVA burn unit. Chelyen Davis
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Bob Carringer
Bluefield
Darrell Lane
Interstate 77
BRMC
Aaron Michael Scott
Heather Shupe
Ingleside Road
Princeton Community Hospital
Scott
Shupe
James Workman
James Lawson
Woodtech
University of Virginia Medical Center
Chelyen Davis
Nixon era nerve gas allegations fuel debate
The report cites CNN and Time claiming a covert Tailwind operation in Laos in 1970 approved by the Nixon White House and the CIA. Westmoreland and Laird dispute nerve gas use or targeting defectors while Cohen says no corroborating evidence exists. Rep. Skaggs asks CIA review. Adm. Moorer named as key source.
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Pentagon
Melvin Laird
Defense
Vietnam
Cohen
Defense Department
CNN
Time Magazine
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Special Forces
Gram. Cohen
Nixon
U.S
David Skaggs
House Intelligence Committee
CIA
Laos
Nixon White House
Time Report
Adm
Thomas Moorer
Moorer
Naval Operations
Joint Chiefs
Vietnam War Secrets Defectors and Nerve Gas Discussion
Journalists and veterans discuss how Special Forces might locate American defectors in Vietnam and the plausibility of nerve gas use. Fleming recalls a first hand view and says he would be shocked by such operations while Sam Heflin doubts any nerve gas was employed, noting clandestine CIA activities and hidden wartime realities.
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Vietnam
Fleming
Canada
Sam Heflin
Heflin
CIA
PVHS valedictorian Matthew Tilley resumes summer work plan
PikeView High School valedictorian Matthew Tilley says he will not work this summer due to a busy schedule but plans to join a Department of Highways cooperative program in future summers for better pay and engineering experience. He notes friends are college bound and one has joined the National Guard.
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PikeView
Matthew Tilley
West Virginia Tech
Princeton High School
Matt
Freeman
Concord College
PSHS
Judy Grumblatt
Rachel
James Monroe
Akron
Kenneth Clay
Clay
Library drive fuels Invest in Tomorrow campaign goal
Ellsworth announced funds will back the Investment in Tomorrow Campaign at the school, aiming to raise 7.2 million over three to five years for library, facility and faculty development, scholarships and technology with library completion as a priority. United Company, based in Bristol, is the former United Coal Company.
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Ellsworth
United Company
Bristol
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United Coal Company
Conrail Sale Reshapes East Coast Rail Network in 1996 Bid
CSX and Norfolk Southern agreed to jointly buy Conrail, promising more competition in Northeastern markets. The deal would create a dominant East Coast network, eliminate thousands of jobs, and shift 240 miles of Conrail track to Norfolk Southern in West Virginia as regulators weigh growth and integration risks.
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CSX
Norfolk Southern
Carri Csx
Gus A. Owen
Union Pacific Corp
Southern Pacific Rail Corp
Midwest
Ed Emmett
National Industrial Transportation League
Philadelphia
West Virginia
Williamson
Huntington
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Airport Rd
Green Valley
Princeton Rescue Squad
Douglas Center
Princeton
Robert Wynn
Princeton Rescue Squad & Ambulance Service, Inc
N. 1St Street
Cort
Robert Knox, D.P.M
Kay Dales
Willis Chiropractic
Westwood Medical Park
N. Walker St
Virginia Avenue
Welch
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Medicaid
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Department of Labor
Bruce Bishop
Bill Clarke
MED Response, Inc
Bluewell Welch
Richlands
Bluefield Tazewell
Local Credit Bureau
John B. Jenkins
Onsumer
Ervice of Bluefield, Inc
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