Bangladesh souvenir sellers on Letterman plan Niagara Falls report
Mujibur Rahman aged 39 and Sirajul Islam aged 34, two Bangladesh natives who have appeared on David Letterman's Late Show, plan to file their first report today from Niagara Falls, working at The Rock America store selling Broadway souvenirs.
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Dave
Lillehammer
David Letterman
Mujibur Rahman
Sirajul Islam
Letterman
Niagara Falls
Rock America
Sunda Vacation Bible School Carnival at Community Baptist Church
A birthday event for ten year olds is listed at Community Baptist Church on Country Girl Road near Bluefield. A carnival with games and prizes is scheduled for June 19 and is open to all attendees.
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Sunda Vacation Bible
Community Baptist Church
Country Girl Road
Bluefield
Weather and lottery notes for weekend Virginia draw
Mostly sunny today with southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight partly cloudy and warm with a mid-60s low. A Powerball draw shows no $100,000 tickets sold in West Virginia. estimated jackpot on Saturday and Virginia Lotto results report no winner with numbers 9 19 20 23 28 39.
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West Virinia
Virginia Lotto
Matoaka Man Charged in Shooting Set Up Claim
Police say 18 year old Robert Lake of Matoaka allegedly set up 67 year old Richard Gray in a wooded Church Hollow shooting. Gray survived a single shoulder wound after a relative applied pressure and emergency crews airlifted him to CAMC. Gray’s vehicle was found nearby before being airlifted.
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Matoaka
Charleston Area Medical Center
Church Hollow
Robert Howard Lake
Mercer County
Richard Gray
W.O. Lawson
Lawson
Gray
CAMC
Princeton Rescue Squad
Voters lukewarm on Virginia Democratic primary contest
In Alexandria Senator Charles S Robb faces three challengers as low turnout looms for the Virginia Democratic primary Analysts estimate 9 to 14 percent of Virginia 2.9 million registered voters will vote Robb campaigns in northern Virginia while Goode targets southwestern Virginia and the Hampton Roads area. challengers include Sylvia Clute and Nancy Spannaus with LaRouche ties noted.
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Alexandria
Charles S. Robb
Robb
Cam
Virginia
Anna Leider
Democratic Party
Richmond
Portsmouth
Virgil Goode Jr
Franklin County
Sylvia Clute
Nancy Spannaus
Lyndon Lauche
Goode
Hampton Roads
Craig Bieber
Robb Goode and Clute clash on tax and policy issues
In a summary of Senate contenders Robb Goode and Clute the candidates diverge on tobacco and gas taxes with Clute largely supporting tobacco aid to farmers and single payer health care while Goode backs gas tax and public funding for abortion and D.C. statehood are cited as debated topics Clute opposes some reforms and supports recall not term limits
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Robb
Goode
Clute
Bible in the Schools Faces Major Funding Shortfall
Bluefield's Bible in the Schools program, in operation since 1939, risks severe cuts with a $39,000 gap toward a $136,000 upcoming budget. Eva Easley notes the yearly challenge of securing funds while maintaining program integrity for Mercer County students taught by five accredited teachers.
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Bluefield
Sara Godwin
Margaret Moore
Eva Easley
Bible In the Schools Board of Directors
Mercer County
Mercer County Board of Education
Wade
Ramsey
Memorial
Niagara Movement origins and WV arts camp noted
The piece recounts the Niagara Movement's 1906 birth after a Buffalo segregated hotel booking forced a meeting on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. It links the movement to the NAACP and Civil Rights gains, while noting West Virginia’s annual summer arts camp for African-Americans at Camp Washington Carver in Fayette County.
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South
W.E.B. du Bois
Buffalo
N.Y
Niagara Falls
Harpers Ferry
W.va
John Brown
Storer College
West Virginia
Bundy
Washington, D.C
Ieee
Fall End Shore
Watrginia
du Bois
Booker T. Washington
Washington
Niagara Movement
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
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Amy Sutherland
Tommy Arnett
Sutherland
Bluefield College
Poconos
Abby Las Ste
Matoaka Man
Senate
Virgil H. Goode Jr
Sylvia L. Clute
D.C
Bible In the Schools
Bill Archer
The
Daily Telegraph
Luefield
U.S
North
Appomattox
Joe Bundy
Jim Crowe
A Clifford
Richard T. Greener
Monroe Rotter
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