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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1999
Page
2
An 8-year-old boy saved lives by steering his father's tractor-trailer to safety after the driver, Ricky Burness, 40, suffered a heart attack on the Capital Beltway near Washington. The truck veered off exit ramps, struck a sign and pole, but the boy hit the brakes and alerted others before his father died minutes later.
NATO peacekeepers met Russian troops in Pristina as Serbs and Russians clash near the airport. The encounter, described as a coordinated occupation, involved 800 NATO troops and a 200 to 300 strong Russian force amid tense negotiations between U S and Russian officials over Russia's role in the Kosovo peacekeeping force.
Princeton Mercer County Chamber officials outlined parking for next weekend's annual SummerFest in the Princeton City Park. Brochures arrived Friday with distribution planned to motels hotels and the West Virginia center. Parking is directed to Morrison Drive lots and two area centers with a foot bridge over Brush Creek providing access.
AP reports Prince Edward and Sophie Rhys Jones prepare for their Windsor wedding at St George's Chapel amid memories of recent royal marriages ending in divorce. Forewarned by Charles and Diana era failures, the couple faces a sober public mood and guarded hopes for a lasting union.
In Bluefield Virginia a year after dedication hundreds use the Yakkity Yak Playground at Lotto Park. Lecia Smith led the fundraising and building and notes completion of play structures picnic tables and a donor board with landscaping ongoing. A trust fund plan funds perpetual care with 560 pickets sold at 25 dollars each.
George E. Pickett the fifth, descendant of Confederate Gen George Pickett, won a federal jury award after arguing an antiques expert inflated the value of a trunk of the general’s possessions. The trunk, sold to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, for about ten times its appraised price, fetched the estate $800,000. AP
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