Four Black men arrested in Denny beating case
An 18 page Los Angeles police report says a mob beat motorists after a Rodney King verdict and that the assailants targeted some people while sparing others. Damian Williams, 19, allegedly urged the crowd and shouted that a Puerto Rican woman was not a sister. Williams is among four black men charged in the April 29 attack on white truck driver Reginald Denny, a scene also captured on videotape and aired nationwide.
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Los Angeles
Rodney King
Damian Williams
Williams
Reginald Denny
King
Denny
Rolling Stone editor faults media for political disengagement
William Greider, national editor of Rolling Stone, told 750 conference attendees in Portland that the American public feels excluded from politics. He blamed the press and media for democracy’s decay, saying they are implicated in the problem.
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Portland, Ore
William Greider
Rolling Stone Magazine
Greider
Bomb Kills Four Targeting Georgian Official In Moscow
In Moscow, a car bomb killed four and appeared aimed at Dzhaba Ioseliani, deputy chairman of Georgia's ruling State Council, as his motorcade passed in Tbilisi. Two Russian soldiers died when Georgian National Guardsmen tried to seize weapons from a tank regiment. Ioseliani was unharmed.
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Moscow
Georgia
Tbilisi
Dzhaba Ioseliani
State Council
Ioselani
Artifacts stolen from Pharaonic tombs in southern Egypt
In al-Hiba, a Pharaonic site 79 miles south of Cairo, smugglers stole 18 caskets and three ornamental boxes from tombs. The complex includes a temple built under Pharaoh Shoshenq I in the 10th century B.C. authorities reported on Saturday.
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Cairo
Egypt
al- Hiba
Al-Hiba
Shoshenq I
Daily Sun Bluefield Rates Note Delivery And Address Info
An archival ad-like notice lists mail and home delivery rates for the Daily Sun, including outside West Virginia and various subscription durations. It also identifies affiliations with the Audit Bureau of Circulations and Associated Press, plus postal and advertising details for Bluefield West Virginia.
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Bluefield
W.va
P. O. Box
Cresmer, Woodward
O’mara
Ormsbee
Chaos and security drills mark Bush Panama stopover
The scene around President Bush in Panama featured hidden snipers, CAT units, and bulletproof gear as Secret Service agents hustled him from a disrupted rally. Observers note advance planning and near misses, while Panamanian police fired tear gas and shots amid the crowd in Plaza Porras.
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Panama City
Panama
Bush
Secret Service
America
Plaza Porras
Guillermo Endara
CAT Squad
Earth Summit seen as milestone amid critique and hope
Environmentalists and officials weigh the Earth Summit's impact amid optimism and disappointment. Greenpeace calls the talks marginalizing, while Hilary French argues the event may mark a turning point in environmental affairs. The Stockholm conference's legacy and the birth of the U.N. Environment Program are cited as catalyst for treaties and future progress. The new Sustainable Development Commission could press nations to honor commitments and extend them.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Richard Benedick
U.S. State Department
Rio
Benedick
U.N
Commission On Sustainable Development
Greenpeace
Toni Adams
Hilary French
Worldwatch Institute
Washington, D.C
Stockholm
U.N. Commission On Sustainable Development
Maurice Strong
Bush says he would like to go back to Panama
President Bush insisted the Panama demonstration that forced him to cancel a speech did not define Panama. He praised the warmth of hundreds of thousands of Panamanians observed during a two day Earth Summit visit and said Panama is democratic and free.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Bush
Panama
Barbara
Guillermo Endara
Dra
Matic
Rio
Manuel Noriega
Calendar of community events and blood drives
Calendar entries list Red Cross blood mobile visits at Bluefield GTE building on June 17, Bluefield Antique Festival June 19–21 at Bluefield Recreation Center, Richlands Va and Tazewell Va mobile visits June 23–24, a July 17 phlebotomy test prep class at Mercer County TEC with $15 fee, July 19 Goodwill Community Reunion at Goodwill Bottom with potluck and Nina Farmer contact info.
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American Red Cross Bloodmobile
GTE
Bluefield
Appalachian Antique Association
Gethsemane Baptist Church
Richlands
American Red Cross Blood
Mobile
American Legion
Tazewell
Mercer County Technical Education Center
Goodwill Bottom
Goodwill Hollow
Louisville
Nina Farmer
Yearly June Local Government Meetings Listed in Virginia and West Virginia
A schedule of public meetings for municipalities and counties across Bluefield and nearby towns. McDowell County Board of Education and Tazewell County Public Service Authority announce June 15 meetings. Additional councils and boards in Pocahontas, Princeton, Bland, and Wytheville set sessions through June 22 and 23.
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McDowell County Board of Education
Tazewell County
Bland County Board of Supervisors
Wytheville Town Council
Witches Protest Eviction From Levittown Mall
In Levittown Pennsylvania protesters from the Wicca community gathered outside Gypsy Heaven a witchcraft supply shop facing eviction as a buyer demanded lease termination before purchasing the half empty shopping center Bramalea Centers Inc said the buyer Levittown L P had insisted the lease end to close the sale Gypsy Heaven owners filed suit June 1 alleging wrongful eviction and the shopkeepers described brisk business with a large local witch population The store offers herbs incense candles oils and pewter items.
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Levittown
Gypsy Heaven
Tammie Jesberger
Joe Tittel
Melissa Helweg
Bramalea Centers Inc
Levittown L.P
Philadelphia
Helweg
Bucks County
Ronald A. Smith
Tittel
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