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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1997
Page
1
A unanimous jury sentenced Timothy McVeigh to death by injection for the Oklahoma City bombing, denying life in prison. Judge Richard Matsch scheduled the formal sentence after motions, as victims’ families reacted with sobs and church bells rang.
In Oklahoma City, survivors react to Timothy McVeigh's death by injection verdict with mixed emotions. Mike Lenz, whose wife Carrie was killed in 1995, testifies in the penalty phase saying the judgment won’t ease his grief. In Denver, 100-plus demonstrators await court news outside.
Saturday events include the Collegians concert at Tazewell Varsity Baseball Field with $5 tickets benefiting the Tazewell Baseball Booster Club, and a Princeton Community Hospital employee variety show at Princeton Junior High Auditorium with $2 tickets and door prizes. Also Monday sees a Masonic meeting for Princeton Lodge 134 AF and Tuesday hosts an intercountry adoption orientation at Wytheville Community College with RSVP calls.
Considerable cloudiness with a 50 percent chance of rain. Highs near mid 70s. Tonight remains partly cloudy with lows in the lower and mid 50s. Weather package A-11.
BDT invites readers in Mercer and adjacent counties to call a toll free Cellular One number for news tips. The service covers Mercer, Tazewell, Bland, Monroe, Summers, Fayette and Greenbrier counties with a simple dial in option for tips to the Daily Telegraph staff.
Independent Mercer County funeral homes join state AG Darrell McGraw in investigating Loewen Group International Inc of Vancouver. The case, heard in Kanawha County Circuit Court, questions pre-need merchandise sales at cemeteries Rest Haven Woodlawn and Restlawn owned by Loewen. Judge Herman Canady denied Loewen’s motion.
The Mercer County Board of Health received backing from West Virginia Health Commissioner Henry Taylor M.D. after a challenge to its legality. Health Officer Allen Dyer M.D. said the report confirms the board’s position and clears the air, following a December 18 letter from William Myers after the board enacted Clean Indoor Air Regulations. Keith Dalton noted Myers challenged the board’s legal standing.
Bluefield High School runs a free three week Math Doubleshot program for all students, especially the classes of 2000 and 2001. Activities include graph equations, rulers, protractors, calculators, a computer lab, and hands on tasks such as measuring tree height and micrometer use. Students will race battery powered cars to compute rates and time. The program runs three hours daily from June 16 to 20.
BLUEFIELD A pharmacist joins the Westminster Medical Mission team as three church vans depart from Westminster Presbyterian Church for two weeks of medical mission work in Africa. This marks the fifth trip sponsored by the church since returning last June.
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