Westminster Church Mission Heads to Uganda Africa
Westminster Presbyterian Church Medical Mission sails from Charlotte to Uganda for a two week stay led by Dr William Harden now in its sixth year. Dr Kathy Banks a New Jersey surgeon joins the team replacing an open slot after a February call.
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Bluefield
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Uganda
Charlotte
N.C
Africa
Barker
William Harden
Harden
Frederick Barker
Journal of American Dentistry
Lucky] Goforth
Kathy
Banks
Goforth
Roselle Park
N.J
University of Medicine and Dentistry of
New Jersey
Guatemala
Bolivia
Jeff Chadwick
Strong Medical Mission Group
Apac
Female cadets far to go
Virginia Military Institute Superintendent Josiah Bunting III said women met VMI's requirements in the first year but remain a disruptive presence. He affirmed adherence to the 1996 Supreme Court mandate to admit women, noting a successful first year with 30 women in the class of 460 and 23 surviving the Rat Line.
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Ashington
Virginia Military Institute
Josiah Bunting III
VMI
Bunting
Military School
Lexington
U.S. Supreme Court
National Press Club
Washington
WMD
Supreme Court
Bluefield State College May Hire First Black Professor
Bluefield State College may appoint Anthony T. Woart as assistant sociology professor, pending Charleston approval. Woart, a minority resident of Woburn, Mass, would become the college’s first black faculty member in over a year, as officials push to boost minority enrollment.
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Bluefield -Bluefield State College
Jim Nelson
BSC
Anthony T. Woart
Nelson
Charleston
Weart
Woart
Woburn
Mass
Historically Black College
Renando Holland
Holland
Inmate Faces Execution in Virginia Killing Spree
Dennis Wayne Eaton, 41, convicted in 1989 for four murders during a western Virginia spree, faces lethal injection on Thursday unless Gov. Gilmore intervenes. He killed Judy McDonald, Jerry Hines, Walter Custer Jr., and Ripley Marston Sr. after a highway pursuit. three life terms had been given for three of the killings. Lawyers appeal arguing jurors were misinformed about life terms without parole.
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Richmond, Va
Shenandoah County
Virginia
Jim Gilmore
Dennis Wayne Eaton
Judy McDonald
Jerry Hines
Walter Custer Jr
Ripley Marston Sr
Eaton
Custer
Marston
Ms. McDonald
Hines
Salem
Telegraph writer Hawkins earns National Press Women award
Daily Telegraph senior writer Barbara Hawkins named second runner-up for the 1998 Communicator of Achievement Award at the NFPW convention in Washington. Nominated by West Virginia Press Women members and supported by letters from U.S. Sen. Jay Rockefeller and local officials, Hawkins is WV Editor and Princeton Bureau Chief with a long record in journalism and community service in Mercer County.
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Sarah Dalton
U.S
Jay Rockefeller
Del
Elizabeth Osborne
Princeton- Mercer County
Commerce
George Santon
Sen. Rockefeller
Barbara Hawkins
Hawkins
West Virginia
Mercer County
Marge Setter
Kansas Press Women
Patricia A. DeAgostino
Michigan
Francine Taylor
Alaska Press Women
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Pam Hawkins
Princeton Town Square
Mercer County Humane Society
Chamber of Commerce
Princeton Times
Smyth County News
Marion
Wpuv Radio
Pulaski
Southwest Times
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Stoker
Dana
Amanda Cochran
Bramwell
Dalton
Kevin
Mary Paynter
Teddy Paynter
Dana Cochran
WVPW
Kimberleigh
Kendall White
Pamela
Stoker wins national award for Daily Telegraph heritage work
Freelance writer Louise Stoker earned the National Federation of Press Women first prize for historic research in the Daily Telegraph 1997 Heritage edition. The West Virginia award was presented at the NFPW convention as Stoker reflected on decades of local reporting and projects across Giles and Wythe counties.
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Ashington
D.C. Bramwell
Louise Stoker
National Federation of Press Women
Daily Telegraph
NFPW
Stoker
West Virginia Press Women
Giles
Wythe
Dana
Telegraph
Giles and Wythe
West Virginia
Glenville
Mercer
McDowell
Tazewell
Summit Players Children’s Theatre
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Eric DeNovo
Tazewell County
National Press
Jim Terry
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