Sudan Medical Mission Heads Into War-Torn Sudan
Bill Archer reports from Bluefield where eight volunteers from Westminster Presbyterian Church prepare to depart for a nine day medical relief mission to the Sudan. Led by Dr. William Harden and Dr. David Hopper, the team includes nurses Dolly Crockett and Vickie Harris and parish members. They will travel via London to Nairobi and Loki to reach rebel held areas in the Nuba Mountains, amid fighting between government forces and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army and mass displacement in the Blue Nile region.
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Bluefield
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Sudan
Kristie Blankenship
Blankenship
Mark Raulerson
Africa
William B. Harden
Uganda
Harden
David Hopper
Princeton
Dick Bransford
Bethany Crippled Children’s Hospital
Kenya
Hopper
Dolly Crockett
R.N
Vickie Harris
Tom Swanner
Steve Vail
Nancy Shrewsbury
London
England
Nairobi
Loki
Lokitaung
Nuba Mountains
Sudan People’s Liberation Army
SPLA
Khartoum
Blue Nile
North Sea
World” Magazine
United Nations
M.D
Banking firm names new managers
John M. Mendez is named president and CEO of First Community Bancshares Inc replacing James L. Harrison Sr. Robert L. Buzzo becomes president of First Community Bank N.A. and will share retail operations with COO E Stephen Lilly. The changes, effective immediately, come as FCB reports first quarter 2000 net income of 3.7 million and per share earnings.
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Bluefield
John M. Mendez
James L. Harrison Sr
First Community Bancshares, Inc
William P Stafford
Stafford
Robert L. Buzzo
First Community Bank
N.A
E. Stephen Lilly
Mendez
Harrison
Buzzo
Lilly
Corpo
First Community Bancshares
al Modena
Bank
Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
First Community Bank, N.A
United First Mortgage, Inc
Richmond
Virginia Beach
Harrisonburg
FCB
Princeton Enacts Law Targeting Drug Activity
Princeton City Council approved a new ordinance making loitering for the purpose of engaging in illegal drug activity unlawful. The measure, patterned after a Myrtle Beach law, empowers police to probe known offenders while restricting general accusations and requires suspects be known drug users, possessors, or sellers.
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Princeton
Phillip Ball
Anita Skeens Caldwell
C.W. Bingham
Casey Martin
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Mercer County
West Virginia
Martin
Ball
Picketers inflate giant rat at Princeton hospital protest
Sheet Metal Workers Local 33 staged a protest at Princeton Community Hospital over the hospital’s Phase IV expansion. An inflated rat symbolized alleged substandard wages and minimal benefits paid by subcontractor G J Hopkins Construction of Roanoke. Organizer Randy Gombos said Corte & Beers has refused to disclose subcontractor details and urged public awareness.
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Randy Gombos
Charleston
Gary Thomas
Gauley Bridge
Bob Cowie
Teays Valley
Bo Worrell
Princeton
Princeton Community Hospital
G.J. Hopkins Construction
Roanoke
Gombos
Corte & Beers
PCH Support Service
Extradition Waived in Buchanan Murder Case
Buchanan murder suspect Jeff Richardson, 20, waived extradition from Tennessee to Virginia. Richardson, held in Hamlin County Jail, is charged with murdering 80 year old Richard Hamilton, whose body was found with multiple stab wounds on June 6. He will face bond hearing, arraignment, and preliminary hearing in Buchanan County.
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Grundy
Buchanan County
Tennessee
Virginia
Jeff Richardson
Tazewell County
Hamlin County
Tenn
Richard Hamilton
Larry Crouse
Hamilton
Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department
Russell Bostic
Crouse
G. Morton
Morristown, Tenn
Sheriff’s Department
Richardson
Flag Day Reflections On Old Glory Heritage In Princeton
Barbara Hawkins reports Flag Day celebrations across Princeton and Bluefield with the Stars and Stripes flown to honor the flag’s long history. David Martens told the Princeton Rotary Club the flag embodies birth, present, and future promises of American life, liberty, and opportunity.
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Rinceton
Princeton
Bluefield
David Martens
Princeton Rotary Club
Martens
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