Grandchildren Honor Vietnam Veterans at Wall Photo Moment
A Sacramento girl, Amelia Hill, 7, pins a flag beside her grandfather Bruce Jensen at the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington. Sons and Daughters in Touch members bring their children for rubbings of fallen fathers, noting the 1967 downing and 1969 recovery of Jensen's Air Force pilot body amid an estimated 50,000 U.S. Vietnam fatalities.
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Amelia Hill
Sacramento
Calif
Bruce Jensen
Vietnam Memorial Wall
Washington
Sons and
Amelia
Vietnam
Princeton Lodge Master Mason Degree Special Session
On Monday June 16 at 7 p.m. Princeton Lodge No 134 AF and AM will confer the master mason degree at the Princeton Masonic Hall. All master masons are invited to attend. On Thursday June 19 at 6 30 p.m. the Diabetic Support Group meets in Princeton Community Hospital Education Department Rooms 1 and 2. For more information call 487 7283 or 487 7642.
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Princeton Lodge No. 134
Af&am
Princeton Masonic Hall
United States
Wytheville Community College
Carroll Hall
E. Main St
Princeton Community Hospital
Sunny with mild highs in the upper 70s
The forecast calls for sunny weather with highs in the upper 70s and tonight mostly clear skies with lows in the lower 50s. A weather package note appears alongside sections labeled Lifestyles, Opinion, and Sports. A weekend draws listing shows Red 1 17, White 6 16, Blue 16 17.
Juror recalls innocence lost after McVeigh verdict
A juror in the Oklahoma City bombing case says the trial cost her some innocence yet left no second thoughts about the death sentence for Timothy McVeigh. Tonya Stedman, 24, describes crying over the decision and finally getting a good night�s sleep after the 2 1/2 month trial. McVeigh, 29, spent the morning after his sentence meeting with an attorney as Gov. Keating eyes upcoming trials for Terry Nichols and possible state murder cases. At the site, Dorothy and Jim Robertson tied two dozen flags to the fence surrounding the former Murrah Building.
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Denver
Oklahoma City
Timothy McVeigh
Tonya Stedman
Ms. Stedman
McVeigh
Randall Coyne
Oklahoma
Frank Keating
Terry Nichols
Keating
Dorothy Robertson
Jim
Alfred P. Murrah
Mrs. Robertson
Poke Salad Bluegrass Festival Sparks Memorial Fund
In Boissevain Virginia the 1997 National Poke Salad Bluegrass Festival opened despite light rain at the Coal Miner's Memorial Museum and Park. Musicians from the region performed while proceeds fund museum initiatives, honoring 38 miners who died in the 1932 Boissevain Mine explosion.
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Oissevain
Coal Miner’s Memorial Museum & Park
Boissevain
McConley
Buck” Byrd
Byrd
David
Phyllis Phipps
Loretta Hill
Hank Wolf
Patty White
E.M. Byrd
United Mine Workers of America
Opry
Woman trapped hours after Route 20 crash near Bluewell
Belinda Seay a 33 year old Bluewell woman escaped serious injury after being trapped in her white Nissan sedan for several hours following a crash on State Route 20 near U S 52. Rescue teams freed her after about ninety minutes and she remained under evaluation by Bluefield Regional Medical Center staff.
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Bluefield
Bluewell
Belinda Seay
Bluewell Station
Bluefield Regional Medical Center
Seay
Robert Youther
Glenwood Park
Youther
Charles Smothers
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Wytheville Chautauqua Festival Opens With New Format
Wytheville Va. The 13th annual festival in the park kicks off Tuesday as Chautauqua returns with a concentrated five day program. Mary Jane Umberger wrote the closing song performed this week. Pat McClane of the Wythe Arts Council outlines a child friendly lineup including a Great Watermelon Contest and a Theatre Bristol workshop for kids.
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Wytheville
Mary Jane Umberger
Chautauqua
Pat McClane
Wythe Arts Council Board of Direct
Tors
McClane
Theatre Bristol
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Greene Daily
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