Crime and punishment in America and Virginia courts
Charles Owens examines U S and Virginia judicial gaps with focus on victim rights in Tazewell County. Prosecutor Mike Dennis notes defendants’ rights trap while praising witness protection and Crime Victim Rights legislation as reforms. He stresses victims should be present at hearings and that local crime varies by community.
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Tazewell County
Commonwealth
Mike Dennis
Dennis
United States Supreme Court
Virginia Supreme Court
Virginia
Tazewell
Commonwealth Attorney
Yeltsin Edges Zyuganov in Early Russia Vote Outlook
With 15 percent counted Yeltsin leads Zyuganov 34 to 31 as Russians face a stark choice between continuing reform and Soviet-era controls. Lebed holds 15 percent in a volatile field, while turnout and regional results hint at a July runoff.
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Moscow
Boris Yeltsin
Gennady Zyuganov
Yeltsin
Zyuganov
National Election Commission
Mikhail Gorbachev
Russia
Lebed
Far East
Siberia
Vyacheslav Nikonov
Attic Find Valued At Two Hundred Fifty Thousand
A Philadelphia woman found a 16th century Milanese parade helmet in her attic. At Civic Center Butterfield & Butterfield appraiser Greg Martin valued it at about $250,000, noting it was forged from a single steel sheet and gilded.
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Philadelphia
Civic Center
Chubb
Greg Martin
San Francisco
Butterfield & Butterfield
Milan
Martin
Weather outlook and Powerball note for weekend
Partly sunny with scattered thunderstorms today and highs in the 80s. Tonight will be fair with overnight lows 55 to 65. Weather package A-8 reports Powerball Saturday numbers with no winner as none of six $100,000 tickets sold in West Virginia. Wednesday's estimated jackpot million.
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Sssccrees
West Virginia
Bramwell Water Woes Persist As Rates Jump
Bramwell faces critical water finances with a $53,000 revenue forecast and a $15,000 prior year loss. Town treasurer Ken Beard warns of operating deficits and a proposed 93 percent rate increase to take effect July 5 to sustain water service into an uncertain future.
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Bramwell
Ken Beard
Beard
Brookman couple marks 71 years of marriage in Princeton
Hazel and Milton Brookman celebrate their 71st wedding anniversary. Childhood neighbors on Reynolds Avenue they later wed in Bristol Tenn after running away for love. Milton worked as Virginian Railroad shop foreman and Hazel as a Western Union manager, cherishing a long life together.
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Hazel
Milton Brookman
Princeton
Marrie
Justice of the Peace
Bristol
Tenn
Rinceton
Reynolds Avenue
Milton
Virginian
Western Union
Saeshol
Brookmans
Wrights
Trio paints mural for Liberty Baptist Church baptismal
A trio of Glenwood area artists Freda Snider Betty Ogden and Betty White created an 8 by 10 foot oil on linen mural for Liberty Baptist Church baptismal depicting water mountains clouds a sunrise and birds. The piece hung above the baptistry after nine to four work days and joins other church murals in the region.
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Glenwood
West Virginia
Garden of Eden
Liberty Baptist Church
Freda Snider
Betty Ogden
Betty White
Ture
Snider
Ogden
White
Columbus
Mercer
First Baptist Church
Princeton
Yeu
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Tony Barbery
Trio
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