Yeltsin to visit Kansas for ham and harvest talks
Friday Nation reports Russian President Boris Yeltsin heads to Kansas for down home discussions about ham bacon and the wheat harvest. Also notes a lab test showing an AIDS vaccine effective against blood cells infected with the virus and California Proposition 13 gaining Supreme Court approval. Tornadoes in the Midwest destroy the Sweeneys garage and roof. a fiber optic cable break disrupts long distance service in Bluefield Virginia area with repairs underway. Local events calendar lists a GFWC hot dog sale, UMWA pensioners meeting, and Bluefield Antique Festival with dates and venues.
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Boris Yeltsin
Kansas
Land
Wytheville
Virginia
Bluefield
United Telephone
MCI
Tom Sawyers
GTE South
Bland Street
Sawyers
Weather Today and Tonight Forecast
Partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and west winds 10 to 15 mph. Highs in the lower 70s. Tonight remains partly cloudy with a 30 percent shower chance and lows near 50 degrees. Weather package A eight.
Bookkeeper Embezzlement Triggers PSC Probe in Red Sulphur PSD
A Red Sulphur Public Service District embezzlement of 50 800 over about two years prompted a Public Service Commission hearing into the district’s management. Wally Pence pleaded guilty in Monroe County Circuit Court on June 9 and faces sentencing July 10 with possible penalties up to 10 years. The case also involved calls to remove two PSD directors and questions over internal financial controls.
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Public Service Commission
Red Sulphur Public Service District
PSD
Wally
Volley
Page
Pence
Monroe County
Charles M. Lobban
Peterstown
PSC
Celanese TWA Agree to Resume Contract Negotiations
In Narrows Virginia and Rock Hill South Carolina two Hoechst Celanese plants saw 80 percent vote against a proposed union contract. Dawn Clendening said talks will resume Monday June 22 as the current contract nears expiration at 11 p.m. Friday. The Narrows plant supplies over one third of Phillip Morris cigarette filters while Rock Hill makes acetate yarn and fiber for military use and NASA suits.
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Narrows
Hoechst Celanese
Textile Workers of America
Hoechst
Virginia
South Carolina
Dawn Clendening
Clendening
Rock Hill
S.C
Phillip Morris, Inc
NASA
Hearing set on Baptist Valley water and sewer plan
In Tazewell Virginia residents and businesses in Baptist Valley will speak July 9 on a proposed Baptist Valley Water and Sewer Project. The County Board of Supervisors voted to hold a public hearing before designating the project for the Public Service Authority and to address health concerns in the area.
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Tazewell
Baptist Valley
Tazewell County
Tazewell County Public Service Authority
Board of Supervisors
PSA
Don Payne
PSA Board of Directors
Ben Barringer
Health Department
Ulysses Cundiff
McDowell grand jury indicts Church brothers for murder
McDowell County Grand Jury indicted brothers John R Church and Walter L Church on multiple murder and related counts over the April 5 shooting at Kellys Bar in Anawalt. They are held without bond. arraignment set for today. no trial date yet.
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McDowell Grand Jury
Church Brothers
Welch
Mercer County
McDowell County
Anawalt
John R
Johnny” Church
Walter L ‘Pete’ Church
Montcalm
Dennis J. Farmer
Pageton
Farmer
Kelly's
John Church
Ricky Greer
North Carolina
McDowell County Public Defender’s Office
Pete Church
Supervisors Restore Five More Agencies In 54.3 Million Budget
Tazewell County supervisors approved a final 54.3 million budget restoring funding for five more human service agencies and the registrar's office. The action, taken after a public hearing with near 500 attendees, brings several previously cut programs back to full or near full funding, with amounts totaling about 29,896 from contingency funds.
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Tazewell
Jim Hale
Crab Orchard
Hale
Don Payne
Center For Christian Action
Appalachian Associa
Ion
Carline Community Center
Bandy Community Association
Payne
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David Letterman
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Trenton, N.J
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GFWC
Acme Gregory
Umwa Pensioners Club
Princeton Municipal
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Bluefield Recreation Center
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Babette Pascasio
Daily Telegraph
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Red Sulphur Psc
Ronald McCann
Robert Irons
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McCann
Wade H. Ballard III
Sibold and Whorley
Susan Riggs
Dave Wagner
Michael Griffith
Mike McNulty
Randall L. Veneri
Princeton
Robbie Meadows
Lincolnshire Park
Mike Davis
Perry Kelly
Sammy Fox
Celanese
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Andrea Rose
Don Payne Supervisor
Association For Retarded Citizens
Office On Youth
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