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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1994
Page
1
Actor John Corbett and his father attended a Las Vegas Hilton auction of 600 Elvis Presley Museum items. The sale featured a personal acoustic guitar fetching $30,000 along with records photos and movie memorabilia.
West Virginians celebrated the 131st birthday weekend with chili and wild game in 90 degree heat, enjoying steel guitars and Civil War reenactments. Charleston hosted a chili cookoff for the 10th time while towns statewide held markets, concerts, crafts, and park events commemorating statehood.
Princeton city offices will close for West Virginia Day. Garbage collection remains unchanged. An advisory board meeting for the Southern Regional Juvenile Detention Center is scheduled for 4 p.m. in the center lobby. Weather calls for partly sunny skies with a 30 percent shower chance and tonight a similar chance with lows in the 60s. A large lottery jackpot estimate is listed for Wednesday.
Five family members from Princeton and nearby Bath County die in a lightning strike near an island on Lake Moomaw Recreation Area in Virginia. Robert and Marjorie Johnson aged 66 and 63 are among the victims, with Harrison Christian his wife Sheila 37 and son Matthew 10 also killed. The group reportedly sheltered under pines as a thunderstorm hit around 2 30 p m, with two bolts seen near the island. All deaths judged instantaneous, bodies found within 15 feet of each other. The Johnsons had lived in Princeton since May of last year.
The fifth annual Bluefield Antique Festival ended at the Bluefield Youth Center as heat outside rose while inside hundreds shopped among 23 dealers. Organizers led by Carol Cole welcomed visitors, noting the event drew collectors from distant places and boosted area activity.
Mercer Health Right operates a volunteer staffed clinic network serving the region's indigent. From a one night weekly clinic in 1990 it expanded to two day long clinics weekly with Byrd funding. Patient numbers rose from 3989 in 1991-92 to 4792 last year and projected to exceed 5100 this year. funding expires September, but local foundations expect continued support through year end.
Anneka Perry, 1992 Bluefield High School graduate now at Bluefield State College, interns with the United States Soil Conservation Service. She will work with a soil scientist and explore farm planning and the Rural Abandoned Mines Program as part of a summer internship. Perry pursues biology and political science, cherishes cheerleading past, and aims to gain experience to assist others.
Cedar Bluff Virginia reports that despite modern computer signals old time rail workers still rely on hand signals and shared caution. Jim Crane and John Harman exchange the call high ball as a train proceeds. Veteran foreman Robert Brown praises the daily work and winter scenery despite danger.
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