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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1997
Page
1
Nature and culture pages preview a film featuring Poison Ivy as a key draw. The entertainment insert highlights the comic book inspired thriller and previews showings at Pipestream Amphitheatre with details on cast and release timing.
Chad Barrett 18 and Roger Hager 19, both of Princeton and Bluefield respectively, were charged with first degree arson in the June 17 Lee Street fire that Williams fled from. A 15-year-old Bluefield boy was also arrested and released. Fire marshal probes cause as Williams identifies suspects.
Friday events include a 6:30 p.m. literacy rally at Chicory Square downtown Bluefield led by Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce’s Turn the Page and featuring Secretary of State Ken Hechler. Earlier, a Red Cross Bloodmobile will collect at Princeton Community Hospital. Weather calls for cloudy to partly cloudy skies with highs in the 80s.
In Green Valley a large beetle emerged from a Costa Rica banana shipment at Surface Banana Company. Greg Hines, Surface comptroller, said the insect appeared on a banana stalk during unloading. Workers searched for a box to ship the beetle home, noting it devoured a grasshopper in the box.
A Kentucky ticket matched all six Powerball numbers 16 23 24 28 29 and 24 to win the 57.5 million jackpot. An estimated 5 million prize is expected for Saturday. Twenty-two tickets matched the first five numbers but not the Powerball, paying 100 000 each, with 9 in Arizona 3 in Indiana 2 in Delaware Iowa and Missouri and 1 in Kentucky Louisiana Minnesota and Nebraska.
Native Americans from across the United States and Canada converge on the Tazewell County Fairgrounds for the Nell Bundy Memorial Pow Wow, a multi day gathering hosted by the Northern Tsulagi Nation. Chief Vivian Santini says the event aims to help children and foster unity through dance and exchange of ideas. Notable attractions include the trained cougar Fubar and a younger cub, with organizers emphasizing respectful treatment of wildlife.
The SummerFest show in Princeton features The 1964 Tribute, Akron’s answer to the Fab Four, under The River sponsorship. About 2,500 fans, mostly youths, fill the night as mop-tops look alike, wearing tie-dye T shirts while the band keeps a restrained look with dark suits and small ties.
West Virginia’s jobless rate fell to 5.8 percent in May, the lowest in 19 years, with 14,100 fewer unemployed (46,500) than April. State officials tout the drop amid cautions from WVU researchers about reading a single month’s data, noting 78,400 new jobs since 1990 and growth ahead of the national rate.
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