Historic tobacco settlement reshapes U S law and sales
Washington AP reports a landmark settlement requires cigarette makers to pay 360 billion over 25 years with further costs after. The deal relieves some lawsuits and legal bills while imposing unprecedented rules on tobacco marketing and sale, praised as a major public health achievement by AGs but awaiting Congressional ratification and criticized by health groups.
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Calendar notes and community meetings in Athens and Bluefield
Teen Challenge Open House on Unity Road Athens from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Contact 384-9074 for details. East River Ruritan Club hosts Senior Citizens Day at Ruritan Community Center Oakvale with door prize, refreshments, live music, free bingo and blood pressure screening by Mountaineer Home Nursing. Bluefield Widowed Persons meet June 23 at College Avenue Baptist Church for carry-in dinner. Buchanan General Hospital hosts cancer support group organizational meeting June 23 on fifth floor dining room. contact Erma May 540-935-1471. Princeton Community Hospital directors meet June 24 in hospital board room. Weather: mostly cloudy today with highs in the mid 80s to 80s and a 30 percent rain chance. tonight partly cloudy with lows around 60s.
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Ruritan Community Center
Oakvale
Mountaineer Home Nursing
East River
College Avenue Baptist Church
Bluefield
Buchanan General Hospital
Erma May
Rescue squad worker jailed for 13 months
Dianna L. Lambert 41 of Tuscaloosa Alabama, formerly with Big Creek Rescue Squad, received a 13 month sentence in U S District Court for mail fraud tied to Medicaid billing from 1992 to 1994. She was ordered to pay 20000 restitution and serve three years supervised release after prison. report to jail July 20.
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Big Creek Rescue Squad
U.S
Dianna L. Lambert
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Lambert
Big Creek
Hunter Smith
David Faber
Smith
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Hechler urges reading to forge good government at literacy rally
Secretary of State Ken Hechler addressed about 350 at Chicory Square urging reading as the path to good government. Bluefield leaders highlighted literacy benefits and Janet Williams of Bluewell Elementary shared why reading matters, urging personal commitment to educate others.
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Ken Hechler
Hechler
Chicory Square
Greater
Bluewell Elementary
Janet Williams
Coalition
Williams
Mercer
Mercer County Reading
Secretary of State
Mike Davis
Pow wow ends with wedding at Tazewell fairgrounds
The Grand Council and Nell Bundy Memorial Pow Wow at Tazewell County Fairgrounds closes with a 1 PM wedding ceremony and 12:30 PM dances. Native groups from across the US and Canada attend. activities include arts, crafts, food, music, and a trained cougar named Fubar drawing crowds.
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Tazewell
Helen Arnold
Bluefield
Joe Wagner
Las Vegas
Nevada
Wagner
Fairgrounds
Summerfest in Princeton Heats Up for Biggest Day Yet
Festival co chair Jig ger Smith says vendors are set and crowds will flood Princeton High School grounds for SummerFest 1997. Officials note record midweek attendance as Friday promises peak turnout with events from International Pavilion to NASCAR and 4 H fair activities drawing families and locals.
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Jigger Smith
Princeton High School
Smith
Princeton-Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
George Lanton
Kristen Alls
PMCCC
Devil Rays
James H
Lanton
Sudhakar R. Jamkhandi
Bluefield State College Center For International Understanding
Heiner’s Bakery
Greg
Penny Prudich
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