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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1996
Page
5
U S markets rose Friday with the Dow up about 45 points and broad indexes snapping losses. The Nasdaq recovered slightly on Oracle earnings while bond prices advanced keeping yields around 7.10 percent after a week of inflation worry.
James R. Wheeling of Premier Bankshares and L Ronald Clark of First Commonwealth Bank announce that their banks will not pursue the previously announced merger.
Former West Virginia state senator J D Brackenrich will keep his Division of Highways engineering job after pleading guilty to a federal pollution violation. He received one month in jail, five months of home confinement, and a $25,000 fine for discharging pollutants without a permit into wetlands near Otter Creek in 1992. He remains a public employee on leave during jail time and may return under home confinement terms.
Hancock County commissioners move to remove Sheriff W L Watkins after multiple DUI arrests while he was away in Texas. Watkins faces Texas DUI charges in El Paso for June and March incidents, plus a weapons violation in Las Cruces. Commissioner David Cline says the public deserves better and urges resignation while prosecutors prepare a petition for a circuit judge to review duties.
Police blotter items report a Pepsi machine vandalism in Green Valley with four youths in a dark car, a disabled motorist on U S Route 52 near Pinnacle Rock, an eviction related altercation in Brush Fork, a hit and run on Pinoak damaging a 1967 Firebird, a Ford van crossing tracks near Nemours with minor tire damage, three juveniles throwing rocks at Green Valley rink, a black Mighty Morphin bicycle stolen then found at Princeton Towers, and a breach of peace arrest on Princeton Avenue. Additional thefts include transmission fluid oil and a display valued at 100 dollars at Cargo Oil.
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