Arizona UFO reports spark city council call for inquiry
In mid March residents from Phoenix to Tucson and Kingman reported unusual bright amber and red lights in the sky. Video from Sue Krzyston captured three minutes of hovering lights while radar showed nothing and officials dismissed the sightings, prompting councilwoman Frances Emma Barwood to demand investigation.
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Sue Krzyston
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Mike Krzyston
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Kingman
Frances Emma Barwood
Widowed Persons and Cancer Support Meet In Bluefield
On Monday June 23 at 6 p.m. the East River Regional Widowed Persons group will gather for a carry-in dinner at College Avenue Baptist Church Bluefield. At 7 p.m. Buchanan General Hospital hosts an organizational meeting of a cancer support group in the hospital dining room led by oncology coordinator Erma May RN contact 540-935-1471 for details. Partly today outlook shows partly cloudy skies with a 40 percent shower and thunderstorm chance highs mid 80s. tonight, partly cloudy with similar shower potential and lows mid 60s. Weather package A-6.
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College Avenue Baptist Church
Bluefield
Buchanan General Hospital
Fix
Erma May
Anatomy of a tobacco deal ends bitter feud and risk
Washington report traces how Big Tobacco and state officials brokered a landmark 70 page settlement amid looming lawsuits and shifting leadership. Key actors include Philip Morris attorney Marc Firestone, Attorney General Christine Gregoire, and Mississippi AG Michael Moore. The Christmas Eve move and a retired judge helped link Clinton and Moore to new strategy that could reshape costs for sick smokers nationwide.
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Big Tobacco
Philip Morris
Marc Firestone
Christine Gregoire
Kyle
Mississippi
Michael Moore
North Carolina
Clinton
J. Phil Carlton
Tobacco
Carlton
Moore
Chautauqua Festival heats up with hot air balloons over Wytheville
Fog lifts over Big Walker Mountain as nearly 20 hot air balloons rise from Wytheville Community College during the 13th Annual Chautauqua Festival in the Park. Spectators from Florida to New York photograph the spectacle before a 9 AM 5K on Fourth Street. Vendors report strong sales and local resident Earl Keen runs today after competing recently in Bluefield.
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Ytheville
Big Walker Mountain
Wytheville Community College
Florida
New York
North Carolina
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Baptist Valley
Earl Keen
Bluefield
Judy Roberts
Wytheville
Balloons Rise at Wytheville Community College Event
About 20 hot air balloons lifted from the lawn of Wytheville Community College on a Saturday. Propane burners sent heat into the envelopes as handlers steadied each craft for takeoff.
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Wytheville Community College
SummerFest 1997 heats Princeton crowd in record turnout
Thousands flocked to Princeton for SummerFest 1997 with chili cookoff and dog show drawing crowds. Organizers called it the biggest event yet as heat kept temperatures high and attendees enjoying activities behind Heiner's Bakery grounds. Percheron draft horse sponsors Allen Dunagan and Lawrence Murphy praised the volunteer effort and planned another day of festivities.
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Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
George Lanton
Bluestone
Beverly Wellman
Claudio Montrosse
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