Vaccine pioneer Jonas Salk dies at 80 in California
Jonas Salk, creator of the first polio vaccine and later a pursuer of AIDS treatment, died at 12 23 p m in La Jolla California at Green Hospital of Scripps Clinic aged 80. He spent a lifetime ahead of his time and transformed public health by ending fear of polio.
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A Jolla
Calif
Jonas Salk
Salk
Green Hospital
University of Pittsburgh
United States
Albert Sabin
Open House at AAA Bluefield and Local Meetings Calendar
AAA Bluefield hosts an all day open house with agent Q A, door prize drawings and refreshments. June 26 6 p m East River Widowed Person's Service carries in at College Avenue Baptist Church Bluefield. June 27 7 p m Mercer County Board of Education meets at Seminar Center Princeton. 7 p m Mercer County Historical Society at Pinnacle Rock State Park with a 6 p m covered dish. 7 p m Princeton Senior High School Football Boosters meet at visitor concession. 7 30 p m Bluefield Mercer Lodge No 85 AF AM meets at Masonic Temple all Master Masons welcome. Weather.
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Bluefield
East River
College Avenue Baptist Church
Mercer County Board of Education
Mercer County Technical Education Complex
Princeton
Mercer County Historical Society
Pinnacle Rock State Park
Princeton Senior High
Bluefield Mercer Lodge No. 85
Af&am
Masonic Temple
Partly cloudy with scattered storms forecast today
Partly cloudy today with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Tonight remains partly cloudy with a risk of showers and storms. Highs reach 70s to 80s, lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s, per Weather package A-10 Wes.
National marketing firm to locate in Buchanan
A top marketing research company will locate in the Buchanan Information Park at Slate Creek near Grundy bringing 100 to 150 jobs. The firm will occupy 6,000 square feet of a new 20,000 square foot shell building to be built by the Buchanan County and Virginia Coalfield Economic Development authorities. Occupancy is expected by mid-September. The firm began in 1988 and operates in Virginia Beach and other locations with over 500 employees.
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Grundy
America
Buchanan
Slate Creek
Peter J. McGuinnes
Issues and Answers Network, Inc
Virginia Coalfield Economic Development Authority
VCEDA
Norton
Buchanan County Industrial Development Authority
McGuinnes
Buchanan County
Buchanan Information Park
Virginia Beach
GOP closes ranks on budget plan
Washington AP Republicans back leaders plan to balance the budget with a seven year 245 billion dollar tax cut package and 898 billion in reductions to Medicare Medicaid and other programs. Concerns linger about final tax and education cuts and the timing of enactment.
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Washington
Clinton
House
Newt Gingrich
Senate
Bob Dole
Chambers
Budget compromise curbs seven year plan gains tax cuts
Republicans finalize a seven year budget balancing package with total tax cuts of 245 billion and savings of 270 billion from Medicare and 180 billion from Medicaid. The plan would terminate the Department of Commerce while preserving Energy and Education, cut welfare by 100 billion, and trim domestic programs by about 190 billion while projecting higher loan and veteran benefit savings.
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Department of Commerce
Departments of Energy and Education
Hardwood expo opens in Bluefield with big crowd
Expo 1995 Hardwood Expo opens at Brushfork Armory to a crowd of thousands. Nearly 80 exhibitors outline visions of success as officials anticipate over 6,000 attendees across a two day event. AHExpo Consortium president notes strong pre registrations and high interest.
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James “Buck” Harless
Gilbert Lumber Company
Brushfork Armory
SummerFest 1995 Full Schedule Hits Princeton Run
Princeton SummerFest 1995 and the Civil War Heritage Weekend kick off with a packed Prince ton High School venue. Vendors filled the space, some turned away for lack of room as the James H. Drew Exposition carnival reports strong progress despite showers.
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Queens
Stephanie Mishawn Lusk
Colette Alvis
Brittany Renee Reed
Courtney Blum
Princeton High School
Pike View High School
Princeton
Commerce
George Lanton
Lanton
Barbara Hawkins
Heritage Weekend
Drug sting suspects to face grand jury in Bluefield
Five of eight suspects arrested in a Bluefield drug sting last week will have their cases presented to the next grand jury session. Visiting Magistrate Earnest Backus bound over four defendants, while hearings for the remaining three will occur later. The group was charged after a June 13 raid at 170 Giles Street tied to fraudulent credit card purchases.
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Bluefield
Earnest Backus
Greenbrier
Mercer County
Backus
James Lee House
Bronx
N.Y
Darryl G. Stewart
Manhattan
Andre Tucker
Moet Jackson
Lashawn Marie Manns
Bluefield City
Giles St
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Inion Ferrey
Nepeees
Daily Record
Abby
Rinia
Mary Paynte
GOP
E. Glanton
Toro
Hardwood Fair
Harless
Janet Bailey
David Martens
Ahexpo Consortium, Inc
Bailey
Carol McKinney
Robin Witt
Mary Paynter
John Ferrie
Lyndhurst
N.J
George Messer
Oakwood
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