Wounded coming home
AP begins a series on U S war wounded from Iraq focusing on numbers and injuries. More than 800 have lost limbs or digits, over 100 are blind, many rely on tubes and machines, and thousands have brain injuries or burns. Survival rates have risen due to armor and care, with 15 survivors per death.
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Iraq
Associated Press
America
Jeffrey Crazen
New England Journal of Medicine
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Voters in Tazewell face two contested races this fall
In Tazewell County Virginia only two races are contested the Northern District school board seat with incumbent Robert Steele facing David Woodard and the Northwestern District Board of Supervisors race currently open with incumbent Earl W. listed as a Democrat. All filing deadlines have passed and all constitutional officers run unopposed.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Norman L. Cook
Dennis Lee
Emma Hagg
McDowell warden to keynote Chamber of Commerce meeting
George Janice new McDowell County Correctional Center warden will headline the McDowell County Chamber of Commerce gathering in the Herzbrun Room at the public library at noon Wednesday. A light lunch will be served and the public is invited. Janice holds a double major and began work as a parole officer in 1978, with a 23 year career in parole services and corrections leadership. He now represents Southern States Correctional Center a 14 state group of correctional practitioners.
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Welch
George Janice
McDowell County Correctional Center
McDowell County Chamber of Commerce
Herzbrun
McDowell County Public Library
Janice
West Virginia Wesleyan
Division of Corrections
Lewis County
Chamber
Southern States Correctional Center
Opera
Bluefield
David Armbrister
Bluefield College
Algernon Sydney Sullivan
New York Southern Society
Armbrister
Beaver High School
Ruth Blankenship
Craig Armbrister
Huntington
Allen Jonas
Bluefield State College
West Virginia
Huntington Museum of Art
Art
Charleston
Jonas
Abner Jonas
Kathleen Ristinen
Athens
Finland
Itasca Park
China
Center For International
Unusual Welch clipping highlights Jerry Page story
An old clipping shows a 3 year old Doberman named Jerry Page honored by children at a funeral in Welch near Bluewell. The dog died after a short illness, with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery. Page Funeral Home served the family. a rift in local funeral circles followed.
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Elch
Mel Nester
College Avenue
Bill Garthwaite
Welch Daily News
Sea Biscuit
Pocahontas Theater
McDowell Street
Welch
Jones
Bob Hope
Lucille Ball
Palace
Thorpe
Gary Cooper
Sergeant York
Nester
Jerry Page
Woodmont
Page Funeral Home
J.S. Page
Jerry
Oak Grove Cemetery
Bluewell
Oak Grove
Scott Morrison
Richardson Funeral Home
Morrison
Sinkford & Richardson Funeral Home
Funeral Home
G.H. “Barney
Sinkford
Linkford
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Marilynn
Marchione
U.S
United States
Department of Refense
Iaqué
Charles Owens
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
John Nelsor
Aaron
Tammy Allen
Princeton
Clay
Glenwood Park
Mercer County
Mitchell Clay
John Nelson
Goodeats
Good Cause
William
Betty Buckles
Bluefield Parks and Recreation Department
Bluefield Union Mission
Union Mission
McDowell Warden
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Archer
Mercer Fellowship
Scott Street
C. Stuart McGehee
Eastern Regional Coal Archives
Craft Memorial Library
Providence Hospital
McGehee
Cawthorne
Barbara Lewis
Nettie Cawthorne
Catherine M. Cawthorne
Nicholas Street
Maurice Cawthorne
Ellis Street
Daily Telegraph
Bottonline
BC Sullivan Award
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