Richard Petty Promotes Pokewood Mobile Homes Satire
A humorous mock advertisement imagines Richard Petty pitching cliff-dwellings and cave spaces as Pokewood Homes. It parodies his persona, contrasts mobile homes with luxury homes, and uses a fantasy wheelbarrow racer as the salesman.
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Richard Petty
Petty
Richard
Charlotte Motor Speedway
Richardius
Howdee
Petrified Forest
Pokewood
Rock Terrace
State Supreme Court Rejects Family Master Law Plan
The West Virginia Supreme Court said it could not rewrite the child support enforcement bill to meet constitutional standards. It struck Article 4 creating 21 family masters, leaving other bill parts intact. The ruling risks loss of AFDC funds and followed a 3-2 decision. Justice Brotherton noted potential federal funding impact but said the court cannot redraft statutes.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
High Court
W.T. Brotherton Jr
Brotherton
Bluefield YM YWCA building eyed for recreation revival
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce explores reopening the YM YWCA on College Avenue as a community recreation complex. A three member committee will review talks with YM YWCA officials after the center closed March 16 due to the facility's financial obligations.
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Ym-Ywca
Corte
Chamber
Bluefield Community Hospital re-elects board officers
Bluefield Community Hospital approved a 46.5 million FY 1986-87 budget with a proposed 3.4 percent rate hike. Officers were re-elected: B L Jackson chair, Brenda Aiken vice chair, Fred Burton secretary, Mrs Edward McQuail treasurer, and Charlie Peters assistant treasurer. Administrator Pawlowski noted state Health Care Cost Review Authority must approve the rate increase.
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Bluefield Community Hospital
B.L. Jackson
Brenda Aiken
Fred Burton
Edward McQuail
Charlie Peters
BCH
Eugene P. Pawlowski
Norfolk Southern names new chief in McKinnon selection
Arnold McKinnon, 58, chosen as chairman and CEO of Norfolk Southern Corp, a $9.8 billion holding company. He says the industry is dynamic and will require constant adaptation, with no anticipated change in company direction. He succeeds Robert Claytor who led the 1982 merger of Southern Railway and Norfolk & Western Railway.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Southern Corp
Arnold McKinnon
McKinnon
Robert Claytor
The
Southern Railway
Norfolk & Western Railway
Merger Proposed between Tazewell National Bank and Bank of Speedwell
Pooling capital and loans drives a planned merger of Tazewell National Bank and Bank of Speedwell, Wytheville based Premier Bankshares Corporation to be headed by Joe West. Assets total about 135 million dollars as the two banks combine. West says the deal pairs TNB investment focus with Speedwell’s loan orientation to fuel growth.
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Tazewell National Bank
Bank of Speedwell
Wytheville
Banks
Joe West
TNB
Premier Bankshares Corporation of
West
Princeton hospital joins national PARTNERS health plan network
Princeton Community Hospital signed with PARTNERS National Health Plans to join the first nationwide preferred provider organization. PCH is among about 550 hospitals in 45 states and D.C. The plan, anchored by Voluntary Hospitals of America and administered by Aetna Life, aims to cut costs and guide patients to participating hospitals nationwide.
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Princeton
Princeton Community Hospital
Partners National Health Plans
PCH
District of Columbia
United States
William L. Sheppard
Partners Health
Sheppard
Partners
Voluntary Hospitals of America, Inc
Aetna Life Insurance Company
Charleston Area Medical Center
Roanoke Valley Community Hospital
Roanoke
Tram Ride Drops Visitors From Pipestemn State Park
Visitors at Pipestemn State Park ride a tram that starts at 2,639 feet, descends into Bluestone Gorge at 1,542 feet, travels 3,600 feet, and drops 1,097 feet to reach Mountain Creek Lodge after crossing Bluestone River.
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Pipestemn State Park
Bluestone Gorge
Bluestone River
Mountain Creek Lodge
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Pat Cecil
Bob Pepalis
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Ed Freakley
Elaine Thompson
Princeton Hospital
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Tive Hospitals
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