Clinton reshuffles White House staff Panetta to replace McLarty
President Clinton names Leon Panetta to replace Mack McLarty as White House chief of staff and moves David Gergen to the State Department while Alice Rivlin succeeds Panetta. The shakeup aims to sharpen policy amid health reform and crime debates. Panetta, ex Budget Chair, praised for deficit reduction, signals broader staff realignments. A separate note highlights James Brown Cookies supporting anti crime efforts and a Brown 40th anniversary at Harlem Apollo Theater with a TV event.
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Leon Panetta
Washington
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Panetta
White House
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State Department
Alice Rivlin
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Cookeez J Monster
James Brown
Godfather of Soul
Brown
Harlem
Apollo Theater
Colgan Air chief speaks at Bluefield breakfast event
Charles J. Colgan president of Colgan Air will discuss the company's entry into a new market at Mercer County Airport during the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce Point of View Breakfast at the Holiday Inn. Attendance is $6 and reservations are through the chamber. Also, Mercer County Board of Education holds regular meeting at the Seminar Center Princeton.
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Mercer County Technical Education Complex
Princeton
Weather at Princeton and fatal truck crash near Ingleside
Partly sunny today with a 30 percent chance of afternoon showers and 30 percent likelihood of evening storms. A fatal tractor trailer crash on I-77 near Ingleside killed Florida man Kenneth R. Speaker, 30, of Sanford. Investigators say Edwin Conrad Ledbetter, 33, of Raleigh crossed the medium while passing and jackknifed, causing the collision. Ledbetter faced a charge of failure to maintain control and was treated for minor injuries.
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Box
Sanford
Fla
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Speaker
Ingleside
Rocor Transportation Company
Oklahoma City
Okla
Ohio
D.F. Hemetek
Edwin Conrad Ledbetter
Raleigh
N.C
Princeton Detachment
West Virginia State Police
Coalfield Expressway Study funds to explore extension
The Virginia Commonwealth Transportation Board earmarked 500000 for an engineering study to assess extending the Coalfields Expressway from West Virginia into Buchanan Dickenson and Wise counties as part of nearly 1 billion for 1994 95 transportation projects. Local advocates say the route would unlock regional access boost tourism and economic development and connect coalfields to Wise Dickenson and Buchanan.
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General Assembly
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America
Jail closes as Mercer inmates move to Beckley facility
Mercer County Sheriff Don Meadows oversaw the relocation of more than 40 county inmates and seven state prisoners to the new $15 million Southern Regional Jail in Beckley. Inmates dressed in orange boarded a noon bus from the Mercer County Courthouse as the regional facility takes over jail duties for seven counties, with hiring completed for 12 former jail staff and plans still shaping the intake and hearings process.
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Southern
Beckley
Don Meadows
Meadows
Sheriff's Department
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Raleigh
Fayette
Greenbrier
Monroe
Summers
Wyoming
Neighborhood Watch Tackles Juvenile Problems in Bluefield
City residents and business owners gathered Monday at the Bluefield Community Center for a Neighborhood Watch meeting funded by Main Street Bluefield and the South Bluefield Merchants and Professional Organization. E C Browning highlighted door to door outreach and urged reduced reliance on police. Robert Lockett of Bland Street Exhaust Car Care reported a sharp drop in business after local gang stories aired on television.
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Main Street Bluefield
South Bluefield Merchants and Professional Organization
Bluefield
E.C. Browning
Union Street Neighborhood Watch Group
South Bluefield
Robert Lockett
Bland Street
Mercer County man jailed for failing to pay child support
Billy Jackson Mathena of Princeton was found guilty of contempt for not paying $6,535.30 in child support for his son. Circuit Judge David W. Knight sentenced him to six months in regional jail unless he makes substantial payments, per Child Advocates officials.
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Mercer County
David W. Knight
Billy Jackson Mathena
Mathena
Child Advocates Office
West Virginia
Department of Health and Human Services
Wickham Avenue
Karen Jean Mathena Sutphin
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