Surgeon General warnings stir discussion on smokeless tobacco
In Rinceton the Legislature debated a smokeless tobacco tax as lung cancer, oral cancer, and birth defects warnings drew scrutiny. Health advocates urged stronger notices while students at Princeton Senior High School recalled Surgeon General cautions and discussed tobacco risks despite ambivalence.
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West Virginia education bill awaits governor's approval
A long higher education bill affecting the state college and university system is now with Gov. Cecil H. Underwood for approval. The 200 plus page measure, amended by both chambers, restructures governance and funding and places community and technical colleges in a more prominent role.
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Pre trial motions hearing in Beckley federal court
District Judge David A. Faber will oversee a full docket of pre trial motions this morning in Beckley. Defendants Terry Lee Church and Michael H. Graham face three counts each of obstructing federal bank examiners auditing the books of First National Bank of Keystone. Church, 46, was senior vice president of the failed bank and Graham, 49, was executive vice president of Keystone Mortgage Co. They first appeared in court on Oct 18 1999 with detention hearings on Oct 19 1999. Church was freed on a 2.5 million dollar bond and Graham on 25 000 dollars.
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Snake Man Ferret Delong Lives With Dialysis Trailblazing
In a Richlands Dialysis Center isolation room, Ferret Delong known as Snake Man undergoes thrice weekly life sustaining blood filtration. He reflects on a hard lived past hauling coal and earning his nickname after killing rattlesnakes, while dialysis patients like him endure and blaze medical paths amid chronic kidney failure.
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Kidney failure hits Southwest Virginia and southern West Virginia
Kidney failure has a major impact on local residents as Dr. In Young Park of Bluefield treats about 40 region patients. Nationwide, over 300,000 people use kidney replacement therapy. Diabetes is the leading global contributor to kidney disease.
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Virginia
West Virginia
In Young Park
M.D
Bluefield
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