Nemours WWII hero Woody Cochran's unwavering sacrifice
Greg Jordan profiles Woody Cochran a Nemours veteran who enlisted at 17 and served as a paratrooper in the 504 Parachute Infantry Combat Team, 82nd Airborne. He survived Sicily, Salerno, Anzio, Normandy, Holland, and the Battle of the Bulge while witnessing the Stuttgard death camp bones.
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Cochran
Beaver High School
U.S. Army
504 Parachute Infantry Combat Team
82Nd Airborne Division
Italy
Salerno
Naples
Anzio
England
Europe
France
82Nd Airborne
Holland
Battle of the Bulge
Stuggart
Woody Cochran
Daily Telegraph staff and editors list
The document lists staff roles including Samantha Perry as News Editor, state editor, senior copy editor, Tammie Toler, Barbara Hawkins, and executives Bill Archer, Teddy Poynter, Jody Neal. It notes city editor, sports editor, and business editor positions with executive editors and editors such as Arthur Colley and others.
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Tammie Toler
Barbara Hawkins
Andy Patton
Bill Archer
Teddy Poynter
Jody Neal
West Virginia PROMISE scholarship faces funding worries
Two thirds of WV high school seniors who applied qualify for PROMISE with 3857 of 5824 applicants earning the merit based award. The program may run short of funds as costs could reach 10 million this year and 27 million next, despite seed money and a state budget boost. Governor Wise and supporters defend the plan but critics warn of future shortfalls.
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West Virginia
McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Promise
Robert Morgenstern
Morgenstern
Georgia
Bob Wise
West Virginia coal haulers urge higher truck weight limits
Letters urge lawmakers to raise truck weight limits for coal haulers to secure livelihoods and safe highways. The author argues current limits harm coal transport, praises haulers and authorities for years of service, and calls for stricter equipment inspections and penalties for violators to support mining jobs and state revenue.
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West Virginia
Bob Wise
Winning a War Post 9 11 Shapes Public Discourse
National Review writer James S. Robbins argues that post 9 11 attitudes redefine victory and resolve. He cites West Point bicentennial remarks by Brigadier General Peter Dawkins and a taped Bush message praising graduates and sacrifice. The piece contrasts past war rhetoric with clearer aims, notes risks of ambiguity in Kosovo and Somalia, and asserts that decisive, unwavering actions define victory now.
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James S. Robbins
U.S. Lime Academy
Jefferson
West Point
Peter Dawkins
USMA
Douglas MacArthur
Bush
Curtis D. Feistner
Philippines
United States
Rious
Somalia
Kosovo
America
al Qaeda
Frank Hagenbeck
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Thomas A. Colley
Jeremiah
Gary Adkisson
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U.S.A
Rosam
bin Laden
Johnson
NVA
Hamid Karzai
National Review
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