24 Mar 1992
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1992
Page
1
The USAir Flight 405 crash at La Guardia Airport during a snowstorm claimed 26 lives. Federal investigators recovered the black box and analyze the takeoff failure as a rescue operation continues under trying conditions.
Today events include an American Red Cross Bloodmobile in Shott Hall Bluefield College from 11 am to 4 pm and a 32nd annual Lenten Luncheon by Presbyterian Women at First Presbyterian Church at Tazewell and Duhling Streets. Thursday features a Pocahontas Cemetery candlelight service at 6 pm marking miners lost in 1884, with speaker Del. Jackie Stump. contact Tom Childress or Edna Drosick for details.
Sunny skies bring milder temperatures with a high in the upper 40s and light west winds. Tonight should be mostly clear with a low in the upper 20s. Weather package, A-8.
A 15 year old Giles County girl convicted of murder in the June killings of Lee Hutchison and his wife Shirley Hutchison will not serve time in a state prison. Judge Patrick Graybeal ordered confinement with the Department of Youth and Family Services until her 21st birthday with possible early release. The girl, age 14 at the time, faces no public release of her name.
The West Virginia Utility Contractors Association warned of rising government involvement in private sector work. They cited a $4 million Bluefield Cumberland Road Industrial Park sewer line project and a South Putnam PSC project as examples. Association president Ron Spradling argued force account by government raises costs and reduces tax dollar value, favoring competitive bidding for on-time on-budget quality construction. David S. Taylor of Bluefield questioned cost savings claimed by government forces.
Mercer County prosecutors seek reindictment after Circuit Judge Fra zier dismissed fraud indictments against Frank and Connie Arteese for allegedly using false pretenses to claim Chuck Norris would appear at a martial arts event last November. The judge ruled the charges failed to allege a crime, but prosecutors plan to present the case to the June grand jury amid ongoing investigation.
First Lady Rachael Worby visited Princeton Junior High School and several local facilities to encourage self esteem, vision, and personal growth. She urged discipline toward goals and stressed a focus on learning and pursuing dreams.
Gov. Gaston Caperton broke ground for the Mercer County Development Authority’s new shell building at Cumberland Industrial Park. Attending were County Commissioner Ray Bragg, Authority President R.W. Wilkinson, State Sen. Tony Whitlow, Authority Director Janet Bailey, with Rev. Harry Christie, Nancy Peeples and Greg Ball visible in the background.
Governor Gaston Caperton praised a $1.2 million shell building in the Cumberland Industrial Park Mercer County as a model of public private cooperation. Officials noted funding from the Commerce Department EDA grant, Hugh I Shott Foundation, timber sale proceeds and local bank loans. Weather halted earthwork but project moves forward with contractor Compton Construction and engineers Stafford Consultants.
Governor Gaston Caperton told the Bluefield Kiwanis Club that West Virginia is emerging from years of debt and decline. He noted a $1 billion statewide road program, 38,000 more jobs since 1980, and a new Mercer County high school as part of education gains. He presented a $250,000 Cabinet on Children and Families grant to the Mercer County Family Connection and dedicated a shell building at Cumberland Industrial Park while visiting seniors in Bluefield.
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