West Virginia eyes federal aid to modernize voting
West Virginia officials weigh using up to 20 million dollars in federal Help America Vote Act funds to replace punch card and lever systems with touch screen voting machines and a statewide voter registration system. Secretary of State Joe Manchin envisions a revolving loan fund to cover upgrades, prioritizing the 14 counties with older systems and aiming for readiness by the 2004 primaries. Mercer County officials await guidance while planning to keep punch cards for the 2004 primary and shift by the general election.
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West Virginia
Joe Manchin
Lion
Manchin
Mercer
Rudolph Jennings
Secretary of State
Mercer County
Jennings
Division of Motor Vehicles
State Bureau of Vital Statistics
Florida
Barbara Hawkins
Bhawkins
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Mysterious Bluefield murder case nears break in 1981
Bluefield Police say Charles Boone strangling from March 14 1981 remains unsolved but they are closer. Detective Lt Tom Helton reports exhumation tests aided fresh leads from a Florida man and two Virginians to be followed by visits to Virginia authorities. Boone an area businessman and restaurant owner, was found at the old Commercial Bank Building on Bluefield Avenue.
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Charles Boone
BPD
Tom Helton
Monte Vista
Helton
Florida
Boone
Virginia
Georgia
Boone-Meadows Associates
Wanda Davidson
Pikeville
Kingsport
Tenn
Greater Bluefield
Rahall Co-Sponsors Drug Purchase Bill Aimed at Canadians
In Washington, West Virginia representative Rahall joins Rep. Bernie Sanders in introducing the Preserving Access to Safe Affordable Canadian Medicines Act of 2003. The bill HR 847 would curb pharma restrictions on Canadians buying drugs and impose fines up to 1 million dollars for discriminatory practices. It highlights price gaps between the US and Canada, citing Celebrex and Tamoxifen as examples, and notes broad support from U.S. and Canadian seniors and advocacy groups with 49 co-sponsors.
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West Virginia
House of Representatives
Nick J. Rahal
Canada
U.S
Bernie Sanders
I-Vt
Sanders
United States
CrossBorderPharmacy
Pharmaceutical
Washington, D.C
White House
Congress
Capitol
Rahall
General Buddy the promoted rescue dog finds new home
Sgt Denise Christian’s German Shepherd Buddy has moved to Dublin Virginia with Barbara and James Smith who renamed him General Buddy. The dog, adopted March 12 from Pet Haven Falls Mills, now lives with two poodles a cat and a bird and acts like a general in daily life as Denise continues active duty at Fort Stewart Georgia with the 304th Military Police Company Bluefield.
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Denise Christian
Buddy
Dublin
Ft. Stewart
304Th Military Police Company
Bluefield
Barbara
James Smith
Daily Telegraph
Falls Mills
Barbara Smith
Princeton Community Hospital
Jimmy
Princeton
Smith
Vietnam
National Guard
Denise
Terry
Smiths
Christopher
Tara
Debbie Smith
Kenna Amos
Kamos
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