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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1990
Page
3
Rebecca Widener, Kelly Rebkovick and Jamie Rebkovick participate as auditions run today from 4 to 7 p.m. Volunteers will fill applications, take snapshots, and be interviewed on video tape. Kelly states she is four and can swim.
Bluefield notes a hit and run on Randolph Terrace and a drunk at Maryland and College Avenue. Princeton reports multiple incidents including fights near Second Street and Highland Avenue, a trespass citation at Princeton Community Hospital, and a series of property crimes and thefts. no arrests reported. Virginia and Mercer county items include suspicious car activity, improper registration, and a vandalism case with a broken window.
Raleigh County Sheriff's officials said G D Wheeler, 25, who escaped from the county jail by climbing through a roof hole, was recaptured in Beckley after a store clerk recognized him from a televised photo and alerted authorities. Debbie Riffe, 21, of Crab Orchard, was arrested on aiding and abetting.
Summers County residents will vote on five levy issues alongside school board nominations in Democratic and Republican primaries. Proposals include funding for the Health Department, Sheriff vehicles, library and senior citizen aid, the local Extension Office, and a fire service fee for volunteer departments. Also on the ballot are a 22nd District slate for the House of Delegates and local races for county commissioner and Board of Education.
Former Gov Arch Moore faces a five count federal indictment charging extortion mail fraud tax fraud and obstruction of justice. He has agreed to plead guilty and become a government witness, potentially ending four decades in West Virginia politics. The case covers acts during 1984 1985 1988 and his 1985 1989 campaigns.
Fourth District Rep Nick Rahall II spoke at Bluefield Regional Medical Center during National Hospital Week and Nurses Week, praising staff for lifesaving care. Introduced by Eugene Pawlowski, Rahall toured BRMC and voiced confidence ahead of today’s Democratic primary against Ken Hechler.
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