Editorial endorsements for local races and official actions
The Daily Telegraph editorial board voices endorsements for Mercer County Board of Education Mercer County Commission West Virginia House of Delegates 24th District and Mercer County Magistrates. President Bush expresses horror and dismay after visiting riot area buildings and seeks to identify the cause of the violence.
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Mercer County Commission
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Mercer County
Bush
Emergency ordinance targets injection wells in Buchanan County
A proposed emergency ordinance would ban injection wells in Buchanan County. Drillers use that method to inject water from drilling operations into a rock layer thought to absorb it, but critics warn of potential subterranean damage. NASCAR racer Kyle Petty urged Gov. Caperton to “Get you a Ford” during a Kanawha County promotional stop.
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Buchanan County
Kyle Petty
Gaston Caperton
Petty
Kanawha County
Wife charged after domestic dispute ends in shooting
David Franklin, 30, was shot in the stomach by his wife Janet Franklin, 28, at their residence near Sovern on Thursday. He underwent surgery at Princeton Community Hospital after the wound. Janet Franklin was arrested and charged with malicious wounding and held at Mercer County Jail.
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Sovern
David Franklin
Janet Franklin
G.R. Tincher
Princeton
State Police
Princeton Community Hospital
Mercer County
Teens charged in Putnam bank robbery linked to pizza purchase
Putnam County prosecutors charged David Trussler, 19, of Winfield, and a 17-year-old Pliny boy with robbing a bank after police said they paid for two pizzas with a $100 bill. They face counts for taking about $52,000 in cash and $15,000 in food stamps. The incident and dates are noted with other local events including a Lions Club dinner and theater performances.
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Putnam County
David Trussler
Winfield
Pliny Boy
Weather outlook shows showers and cooler high near 50
Forecast calls for a 90 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today with a high only in the lower 50s and east winds 10 to 15 mph. Tonight brings a 90 percent chance of rain with a low in the mid 40s.
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Bluefield Antiques Show Highlights Local Handmade Flags
Mary K. Burton of Bluefield explains her handmade home flags display to Anita Blay des and June Shott during the Antiques and Collectibles Show at the Bluefield Area Arts & Crafts Center. Her works feature heart, sham rock, G-Man, balloons, dove, West Virginia and watermelon among many exhibitions.
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Summit Players of
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Bluefield Area Arts & Crafts Center
Mary K. Burton
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Anita Blaydes
June Shott
Bluefield Area
Arts
Heart
Shamrock
Balloons
Dove
Tinder outspends incumbent Bragg in county races report
Princeton Democrats in the Princeton area show candidate W.W. Tinder raising 16,600 with 9,000 from personal loans versus Ray Bragg’s 10,195 in receipts, 1,800 from personal loans. Tinder reports 14,781 in expenses while Bragg lists 8,584. Post-primary reporting due within 7 to 10 days.
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Princeton
W.W
Bud” Tinder
Ray Bragg
Tinder
Bragg
K.A
Frank Ferrante
Mary Ferrante
L.D. Feuchtenberger Jr
Mary P. Bruce
W.K. Bentley
John M. Perry
Humpac
Harry A. Goodykoontz
H.D. Harvey
James L. Miller
Robert Richardson
George Richardson
Kermit Blizzard
William B. Belchee
James F. Bailey II
E. Lyle Gage
G. Ross Boyce
M.D. Kirk
Prayers Unite Princeton In Day Of Prayer Service
A noon Thursday service in Princeton City Hall gathered SRO attendees to pray for jobs, schools, and healing from civil unrest sparked in Los Angeles. Local residents cited unity and godly leadership as ministers led the event with participants from Immanuel and First United Baptist Churches, the ministerial association, and visiting clergy.
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Princeton City Hall
Los Angeles
Elsie Cray
Princeton
Jim Henderson
Immanuel Baptist Church
Clifford Schell
First United Baptist Church
Bob Herdman
Lane Brown
Myrtle Beach
S.C
West Virginia history shown to Brushfork students
Ashland Oil sponsored a multimedia presentation for Brushfork Elementary School in a state wide program. Nineteen schools are Technology Demonstration Sites and the 20 minute show uses 18 slide projectors rear projection screens and dynamic sound to flash 1000 images of West Virginia history culture nature and recreation to students.
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Rushfork
West Virginia
America
Brushfork
Ashland Oil Company
Terry Quesenberry
Ashland Oil
Ashland
Pat Cole
Mountain
Grant UK'd for Gardner sewer work
A $740 972 Appalachian Regional Commission grant clears a major hurdle for the Gardner Turnpike Industrial Water and Sewer Project. The $2.3 million plan would extend utilities to the Gardner interchange and Turnpike Industrial Park, creating about 140 new jobs and retaining over 300. Final $1.1 million from the EDA is sought, with local funds from Athens Mercer County Schools and others contributing.
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Princeton
Appalachian Regional Commission
Gardner/Turnpike
U.S
Nick J. Rahall
D-W.va
Mercer County Board of Education
Dick Nevi
ABC
Norm Kirkham
Region I Planning and Development Council
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Kirkham
Robert C. Byrd
Dw.va
Gardner Interchange
Interstate 77
Turnpike
U.S. Route 460
Byrd
ARC
Athens
Mercer County Schools
West Virginia Division of Highways
Development Authority of
Mercer County
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rahall
1300 Turnout For Possible Jobs In Tazewell Va
In Tazewell Virginia a job market survey drew more than 1300 interested individuals for a data processing firm that may locate there The Virginia Employment Commission collected 1396 applications at the former L A Joe s building at the Tazewell Mall The firm may bring up to 1500 jobs if it wins a postal service bid with other sites in Christiansburg Duffield and Lebanon involved The effort included VEC National Business College Bluefield State College Southwest Virginia Community College and the Tazewell County School System and was described as a total community effort.
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Tazewell
Virginia Employment Commission
L.A. Joe’s
Tazewell Mall
Gerald Smith
WEC
Christy Parker
Tazewell County
Virginia
Parker
Post
Eee
Postal Service
Christiansburg
Duffield
Lebanon
VEC
National Business College
Bluefield State College
Southwest Virginia Community College
Tazewell County School System
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Roy E. Hoops
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Doris Brown
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