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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 08, 2005
Page
4
Samantha Perry reports on rising female gambling addiction linked to video poker in West Virginia. The piece notes legalization and proliferation of gray machines, gender gaps in problem gambling, and a hotline for help plus quotes from Cindy Black of the state program.
The document enumerates staff positions at Cluefield Daily Telegraph including News Editor State Editor Sports Editor and city editors Samantha Perry Andy Patton Barbara Hawkins Thomas A Colley and executives and editors like Charles Owens Zemer Copy Editor Allen Roberts Lifestyles Editor and Kathy Kish. The quoted biblical line appears as a motto.
The Census Bureau highlights 82.5 million mothers in the United States with an average of two children each. First births average just over 25, 55 percent of mothers with infants in the workforce, and August and July stand out as popular birth months.
David Brown of Princeton WV questions President Bush plan to raise monthly Social Security for retirees with no other income. He compares two workers earning 50000 yearly, one saving via 401K and IRA and the other spending, asking who would get the larger Social Security and whether that is fair.
A reader letter praises Ammar for service to the community and urges broader public oversight of BRMC. The message calls for new blood in leadership, endorses continued strong care, and closes with a blessing and thanks to Ammar.
Federal grand jury in Beckley handed up a 12 count superseding indictment naming Lincoln County Circuit Clerk Greg Stowers and two associates. They face charges of conspiring to pay residents for votes in elections from 1990 to 2004 to influence U.S. House and, in some cases, presidential races. Also named are Clifford Vance and Toney Dingess. The case ties to alleged payoffs across multiple decades.
Barbara Hawkins reports on a Lincoln County indictment alleging Stowers and others conspired to buy votes with cash and slates of candidates. The case spans primaries from 1994 to 1998, with alleged trips to Kentucky for liquor, payments of cash, and distribution tactics across multiple counties.
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