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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 13, 2004
Page
1
A dated reference to Thursday May 13 2004 appears with a web link to bdtonline. The fragment provides no clear event or named entities beyond the date and site.
Yet another warm mid May day under mostly cloudy skies with scattered after noon and evening thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s to -WVVA weather team.
In the sectional softball lineup two teams the Beavers and Mavericks prepare for a decisive on field match. Caldwell and Caruth are highlighted as key contenders in the November storyline. Across the pages A-9 the Democrats and Republicans are fielding strong candidates in a two party system. In court news MSPU basketball players await outcomes as the Keystone Cop style coverage reports an officer going before the judge.
In Princeton the race for two Mercer County Board of Education seats stayed extremely close after 62 precincts reported pre canvassed totals. With under 70 votes separating the top four, a Friday canvass was planned. Incumbents John H. Shott and Janet Williams did not run and District III currently held one seat with Bill Seaver.
In Richlands Virginia Valerie Rose views a photo of her son Cpl Joel Williamson of Company B 276th Engineer Battalion as she recounts a rocket propelled grenade strike on his convoy in Iraq. Williamson exited a vehicle to set a perimeter minutes before the blast.
Democratic Secretary of State Joe Manchin won the Democratic nomination after a tough primary against Lloyd Jackson and will face Republican Monty Warner in November to succeed Gov. Bob Wise. Warner, a retired Army colonel and developer, edged Dan Moore and Rob Capehart in a tight GOP contest aided by late mailings.
A southern West Virginia businessman challenged a Washington think tank's claim that West Virginia has the nation’s worst business climate. The National Policy Research Council ranking placed W Va 50th overall with weak scores in economic dynamism, entrepreneurial climate, technology, and state government. Virginia ranked higher.
Dr. Danny Wills defeated former Magistrate Jim Dent in Mercer County sheriff race and will resign his Bluefield medical practice at year end to serve the people, while planning to continue volunteer medical work. The victory followed a hard fought contest between two well known candidates.
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