Sheriff Don Hare touts Mercer County crime decline and CID gains
In five months in office Sheriff Don Hare highlights expanding patrols and a new Criminal Investigation Division with Lt. Danny Compton and Sgt. Bob Baughman. He notes arrests, warrants, and a dip in crime despite rising warm weather, and stresses ongoing efforts to lower crime rates.
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Mercer County
Don Hare
Bluefield Democrat
Hare
CID
Danny Compton
Bob Baughman
Baughman and Compton
Job Security Talks Stall in Coal Strike Negotiations
Washington AP reports union and industry negotiators remain deadlocked on job security as they resume talks after a 42 hour session. The wage standards clause to curb non union hiring dominates discussions while strike impact grows with layoffs in Maryland and the railroad sector. Talks resume Memorial Day amid slow progress and renewed attempts to narrow differences.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Sam Church
Church
Bobby R. Brown
UMW
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Brown
BCOA
Maryland Employment Insurance Division
To Change Or Not To Change Virginia Side Residents Polled
Daily Telegraph staff writer Thomas Harding reports Bluefield Virginia residents were polled on a proposed name change back to Graham and severing the 56 year cross border alliance with Bluefield West Virginia. The poll found most residents oppose or are undecided while some favor preserving tradition.
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Virginia Side
Graham-Bluefield
Thomas Harding
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Graham
West Virginia
Old Dominion
The
L.H. Kiser
Lillie Goins
Mrs. Goins
Virginia
Rebecca Mitchell
Songs Too Much For Computer
In Jackson the HBO pay TV system cut off the film My Fair Lady due to its Eliza Doolittle songs triggering the computer. HBO officials said the freak issue caused the screen to fill with program data as the movie abruptly stopped. Wade Tucker noted each computer reacts differently to tones and the problem was unpredictable.
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HBO
Jackson
Tucker
Bobby Unser Wins 65th Indianapolis 500
Monday victory by Bobby Unser in the 65th Indy 500 ends in 3 hours 35 minutes with an average speed near 139 mph. Sunday’s race results summarized, with note of holiday death toll reading 219 by midnight Sunday.
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Bobby Unser
Pope John Paul II Acknowledges Wounds From Rome Hospital
From Gemelli Hospital in Rome the pope recorded a brief noon address after gunshot injuries. He offered comfort and hope to the sick as 25,000 in St. Peter's Square listened, while Polish pilgrims cheered and a Polish cardinal was reported ill.
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Rome
John Paul II
Rose Hall
Gemelli Policlinico
St. Peter’s Square
Vatican
St. Peter's Basilica
John Paul
Stefan Wyszynski
Warsaw
Wyszynski
Poland
Spain Bank Siege Ends as Hostages Freed in Barcelona
Police stormed the Central Bank of Barcelona freeing about 70 hostages held by 24 gunmen after a 36 hour siege. One gunman was killed and eight fled with hostages. several gunmen captured, with questions remaining on whether more captives remained. Anti-terrorist forces moved in as government rejected the attackers demand for safe passage.
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Barcelona
Spain
Catalan Square
Leopoldo Calvo Sotelo
Madrid
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Appalachian
Eastern
Association of Bituminous Contractors
Little Mike Sharp
Tom Wall
Surrey
Graham High School
Mable Wilson
Ruth Tiffany
Doris Tabor
Nationa
ER Service
Pope
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