Williamsburg Yacht Sells to Seaworthy Bidder at Auction
USS Williamsburg once serving President Truman is offered for sale to the highest bidder willing to fund seaworthiness. A DC Public Works spokeswoman said the vessel has sat near a sewage plant for a year while officials sought a buyer. Crude oil futures fell over $2 as supply concerns outweighed war fears in the Persian Gulf with light crude at 31.87 a barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsburg
President Truman
Tara Hamilton
District of Columbia
Public Works Department
Persian Gulf
New York Mercantile Exchange
Publisher Leads Campaign to Send Magazines to Troops
Timothy Karnes of Charleston leads Operation Desert News a nonprofit effort to get magazines to sailors and soldiers in Saudi Arabia amid customs delays. A letter from a sailor aboard the USS Nautilus reached his brother last week 32 years after the North Pole voyage marking a historic 1960s polar undersea mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playboy
Bowlin Digest
Life
Saudi Arabia
Timothy Karnes
Charleston
S.C
Operation Desert News
North Pole
Denny Breese
North Carolina
Nick
Chula Vista
San Diego
Appalachian Report to discuss West Virginia school consolidation
A live Appalachian Report program at 8 p.m. on all three West Virginia Public Television stations including WSWP Beckley invites viewers to call in questions and comments to panelists during the show. It airs today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Wswp-Tv
Beckley
Sunny skies forecast with mid-40s high this week
The National Weather Service predicts sunny weather and highs in the mid-40s. Tonight will be clear and cold with lows in the lower 20s. Weather package A-10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Social Security Off Limits to Cuts in Budget Deal
Washington reports that a budget calculation change removed Social Security from deficit reduction targets. The shift preserves benefits for about 39 million Americans while shifting cut pressures to other programs. Critics warn it hides the true burden on future budgets and could weaken protections for the elderly and disabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Susan Rees
The
Coalition On Human Needs
Ee Eee
Bill Ritz
National Committee To
Social Security
Medicare
Energy forum at Bluefield questions future of resources
U S Rep Nick Rahall warned energy solutions will not be easy at the International Energy Outlook Forum at Bluefield State detailing risks with nuclear power coal based synfuel solar arrays and bird mortality from energy installations He noted a 1980s public amnesia amid falling oil prices and cited rising Middle East oil reserves as a mounting concern with 72 percent of known fields located there and prices jumping from 15 18 to about 40 per barrel after Kuwait invasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
U.S
Nick Joe Rahall
Bluefiel State
America
Roe Id
International Energy Outlook Forum
Rahall
Pennsylvania
California
Mojave Desert
John Dansby
Ashland Oil Co
Mid-East
Kuwait
Dansby
Middle East
Mid-East Countries
West Virginia reports drop in adult smoking by 1988
West Virginia adults smoking fell to about 27 percent in 1988, a 13.1 percent drop since 1984, according to a state Health and Human Resources study using Centers for Disease Control data. The report ranks WV sixth among 37 states for smokers and notes tobacco use remains socially acceptable in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
West Virginia
State Department of Health and Human Resources
Centers For Disease Control
Atlanta
Magann receives 61st Distinguished Citizenship Award
Eulalia Magann, a Bluefield resident, is named the 61st Distinguished Citizenship Award recipient by Riley-West Post No. 9 American Legion for outstanding community service. The ceremony at Greater Bluefield Community Center also honors past laureates and features remarks by William O. Bivens Jr. and others praising her as a people person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Riley-West
American Legion
Eulalia Magann
Hugh I. Shott
Laurence E. Tierney, Jr
Henry Magann F. Warden
Greater Bluefield
William O. Bivens, Jr
Mercer County
Magann
Richmond marks 21st Christmas tree lighting at home
Fred Richmond thanks Thurman Scruggs for help during the 21st annual decoration of a large bluefield pine on Oakhurst Avenue. Helen Mays and Charles Sizemore assisted along with more than 20 others as 32 strands of lights were arranged. The lights will be lit the day after Thanksgiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Richmond
Thurman Scruggs
Richmond
Oakhurst Avenue
Bluefield
Helen Mays
Charles Sizemore
Consolidation debate on West Virginia Public TV
Tonight at 8 0 clock all three West Virginia Public TV stations air a panel on school consolidation pros and cons. Guests include Henry Marockie Hank Marockie supports consolidation while Alan DeYoung and John Warner critique rural mergers. Mercer County eyes closing Bramwell and Montcalm High Schools. Viewers may call in with questions during Appalachian Report from WSWP TV.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Viriinia
Appalachian Report
Henry “Hank” Marockie
Alan DeYoung
University of Kentucky
America
John Warner
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Charleston Gazette
Mercer County
Board of Education
Bramwell High School
Montcalm High School
Wswp-Tv
Nine inducted into Mercer Hall of Fame in Bluefield event
Nine Mercer County graduates were honored at a reception at the Bluefield Arts and Crafts Center kicking off American Education Week. Since 1987 the Hall of Fame has inducted 29 graduates who have benefited their professions and communities. This year a representative from Genoa and Park Central joined current eight high schools' inductees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Mercer County
Anne Krout
Hall of Fame inductees for 1990 91 announced
Walter Klingensmith M D Athens High Class of 1946 Frederic C Goodall Bluefield High Class of 1928 William J Pierce Ed D Bramwell High School 1967 Col Dan Crozier M D Matoaka High Class of 1931 David W Hurst Montcalm High School Class of 1961 Jeremiah E Murphy Oakvale High Class of 1969 James P Bailey D V M Princeton High Class of 1938 Deborah Akers Ed D Spanishburg High Class of 1970 Earl E Muse Genoa High Class of 1943 Selection by school community committee and a separate recognition during American Education Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Klingensmith
M.D
Athens High
Frederic C. Goodall
Bluefield High
William J. Pierce
Bramwell High School
Col
Dan Crozier
Matoaka High
David W. Hurst
Montcalm High School
James P. Bailey
D.V.M
Princeton
Deborah Akers
Ed.d
Spanishburg
Earl E. Muse
Genoa High
Also Mentioned on This Page
Truman
Gls
Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
Ira’s
Diamond World
Federal St
Liu Hui Ping
Bruce
Ruth Smith
China
Center For International Understanding
Bluefield State College
Mee
SECUR
Jane Doe
Bluefield State
Rahali
Forum
West
W.va
Department of Health and Human Resources
Tennessee
Kentucky
Utah
AL Post
Catherine Lowers
Daily Telegraph
Mmagann
Phil Farmer
Clacy Williams
School Building Authority
Sondra Lucht
Berkeley County
Senate
Deirdre Purday
Calhoun County
Mercer Hall of Fame
David Barker
Hall of Fame
Jeremiah E. Murphy
Oakvale High
Krout
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!