Bluefield State Hoops Seek Repeat Surprising season aims
Bluefield State Big Blues face a tall task after a surprise 0 0 record last year as they strive to prove experts wrong. The team plans hard work and improvement to repeat the unexpected performance and restore credibility for the program. Appalachian musician John McCutcheon to perform folk songs of modern America in Tazewell next week.
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Bluefield State
Big Blues
John McCutcheon
America
Tazewell
Eruption Trails Death Toll Rising in Colombia Towns
In the Andes, Nevado del Ruiz erupts after months of rumbling, melting snow and sending a mud avalanche that buries four towns near Armero. Early bodies and a grim count sweep through Guayabal stadium as rescuers fear thousands dead across a 70 000 population area.
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Colombia
Andes
Nevado del Ruiz
Langunilla
Armero
Red Cross
Fernando Duque
Todelar Radio
Associated Press
Carlos Gonzalez
Belisario Betancur
Guayabal
Gonzalez
Caracol Radio
Reagan urges peace mission and renewed cultural exchanges
President Reagan in a 19 minute Oval Office address framed the Geneva talks with Mikhail Gorbachev as a mission for peace. He said the superpowers are near agreement on renewing educational and cultural exchanges suspended after the Afghanistan invasion. He cautioned progress may not yield quick arms cuts and urged dialogue to prevent rivalry from turning violent.
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Reagan
Afghanistan
Oval Office
Geneva
Mikhail Gorbachev
Gorbachev
Bromine Leak Triggers Kanawha Evacuations and School Closures
Thousands fled as a highly corrosive bromine leak forced the evacuation of about 3,500 homes in Kanawha City Charleston Malden and Rand. Five schools closed and 400 residents sought refuge at Du Pont High School while officials pumped 2,000 gallons of liquid bromine into a safety tanker. Lt. Larry Mullins said the chemical’s danger required evacuations and that transfer would take until about 7 p.m. to complete.
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Malden
Larry Mullins
Kanawha County
Mercer County School Leader Seeks Bible Class Compliance
Princeton Mercer County's new superintendent William H Baker pledged to align Bible classes with the state attorney general's opinion. He spoke after taking oath and at a news conference said committees and staff are studying the opinion and local situation. Baker noted Bible classes have run for over 40 years and will not be halted easily.
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Princeton
Mercer County
William H. Baker
Baker
Central Office
West Virginia
Insurance issues dominate Legislative Forum in Bluefield
At the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce 1985 legislative forum, lawmakers from Virginia and West Virginia debated malpractice insurance costs and proposed mandatory seat belt laws. Virginia Delegate Jefferson Stafford led the Virginia contingent, urging municipal self insurance pools while warning that society has become litigation minded. West Virginia officials pressed for liability insurance limits to curb soaring awards, with doctors warning of brain drain without reforms.
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Greater Bluefield
Stafford
Bluefield
Paul Cole
Princeton
Jim Cannon
West Virginia
Cole
W.va
Tony Whitlow
Gilbert Bailey
Board of Education
Keith Edwards
Bluefield hospital hikes per day rates
The West Virginia Health Care Cost Review Authority approved Bluefield Community Hospital's request for a 6.7 percent increase on its average charge per day to patients. The order allows higher revenues from non Medicare and non Medicaid patients, with the daily charge set at 588.06 and total gross patient revenues rising from 18,663,756 to 20,074,979, an increase of 1,411,223.
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Bluefield Community Hospital
HCCRA
Friday Frontal Sky With Cool Midday Highs In Sixties
The weatherman forecasts mostly cloudy skies and cool temperatures with afternoon highs in the mid-60s. Tonight remains cloudy with a 30 percent chance of rain and overnight lows from 40 to 50 degrees.
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