Wednesday October 1, 2003 local news brief
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 2003
Page
1
A compact note from Wednesday October 1, 2003 appears in the BDtonline archive. Details are limited in the provided fragment but indicate standard midweek reporting from the period.
Trucker Stewart Devine, 57, traveling south on Route 7, swerved to avoid a stopped vehicle and rolled his tractor-trailer, spilling about 7,250 gallons of milk across a field and dirt driveway. Vermont State Police report the incident occurred last weekend and Devine faced no other injuries.
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In Tazewell Virginia a 7-year-old Springville Elementary student fell asleep on a school bus and walked away unsupervised before a vigilant motorist intervened. The driver had not performed a post trip check, but the citizen held the child safe until school officials arrived to resume custody.
The 150th Armored Battalion of the Army National Guard, about 500 soldiers from Bluefield, will stay home an extra weekend. The unit was to depart Bluefield for Fort Bragg on Saturday but the deployment is now postponed until Oct. 8, official Maj Mike Cadle said. The timing suggests possible deployment to the Middle East after mobilization.
West Virginia will postpone enforcement of new coal truck weight limits across 15 southern counties. The program, linking 1 730 miles of roads and 600 bridges from Mercer to McDowell, was approved earlier this year and signed by Governor Wise. Officials fear infrastructure may not handle heavier loads.
Princeton Community Hospital reports a 5.287 million loss for the past fiscal year. CEO Dan Dunmyer cites decreased Medicare reimbursements and about 4.9 million in bad debt from patients unable to pay, along with higher costs for medical equipment and other expenses.
A Princeton man faced a first degree murder trial after allegedly fatally shooting his buddy and triggering a more than two hour police standoff amid alleged drug induced hallucinations. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Tom Berry pressed for a murder conviction based on the charge and evidence presented at the opening.
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