September 11 in the world and the newsroom
Virginia Daily Telegraph staffer Bill Archer reflects on September 11 recalling past newsroom experiences in Bluefield and Avie. He links the terror attacks to global history from Munich to Beirut, underscores national resilience, and calls for ongoing support for youth confronting future conflicts.
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Bluefield
West Virginian Manor
Steelers
Bunker Hill
Alamo
Fredericksburg
Pearl Harbor
New York City
Tokyo
London
Moscow
Paris
Sydney
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Pentagon
Pennsylvania
New York
Washington
Munich
West Germany
U.S.S. Cole
Africa
Daily Telegraph Editorial Staff and Motto
The Daily Telegraph lists Gary Adkisson as Publisher News Editor City Editor WV State Editor and Tammie Toler Samantha Perry Barbara Hawkins Thomas A Colley Executive editor VA State Editor Bill Archer Sports Editor Teddy Paynter Business Editor. A biblical verse from Ecclesiastes 12 1 is quoted in the page.
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Tammie Toler
Samantha Perry
Barbara Hawkins
Bill Archer
Teddy Paynter
Jody Neal
Rabies Precautions Issued After Positive Test In County
Mercer County health officials report a raccoon in Bluefield tested positive for rabies, the fourth in the county this year. Urges to watch three stray dogs, avoid wild animals, and vaccinate pets. State distributes oral vaccine bait to halt spread. air drops deemed ineffective locally.
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Raleigh
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Monroe
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Mercer County
Animal Control Officers
Clinton missed chance to nab bin Laden in 1996 talks
In 1996 Sudanese envoy Maj. Gen. Elfaith Erwa met U.S. officials in Rosslyn to hand over files on Osama bin Laden and offer to arrest him. Clinton reportedly declined, telling Sudan to ask him to leave rather than extradite him, a decision later viewed as a pivotal misstep.
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Osama bin Laden
United Nations
Elfaith Erwa
Rosslyn
Clinton
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U.S
Erwa
Osama
al Qaeda
bin Laden
Somalia
Afghanistan
Bill Clinton
Uncharted territory war comes home to Capitol Hill
Veteran journalist Marsha Mercer recalls the anthrax scare turning Washington into a frontline zone. Bureaucrats in blue blazers, not soldiers, fill the threat narrative as Americans brace for uncertain times. Shoppers stock water as fear and vigilance rise across neighborhoods.
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Kandahar
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Dilbert
Bush Administration
Afghanistan
Osama bin Laden
Rudy Giuliani
Giuliani
Washington
George W. Bush
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Jimmy Carter
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Dennis Hastert
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