Common Ground appeals PSC order on power line withdrawal
Common Ground appeals the state Public Service Commission order granting Appalachian Power Co a withdrawal from pursuing a 765000-volt transmission line project from Wyoming County to Cloverdale Virginia. Ricky Rudd wins the Peak 500 at Dover Downs, holding off Bill Elliott in a late duel for his first Winston Cup win of the year. Geraldo marks 1000th show with 5,724 guests to date and a question of audience participation.
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State Public Service Commission
Appalachian Power Co
Wyoming County
Cloverdale
Ricky Rudd
Bill Elliott
Dover
Del
Miss America deems abortion a moral issue
Leanza Cornett, 21, newly crowned Miss America from Jacksonville Florida and a Republican, says abortion is a moral issue not fit for politics while identifying as Christian and pro choice. She is the first Miss Florida to win and the 66th Miss America, earning a $35,000 scholarship and a $1,000 rhinestone tiara plus a ruby red 1993 Corvette.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Leanza Cornett
Jacksonville
Fla
Voter registration and health screening briefings planned
On September 22 two events occur. From 9 a.m. to noon voter registration will be held at Kimball Library on Main Street with two ID forms recommended. From 10:30 a.m. to noon Humana Seniors Association hosts free blood pressure screenings at Craft Memorial Library on Commerce Street in Bluefield.
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Kimball Library
Main Street
Humana Seniors Association of Humana Hospital
St. Luke’s
Craft Memorial Library
Commerce Street
Bluefield
Mostly cloudy with rain chance and mild winds
National Weather Service forecasts mostly cloudy skies with a 40 percent chance of rain. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. High around 80. Tonight partly cloudy with a low in the mid 60s. Weather package A 8.
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National Weather Service
Treaty squeaks by in France in tightly won referendum
In France a razor thin victory for the Maastricht treaty leaves deep political rifts and market jitters. Voters narrowly approved 50.95 percent to 49.05 percent as professionals backed the pact while farmers and laborers opposed it. The result, amid fears of German dominance and sovereignty loss, sets the EC on a path toward a common currency by 1999 and integrated policies. Jan i Mitterrand announced the outcome in a national broadcast amid his prostate cancer news, calling it one of the most important days in the country’s history.
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Paris
Western
Europe
France
Francois Mitterrand
Kets
Germany
Mitterrand
Boucher Draws Support At Tazewell Democrats Rally
Hundreds of Tazewell County Democrats gathered at the Tazewell County Fairgrounds to back Ninth District Congressman Rick Boucher. He touted Democratic gains and promised health care and black lung reform, pledging positive campaigning and broader coal industry support in Southwest Virginia.
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Tazewell
Tazewell County
Rick Boucher
Tazewell County Fairgrounds
Boucher
Ninth District
Clinton
Congress
Bush
Pat Jennings
Jennings
Harry Truman
Truman
Gary Weddle
Virginia
Gore
America
DARE Officers Teach Mercer County Students Drug Resistance
Bluewell Elementary and Knob School hosted DARE officers A W Buzzo and Larry Peters teaching sixth graders why drugs are bad and how to resist them. The program funded by a $25,000 state grant runs 16 weeks across 16 elementary schools with quizzes worksheets and a graduation pledge to remain drug free.
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Bluefield
A.W
Tony” Buzzo
Bluewell Elementary
Princeton
Larry Peters
Knob School
Peters
Buzzo
Mercer County
Belgians win first transatlantic balloon race
Belgian duo Bertrand Piccard and Wim Verstraeten won the inaugural transatlantic balloon race reaching Portugal after about 115 hours and 2,580 miles from Bangor Maine. Dutch team ditches at sea while Americans and British trailed, race center in Rotterdam reports.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Portugal
Bertrand Piccard
Wim Verstraeten
Alloon
Bangor
Maine
Erich Krafft
Jochen Mass
Corpus Christi
Texas
Spain
Ing
Italy
of Biscay
L' France
Duke to operate on Dustin Fagan with fund drive reach
Dustin Fagan of Radford Virginia battles cancer for 15 months and now faces a bone marrow transplant at Duke University funded by a community effort. Sen. Jay Rockefeller helped secure Duke’s agreement to perform the procedure within six weeks once $10,000 more is raised, with volunteers already gathering over $60,000 and sending contributions to the Dustin Fagan Cancer Trust Fund.
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Jay Rockefeller
Dustin Fagan
Rockefeller
Duke University
Radford
Dustin
Mickey Smith
Havace
McDowell
Smith
Duke
St. Judes Children’s Hospital
St. Judes
Sharon Quesenberry
Sen. Rockefeller
Sherry Martin
Princeton
American Cancer Society
Jerry Chipman
St. Judes Hospital
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Dare
Tony’ Buzzo
Eddie Lee
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