Saturday September 28 2002 Events Noted in Local Briefs
Local briefs note events on Saturday September 28 2002 with details drawn from BDtOnline coverage. Readers are guided to website www.bdtonline.com for full listings and context.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 2002
Page
1
Local briefs note events on Saturday September 28 2002 with details drawn from BDtOnline coverage. Readers are guided to website www.bdtonline.com for full listings and context.
Early voting surge noted as residents head to polls ahead of upcoming elections. Physicians respond to passage of Malpractice measure A-5, citing potential changes in medical practice and costs.
Dow Jones dropped 295 points amid earnings warnings from Philip Morris and Delta Air Lines. Nasdaq and S&P 500 also fell, capping a fifth straight losing week. Analysts blamed weak profit outlooks and tepid economic news for the selloff, erasing early gains and pushing indices toward multi-year lows.
In Tazewell Virginia a judge found probable cause Friday to send the case of Michael Edwards Miller thirty one to the November session of the Tazewell County grand jury. Miller is charged with first degree murder abduction two counts of malicious wounding and three counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in connection with a July six domestic dispute that left one man dead and two others injured.
The Bush administration cites Saddam Hussein's alleged links to al Qaida and potential weapons as part of its case for war. Officials push reports of al Qaida refuge in Baghdad and Iraqi help in chemical weapons development, while intelligence sources hedge on these claims.
Princeton officials announced the Mercer Street Streetscape project will begin soon. City manager Doug Freeman said all systems are go while architect Todd Boggess noted S I McAllister of Raleigh County submitted the lowest bid near $300,000. The work will run from the Board of Education warehouse to the railroad tracks, where a proposed Railroad Museum will be built reflecting an old rail depot style as an anchor on both ends of the street.
Walter Lesight Pete Church, 48, of Princeton, faces the April 16 1989 murders of Robert Davis Una Mae Davis and Robert Hopewell in Pocahontas during a federal trial in Abingdon Virginia. Jurors deliberated over six hours on Friday before requesting weekend relief.
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