Awaiting the Deluge as New Orleans Braces for Hurricane Georges
New Orleans faced a terrifying forecast as Hurricane Georges loomed with 110 mph winds threatening days overhead. Officials urged more than 1.5 million residents to evacuate while interstate corridors clogged with fleeing motorists. Evacuation shelters formed, including the Louisiana Superdome, as the city prepared for potential levee breaches and widespread damage.
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New Orleans
Lake Pontchartrain
Ronnie Jones
Louisiana
Gulf Coast
Linda Andrew
Melvin
Sharne Cooper
Louisiana Superdome
Andrew
Superdome
Doomed Hope in Polo as Georges Buries Family Graves
In Polo Dominican Republic hundreds of bodies believed buried after Hurricane Georges. Carlos Feliz digs through mud and rocks for four days, finding four of six relatives including brother and his wife and two children. Dozens killed and more missing in Polo, population 14,000, as floodwaters rage.
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Polo
Dominican Republic
Carlos Feliz
Feliz
Julio
Antonia
Carolina
Paola
Brandy
Berenice
Santo Domingo
Georges
Banc One and First Chicago merger creates banking Goliath
The Banc One Corp and First Chicago NBC Corp merger forms the fifth largest U.S. bank with about $230 billion in assets. Regulators and stockholders have approved, effective in October, a move that worries West Virginia bankers who fear reduced local control. The Stockmans Bank of Harman, West Virginia, with $10.6 million in assets, notes concerns over growing size.
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Charleston
Banc One Corp
First Chicago
NBC Corp
West Virginia
Banc One
John Spencer
Stockmans Bank of
Harman
Randolph County
Stockmans Bank
Law Enforcement Appreciation Day at Crossroads Mall
Local law enforcers greeted the public at Crossroads Mall with displays from Beckley Police Raleigh County Sheriff State Police DNR and Crime Stoppers. Mall marketing director Kathy Housh called the event a chance to honor those who serve and protect the community.
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Kathy Housh
Crossroads Mall
Housh
Beckley City
Raleigh County Sheriffs Department
West Virginia State Police
Department of Natural Resources and
Bill Fox
United Methodist Temple pays off $1.7 million mortgage
The United Methodist Temple completed its final mortgage payment of 1.7 million dollars, seven years ahead of schedule, relieving the church of a longtime financial pressure. Finance chair Oscar Hutchison called the payoff a relief and described the impact on church budgeting and ministry potential.
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United Methodist Temple
Oscar Hutchison
UMT
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Stephen Singer
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