Daylight saving time to start earlier amid $4 billion hopes
Washington AP reports daylight saving time arrives at 2 a.m. Sunday enabling Americans to gain evening light for events. Sporting goods and leisure products industries anticipate up to $4 billion in extra sales, per the Daylight Saving Time Coalition which lobbied for the change. Candymakers failed to win an extra fall week of daylight through Halloween.
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Daylight Saving Time Coalition
Candy
Weather Forecast Mixed Showers and Snow Likely
Accu-Weather calls for mostly cloudy skies with a couple of showers and possible wet snow. Daytime high near 42, tonight will be cloudy and blustery with a low around 26.
People's Bank of Bluefield Opens in 1894
In Bluefield on April 2 1894 the People's Bank begins business with capital stock of 25000 Ash M Prince serves as president W B Prickett as cashier J A McKenzie as vice president and W H Campbell as teller opening event noted in local records.
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W.H. Campbell
Index D Class Play by Play Warmup
A brief warmup item from the D Class section notes a playful scene. The entry mentions a practice or exhibition segment labeled play-by-play with emphasis on readiness and light competition among participants. Names, places, or exact actions are not detailed in the readable text.
Impeachment talked as West Virginia seeks budget fixes
House Finance Chairman George Farley said impeachment discussions of Gov Arch Moore have been considered by leaders amid a deepening budget crisis. Tax collections for the first nine months trailed projections by 63.3 million dollars, prompting talks of drastic 20 percent cuts to balance spending. March receipts fell 13.6 million short of estimates, with major shortfalls in the business and occupation tax. Moore said he has no plans to rein in...
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Charleston
House
George Farley
D-Wood
Arch Moore
Don Adams
Glen Gainer
Adams
Moore
Tornado hits two Hatteras Island towns causing massive damage
A Tuesday tornado swept through Buxton and Avon on Hatteras Island North Carolina overturning boats and destroying structures. Officials report hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage but no injuries as residents assess the aftermath.
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Buxton
Avon
Senate battles Reagan veto on highway bill showdown
The Senate failed by the narrowest margin to override Reagan's veto of the 87.9 billion highway bill. Democratic leaders moved to force a second vote and one Democrat who voted to sustain the veto said he changed his mind. A second vote could come today pending Republican defections as Sen. Bob Dole promised to press the effort through the night. The tally opened 66-34 with 67 votes needed for override.
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Washington
Senate
Reagan
Bob Dole
Bluefield Sues Over Cable Rates Challenge to TeleScripps increases under city franchise
The city of Bluefield filed in Mercer County Circuit Court seeking a ruling that TeleScripps Cable Co. violated the municipal franchise by raising rates without city council approval. TeleScripps argues the Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984 pre-empts local controls, claiming it may set higher rates freely. The petition questions the validity of the city’s franchise ordinance and whether its rate-approval requirement is enforceable.
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Mercer County
TeleScripps Cable Co
John Feuchtenberger
Tele-Scripps
Circuit Court
TeleScripps
Resulu
Faerber denies charges over 1984 Moore donations
Energy Commissioner Kenneth Faerber said his children donated at least $2,000 each to Gov Arch Moore in 1980 and framed the six 1984 campaign donation charges as politically inspired. He will remain in office as the grand jury indicts him on five illegal $1,000 donations plus one perjury count, while secretary Bonita Casdorph faces related charges.
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Charleston
Kenneth Faerber
Arch Moore
John Price
Faerber
Moore
Kanawha County
Bonita S. Casdorph
Casdorph
Charlie
Prime Inflation fears raising banks' prime rate
Banks raise prime lending rates amid inflation fears and higher short term rates. Weak dollar drives foreign investors to demand higher returns, signaling near term rate increases. Analysts caution this reflects market realities, not a pledge of sustained hikes.
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New York
Money Center
William Sullivan
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc
Sullivan
Federal Reserve
Local banks say prime rate hike won’t affect area
Bank and credit officials report careful monitoring of prime lending rate increases, noting Tuesday and Wednesday moves should not impact the local area. The nationwide rise to 7.75 percent follows Citibank and Chase Manhattan Bank actions, leaving the 7.5 percent level previously in place.
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Citibank
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