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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1978
Page
8
Favorable news on the business outlook lifted stocks for a fifth straight gain. The leading indicators index rose 0.4 percent in June after a revised 0.1 percent May increase. Orders to machine-tool producers jumped 54 percent in June as hopes for peak rates persisted. The Dow up 5.98 to 862.27, NYSE composite +41 to 56.59.
Wheat First Securities provides representative interdealer quotations around 4:00 pm. The quotes shown exclude retail markup, markdown, and commissions as markets vary through the day.
Christina Onassis spends the day before her wedding in a small Moscow flat with her fiancé Sergio Kauzov and plans for a state ceremony in a former noble palace. The couple, facing Greek family objections, will wed Tuesday with a Lake Baikal honeymoon to follow. Kauzov, earning about 235 dollars weekly, may head a Moscow office Christina intends to establish.
The National Park Service seeks to stop private development from abridging the Appalachian Trail in West Virginia amid 90 million dollars in federal land purchases. The 25 mile WV segment from Harpers Ferry to Bluemont Va. faces road crossings and nearby homes as acquisitions aim to restore trail integrity.
The EPA nearing final policy to protect environmentally significant agricultural land from conversion to nonagricultural uses. Assistant EPA Administrator Tom Jorling described land as the most productive, to be safeguarded from loss as an environmental or food production resource during the Soil Conservation Society of America's Denver meeting.
Rhodesian jet fighters bombed and strafed Mozambique for a second straight day in support of Rhodesian troops attacking guerrilla bases. Officials cited self defense, with ZANU factions split over leadership and the March cease fire call amid rising war casualties.
Dr. Chevis Horne president of the Baptist Association of Virginia will keynote Bluefield College Pastors Conference at 7 p.m. in Harman Chapel. He leads First Baptist Martinsville, authored Crisis in the Pulpit, and contributes to religious publications. Other sessions include Stagg on the Holy Spirit at 10:30 a.m. and Hinson on prayer at 11:30 a.m. Richard Spencer opens with a Bible study on Mark at 8:45 a.m. All sessions are open to the public.
San Francisco AP reports trial opened Monday in an $11 million negligence case against NBC over a TV movie depicting sexual assault on a young girl. The suit questions First Amendment protections for airing brutal subjects and cites a beach assault by youths four days later.
Heartline explains that a pre existing health condition is a health issue treated before policy issue. Insurance companies may deny or restrict coverage for such conditions until a waiting period ends, typically two years, after which coverage becomes incontestable. Readers are urged to disclose complete medical history on applications and consider Heartline’s guidebook available by mail.
Bluefield Daily Telegraph outlines ad deadlines for reader ads with 1 30 P M for next day weekdays and 4 45 P M Friday for Sunday. Saturday corrections and cancellations allowed 11 A M to 12 noon. No reader ads start in Monday papers. One day responsibility unless Sunday issue closed allows two days. Ad readers should review on first appearance.
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