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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1990
Page
2
Californians will face a new tax hike starting Wednesday with a one cent per gallon fuel levy and yearly penny increases through 1994 to fund the Proposition 111 highway and mass transit program. The plan aims to cut gridlock as drivers pay more than a cent per mile in combined taxes.
Kenneth Deer told a UN human rights panel that the Mohawks’ stand against Canada’s government could provoke a bloodbath as police struggles continue. He urged observers to monitor events, warning of possible provocations or accidents escalating violence between the two sides.
Farmington New York AP Bob Kessel unknowingly sold jewelry worth about 3000 dollars from his daughter at a garage sale for 15 dollars. A man who bought the haul returned on Sunday saying he would not take a reward or the 15 dollars. He kept a gold coin and silver locket he had already sold. The man said he has returned items before and will keep finds if not returned by owners.
Ron Halford testified in Reno that he recorded a backwards phrase in Love Bites during Defenders of the Faith era but denied embedding subliminal messages to cause death. He recalled the line and said it sounded garbled. Families allege the 1978 Stained Class album mentored two youths to self-harm, prompting two suits against the band and CBS Records.
Delbert Dunmire of Kansas City separates and donates a total of $107,000 to Abilene Kansas projects and citizens after a 1958 Abilene bank robbery. He seeks to repair past wrongs by funding community efforts and a city project with $57,000 and other sums.
In Washington 36 men turned up for macho role auditions for the Australian Ballet production Spartacus at the Kennedy Center. About half were rejected as impostors, with 19 extras chosen as Roman soldiers and slaves. Selected extras will earn 28 dollars for four rehearsals and 40 dollars for four performances starting Friday.
Wynonna Judd announced her engagement to Tony King a noted songwriter and guitarist for Vince Gill. The 26 year old lead singer of the Judds has not set a wedding date spokesman Chuck Thompson said Monday. Co writer of Ricky Van Shelton s Ive Cried My Last Tear for You King also performs with Vince Gill.
Rick Swope, a 33 year old cement city resident, leapt into the moat at the Detroit Zoo to save an 18 year old 135 pound male chimpanzee. He said he feared for neither his life nor safety as he pulled the lifeless animal to the island. zoo officials noted the event followed a prior chimpanzee drowning in the same exhibit and cautioned about the dangers of the water.
New York AP report says Joan Lunden dispelled gossip about leaving the show or divorce and denies alien baby rumors. She said she told NBC reporters she preferred addressing the questions directly rather than letting rumors run.
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