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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1978
Page
5
The Senate approved a proposal to spend 8.2 million dollars for free influenza vaccines for the poor, elderly, and chronically ill, despite warnings of a repeat of past swine flu fears. About 4 million people could receive vaccines if final approval occurs, while the broader $6.6 billion fiscal year measure funds military pay and veterans programs.
Randolph Lee Burton 20 of Florence Kentucky, stationed at Camp Lejeune, died in a head on collision with a tanker truck on the West Virginia Turnpike near milepost 57. Burton was speeding to marry today while talking on his CB to truckers. The tanker driver and a passenger suffered bruises, and the truck carrying rock show equipment was not injured. The crash raised toll road fatalities to 12 this year.
Judge William O. Bivens Jr. presided as Otis Rehm pleaded guilty to attempting to commit a felony related to receiving stolen property with a pre-sentence report ordered and return set for Aug 10. Mark R. Stevenson also pleaded guilty to attempting to commit a felony and received six months probation with restitution. Alvin Gearheart faced grand larceny charges, bond suspended, remanded to jail, case postponed to Aug 30.
Six cases heard by Mercer County Magistrate Donald Hare on Friday include Isom Young of Athens arraigned on non support with 450 bond, capits warrant for Ernest Douglas with 200 bond forfeited, Kelly Adkins of Bluefield on battery with 100 bond, Mark S. Rachell of Princeton on battery with 30 day jail sentence, Shirley Underwood of Princeton jailed five days for public intoxication, and Cecil Hamlin of Bluefield held on leaving scene of an accident with 100 bond. Arresting officers listed.
The August meeting of the Mercer County Commission shifts from August 14 to August 10 at 9 30 a.m. in the county courthouse commission room. Delegates will hear zoning change proposals, open meetings and budgeting items, and planning commission business. This brief item lists schedule changes and related procedural notes.
Virginia Supreme Court rejects Croatan Books Inc. appeal challenging state obscenity law and jury definitions of community standards. Fairfax adult bookstore convicted on eight counts for renting obscene films, fined $8,000, with two more appeals pending over nine convictions and $9,000 fines each.
Senator Jennings Randolph announced that Mercer County Headstart for handicapped children received $162,877 from the Office of Human Development in HEW. The grant funds the program through August 1979, with the Mercer County Economic Opportunity Corp. in Bluewell overseeing the Headstart initiative.
Haiti traces its origin to Columbus 1492 and French colonization after 1677. It won independence in 1804 led by Toussaint L Ouverture. In 1811 Henri Christophe declared himself king in the north while the south stayed a republic. The nation unified again in 1820 after Christophe's death.
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