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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1985
Page
1
The forecast for today predicts warm and humid conditions with highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s and a chance of showers. Partly cloudy tonight with lows in the 60s and tomorrow brings haze and humidity with possible showers and thunderstorms. Highs reach the low to mid 80s, with Thursday and Friday partly cloudy and a chance of showers Friday.
More than 50 concerned parents teachers and administrators voiced opinions Monday to the Buchanan County Board of Supervisors about the closing of Garden Elementary School. The Dow fell 6.16 points as investors worried about interest rates and the economy. Bruce Springsteen toured Washington during the Born in the U S A period and Morgantown businessman John Raese eyed a statewide office after a Columbia coal project visit.
In Pietermaritzburg the treason trial for 16 United Democratic Front leaders began as black miners announce a boycott of white businesses to protest the state of emergency. Police report 16 more arrests under the emergency, taking total detentions to 1,428 with 109 released. The NCMU says a gold mine strike may cripple the economy and Botha faces a potential three day window to lift the emergency.
Two demonstrators Steve Lopez of Chicago and Kenn Hollis of Toronto scale a crane amid restoration work on the Capitol West Front and display a 30-foot banner denouncing nuclear weapons testing. The event underscores a broader protest noted on page A-8.
President Reagan disclosed that tissue removed from his nose was a sun induced basal cell carcinoma. He said no further treatment is needed and warned against sun exposure while noting his wife Nancy also had skin cancer in 1982.
Federal officials and local police probe a series of seven explosions Sunday at Resources Development Corp mine near Berwind West Virginia damaging a concrete bridge and two pieces of equipment valued at 71000 dollars. No injuries were reported and authorities say dynamite was attached to heavy machinery. The mine president links the incident to labor tensions.
Princeton city council approved a zoning amendment barring on premises sale of beer wine or liquor in the C-1 commercial zone downtown Mercer Street between Fourth and Trent Streets. A grandfather clause allows one Mercer Street nightspot to remain open amid complaints of loud noise.
New York AP reports aviation experts say there is no conclusive data that sitting in the back of a plane is safer after Delta 191 crashes. Figures vary by accident, with some survivors from the rear and others not. NTSB notes black boxes are often stored in the rear for better durability.
Arthur J. Walker admits funneling secrets to the Soviet Union, a claim prosecutors say should seal a conviction on seven counts of espionage. The defense contends there is no proof the data reached the Soviets as the non jury trial begins before U.S. District Judge J Calvitt Clarke Jr. Walker faces charges tied to copying Navy ship repair documents for his brother in 1981 and 1982 for $12000.
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