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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1985
Page
1
Report outlines Turner Broadcasting plans with sports officials on coverage of the 1986 Goodwill Games. The briefing notes discuss broadcast rights, event scheduling, and promotional efforts.
Wednesday brings a 50 percent chance of rain with highs in the low 80s. An umbrella is advised as showers or thunder showers may occur. Tonight remains mostly cloudy with near 50 percent rain chances and mid-60s lows. Tomorrow looks mostly cloudy with a 30 percent morning shower chance and partly cloudy afternoon.
Stock prices fell in moderate Tuesday trading with the Dow dropping 21.73 to 1325.73, its steepest daily drop since February 28, 1984. Analysts cited sell programs by major brokers delivering a broad afternoon decline after mixed opens. Mead credits Bluefield civic leaders and city management for Virginia gains. Editorial A-4.
Major league baseball players struck for the second time in four years over salary arbitration and revenue sharing. All 13 Tuesday games were called off, with union lawyer Gene Orza and Don Fehr stating the gap between sides remained wide. Pension funding relief was discussed, while season highlights like Pete Rose chasing Ty Cobb and Tom Seaver's 300th win were interrupted.
A Tuesday fire in Bluewell destroyed Margaret's Boutique, owned by Margaret Wikle, with power and telephone outages reported in the area. Firefighters battled the blaze from 6:45 p.m. until it was deemed uncontrollable around 7:30 p.m., and by 8 p.m. the building was a total loss as flames spread and nearby lines sparked. Spectators along Route 52 watched as rerouting occurred and an adjacent roof was sprayed to prevent debris.
Ghostly silhouettes and arrests marked protests at U S arms plants as Hiroshima's 40th anniversary drew tens of thousands to Peace Park. In Hiroshima ceremonies and prayers honored about 140 000 dead with Buddhist Christian and Shinto services. Leonard Bernstein Seiji Ozawa joined a memorial service and later conducted a symphony in tribute to World War II victims.
A suicide bomber riding a mule detonated explosives near a south Lebanon building Israel says houses the South Lebanon Army. One Lebanese civilian was wounded and windows were shattered. The Lebanese National Resistance Front claims the building was demolished with many Israelis and militiamen inside, but no casualty figures were released. Authorities reported clashes nearby with several fighters and soldiers killed, but details remain unclear.
Washington AP report says the Education Department will seek IRS action to withhold tax refunds for about 1 million federal student loan defaulters, while state agencies will warn another 1 million borrowers they will lose refunds next year if debts remain unpaid. Officials cite $3 billion in defaults across undergraduate and graduate loans.
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