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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1990
Page
8
A band of thunderstorms stretches along the east coast today. Partly sunny with a high in the lower 70s. Tonight partly cloudy with a low in the lower 50s. Wednesday partly sunny with a high in the mid 70s. Thursday and Friday expect fair and pleasant conditions with highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s.
Virginia sees showers and thunderstorms with highs 75 to 80 while West Virginia faces likely showers and 70s. North Carolina forecasts mostly cloudy conditions with west region showers and storms. Monday and Tuesday bring 70s in the mountains, with Monday night lows around 50s and 60s.
Highs near 123 in Death Valley California and a low of 37 degrees in Jackson Wyoming accompany clear skies. The temperature spread highlights extreme heat in Death Valley with cooler conditions in Wyoming. Continuous heat warnings may be in effect locally.
Britain buys two more frigates while France and the United States join moves to choke Iraqi oil exports. Bush notes growing international unity as Cheney heads to Jiddah and Baker to Turkey. Twenty eight Americans among foreigners seized in Kuwait hotels. Tutwiler blames Iraq. Congress to probe price gouging and DOJ vows anti trust action.
In Kuwait Iraqi troops seized American and British visitors from hotels for transport to Iraq. Spain and West Germany reported their nationals were picked up as well. The British Foreign Office said 366 foreigners were taken, many from a stranded British Airways flight. The U S State Department confirmed 28 Americans among those rounded up and warned of potential danger while noting no evidence of harm yet.
About 2,500 Marines ship out to relieve a unit off Liberia as Fort Bragg troops go on alert. A carrier battle group including the USS Saratoga sails from Norfolk and Mayport for the Mediterranean, while Kuwait warns foreigners could be used as pawns in dealings with Iraq.
Iraq shut one of two oil pipelines through Turkey after embargo pressure and cut the second to 70 percent. BOTAS workers cited tankers at the terminal sailing away unladen as the move followed the oil boycott by the United States Japan and the EC.
The ANC and the South African government announced an immediate suspension of all armed actions by the ANC. The joint statement said this paves the way for constitutional negotiations to end apartheid and grant Black majority influence in national affairs.
In Jiddah Defense Secretary Cheney and other U S military leaders meet Saudi leaders on defending oil rich Saudi Arabia amid Iraqi threats. In the Arabian Sea a 13 ship U S Navy task group led by the carrier USS Independence positions near the Persian Gulf. Global stock markets fall as oil price surges over ten percent and motorists face higher gasoline costs.
Abu Abdullah Almahdi, a Kuwait native at Concord College, recalls how the invasion surprised him and others. He notes Iraq aimed to seize Kuwait within hours, with no civilian resistance, and discusses regional fallout, family safety, and changes in plans to visit or stay.
Gas prices rose across Bluefield and nearby towns with increases from four to eighteen cents per gallon. Clerks noted steady or growing sales as motorists refuel, while experts attributed the rise to crude costs and regional supply adjustments amid Middle East tensions. Analysts predicted prices may ease by summer as producers adjust supply.
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