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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1985
Page
1
The forecast calls for clearing skies today after yesterday's rain with highs around 80 and light variable winds. Tonight will be fair with lows in the 60s. Tomorrow brings mostly sunny conditions and highs in the low 80s, with north winds near 10 mph. The weekend remains warm and humid with 80s highs and 60s lows.
The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 21.73 points on Tuesday and slipped to 1325.04 amid broad losses and uncertainty about the interest rate outlook. Earnings disappointments drove notable stock declines in a moderately active session. A-5 Cables and Phone service faced disruption from a Tuesday fire, later restored to Bluewell. the blaze destroyed Margaret's Boutique and two apartments. Region B-1 Our opinion notes teachers resist merit pay, while acknowledging some advantages.
Police seek a late 70s Mercury after a three vehicle collision on U S Route 52 near Bluewell. Cecil W. Davis 43 and Barbara Turner Davis 23, of Bluefield, died at hospital and their Honda and a Corvette were involved. Elizabeth George 41 and her daughter Chastity 11 were critically hurt and hospitalized.
A shooting at the scene left officers injured and hospitalized in the Miami area. One person was taken into custody while two others are believed to be at large. Authorities described the incident as ongoing with targeted response underway.
29 American Witness for Peace members and 18 journalists were abducted by Revolutionary Democratic Alliance guerrillas on the San Juan River near the Costa Rica border. The government blamed the United States for the incident and said the captives were moved toward Costa Rican territory.
The baseball strike ended after 25 games cancelations with Commissioner Peter Ueberroth stating integrity on both sides and naming Lee MacPhail and Don Fehr as architects of the agreement. Fehr and MacPhail praised tough bargaining while planning to make up postponed games in the AL and NL schedules. Clubs were told to prepare for business on Thursday as doubleheaders and makeups were arranged, with NL to schedule future dates to cover lost play.
West Virginia names Ralph C. Peters Jr. as lottery director. He projects $60 million gross sales annually, equating to about $35 per person, and $24 million for the state treasury. Peters, ex-Vermont Lottery chief, predicts aggressive advertising and distribution across a largely rural state, with lottery to operate by Nov. 1. Governor Moore says Peters is a professional asset.
In the first six months of 1985 two people were killed and 81 injured in 83 accidents on U S Route 460 in Mercer County. The highway spans 27 miles in West Virginia and Virginia with many sharp curves and hills blamed for frequent crashes. Officials note high traffic and intersections, while a state employee says the stretch is not unusually dangerous per individual driver.
Hayward Bryant and James MacDonald Booth, once childhood playmates, shot each other in a Clewiston grocery parking lot on July 24 after years of feud. Bryant buried in South Bay near Lake Okeechobee. Booth cremated. Sheriff’s detective notes a long local history of violence in this Central South Florida town.
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