Ducky crossing signs approved near Seafare restaurant
Bluefield Virginia town council approved a motion to erect duck crossing signs near the Seafare restaurant. Town officials noted past controversy over ducks in the area and pond cleanliness. Councilman Walter Sowers supported the plan, and the request passed unanimously. The signs will sit by the restaurant entrance. The ducks did not respond to attempts to contact them.
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Art Mead
Walter Sowers
Atlantic Beach surf shop keeps flag after ticket reversal
Atlantic Beach Mayor Fred Lager withdrew a $250 ticket issued to Tom Sena, owner of the Atlantic Beach Surf Shop, who had flown Old Glory outside his store for five years. Officials cited a misinterpretation of a 1976 ordinance banning banners or flags without written board permission.
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Fred Lager
Roseanne Barr
Tom Sena
Long Island
Frank LeVecchi
Board of Trustees
Liechtenstein Wins United Nations Seat Unanimously
The U N Security Council on Tuesday unanimously endorsed Liechtenstein's bid to join the United Nations as the 160th member. The Principality, with under 30 000 people and 62 square miles, is a wealthy banking center with a per capita income around 15000 dollars.
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Canadian daredevil blocked from American Falls plunge
Niagara Falls police stopped three men as they traveled with a large foam sphere toward Lockport, admitting a planned plunge over 173-foot American Falls. One man, Peter E. DeBernardi, 43, previously went over Horseshoe Falls in a barrel. Nine have survived similar stunts since 1901.
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Lockport
Ernest Patek
American Falls
Peter E. DeBernardi
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Niagara
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Weather forecast mostly sunny with high around 80
The National Weather Service predicts partly sunny skies with light winds and a high around 80 degrees. Tonight will be mostly clear with a low of 55.
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Bush Says No Diplomacy Until Sanctions Force Iraqi Rollback
President Bush warned there is no diplomatic solution to the Persian Gulf crisis until economic sanctions compel Saddam Hussein to pull back his forces. He floated extending the naval blockade to Aqaba if the Jordan port channels commerce. He also pressed Democrats for concrete budget-cut proposals and threatened to veto spending bills that worsen the deficit. Bush returned from Maine aboard Fidelity and displayed a 27-inch bluefish he caught.
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Fidelity
Middleman King heads to U.S. to meet Bush
Jordan's King Hussein travels to Washington to confer with President Bush over the Gulf crisis. U.S. and Soviet talks consider UN umbrella for anti Iraq naval blockade as Desert Shield expands. American forces push a 7000 mile air bridge while heat and chemical warfare fears rise.
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Fiber optic cable expands long distance service to Richlands
GTE reports completion of a 35 mile fiber optic link from Bluefield West Virginia to Richlands Virginia. The project, part of a 47 mile route through Bluefield Richlands Jewell Ridge and Claypool Hill, aims to digitize local phone service with digital switches slated for November.
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GTE Virginia
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Tazewell County
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Claypool Hill
Jewell Ridge
Lenore Leadingham
Welch Mayor Moore Wins Statewide Mayor of the Year
Welch Mayor Martha H. Moore was named mayor of the year at the West Virginia Municipal League conference in Huntington as she begins her third term. She highlighted sidewalk paving lampposts and business recruitment, praised the council and staff, and noted the Welch Volunteer Fire Department's formation after layoffs in the mid 1980s.
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West Virginia Municipal League
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Program aids more than 50 youths in Mercer County
Gov ernor s Summer Youth Program drew about 50 economically disadvantaged youths from across the area to clean up highways and stream banks in Mercer County during a six week effort. Helen Jones, program manager, reported girls covered 547.2 miles of highway and boys cut brush along 11.2 miles of stream bank using 6447 trash bags and hauled waste to the Mercer County Landfill. Participants met federal income guidelines and age limits ranged from 14 to 21. Teresa Kirk, a JTPA counselor with the West Virginia Department of Employment Se
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Mercer County
Helen Jones
Mercer County Commission
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Teresa Kirk
West Virginia Department of Employment
Woman wins union crafted car after lottery dispute
Pamela Richards of Rising Sun Ohio, a 23 year United Auto Workers member, rejected a Honda from a non union factory and now receives a 1990 Chrysler Imperial from Huntington Chrysler Plymouth for a year. AFL-CIO will arrange a visited Dodge Dakota truck next, with flights to Washington, D.C. for the handover.
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Pamela Richards
Risingsun
Ohio
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United Auto Workers
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Washington, D.C
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