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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1990
Page
1
Tazewell resident Tom Brittain of VPI golf joins the field at Fincastle Country Club for the Area Golf Championship teeing off at 8 a.m. Brittain previously finished second after his club broke in last year’s event.
Walnut Creek officials remove a 35-foot Godzilla balloon used to debut a new computer store after a five day limit, marking the city’s stance on inflatables. The ordinance, debated for three years, restricts merchant displays to five days per quarter.
Los Angeles AP reports Twenty Century Fox will re release The Sound of Music on August 24 to mark its silver anniversary. The Oscar winner debuted in 1965, grossing 57 million and running 41 years. The soundtrack by Julie Andrews sold 10 million copies worldwide. The rerelease will be limited to Los Angeles and New York. Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker co star.
Saddam Hussein warned of thousands dying as holy war looms while Bush cites Jordan closing a free port to Iraqi trade. Westerners in Kuwait face rising danger, with some 3 000 Americans and Britons stranded and calls for protection amid new Iraqi orders.
U S gasoline prices likely to remain high even if Iraq and Kuwait crude shortages ease. Kuwaiti refineries halted output tightens U S refining capacity and much foreign fuel fails federal standards. Some producers expect up to 3.5 million bpd crude rise by Q4, but extra supply may not fit U S needs.
Welch presents the Fourth Annual Last Blast of Summer this weekend with a five mile Run the Hill contest and a Hollywood Stuntworld performance. The event runs today through Sunday with about 75 booths from arts and crafts to palm reading, concerts by Rhythm Aires Red Coats and Fancy Free, a fireworks display, an auto show, a fashion show and a Run the Hill race. The schedule also includes a horseshow con- (readable fragments).
The National Weather Service forecasts partly sunny skies with a 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms and a high near 80. Tonight will be fair with a low in the lower 60s.
Princeton Mercer chamber votes 10 to 4 with abstentions supporting a gubernatorial task force plan to lift teacher salaries to 42608 in seven years. The plan relies on school consolidations, higher property taxes and attrition of 7600 workers to cut costs, avoiding any business tax increase.
Governor Wilder announced a plan to freeze state employee salaries and cut agency spending by about 375 million across the 1990 1992 budget period to address a 1.4 billion shortfall. He pledged no tax increases or reductions to aid for the poor while preserving public safety and a 200 million emergency reserve.
Philadelphia pitcher Terry Mulholland tossed the season's eighth no hitter in a 6-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants, breaking the major league record for most no hitters in a season. A seventh inning error prevented a perfect game as Mulholland sealed the milestone before 32,000 fans.
Anonymous tips and aerial surveillance by four agencies yielded about 625 marijuana plants worth roughly 625000 in Giles County. Sheriff Larry Falls credited a state police veteran spotter and noted joint operations began about 9:30 a.m. and continued until 5 p.m. in multiple fields.
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