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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1990
Page
1
Shadow a blue point cat owned by Caresa Hooper in Grafton Virginia survived 37 days trapped inside an empty vending machine. The emaciated animal weighed 4 pounds when found and is slowly regaining weight with no brain damage reported.
Wednesday game action features Lenny Dykstra receiving guidance from Faye Vincent to secure a knockout over Dempsey of the Dodgers. The report notes surrounding play and strategic decisions shaping the outcome.
Elvis Presley driving license from 1952 when he was 17 sold for 7400 at Sotheby's. The license bore his faded signature and eye color description as blue. An anonymous Canadian collector purchased the piece from a rock and film memorabilia sale, while a John Lennon collage fetched 44300.
A two ton six foot safe was pried open before onlookers in Salem Oregon revealing empty shelves coated with silt and mud. The box had been dumped in Mill Creek after the old state Capitol burned in 1935. A locksmith and his son opened the safe to a cheer from the crowd.
Thursday at 7 p.m. National Park Service hosts a meeting at Craft Memorial Library with the McDowell County Board of Education and the Big Creek Jaeger consolidation vote. Thursday through Saturday the West Virginia Press Association Convention convenes in Pipestem with Board of Education events involved.
Today will be mostly cloudy with an 80 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms per the National Weather Service. Tonight, expect a 60 percent chance of showers and storms with lows in the mid 60s. Weather package A-10
Leaders condemn Saddam Hussein for detaining hostages and threaten action to squeeze Iraq's economy. Tariq Aziz calls for talks but no troop withdrawal. White House rejects talks until Iraq pulls back tens of thousands of troops. Egypt urges withdrawal or face broader war.
U S Rep Rick Boucher voiced support for President Bush's Middle East policy at a Richlands town meeting in Virginia. He praised Bush's decision to deploy American forces to defend Saudi Arabia while audience members expressed disagreement over the Iraq Kuwait crisis.
Gloria Martin 75 of Bluefield Virginia won 25 000 in the CASH25 lottery drawn Friday night. She purchases a weekly ticket using the same numbers 3 8 12 15 20 24 and plans to repair her home and save the rest. Martin claimed her prize at the Charleston Lottery headquarters saying odds are better and she lacks a fixed number method.
Linda Moore testified in a Tazewell County trial that she gave state police false information in November 1988 about more than 130000 dollars linked to Tazewell Family Physicians. Witnesses, including Dr Stephen Rinehart, contested her claims of a secret account and her accounting credentials as the trial continues.
Preliminary reports from Charleston indicate Governor Gaston Caperton will propose a 1500 dollar annual raise for teachers plus a 5000 dollar total over five years. Funding would shift RV revenues to general fund, tax coal by 50 cents a ton, and raise electricity rates about three dollars per household, without new taxes on residents.
Dalton's Automotive Machine Shop employee Randy Lusk and two bystanders answered a distressed call from a Bee Street resident who slipped into a rain swollen ditch on Stafford Drive. He reached in with a forklift and pulled the elderly woman to safety as she flailed with groceries and an umbrella.
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