Virginia Attorney General Terry pushes school drug policy in Bluefield speech
Virginia Attorney General Mary Sue Terry urged rapid action to curb drug abuse in public schools and to adjust criminal court procedures. She spoke at the Sheraton Inn in Bluefield to Veterans of Foreign Wars members, outlining measures for teacher reporting, school administrator action, and counseling. She touted DARE and proposed 1987 legislation to involve adults with children and to require districts to set treatment options, plus a limited right of appeal on pretrial rulings to save state resources.
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Protests Dog U S Battleship New Jersey in Japanese Harbor
In Sasebo Harbor Japan anti nuclear demonstrators aboard chartered fishing boats confronted the mammoth U S battleship New Jersey as it arrived Sunday carrying nuclear missiles. Two other U S ships with Tomahawk missiles reached different Japanese ports as Japan enforces bans on nuclear arms.
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New Jersey
Sasebo Harbor
Japan
Monday Weather Forecast Brings Pleasant Skies
Accu Weather predicts mostly sunny skies and pleasant conditions for Monday. High near 75 degrees with clear to partly cloudy skies tonight and a low around 55. Weather A-8
Waltrip Wins Bristol Busch 500 to Break Earnings Peak
Darrell Waltrip captured the Busch 500 at Bristol Tenn on Saturday night boosting his career earnings above seven million dollars, a NASCAR first. He led wire to wire and earned the historic milestone as the sport celebrated a landmark victory.
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Bristol
Tenn
DMV dismisses 456 license hearings over absent officers
An opinion piece criticizes the state Department of Motor Vehicles for dismissing 456 license revocation hearings in the past fiscal year due to police officers failing to testify. The editorial condemns the lax enforcement and calls for accountability.
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State Department of Motor Vehicles
Frontier Airlines shuts down stranding thousands of West travelers
Frontier Airlines halts flights amid a cash crunch, idling about 4700 workers as talks with United Airlines on a merger stall. People Express, owner of Frontier, warns of bankruptcy unless pilots receive parity. United and pilots plan new talks in Chicago as the deal's fate hangs on union concessions and cash needs.
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People Express
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ALPA
Jamie Lindsay
Pilots’ Union
Chicago
Kurt Stocker
Stocker
Drop in home ownership hits younger families study says
A MIT Harvard study for National Gypsum finds 1985 housing boom with 2 million new units, yet homeownership fell to 63.5 percent from 65.7 percent in 1980. The sharpest declines were among young buyers unable to muster down payments. Co author W James Brown notes unprecedented drop in young ownership.
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National Gypsum Co
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Gas leak at Cameroonian volcanic lake devastates region
In northwest Cameroon a toxic hydrogen sulfide leak from a crater lake is reported to have killed hundreds with up to a thousand feared dead. Government says at least 40 died initially as President Biya declared a disaster area and three villages are affected.
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Cameroon
Paul Biya
Area farmers pay back dairy subsidies in paychecks
In the Mountaineer region farmers face wage deductions to repay government subsidies aiding troubled farmers. Dairymen Inc. in Bristol deducts 52 cents per 100 pounds of milk for a government assessment and 40 cents for the Whole Herd Buyout program plus additional cuts for budget and capital needs. Local producer Bill Moss notes heat and costs strain production while sustaining dairy output.
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Dairymen Inc
Bristol
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