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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1990
Page
2
The 1989 US infant mortality rate drops to 9.7 per 1000 live births, the lowest on record, but remains higher than many industrialized nations. Provisional National Center for Health Statistics data place the US below 21 developed countries in a comparative 1986 rate list.
In Vienna two Germanys vowed to cut troop strengths nearly in half as part of East West talks on European conventional forces. The pledge formalizes an agreement crafted by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev in July. In Taipei a blast at an illegal factory in a northern residential area killed 11 and wounded 29.
Government stops paying for electricity and essential services in black and mixed race townships amid rent boycotts as police clash with demonstrators in Ennerdale. Over 500 residents march to protest disputed utility bills.
In La Pine Oregon locals debate whether the town should be written as La Pine or LaPine. Residents and officials cite historical documents, a newspaper editor weighs in, and postal service postmarks reflect Lapine before adopting La Pine in 1951.
Biology teacher Stephen Hunt died when a tornado grabbed a truck and dropped it onto the science wing at Plainfield High School. Business teacher Linda Kinnikin survived as the school is demolished and nearby homes are damaged. survivors recall the sudden, devastating collapse.
West Coast and East Coast stations remove Sinead O Connor from playlists after she threatened to walk out if the national anthem played at a New Jersey concert. O Connor spokeswoman calls action absurd as fans and organizers fear cancellation and she won t be invited back. In San Francisco, Vince Welnick to replace the late Brent Mydland in the Grateful Dead with first show September 7 in Cleveland.
After 20 years of dispute Gilbert Hyatt, a 52 year old engineer from La Palma, received July 17 a patent for a single chip computer he built in 1968. The patent could affect chips in calculators cars phones and home appliances. Hyatt plans more R and D and is busy with work rather than celebration.
AP report details a maturing catfish sector driven by rising demand for non terrestrial protein. USDA figures show 1989 domestic landings trailing pollock salmon cod, while farm raised catfish sales reached 372 million dollars, with growth projected into 1991. Mississippi Delta accounted for 90 percent of production, but plants spread to Florida Texas and the Carolinas with pond area up sharply year over year.
Washington AP reports that animal cancer tests using large doses fed to rodents may not reflect human cancer risk because the dose itself could trigger the disease, a finding highlighted by researchers.
A Chicago institute report estimates 1987 occupational diseases killed between 47,377 and 95,479 Americans, with a midpoint of 71,428, surpassing 48,290 deaths from motor vehicle crashes and blaming underfunded enforcement and weak standards.
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