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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1990
Page
2
Across the United States art organizations stage memorials for those lost to AIDS. After nightfall on Saturday major skylines including Manhattan and San Francisco dimmed for 15 minutes as floodlights at key landmarks went dark.
Nelson Mandela said the ANC will act vigorously against members who bully political rivals as black on black violence rises in South Africa. The issue arises amid clashes between rival anti apartheid factions and against black council members allied with the white government.
Bob Martinez, former Florida governor, will manage President Bush's drug control policy, succeeding William Bennett. Born December 25, 1934 in Tampa, Martinez served as mayor of Tampa, then governor, enacting drug tests for state workers and penalties targeting drug kingpins near schools. He defeated in 1990 by Lawton Chiles and was named head of national drug policy on November 30, 1990.
Washington AP The court ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to bargain with three union locals representing about 1900 employees over allowing smoking at work The ruling upheld a Federal Labor Relations Authority order requiring bargaining though HHS plans to keep its offices smoke free and argued the policy protects non smokers and the public.
President Bush named Florida Governor Bob Martinez to head the war on drugs, praising his tough law enforcement approach and prison building while noting elevated drug crimes during his tenure. Biden criticized the pick, saying Martinez lacks the background for the role and would face confirmation hearings after Congress returns.
In Moscow the first Western food aid plane arrives, with teachers and hungry children at Children's Boarding School No. 24 exClaiming blini as they say thank you. Vienna pledges 100,000 food parcels for Moscow kids and shipments from US, Italy and Nordic countries follow. Ambulances in Leningrad report hunger illnesses as rationing looms. Chelyabinsk and Nizhny Novgorod prep first postwar rations.
The Commerce Department's Index of Leading Economic Indicators dropped 1.2 percent in October, following three prior declines. President Bush linked the weakness to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait and oil disruptions, while economist Elliott Platt said the declines remove doubts about a recession.
WIS TV reports Millie, the White House spaniel, was sent to a Columbia veterinarian for spaying after false pregnancies. An Army veterinarian drove 475 miles to Dr Randy Basinger’s clinic for the procedure about two weeks ago to avoid media attention.
A woman surveys coffins and funeral articles in a Creteil suburb shop described as a “death supermarket.” The store stocks tombstones coffins and artificial flowers with discounted pricing for customers seeking funeral supplies.
Actor Burt Lancaster, 77, was rushed to Los Alamitos Medical Center in California in serious condition with an undiagnosed ailment. Officials said he would be admitted to intensive care as doctors pursue a diagnosis.
In Los Angeles Madonna was excused from appearing as a neighbor sues to force hedge and tree trimming. A deposition may be used instead after threats cited by her lawyers. Neighbor Donald Robinson valued damages at about 1 million dollars for loss of view.
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