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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1990
Page
1
Buchanan County resident Robert Lee Bowman 29 of Walford Hurley Va died Saturday night when a single vehicle crash on U S Route 460 between Oakwood and Vansant caused him to be thrown from the car. The GEO sedan carried an unnamed driver.
Charles Jones and Thelma Colvin of Decatur Illinois wed in Macon County Courthouse after a 70 year rift dating to the 1920s street party dispute in Springfield. Both widowed, they reconciled last fall and married Thursday amid lingering joking claims of past infidelity.
On December 3 at noon the Bluefield Main Street luncheon at the Arts and Crafts Center offers a $5 buffet with reservations by calling 3255442. Also December 3 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. the Mercer County Fellowship Home opens at 421 Scott Street Bluefield for a public event showcasing a new women’s recovery program and renovations. On December 4 at 7:45 a.m. Business Before Hours, hosted by the Bluefield and Princeton Mercer chambers, will be held at the Mercer County Technical Education Seminar Center in Princeton.
Rain is expected most of the day with high temperatures in the 50s. Southeast winds will gust 15 to 20 mph. Tonight rain remains near 100 percent with periods of heavy precipitation. Lows mid 30s.
MARKED TREE Ark AP residents flee in fear as speculation swirls over a major temblor on the New Madrid fault. Iben Browning, a New Mexico scientist, warns of a 50 50 chance in five days, triggering temporary evacuations and school closures across parts of Tennessee Arkansas Missouri Kentucky and Illinois. Many locals remain skeptical yet choose to leave or pray as authorities monitor the situation.
Iraq warns of a fifty percent chance of war as it fires surface to surface missiles in the Persian Gulf test. President Saddam Hussein cites regional risk while United States officials refuse to confirm alert status as thousands of troops gather nearby. Public messaging centers on hostages and potential troop withdrawals.
Donations to the Community Christmas Tree fund rise to 1497 of 12000 needed to provide gifts for every child at the annual party. Officials thank contributors and urge area residents to donate via Daily Telegraph P.O. Box 1599 or at 928 Bluefield Ave.
In Tazewell County Circuit Court jury selection began today for Pocahontas resident Sam Ealy in a capital murder trial over the April 1989 shotgun slayings of Robert Davis Una Davis and Bobby Hopewell Jr. Prosecutors expect a lengthy process with more than 80 potential witnesses. Ealy, 27, faces possible execution if convicted.
The job market this winter will be the worst since the 1982 recession, based on a telephone survey of over 15,000 employers in 466 cities. Mann er Inc. found a sharp decline in hiring plans nationwide except the Midwest where manufacturing continues to create new jobs. Only 15 percent of the
A Princeton woman, Emilie Holroyd, campaigns to shift federal funding toward breast cancer research, arguing AIDS receives far more NIH money. She notes higher death tolls for breast cancer, cites projected 143,000 new cases this year versus 74,000 AIDS cases, and urges constituents to petition lawmakers. NIH totals show AIDS at 1.6 billion this year with 700 million more earmarked in the House budget.
In 1961 one in twenty women faced breast cancer. today it is one in nine. About 143,000 US women will be diagnosed this year with 43,000 deaths. Diagnosis occurs every 13 minutes. Early treatment costs about 20,000. late treatment around 65,000. Over ten years 330,000 women died from breast cancer, with 600,000+ deaths in the past decade. Notable figures Nancy Reagan Betty Ford Kate Jackson Sandra Day O'Connor Happy Rockefeller.
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