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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1990
Page
2
A government affidavit unsealed Friday accuses Eastern Airlines of ongoing falsification of safety and maintenance logs as recently as last month. The confidential informant cited supports a raid on the airline's Miami headquarters, with the document detailing a long pattern of doctoring records to keep jets flying.
California's Air Resources Board approved a rule to curb exhaust from lawn mowers, chain saws, and other small gasoline powered tools. The 8 to 0 vote drew fire from manufacturers who warned of higher costs for consumers. Twenty five people testified, including environmentalists and small engine makers.
A suspicious wind driven blaze ripped through a crowded Revere neighborhood injuring none but leaving 100 plus residents homeless. Emergency crews faced language barriers as officials evacuated residents who did not speak English amid the fast moving fire.
In Rome AP reports European Community leaders agreed on a $1 billion food aid package for the Soviet Union, calling it worthwhile if it sustains Mikhail Gorbachev. They draft a Gulf crisis statement with Italy and France seeking Iraq assurances against attack if it withdraws from Kuwait.
Twelve people at a religious ceremony in Baja California, Mexico died from carbon monoxide. Autopsies completed found CO poisoning as the cause, with officials noting participants fell asleep believing they were in a trance.
A general strike in Rabat and Fez aimed at higher wages for state workers deteriorated into rampaging and street clashes. Officials said more than 100 people were injured, mostly police, with Fez reporting about 300 arrests.
A Missouri judge ruled that Nancy Cruzan’s parents may remove the feeding tube sustaining her coma for seven years, finding clear and convincing evidence she would not want continued life support. The decision, announced by the clerk, ends a landmark right to die legal saga dating to an earlier 1988 ruling overturned before reaching the U.S. Supreme Court.
Washington AP report says many of the nation s largest banks face insolvency risk and may require quick tax money injections into the federal deposit insurance fund. The study estimates up to 63 billion in bank failure costs in a severe recession and suggests a Treasury loan of as much as 50 billion to bolster the FDIC.
Connie Parrish of Denver is greeted by hugs on arrival at Andrews Air Force Base Maryland after being held captive in the Persian Gulf. She is joined by U S Ambassador to Kuwait Nathaniel Howeel and other returnees as they come home to the United States.
The AMA reports average physician income rose to $155,800 in 1989, up 7.7 percent from 1988, outpacing 4.6 percent inflation. Median income reached $125,000 while family physicians earned $95,900 and surgeons $220,500, with mixed reactions from critics and doctors alike.
Nearly 50 Western hostages freed from Iraq and Kuwait touched down at Andrews Air Force Base led by Ambassador Nathaniel Howell who spent over three months in Kuwait. Secretary Baker praised their ordeal as Kuwaitis seek liberation, while families welcomed the evacuees amid December wind and red roses. Wayne Cox spoke for reporters, urging continued action to free Kuwait.
Sophia Loren insists husband and producer Carlo Ponti shaped her path despite current ad focus on eyewear. In Vanity Fair’s January issue she argues she remains globally known at 56 and notes a spring US release for Lina Wertmuller directed Saturday Sunday and Monday about a loud Neapolitan family.
Senate Ethics Committee testimony by James Grogan disputes Sen Donald Riegle Jr claims about arranging a April 2 meeting with thrift regulators. Grogan, Lincoln Savings counsel, testified under immunity that Riegle organized the session for four senators intervening for Charles Keating Jr. The panel probes whether DeConcini sought a deal waiving a risk rule.
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