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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1990
Page
8
Yesterday in Bluefield the high reached 49 and the low dipped to 32 degrees. The record for December 17 shows a high of 67 in 1924 and a low of 2 in 1989.
The National Weather Service predicts periods of rain today with 60 percent chance, highs mid 40s to around 50. Tonight rises to 80 percent rain and lows near 40. Tuesday brings more rain with 80 percent chance and highs 50 to 55, followed by continued rain and 50s Wednesday. Thursday and Friday bring snow showers and 30s to 40s, with a mix of rain and cloudy periods elsewhere.
In Baghdad on Sunday the British ambassador to Kuwait and the British consul, the last Western diplomats to depart the Iraqi occupied emirate, left from the embassy which was unmanned but with the flag flying. They flew to Baghdad on a scheduled Iraqi Airways flight as about 500 Britons were evacuated last week after Saddam Hussein allowed foreigners to depart. About 40 Britons remained, mostly women married to Kuwaitis.
The Shawnee Parkway would run along Flat Top Mountain and Indian Ridge with BHHA backing I-73 links. Groups meet with Rep Norman Mineta and Rahall to push feasibility studies as Congress prepares to rewrite the Federal Highways Act in 1991 and consider road proposals nationwide.
Physicians urge repeal of the slow costly workers compensation system and push for a revamped agency with incentives to curb injuries and abuse. They seek rapid fair provider payments, reduced paperwork, and a toll free line 1-800-OUTREACH to assist patients.
A back and forth basketball battle ended with a three in the final minute and two late free throws as Montcalm edged Bramwell. The crowd debated a Bramwell Montcalm high school merger, with public hearings delayed to discuss closing Bramwell 9-12 and Montcalm 7-8 grades in November at the Seminar Center.
Haitians cast ballots under tight security as international observers monitored what officials called the Caribbean nation’s first fully democratic election. Delays in distributing voting materials kept many stations open past 6 pm, with no violent incidents reported and optimism from U N observers despite late results.
Snowstorm moved into the Northeast dumping over a foot in some Vermont towns with 14 inches in Waitsfield and 12 inches in St. Johnsbury. Rain pooled across southern Maine and New Hampshire while changing to snow in northeastern New York. Snow also spread across Colorado New Mexico Arizona Utah Wyoming Idaho and Montana as a second wave approached.
Every year after the Travers Stakes at Saratoga, the winner's colors are hung on a canoe in the infiel and stay there until the next year's event.
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