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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1990
Page
2
In Salt Lake City a Mormon chapel hosted more than 200 mourners for the funerals of Beth Harmon Tidwell Potts and her daughter Kaye Tidwell Tiede who were shot December 22 at a family cabin. Two men face murder charges as the community seeks reconciliation amid tragedy.
In Paramaribo the National Assembly confirmed the army’s choice for president without a vote as protesters walked out. The newly sworn leader aims to form a non political interim cabinet and call a popular vote five days after the coup that ousted Ramsenak Shankar.
A 64 year old MBTA trolley operator exceeded Massachusetts drunk driving limits after a crash at Arlington Station injuring 33. The operator, on his first trip, was suspended with pay and federal inspectors began examining brakes and signals while New York City investigates a separate subway fire injuring 150 and a second life lost.
Matsushita Electric announces completion of its $6.6 billion purchase of MCA Inc. about 97 percent of shares acquired at $66 per share. MCA becomes a wholly owned Matsushita subsidiary with remaining stockholders paid in cash. Legal hurdles cleared after a federal judge rejected an MCA shareholder bid to block the sale citing tax-free stock transfers.
Hundreds of Sioux arrive by foot and horseback to mark the 100th anniversary of the Wounded Knee massacre in South Dakota. Gov. Mickelson and tribal leaders, with Sen. Inouye, attend as talks push for a national monument to preserve the site. Temperatures drop to extreme wind chills as participants travel to the ceremony.
Nancy Cruzan died Wednesday at age 33 after eight years in a vegetative state following a car crash. Her father Joe Cruzan faced a protracted legal battle over removing feeding and hydration leading to a 1990 court decision. The family drew national attention amid debates on euthanasia and the right to die as Ozarks residents mourned their loss and reflected on the contentious case.
In Missouri, after Nancy Cruzan's death at 33 following a prolonged vegetative state, lawmakers reopen debate on who decides medical care when incapacitated. Senator Bob Johnson pushes a health care surrogate bill to let trusted people authorize treatment and withdrawal of food and water, aiming to prevent court battles like Cruzan's. Opponents led by Lou DeFeo vow to fight the measure in 1991.
Filmmaker George Romero, director of Night of the Living Dead, selected as Pittsburgher of the Year by Pittsburgh Magazine. He supervised a 1968 low budget original and a costly color remake shot in the Pittsburgh area. He is directing The Dark Half with Timothy Hutton in Washington County. Nine local films in 1990 drew about $30 million for Pittsburgh.
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