Friday Outside Forecast: Clouds and Sun, Cooler
The forecast calls for intervals of clouds and sunshine and cooler conditions today. High near 44 degrees with tonight partly to mostly cloudy skies and a low around 26. Details A-6.
13 Feb 1987
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1987
Page
1
The forecast calls for intervals of clouds and sunshine and cooler conditions today. High near 44 degrees with tonight partly to mostly cloudy skies and a low around 26. Details A-6.
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Sen. Jay Rockefeller challenged Concord College students and locals to revive the nation’s public service ethic. He cited rural needs in education health care and community projects and recalled his Peace Corps and Voluntary Service experience in West Virginia urging renewed commitment to volunteerism.
Washington AP reports U S retail sales fell 5.8 percent in January, a record decline led by a 22.4 percent plunge in auto sales to 119.3 billion overall. Excluding autos, sales were down 0.1 percent amid tax code changes. officials cite aberration and underlying health of the economy with job gains and rising production.
Vice President George Bush acknowledged privately expressing reservations about aspects of the Iran policy and said the Iran Contras affair has harmed his 1988 presidential bid. He defended campaigning as Reagan's successor while declining to detail the reservations.
President Reagan endorsed a Bowen plan to add unlimited hospital days under Medicare with annual out of pocket caps of 2000 and a new monthly premium of 492. The proposal aims to relieve seniors from bankruptcy risk due to severe illness while critics say it omits drug costs and other key expenses.
Rev Motlalepula Chabaku urged that international sanctions on South Africa be used as a tool toward ending apartheid. Speaking at Princeton High School, she denied communist ties, described the ANC as a broad liberation movement, and urged stronger sanctions while noting diverse ideologies within the ANC and comparing views to differing American ideologies.
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