14 Feb 1992
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1992
Page
1
Weekend weather in California foretold harsher conditions after a deadly storm. National politics feature a Democratic tax plan clash with Bush. Profiles include Tsongas NH primary tensions and a former McDonnell Douglas researcher turned rock instructor. Romance Ark postmaster updates and a radio club event anchor local items. A-2 calendar note points readers to further events.
Partly sunny conditions with highs in the upper 40s and west to southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Tonight brings an 80 percent rain chance and low around the 40s. Weather package A-10.
Postal workers note most valentines are arriving on time but many lack proper names and addresses. In Bluefield and Princeton the volume is rising and misaddressed cards are rare then solved locally. In other areas, cards without recipients go astray or are held for lack of information, with some arriving as vague as Grandma or Mother to unknown addressees.
The Food Research and Action Center ranks West Virginia first with a 99 percent school breakfast participation rate and 56.6 percent of low income students in the program. McDowell County Superintendent J Kenneth Roberts praised the results noting all county schools participate and 70 percent of students are enrolled. Mercer County Assistant Superintendent Ted Mattern cites 30 to 35 percent participation and menu improvements plus a 10 minute eating window after arrival. The state serves over 77,000 breakfasts daily.
Bluefield Humana Hospital St Luke s director Austin Edwards resigned from his post effective Monday to pursue other career opportunities Wendell Potter Humana s central office communications director in Louisville Ky said Edwards resigned Thursday Edwards confirmed the resignation when contacted Thursday
Summers County midwife Jan Seale warns the House of Delegates may reject a midwives bill that excludes unlicensed lay midwives. She says the revised bill conflicts with Senator Charlotte Pritt’s original intent and cites a religion question stalling the measure. Seale defends on the job training and the art of midwifery as essential to its practice.
Washington AP report shows January sales totaling 153.5 billion dollars, up from 152.7 billion in December. Government revisions also adjust December higher and November from a decline to flat, marking the largest gain in eight months and an encouraging trend per analyst Cynthia Latta.
Barringer presented a Radford accountant's letter at a Tazewell County Public Service Authority board meeting raising concerns about the PSA's records. The Feb 7 letter to PSA Chairman Ul ysses Cundiff from Walter Cox of Robinson Farmer Cox noted the audit could not proceed due to missing general ledger documentation since May 1991 and proposed reposting seven months of journals at an estimated $5,000 cost.
Albert Stilwell of Baptist Valley Virginia says a homemade wood rack lets one person cut timber faster after a near cold snap. He plans ahead for the next cold spell as forecasts predict mostly cloudy skies and warmer temperatures.
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