Tuesday Outside Weather Forecast Cautions of Snow F
Accu Weather forecasts clouds and flurries with freezing drizzle. Daytime high near 28 degrees, tonight mostly cloudy with possible snow or sleet and a low around 20. Details on page A-8.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1987
Page
1
Early deadline due to snow slows Daily Telegraph presses
Snow accumulations and icy roads forced the Daily Telegraph to start presses early on Monday night. The move aimed to ensure timely editions despite adverse travel conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Telegraph
UMW Pension Fund Financed by May Says Union
The United Mine Workers union announced on Monday that its 1950 pension fund will be fully financed by May. In related notes, there is unclear commentary about Chief Justice Darrell McGraw and whether his past janitorial work should count toward his pension, with tentative speculation on the outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Mine Workers Union
Supreme Court
Darrell McGraw
Freezing Rain and Snow Close Schools Across WV and VA
A winter storm blanketed southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia with freezing rain and heavy snow. Up to five inches of snow expected, four inches had fallen by 6 30 p.m. at Mercer County Airport. temperatures were 18 degrees. Schools in Mercer, Monroe, Tazewell, Buchanan, Giles and Bland counties were closed, and Piedmont Commuter canceled six Monday flights. Officials urged residents to stay home as roads became skating rinks.
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West Virginia
Southwest Virginia
Bluefield
National Weather Service
Mercer County
Piedmont
Mercer
Monroe County
Tazewell
Buchanan
Giles
Bland County
Virginia
McDowell County
Bennett Church
Storm blamed for 10 deaths across region
A second day of record cold and single digit temperatures gripped the Northeast as an icy storm rolled north from Dixie. The storm caused at least 10 deaths and numerous traffic accidents across the southern half of the West Virginia region, with highways snarled and Yeager Airport runways open in Charleston.
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Dixie
Tennessee Valley
Appalachians
Virginias
West Virginia
Charleston
Yeager
Gorbachev signals shift in human rights stance at peace forum
In Moscow Gorbachev told a global peace conference the Soviet Union will show a changed stance on human rights but rejected Western pressure. He defended limits on Star Wars and criticized the White House for undermining Geneva accords, urging disarmament and reduced nuclear capacity.
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Moscow
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Soviet Union
Kremlin
White House
Reagan
Geneva
U.S.S.R
U.S
Gorbachev
Grand Kremlin Palace
Forty three WV lotto winners share paltry $250k prize
Forty three West Virginia lottery players each with all six numbers drawn will receive about $4,651 after 20 percent federal taxes from a $250,000 jackpot. Lottery director Ralph Peters notes odds expect one winner every three weeks. Spokeswoman Nancy Hill and officials call the outcome a per-capita record while explaining the dip in jackpots and player turnout.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Ralph Peters
Dicate
Lottery
Gun control and belt bills clear Virginia Assembly
The Virginia General Assembly cleared two measures on Monday. A firearms bill bans localities from using charter police powers to enact gun controls while preserving existing local regulations. The seat belt bill requires motorists to wear belts statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
General Assembly
House
Senate
Gerald L. Baliles
Baliles
Chamber
del. S. Vance Wilkins Jr
Amherst
Charles L. Waddell
Loudoun
Wiley F. Mitchell Jr
Alexandria
National Rifle Association
Mitchell
Virgil H. Goode Jr
Rocky Mount
Clive L. DuVal II
Fairfax
Joseph V. Gartlan Jr
Dfairfax
Budget, trade deficits. Something has to give
The government earned 769 billion last year and spent 990 billion, with imports at 387 billion and exports at 217 billion. The twin deficits worry economists though low inflation and strong markets mask near term impact. The trade gap may bite sooner as imports fill demand, risking inflation. government red ink adds to long term debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Interest rate drop spurs home buying surge
The National Association of Realtors says record home purchases occurred in late last year as rates fell to the lowest in a decade. Existing home sales hit an annual 4.37 million in Q4, while median prices rose 6.5 percent from 1985. Prices may rise 4 percent in 1987. rates likely finish 1986 near year end levels, supporting solid demand despite higher prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Association of Realtors
NAR
Amerika miniseries derided as soap opera by Soviet expert
Georgetown expert Tom Nichols says ABC miniseries Amerika is more soap opera than political drama and overstates Soviet threat. He notes no plausible Soviet plan to invade the continental United States and questions where American military assets would be, urging viewers to treat it as fiction rather than reality. He also compares fears to a War Games scenario.
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ABC
Tom Nichols
Georgetown University
Center For Strategic and International Studies
Washington, D.C
Nichols
United States
U.S
National Guard
Amerika
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