26 Feb 1992
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1992
Page
1
Sen Bob Kerrey and Sen Tom Harkin brace for a clash of delegates as Democratic hopes hinge on the South Dakota primary and the upcoming string of large contests. The piece notes lingering Kuwait occupation scars and shifting public mood at home.
Today features voter registration from 9 to 11 at Montcalm High School and a 7:30 pm Board of Directors meeting at Blue Field Regional Medical Center in the hospital board room. Thursday includes Spanishburg High School registration from 9:30 to 11. Weather calls for cloudy skies and highs in the upper 40s with northwest winds. tonight expected partly cloudy skies and lows in the upper 20s.
A Center for Community Change study finds three quarters of West Virginia rural wastewater systems do not meet federal guidelines. High non compliance stems from lapsed federal grants and staff shortages to monitor 680 local systems. Water quality is poor with some communities hauling or boiling water. About 100 million dollars are needed to upgrade systems and 2.3 billion for unmet sewer needs.
Jordan Walk and Andrew Fox wait beside Brett Bodine’s Quaker State Show Car in Tazewell Virginia as it arrives for display before the NASCAR Race weekend. The vehicle was en route to Rockingham North Carolina for Sunday’s event.
Apco official Charles Simmons warned at a breakfast that a new 765kV power transmission line serving southern West Virginia and southwest Virginia is needed to prevent total system failure by 1997 or 1998. Critics argued against the routes citing environmental and property impacts, including a Monroe County resident whose home and two barns would be crossed by the lines.
Two light blue 30 gallon trash cans filled with small glass bottles containing potentially poisonous pharmaceutical waste disappeared from a vacant Main Street building. Hazardous materials officials responded but the containers were gone. authorities urge avoidance and contact the sheriff at 988-5966 with information.
The U S Labor Department Mine Safety and Health Administration ordered 100 shutdowns affecting 56 West Virginia coal mines in January for safety violations. Most closures remain in force or reopened after corrections. two mines Pinnacle Creek’s Rolfe 6 A and Commonwealth Resources No 2 at Jolo remain shut for unaddressed issues.
A 15 year old Giles County girl was convicted of capital murder for shooting elderly couple Lee Hutchison and Shirley Hutchison to death in June 1991. Tried as a juvenile, she faces incarceration in a juvenile facility until age 21. Judge Patrick Graybeal will determine sentencing. No motive was established for the killings. The article also notes Charles Thompson spoke at the Bluefield Community Center for the Black History Month observance.
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