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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Feb 28, 1986

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Weather Outlook Friday Cold With Flurries

Friday brings variable clouds and cold conditions with a high near 25 degrees. Some flurries are possible tonight as skies stay partly cloudy and the low drops to about 10 degrees.

Market closes above 1700 as Dow hits 1713.99

The stock market advanced on heavy trading to end the day with the Dow Jones industrial average above 1,700 for the first time, finishing at 1,713.99 after a 17.09 point gain, three weeks after surpassing 1,600. West Virginia Hospital Association runs ads criticizing over regulation warning some hospitals may close.

West Virginia Hospital Association

Panel denounces NASA over shuttle launch safety warnings

William P. Rogers led testimony at the closing NASA safety hearings saying the space agency abandoned good judgment in handling warnings about the Challenger launch on January 28. Rockwell and Morton Thiokol engineers warned of ice and cold affecting seals, but officials disputed explicit risk, contributing to the disaster that killed seven astronauts.

Washington Presidential Commission Space Agency William P. Rogers Rockwell International National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA Rockwell Morton Thiokol Inc

Ice on Challenger launch pad sighted before failed flight

Photo taken by the ice inspection team shows ice on launch pad 39 B before the ill fated space shuttle Challenger launch. The image captures a communications terminal on the pad reported as non operational. Hearings on the launch decision continued Thursday.

Six take stand in Umberger trial in Berkely County

Six state witnesses testified Thursday in the Berkely County Circuit Court in the trial of Bluefielder Christopher Lee Umberger charged with malicious wounding and kidnapping over the shooting of Mercer County Deputy Ernie Taylor last November. Prosecutors plan six more witnesses before resting. defense may call Amberger and one other.

Martinsburg Berkely Umberger Mercer County Taylor Princeton Mercer Mall Earl Barrett Barrett David Knight Derek Swope Debra Archer

Unhappy people drive justice system, Miller tells Mercer club

Justice Miller says courts serve a pool of unhappy people including property damage plaintiffs, defendants, and criminals. He notes judges and lawyers must seek solutions amid frequent unhappiness, and that happiness is rare in law. Miller spoke to about 75 Democrats in Princeton after earlier stops.

Miller Princeton Thomas B. Miller Mercer County Democrat Club Supreme Court Mercer County Sheraton Inn Wheeling Con

Reagan administration raps oil tax plan kept alive

The Reagan administration urged Congress to keep a proposed tax on imported oil on the table to fund an income tax overhaul, warning it would cost the typical family up to 365 dollars yearly and burden the poor. Treasury official J Roger Mentz called the plan regressive while Sen Malcolm Wallop said the stance was cautious. Oil-state lawmakers push the tax to aid domestic producers facing low prices amid OPEC influence.

Washington Reagan Administration Congress Reagan J. Roger Mentz Secretary of the Treasury Senate Finance Subcommittee Mentz Malcolm Wallop R-Wyo Saudi Arabia Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Lloyd Bentsen Texas David Boren Okla

Marcos Ponders Next Step After U S Arrival

Exiled Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos, exhausted and guarded, weighs whether to stay at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii or travel to New York with his 90 entourage as U S officials coordinate protection. Imelda Marcos favors New York while Secret Service guidance is limited to a short protection period.

Honolulu Ferdinand Marcos Air Force U.S Hickam Washington Larry Speakes Reagan Secret Service Marcos

Frazier asks court to halt Bivens hearings

Princeton Mercer County Circuit Judge John R. Frazier asks the State Supreme Court to order Judge William O. Bivens Jr. to end hearings in a case involving Fayette County man Rodney K. Pennington over a delayed murder trial transcript. Bivens says he does not seek the action but accepts the Supreme Court’s assignment.

Princeton Mercer County John R. Frazier State Supreme Court William O. Bivens Jr Frazier Fayette County Rodney K. Pennington Supreme Court Charleston Bivens Pennington

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