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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1992
Page
1
In Mercer County Circuit Court a man and woman accused of abducting raping and torturing a Raleigh County woman in Bluefield last November have had charges reduced from first-degree sexual assault to second-degree. The article notes related political and social context.
Police continued the chase Wednesday night for a vehicle whose driver may have placed a small child in its trunk earlier in the day. Witnesses saw a person place the child in the trunk of an older model green vehicle in the Wal-Mart lot and drive away. Bluefield Police Department officials described the car and said the call originated with Bluefield Va police, but officers would not comment further.
On today’s calendar Bluefield Regional Medical Center offers blood pressure screening and Ask a Pharmacist at First National Bank 2020 College Ave Bluefield from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday June 5 maps a flea market at The Maples Nursing and Retirement Home from 9 a.m. to 4 30 p.m. Donations welcome. At 6 p.m. Humana Seniors Association and Appalachian Agency for Senior Citizens co host a Mardi Gras at the Tazewell Senior Citizens Building with a $5 cover. Tickets at the door or from the two groups or Richlands and Tazewell offices. A complete calendar is on page A 10.
Today will see a near total chance of rain and thunderstorms with south winds from 10 to 15 mph. High temperatures reach the mid sixties while tonight brings showers and possible thunderstorms and a low around the upper fifties. Weather package, A-10
The Rio de Janeiro summit opens with warnings of disaster if environments decline. U N Secretary General Boutros Boutros Ghali blames rich nations for warming while poor nations insist aid to protect resources. President Bush faces criticism over conservation laws. Delegates seek global agreements on warming technology transfer oceans forests population species and safe development.
In BLUEFIELD amid soaring prices travelers race for scarce seats as the fare war continues. Agents report record demand with many seats snapped up and computers overloaded. Purchases must be used by Sept 13 and the Friday deadline remains June 5.
Princeton business manager Rusty Howard denied accusations that his store threatened Mercer County inmate Pete Church during a visit to McDowell County Jail. Church, 39, of Montcalm, is under arrest in a separate slaying case and has ties to other 1989 Virginia killings. he claimed he was threatened at the salvage yard while seeking a truck window.
In Tazewell Virginia reaction was mixed to Gov L Douglas Wilder warning that county school funding cuts could hurt efforts to ease disparity. Superintendent Woodrow Mullins backs the concern noting cuts undermine the disparity issue and a coalition of rural districts plans to sue over inequitable funding. County supervisors cut the 1992 93 budget by 600 000 dropping local funding by 100 000.
BRMC administrator Eugene Pawlowski and Humana-St Luke's Executive Director Barry Papania denied rumors that Bluefield Regional Medical Center plans to purchase Humana St Luke's hospital. They stressed all three Mercer County hospitals provide similar basic services and that duplication should be reduced to improve access and efficiency.
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