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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1990
Page
2
American workers’ productivity fell 2.7 percent at an annual rate early this year, the steepest decline since the 1981-82 recession. Labor costs continued to rise, according to the Labor Department on Monday.
The Department of Employment Security reported about 97 percent of 91.8 million dollars in unemployment benefits paid in 1989 were proper. The overpayment rate stood at 3.1 percent, a notable drop from 5.4 percent in 1985, the agency said.
A USAir commuter plane with three Ingers aboard landed safely at Benedum Airport in Clarksburg after the pilot reported no gear trouble. Officials said the 19 seat plane traveling from Pittsburgh to Morgantown touched down with emergency crews nearby.
The mother of a slaying victim was charged with attempted murder after allegedly firing a pistol from the witness stand at the defendant in a Hamlin courtroom. The incident occurred Monday and drew immediate attention to the high profile case.
The Supreme Court let stand rulings upholding Virginia's appointive school club system amid a civil rights critique and reaffirmed that public high schools may permit religious groups if other clubs are allowed. The 8-1 decision, authored by Justice O'Connor, upholds the 1984 Equal Access Act, sparking praise from conservatives and concern among church-state separation advocates.
Bramwell resident Walter Lesight Church 35 pleaded guilty to two cocaine distribution charges and was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Hallanan to two concurrent 27 month terms, effectively yielding a 2 1/2 year term. He faces a separate Virginia malicious charge for shooting a man in the face, with no further court dates set.
A national Harris poll finds 61 percent of American adults are overweight and only about one in three engage in regular strenuous exercise. The survey notes some progress in diet with 50 percent trying to avoid high cholesterol foods and 58 percent limiting fat, while over half of overweight individuals exceed the recommended weight by at least 10 percent.
The poll finds 50 percent try to avoid high cholesterol foods like eggs and fatty meats, 46 percent avoid sugar, 28 percent eat fish twice weekly, and 53 percent check cholesterol annually. Women self-examine monthly. 75 percent have dental exams. Alcohol and drug use remain low with 91 percent drinking moderately or not at all and 94 percent never using recreational drugs.
Buchanan County School Board accepted the resignation of Hurley High School principal Robert Wimmer after a two and a half hour executive session. About 20 Knox Creek Parents and Community People gathered in the lobby carrying placards criticizing his leadership.
Mercer County assistant prosecutor Edwin Wiley of Princeton is named law master by Gov. Gaston Caperton. The appointment takes effect July 1 for domestic relations courts in Mercer and Summers counties, with a temporary June assignment in the regional office.
In a Stanford University speech Mikhail Gorbachev calls for closer US Soviet scientific cooperation to dismantle nuclear arsenals and vows a new security structure. He and Raisa invite Nancy Reagan for breakfast at the Soviet consulate as they tour California amid economic crisis and regional instability.
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