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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1989
Page
1
The prime rate was reduced by half a percentage point to 11 percent on Monday. Citibank, the nation's largest bank, led the move and other banks quickly followed, though economists cautioned it does not promise a broad decline in rates soon.
Forecasters warned of up to 3 inches of rain overnight in portions of southern West Virginia and issued a Rash flood watch covering 14 southern counties. The flash flood watch was in effect from 8 p m Monday to 8 a m today and includes Boone Fayette Greenbrier Logan McDowell Mercer Mingo Monroe Nicholas Pocahontas Raleigh Summers Webster and Wyoming.
French President Mitterrand says a regime that fires on its youth to survive has no future when educated youth rise in the name of freedom amid China’s unrest. The remark frames the Beijing crackdown as unsustainable and misjudged by authorities.
The National Weather Service forecasts a 70 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms with highs in the low 70s. Tonight will be cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain and upper 50s. There's no further detail beyond standard forecast terms.
Reports say Chinese forces shelled and fired on civilians in Beijing amid a split in the People's Liberation Army over the May 20 martial law declaration. Tanks and troops occupied Tiananmen Square while protests spread to Shanghai and Nanjing. At least three died and many wounded as residents faced shortages and fear of further attacks.
President Bush suspended military sales to China while urging global sympathy for a young demonstrator facing a column of tanks. He warned Beijing not to expect business as usual and kept diplomatic ties intact amid protests by Chinese students in Virginia Tech and Washington.
At a glance municipal elections show Bluefield electing five board of directors at large or by district. Princeton votes on four ward and one at large council seats with annexation on the ballot. Oakvale lists mayor Y O Bee Boothe and recorder Vickie Rose both unopposed plus five city council seats.
Registered voters in Mercer County municipalities Bluefield Princeton and Oakvale will vote today from 6 30 a m to 7 30 p m to elect residents for multiple offices Bluefield voters choose five directors and how they are elected and Princeton selects a four ward city council plus an at large seat Ward I contenders are Paul McManaway and Dewey Russell Ward II contenders include Randall Bailey Betty Bates Hutchens Eugene Libby Price Ken Vaught and Harold Bright.
BLUEFIELD Virginia residents will wait longer for a new day care center after the Planning Commission voted 6 1 against a zoning amendment to allow a day care at the First Church of God A lone dissenter was Glenn Tabor The church sits in an R2 zone which permits homes churches and schools while day care centers belong in R3 The commission can only recommend to the town council and debated whether day care belongs in R3 amid questions from Harold French and others about location and impact
Fire service fees to support eight Mercer County volunteer departments will appear with July tax bills. County businesses face $50 and residences $20 annual charges, with payments due by Oct 1 and a 10 percent delinquency penalty after that date. Exemptions under Homestead Act do not apply automatically. poverty guideline exemptions require yearly reapplication.
Charles Lorensen of Morgantown becomes the first of seven secretaries named by Gov. Caperton to head departments under the reorganization. He will lead the State Department of Tax and Revenue starting July 1 and oversee the Beer Commission Alcohol Beverage Control Commission Board of Investments Municipal Bond Commission Racing Commission and Insurance Commission while continuing to oversee the tax agency. Lorensen was a lawyer with Jackson Kelley in Charleston before joining the governor's staff.
Virginia State Troopers outnumbered UMWA pickets at Moss No. 3 Preparation Plant as court orders limited demonstrators. In Abingdon, U.S. District Judge Glen Williams jailed three coal strike leaders for contempt for blocking Pittston Coal trucks. The strike will continue, said Marty Hudson as officials warned of stricter enforcement.
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