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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1987
Page
1
The American Heart Association recommended for the first time that healthy adults begin periodic physical checkups at age 20 to help prevent heart attacks and strokes. Checkups should occur at least every five years, with more frequent tests after age 60, and no annual visits before 75.
Accu Weather predicts sun shine today followed by clouds and a few showers and a thunderstorm. The high will be 74 with partial clearing tonight and a cooler low near 48. Details A-8.
Fifteen feet of mud and debris engulfed Crane Creek near the Pinnacle tipple of American Coal and Coke Company on June 9 1924. Eight residents died in the disaster including seven family members in a single home, as rescue teams battled wreckage and mud.
The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, allows denying Social Security disability benefits without evaluating age, education, and work history if the claimant is not severely disabled. Court records suggest up to 800,000 yearly denials. The term also covers arbitration for fraud claims against brokers and CIA firing of a gay spy.
West Virginia and USAir will sign an agreement today guaranteeing air service to Bluefield and other state airports for five years if USAir merges with Piedmont Airlines. Attorney General Charlie Brown and USAir counsel Lee Hydeman signed the pact. Brown voiced concerns about potential DOT objections on economic grounds.
Fawn Hall testified that she altered some sensitive documents and destroyed others, and smuggled still more off White House grounds to protect Oliver North. She said shredding and removal were done on North’s instructions or on her own initiative. Hall testified in a flat, professional tone and said she would continue Tuesday with more specifics.
A 6 3 vote in a Washington case loosens eligibility for Social Security disability benefits. The court declined to require Reagan rules to curb acid rain. It will decide CIA firing of a homosexual agent and whether firings for any reason are allowed. The fairness doctrine was not extended to teletext. Lawyers’ fees in federal civil rights suits were unchanged. A Virginia man must surrender a personalized license plate. States may tax investments in Ginnie Maes. Stock broker fraud suits may go to binding arbitration.
At Venice meeting with Yasuhiro Nakasone Reagan announced the partial reversal of April tariffs on Japanese electronic goods. He removed 17 percent of penalties totaling about 51 million dollars from 20 inch television sets, calling it an incentive for Japan to curb trade practices. White House aides framed the move as a reward for concessions amid broader Gulf and Iran Iraqi war discussions.
U.S. Senator Paul Trible sponsors a bill that could suspend Romania’s most favored nation status, risking about 310 Island Creek Coal Co jobs in Buchanan County Virginia. Virginia Coal Council executives warn the action could jeopardize the Virginia Pocahontas No 6 mine while Trible defends the move as a trade policy stance.
Buchanan County supervisors in Grundy Virginia declared the Knox Creek Hurley communities disaster areas after a flash flood caused about 250000 dollars in damages. More than 700 residents affected by a few hours of high water, with 13 homes and a church damaged and one home destroyed. No injuries were reported.
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