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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1998
Page
9
Steve Burns headlines the highly rated kids program Blue Clues bringing bright interactive adventures to preschool viewers. The host guides children through problem solving with friendly puppets and engaging activities.
Attorney General Janet Reno pledged a full FBI and U.S. attorney general effort to bring those responsible to justice after the Jasper Texas dragging death. Three men, Lawrence Brewer Shawn Berry and John King, are jailed without bail with potential state or federal charges and possible death penalty pursuit by Texas law officials. The press conference in Washington included National Federation of Press Women delegates attending the 1998 convention.
In Bluefield area ministers support the Southern Baptist Convention's reaffirmed call for wives to submit to husbands, citing biblical authority. They argue the view reflects love within a marital relationship, while critics warn it risks rolling back women's equality and liberation gains.
The FCC backs customer freedom with a 4 to 1 vote allowing buyers to purchase standard cable boxes and integrated devices starting July 2000. The shift aims to boost competition among box makers and cut long term rental costs, with local Adelphia, TCC, and Comcast charging $3.25, $2.95, and related fees monthly. Radio Shack, Wal Mart and K Mart sell boxes locally.
In Bluefield at Lotto City Park about 150 volunteers labored through a rainstorm to lay out the Yakkity Yak Playground project. MAPCO Coal's R E Perkinson Jr led the cement truck and wheelbarrow deliveries while Tony Mamone rallied two carpenters and urged civic participation amid muddy conditions.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms push year to date rainfall toward record levels. Up to an inch of rain was predicted in Four Seasons Country as the National Weather Service expects the trend through Saturday. Hydrologist Mike Gillen notes El Niño has weakened but remains a factor in the unusually wet start to 1998 across Virginia, North Carolina and West Virginia with January to June rainfall well above normals.
Flood waters receded in Grundy as rivers and creeks dropped in Buchanan County. Riverside Drive reopened about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday after remaining three feet under the Levisa River. Graduation events for Garden and Grundy High Schools and senior party were postponed to Thursday night as flood danger ended.
Elizabeth, a 40 year old in Orlando, plans to deliver a baby boy on Tuesday in front of her doctor and husband for a national audience. America's Health Network with 7.2 million subscribers will broadcast the birth on its Web site at 6 a.m. EST. Elizabeth says she is not an exhibitionist and hopes to educate other women about easy childbirth. Her last name will not be released.
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