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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1990
Page
2
Washington mayor Marion Barry summoned his cabinet and top aides to a hastily scheduled meeting to discuss plans, including his decision not to seek re election. He also met with representatives of five black owned weekly newspapers to brief them on his plans.
Reports say Romanian soldiers fired on anti-government demonstrators outside a former secret police building after attacks on state TV offices and a burned pole building. In Strasbourg, Nelson Mandela’s call for sanctions drew applause yet sparked a parliamentary brawl in the restaurant. In Monrovia, descendents of Liberia’s American founders fled suburban homes as a military trial began over killings of civilians. Bonn notes Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria seek World Bank accession and likely UN loan fund entry by fall. Barber Conable predicts acceptance by the September annual meeting in Washington.
After a year on the loose a rooster evaded traps and tranquilizers until three night workers including a daycare director and her son in law used a flashlight and fishing net to seize Henry. Health officials linked possible Campylobacter infection to the bird while noting stray animals breach day care health rules.
A Lipid Research Clinics study of 2,541 men aged 40 to 69 over 10 years shows that high cholesterol markedly raises the risk of death from heart disease among men with pre existing cardiovascular disease. Desirable levels were under 200 and high levels over 240, with risk rising from 4 to 20 percent.
Ron Jacko a 42 year old Cleveland native who fled to Toronto after basic training turned himself in at Quantico. He asks Lt Gen Etnyre to allow an other than honorable discharge and avoid a court martial. He will be confined to the base pending review with no prison time, treated as a private.
Activist Martin Sheen urged Folgers to halt bean purchases from El Salvador at a shareholders meeting in Beverly Hills. He argued U S funding supported El Salvador's killers and joined a peace group protest outside Arden stores. Separately Senator Robert Packwood filed for divorce after 25 years of marriage noting separation in Oregon. Cajun fiddler Doug Kershaw posted bail of 132000 dollars after jail stint for alimony owed to his ill wife, with a July 18 contempt hearing set in Nashville.
The Rev. Morris Chapman defeated Rev. Daniel Vestal 21,471 to 15,753 to secure the presidency for fundamentalists in the Southern Baptist Convention. Chapman praised moving beyond 12 years of contests, while Vestal and moderates faced a somber reception and acknowledged the battle for the denomination’s leadership appears settled.
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