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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1987
Page
3
The forecast calls for a mix of clouds and sun with a risk of thunderstorms late afternoon today and Friday. Highs range from 80 to 82 degrees with humid evenings and mild to warm nights. Record temperatures from June included.
The forecast calls for showers across the north eastern Plains eastern Gulf and central Atlantic regions. Locally expect unseasonably warm temperatures high humidity and a chance of a thunderstorm each afternoon for the next two to three days. Regional highs and lows include 109 in Gila Bend Arizona and 29 in South Lake Tahoe California.
Waves of students beat drums and chant Revolution as riot police fire tear gas in Seoul and eight other cities in a seven day anti government campaign. Clashes flare at police stations and universities while crowds gather at Myongdong cathedral demanding Chun Doo Hwan’s ouster.
Washington urged broad based dialogue for stability in South Korea with all sides to compromise. State Department spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley said the United States can only play a peripheral role and declined to comment on sanctions.
The Justice Department criticized independent counsels in the Iran-Contra and Deaver cases and urged Reagan to veto legislation to preserve the appointing law. Bolton claimed these counselors operate without review, citing Walsh’s high office rental costs but later corrected to a single Washington office at 32 dollars per square foot.
In Fort Mill South Carolina PTL says it is reshaping its flagship PTL Club format to rely less on a celebrity preacher. Warren Marcus acting COO TV says the program returns to its roots with a lower key fund raising pace and broader audience via satellite to about 160 affiliates and 1,700 cable systems. He notes employees prefer less wall to wall fund raising while the ministry continues to pitch for money. The Bakker founders who built PTL empire and Heritage USA are mentioned with Marcus having taken the post recently at Jerry Falwell's request.
Firefighters in several Western states contained or held back wind driven fires sparked by lightning across desert brush and range lands. In Idaho crews fought eight range fires after scorching nearly 100000 acres while 16 other fires were extinguished. By Tuesday cooler weather helped crews in Utah Nevada and California limit damage and evacuations were reduced or avoided.
President Reagan urged Republican senators to block Democratic tax hikes to curb the deficit while Democrats work on a $1 trillion 1988 budget. He called for a line item veto and a constitutional balanced budget amendment, arguing high taxes worsen deficits. House and Senate leaders met without breakthrough as Byrd and Wright condemned the administration’s approach.
Two assistants to retired Maj. Gen. Richard V. Secord told lawmakers they shredded records last December after Iran Contra exposure. One later changed testimony, saying shredding likely occurred in November, per sworn affidavits to congressional committees.
Millard Harmon, a 60 year old retiree from upstate New York, flew a single engine plane on a voyage he calls a friendship flight to Moscow to improve U S Soviet ties and pursue an aviation record. He displayed his Soviet visa at a news conference and said he does not plan to land in Red Square, unlike Mathias Rust.
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