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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1997
Page
10
West Virginia and Virginia regions report a weather mix with showers and thunderstorms possible. Fog lingers into mid morning with highs in the upper 70s and a 30 percent rain chance. Tonight turns cloudy with more thunder risk and lows near 60. Wednesday brings partly cloudy skies and continued chances of rain, with highs near 80 in Virginia and 70s in West Virginia.
National Four Seasons Country tracks chance of showers tonight with cloudy skies. Wednesday features partly cloudy conditions with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Thursday will see a high near 80 and Friday a low around 30 in Flagstaff Arizona.
AP report on Unitarian minister George Expo who guides ends of life decisions for terminally ill individuals. He plans to bring the movement to Beckley, distinguishing his role as a guide rather than a facilitator. Expo, 54, has drawn national attention and aims to publish on Cynthia Onan's impending death.
In Lurgan near an Anglican church two police officers John Graham and David Johnston were killed by point blank head shots. IRA gunmen fled in a car then set it on fire in Kilwilkie as Sinn Fein murals mark the Catholic district. The killings led Britain to pause contact with Sinn Fein and jeopardize ongoing peacemaking efforts.
Defense lawyers for five men accused in a Mountaineer Militia plot to destroy the FBI fingerprint complex in Clarksburg say they will go to trial in August in Wheeling. Two other defendants have pleaded or prepared to plead guilty to explosives charges. The cases center on illegal transport of explosives into West Virginia and providing resources for a terrorist attack. Lawyers plan to challenge informant Okey Mar Richards Jr and question the government’s key witness.
Spotsylvania Circuit Judge William H. Ledbetter Jr. dismissed the abduction charge against Karl Michael Roush, a former neighbor of the Silva family, after the state crime lab admitted fibers did not match Sofia Silva’s body. The FBI review also linked similarities to two Lisk sisters cases, prompting discussion of a possible serial killer while Roush remains a suspect.
Larksburg AP Kari Anne Safford hopes her Miss West Virginia year promotes healthier eating beyond her reign. She has distributed about 1000 copies of her low fat cookbook Healthy Eating for Busy People and joined Gov. Cecil Underwood in Charleston for Nutrition and Health Awareness Week. Safford, cooking since age six, cites simple recognizable recipes like Kari's Oven Fried Potato Chip Chicken as key to engaging residents amid high obesity rates.
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