Bakker backer loyalty vows and money talk at Falwell remarks
Falwell described Bakker supporters pledging loyalty to the death in blood covenants during prayer meetings at the Bakkers home. He noted finances and claimed the Bakkers have only $37,000, with debts and past salaries totaling millions, as he urged a peaceful resolution and sale of assets to cover PTL debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tega Cay
S.C
Jim
Tammy Bakker
Jerry Falwell
Falwell
Bakker
Covenant Partners
Bakkers
Don Hardister
Hardister
Heritage USA
Little Horse
Heritage
PTL
Ministry
Hospital price rise linked to competition study says
A study shows competition among hospitals may raise costs by 26 percent as facilities invest in new technologies to attract patients and doctors. In Bluefield West Virginia area officials cite noncompetitive local market while proposing a cancer center and a cardiac lab to meet higher local death rates, weighing local access against out of town care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bluefield
Robbie Colley
Princeton Community Hospital
Colley
West Virginia University
Charleston Area Medical Center
Journal of the American Medical Association
Swan Intervenes in Runner’s Track Field Crossing
A young athlete leaped through Aarou’s track and field stadium area as a swan and its family crossed the tracks on an afternoon walk. The male swan flared its wings but neither the runner nor the birds were hurt in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aarou
After-Tax Income Rises 3.4 Percent in May
Americans posted a record 3.4 percent rise in after tax incomes in May as tax pressures from April faded. Personal savings recovered from an all time low, signaling renewed consumer spending momentum in coming months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather outlook with warm humid afternoon risk of storms
The forecast calls for a mix of clouds and sun with very warm conditions and high humidity. In Bluefield the daytime high should reach 82 with a muggy feel, while tonight will be partly cloudy with a chance of a thunder shower and a low near 64.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Bluefield Lions Club Chartered in 1922
Looking back at June 19 1922 the Bluefield Lions Club received its charter and adopted the national motto Liberty Intelligence and Our Nation's Safety. The local group pledged fellowship and service founded on the Golden Rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield Lion's Club
Rice dodges key question on Hart affair in interview
Donna Rice declined to say whether she slept with Gary Hart in a national television interview. She cited dignity as the reason she would not answer and discussed her role in the Hart campaign affair during the ABC 20/20 feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Donna Rice
Gary Hart
Hart
Colorado
The
Miami Herald
Rice
Washington
ABC
Barbara Walters
Don Henley
Aspen
Colo
Miami
Bimini
Walters
Donna
Lynn Armandt
Airport security tests reveal need for standards
Angry lawmakers say security at American airports leaves travelers vulnerable to weapon wielding hijackers and will press to improve detection systems. A congressional report shows FAA inspectors failed to detect 496 of 2419 mock weapons carried onto planes in late 1986, about 20 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Aviation Administration
Medicaid cuts hit West Virginia's poor hardest
West Virginia Hospital Association President Ken Rutledge forecasts an $120 million Medicaid funding shortfall as the 87 88 budget drops to 180 million while this year's 300 million is spent. The state share falls to 50 million next year, with federal matching at 70 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
West Virginia Hospital Association
WVHA
Ken Rutledge
Rutledge
Jerry Ash
Ash
American Journalist Charles Glass Kidnapped in Beirut
Fourteen gunmen in four cars abducted American journalist Charles Glass in West Beirut after intercepting his car in Ouzai. Glass was beaten and placed in a car trunk. the incident also targeted Ali Osseiran, son of Lebanon's defense minister, who protested. Police reported the capture occurred near a fish restaurant close to a Syrian army checkpoint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beirut
Lebanon
Charles Glass
Glass
Ali Osseiran
Osseiran
Ouzai
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!