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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1987
Page
1
Washington AP reports Health and Human Services Secretary Otis Bowen urges not to underestimate AIDS and says it is the nation’s most serious health threat. A campaign includes 11 radio spots and two TV spots urging callers to use the AIDS information hotline 1-800-342 AIDS.
Accu Weather foresees clouds and sun with hot humid conditions and a chance of a shower or thunderstorm later. High near 80 in the Bluefield area, with tonight partly to mostly cloudy and a shower or thunderstorm before dawn, low around 64.
June 20 1863 West Virginia is admitted as a state moving Mercer County from Virginia into the new government at Charleston. The act creates a new political entity and redefines county allegiance during the Civil War era.
The Supreme Court voted 7 to 2 to ban states from requiring creationism where evolution is taught, ruling Louisiana’s 1981 Creationism Act a thinly veiled religious effort and violating church state separation. Justice Brennan led the opinion, rejecting arguments that the law promoted balanced science instruction. Noted figures condemned the ruling as an attack on faith and constitutional rights.
On Friday the Supreme Court issued rulings touching church state separation by barring mandatory teaching of creationism with evolution in public schools. It held a sexually abusing child suspect has no right to attend a pretrial competency hearing for testimony. It ruled unions may be liable for failing to challenge employer racial discrimination against members. It upheld a New York police search of auto junkyards without warrants. It barred federal courts from licensing only lawyers within the local state. It held a former Pennsylvania inmate cannot force the state to pay his defense fees in a disciplinary case.
Local educators say the ruling eliminating the need to teach creationism in schools where evolution is taught will have little impact on Mercer County classrooms. Mercer County Board of Education Chairman James Harrison expects no immediate changes and will have the superintendent review the case for any hidden implications. He notes potential state board considerations if the ruling yields broader effects for West Virginia schools.
A federal jury found Grover Jones a former Monroe County Prosecutor guilty on five counts of mail fraud linked to an arson for profit scheme in Matoaka six years ago. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Hallanan revoked his bond, and he was sent to jail pending July 30 sentencing as prosecutors celebrated the verdict.
Greyhound Lines Inc announced an 80 million dollar deal to acquire Trailways Corp creating a national intercity bus system. Chairman Fred Currey said service would extend to Trailways areas and frequency could rise while warning that Trailways collapse loomed without intervention. He expected swift ICC approval despite merger concerns.
The IRS says no federal definition of a church exists and exemption can arise without application. It warns that funds used for personal gain end exemption and notes limits on church related businesses. The PTL ministry case prompts scrutiny of million dollar payments and tax status of Heritage USA and satellite rentals.
Dr. Ralph E. Haynes, 62, a pediatrician at Mercer Health Center Green Valley, died Thursday of self-inflicted gunshot wounds as Ohio police arrived to arrest him on charges involving about 170 young boys. Trooper Ratliff said he fired three shots after retreating into his home. Haynes previously worked in Ohio at Wright State University and Children’s Medical Center.
The IRS uses 14 Kurtz criteria to decide church status for tax exemption, though Congress has not defined church. Criteria include distinct legal existence recognized creed ecclesiastical government doctrine and discipline code and distinct religious history.
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