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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1989
Page
7
The Associated Press forecast today calls for showers to dominate most of the eastern U.S. from New York to Florida. A separate system is moving east bringing showers and thunderstorms from the upper Great Lakes into Texas and the central Rockies.
Showers and thunderstorms are likely today with a 60 percent rain chance. Highs reach the upper 70s and tonight remains partly cloudy with a tapering rain chance to 40 percent and lows in the lower 60s. Friday brings partly cloudy skies with a 50 percent rain chance and highs in the low 80s. Saturday offers a shower chance with highs in the lower 80s and lows in the 60s. Sunday looks partly cloudy with highs 80 to 85 and lower 60s at night. Yesterday’s Bluefield temps show a high of 80 and a low of 62, with June 22 record highs of 91 in 1931 and lows of 42 in 1902.
Virginia sees showers and thunderstorms with highs in the 80s and lows near 70. West Virginia remains warm and humid with storms possible, highs 75 to 85 and overnight lows in the 60s. North Carolina reports considerable cloudiness with showers and thunderstorms likely across most of the state, highs in the 80s.
A Census Bureau report shows 40 percent of first births to women aged 15 to 29 from 1985 to 1988 occurred outside marriage, up from earlier decades. Unwed births by race vary: 74.6 percent for Black women, 30.6 percent for Hispanics, and 19.6 percent for Whites, with overall fertility about 69.7 to 71 per 1,000.
Washington AP report says the House voted 218 to 201 to send the $3.5 billion emergency spending bill back to a House Senate conference. Democrats and some Republicans opposed adding anti drug funds, while the White House and Senate backed the drug money, prompting a potential veto fight. The outcome delays aid for veterans and other programs and extends talks with the Senate.
Norwegian rescue crews saved 575 passengers from the Soviet liner Max Gorky after it struck an iceberg in the Norwegian Sea 180 miles east of Spitzbergen. Some Soviet crew were reportedly intoxicated, hindering pumping and rescue efforts as the ship limped toward Spitzbergen for shelter.
The House Ways and Means Committee approved increasing the yearly earnings limit for Social Security recipients by 600 to 9,720 before benefits are reduced. For every 3 earned above the limit, 1 dollar of benefits is withheld. An 18-17 vote defeated a plan to raise employer taxes by 10.6 billion over five years to fund unemployment and other programs as part of deficit reduction efforts.
Hundreds gathered at Mount Zion Methodist Church near Philadelphia Mississippi and at Okatibbee Cemetery to mark the 25th anniversary of the Chaney Goodman and Schwerner killings. Secretary of State Dick Molpus spoke of change since 1964 and the need to show the nation Mississippi’s progress. The victims were James Chaney a Meridian Black man, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner white volunteers from New York City, murdered by members of the Ku Klux Klan.
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