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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1987
Page
1
An 11 year old, John Kevin Hill, with 150 hours flying, took off from Whiteman Air Park in Pacoima in a Cessna 210 bound for Cedar City Utah as part of a weeklong 3,500 mile trip to become the youngest to pilot across the United States. Fields accompanies him as required companion since he cannot solo fly yet.
Accu Weather reports partial sun and clouds with high of 78 degrees. Humidity remains high as tonight's low reaches 64 degrees with continued warmth and cloud cover. Details on A-12.
Looking Back notes Governor Robert Brooke of Virginia issued a land grant to Wilson Cary Nicholas totaling 500000 acres along the Bluestone and Guyandotte Rivers. The tract encompassed most of Mercer County and the Pocahontas Coalfield, shaping regional landholdings.
Public colleges warn an 8.2 million budget cut for the coming year will trim summer school offerings and delay repairs. No immediate layoffs, but positions may shrink by attrition. travel, adjunct use, and purchases will drop while funds may be shifted between line items as administrators adjust.
Bluefield State College plans to absorb an 8.2 million reduction in 1987 88 by cutting summer school classes for June 1988 reducing course offerings at off campus centers and freezing hiring Concord College proposes cutting or eliminating summer school classes evening and off campus classes curtailing travel delaying building repairs and reducing utilities usage
The Democratic Senate passed a $1 trillion fiscal 1988 budget 53 to 46, pushing toward a clash with President Reagan over taxes and military spending. The plan favors domestic spending and taxes, while not meeting Gramm Rudman deficit targets.
Mrs. Ivan Halsey of 2009 Bland Road Bluefield tends her blooms with a spray showing her gardening expertise. She serves as president of the Little Gardens Club.
Lt Col Oliver North will testify publicly starting July 7 at Iran-Contra hearings after private questioning. Panels say they do not plan concessions or recall, with North’s public appearance limited to four days unless extraordinary developments occur.
City officials and police stopped a Citizens' Group for Investigation and Protection of the local environment from digging on city property for PCB testing. Judy Silbaugh, the chair, said residents seek answers on soil and water contamination. City solicitor John Feuchtenberger delivered a cease dig letter citing permit and bonding requirements.
A Chicago accounting firm says West Virginia remains low in overall business attractiveness but shows improvement in key controllable categories. Rankings highlight wages unionization and unemployment benefit levels, with strengths in debt vs personal income and energy costs. The study notes education and technical jobs remain weak.
The survey names North Dakota Nebraska South Dakota Virginia Colorado Missouri Arizona Kansas North Carolina Nevada Massachusetts and Mississippi among its top twelve, with West Virginia highlighted as part of the broader ranking group.
Jackie Gleason, the Great One famed for The Honeymooners bus driver Ralph Kramden and the pool shark in The Hustler, died from cancer at his Fort Lauderdale area home at 7:20 p.m. Wednesday. He had been released from Imperial Point Medical Center a month earlier.
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