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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1990
Page
4
R Gene Simmons was executed for the December 1987 murders of 16 people in and around Russellville Arkansas. He killed fourteen relatives and others by gun, blunt force and strangulation, after pleading in court for mercy two years prior.
A bomb exploded at the World Conservative Party social club in London on Monday evening injuring four people. Among the casualties is an 82 year old House of Lords member whose wife confirmed the detail. Two American tourists suffered minor cuts from flying glass.
In Jerusalem East and West German parliamentary presidents pledged united Germany will back Israel. The trip marked a milestone in ties between Israel and both Germanys, described as a goodwill gesture by Deputy Knesset Speaker Dan Tichon.
The Internal Revenue Service faces a postal audit with potential underpayments totaling about 2 million dollars due to a misinterpretation of certified mail fees. Checks in Covington Kentucky and Ogden Utah revealed 827100 and 570000 dollars short respectively, with the probe expanding to Dallas Memphis Atlanta Andover Fresno Kansas City and Austin. The audit began in 1989 and is expected to finish within weeks as officials cooperate.
Nelson Mandela defended the use of violence to end apartheid and urged President Bush not to lift U S sanctions. Bush urged renunciation of armed struggle while acknowledging negotiations with the white government. Mandela met Bush on the White House South Lawn as lawmakers prepared to hear his joint Congress address.
Aid poured in from dozens of countries to northern Iran where a deadly quake left an estimated half million homeless. Thousands believed buried as aftershocks and landslides hinder relief. Mehrabad airport received 62 aircraft, including a U S cargo jet with 84000 pounds of supplies from AmeriCares.
Nashville born William Warfield 70 returns to sing Old Man River at the General Jackson show boat fifth anniversary at Opryland U S A. He recalls the tune from the 1951 Showboat film as memories flood back. In New Orleans Tom Peters donates 20000 to the ACLU against a Louisiana bill raising assaults on flag burners.
Actress Kelly LeBrock and actor Steven Seagal announce the birth of their son Dominic San Rocco Seagal, a 7 pound baby born Thursday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Publicist Paul Bloch says mother and child are in excellent health and the family has returned to their home near Santa Barbara.
A visitor uses a magnifying glass to inspect a two millimeter square by one millimeter thick volume from Japan's Toppan Printing Co. advertised as the smallest book in the world. The 50 verses are printed on fragile pages, drawing crowds at the fair.
Fang Lizhi and his wife Li Shuxian left the Beijing embassy after a year in U.S. protection and flew to London by a U.S. Air Force jet. China cited medical reasons and repentance, signaling a lenient exit that Washington praised as easing U.S.-China relations.
In San Francisco doctors report signs of progress against AIDS. At the Sixth International Conference on AIDS experts note leveling US cases, fewer new deaths than earlier projections, and promising drugs. They anticipate vaccines in the 1990s, though a cure remains unlikely.
Child actor Bobs Watson, who played Pee Wee in the 1938 Boys Town film, presided at the dedication of a $3 million Chamb ers Protestant Chapel. Now 59 and an ordained minister in Montrose, California, he called delivering the sermon the most privileged moment, recalling a scene where Pee Wee pleads with Whitey Marsh not to leave.
Brando's daughter Cheyenne has left the country and will not return to testify against her brother Christian. Deputy District Attorney Steven Barshop said he will seek to use a new law to admit Miss Brando's statements to police as evidence in the preliminary hearing. Judge Rosemary Shumsky set the hearing for July 23 and noted the new law’s status.
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