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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1987
Page
1
Washington AP report says Consumers used Better Business Bureaus 9.6 million times last year with mail and phone orders causing most complaints. The bureaus logged 7.5 million information requests and 2.1 million complaints about goods or services. About 75 percent of complaints were settled. Home improvement firms drew the most pre purchase inquiries.
Partly sunny and warm humid conditions expected with a high near 82 and a low around 65. A slight chance of thunderstorms tonight with some clouds. Details A-6.
June 30 1937 report details a time freight wreck at Maybeury that killed four. The locomotive whistle bell and stack were blown several hundred yards up the hillside in the fatal incident.
May saw a 14.9 percent drop in new single family home sales to a 616,000 annual rate. Median price surged to a record 106,800, while average price rose to 129,600, as higher mortgage rates reduced demand from first time buyers and cooled the housing market.
The Mercer County Development Authority endorsed a feasibility study for a temporary nuclear waste dump in southern West Virginia during a meeting at the Bluefield Holiday Inn. President R W Wilkinson said officers agreed to back the Monitored Retrievable Storage facility study sought by McDowell supporters in the region.
Two of three pilot whales rescued during a December 1986 beaching are lowered from the research vessel Albatross IV and returned to the ocean about 50 miles east of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, marking a successful conservation effort.
President Reagan and top aides narrowed potential candidates for the Supreme Court after Powell's retirement. A senior official said Robert H. Bork was likely, with others like Orrin Hatch, Robert A. Posner, and J. Clifford Wallace in consideration. The White House noted no final decision and signaled possible rapid moves after further congressional consultations.
Oil prices rose on news of an OPEC production agreement in Vienna. August WTI futures reached 20.41 a barrel, with a session high of 20.70 as about 38 million barrels traded on NYMEX. Ministers agreed to cap official output at 16.6 million bpd for the rest of the year.
Joseph Edward Markowski 29 of West Hollywood is charged with 10 counts including attempted murder and poisoning after admitting he sold AIDS contaminated blood to payday plasma centers. District Attorney Ira Reiner said Markowski knew his blood could spread AIDS and sought money. Authorities list five male clients who bought his blood. one has been located and tested. Police describe him as a prostitute and detained at LA County USC Medical Center. Senate bill would criminalize donating blood while known positive for AIDS.
GTE will spend over 20 million dollars and require 15 to 18 months to replace electro mechanical switchers with electronic units in Bluefield. Engineering manager James Sawyers says the change boosts transmission quality, speeds connections, saves space by 75 percent, and customers will notice only faster dial tone and no change in perceived service. The new system automates routing by computer sensing signals for faster calls.
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