Senate Panel Says It May Delay Ratification Of INF Pact
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee warned it could delay the INF treaty ratification if the Reagan administration persists with its broad reading of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. The panel criticized the administration’s permissive interpretation that would expand testing of the Strategic Defense Initiative. The report argues the approach could complicate future treaties and jeopardize early INF ratification as the two powers move toward a banning agreement.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Soviet Union
Reagan
Senate
United States
Egg Balancing At Equinox Attracts Scientists And Fans
Washington reports the March equinox arrives Wednesday at 9 45 a m EDT marking equal day and night and the sun crossing the equator on its southward trek. Egg balancing draws skeptics and believers with a scientist finding balance is more about egg shape and surface than astronomy.
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Washington
Frank D. Ghigo
Weather: Clouds and Sun With Chance of Showers
Accu Weather forecast predicts mixed skies today with a brief shower possible. High near 68 degrees. Tonight variable clouds with a chance of a shower and cooler air. Low around 46 degrees. Details on page A-8.
Bluefield College Opens Doors in 1922
Looking Back recalls Bluefield College launching on September 21, 1922. The two year Baptist boys college straddled the Virginia West Virginia line, with Mercer and Tazewell counties hosting its grounds, making it Mercer County’s third higher learning institution.
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Bluefield College
Baptist
Virginia-West Virginia
Mercer
Tazewell
Mercer County
Elderly guardianship gaps reveal court access failures
The AP reports that many seniors facing guardianship lack basic courtroom rights. In Fort Lauderdale a 74 year old woman was deemed competent after a brief hearing, highlighting nationwide issues: 300,000 to 400,000 seniors under guardianship, 44 percent without lawyers, and one in four cases with no hearings.
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Fort Lauderdale
Billie
Associated Press
Cleveland
Charlotte
N.C
In West Virginia Incompetency Processing Questioned
An advocate for the elderly argues state law makes it easy to strip elders of decision making rights once a county commission finds them incompetent. Speaker Chuck Chambers calls the process almost impossible to stop, while lawyer Dan Hedges cites misuse by individuals seeking control over others finances and life.
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Charleston
House of Delegates
Chuck Chambers
Dan Hedges
In Virginia Family Biggest Problem for Guardians
In Virginia the major challenge for guardians and wards stems from the ward’s family. Richmond attorney R Shawn Majette who guards 40 wards notes many families lack qualified relatives or seek to take advantage. John Taylor III of Richmond, representing Adult Protective Services, says disputes surge when substantial funds exist and guardianship becomes a family contest.
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Richmond
R. Shawn Majette
John Taylor III
NBC Dominates Emmys With L.A. Law and Promise Wins
NBC led the Emmys on a long telecast in Pasadena as L.A. Law won outstanding drama, Promise took five awards, and Golden Girls claimed best comedy. Bruce Willis and Sharon Gless won acting honors, with James Woods edging James Garner for a lead role.
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Pasadena
Calif
NBC
Grant Tinker
Television Academy
James Woods
James Garner
Glenn Jordan
Piper Laurie
Richard Friedenburg
Tennyson
Gena Rowlands
Betty Ford
ABC
Rue McClanahan
Betty White
Michael J. Fox
Treasure map spurs talk of Civil War gold near Ingleside WV
Mercer County resident Harvey Brown believes soapstone marks form a map to hidden Civil War loot. A mystery partner found a copper kettle with rocks showing impressions resembling a house and roads, hinting at a cave east of Bluefield. Brown ties the tale to a postwar band of thieves and his grandfather’s lore.
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Mercerman
Harvey “Dood" Brown
Ingleside
Bluefield
West Virginia 219
Brown
Henry Green Jones
Mercer County
Pigeon
Oakvale
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