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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1998
Page
14
A national weather bulletin notes cool air extending from eastern Montana to northern New England with temperatures in the 50s and 60s. Meanwhile heat persists from Texas to Georgia with highs reaching 90s and over 100 in spots. Sunny and warm conditions prevail in the Southwest and parts of the West Coast.
Thursday night showers and thunderstorms likely with lows around 60. Friday and Saturday stay in the 70s with showers possible, and Saturday night into Sunday partly cloudy with highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Stream conditions numbers are Bluestone 466-0156, Summersville 872-5809, R. D. Bailey 664-9587.
Harvard Ayers of Appalachian Voices led a Tuesday gathering where Gov. Cecil Underwood and Senate Chair Bill Wooton pledged study of mountaintop removal. Coal executives argued for economic gain but offered no regulation until reclamation is complete. Residents shared blasting damage and urged detailed complaints, while Randy Sprouse warned of losing local life if opponents do not mobilize. Larry Gibson, born on Rayford Mountain, lamented cultural and environmental loss as he described sights unseen in a century.
Two empty structures on Egeria Road in Odd collapsed during the storm while Summers County reports widespread outages in Forest Hill from downed trees. In Apple Grove a mobile home and barn were destroyed, and a man was injured in Gallipolis Ferry when a three foot diameter tree fell onto his van.
State police arrested William E. Bryant 34 of Laeger on first degree sexual assault malicious wounding and abduction charges in connection with a beating and stabbing of a woman near Mount View High School. The victim was found injured and hospitalized with serious head injuries and neck stab wounds. Police investigation continues.
A Wise County Virginia woman with a protective order received a wireless phone from the sheriff's department under a Virginia Commission on Family Violence Prevention program. When her husband broke into her apartment that night she called for help. police arrived to find she had been stabbed but survived. The award honors use of a wireless phone in an emergency.
A Raleigh County jury convicted Burdette of three counts of aggravated robbery after about 30 minutes of deliberation. He faces 30 years to life on future sentencing for the first degree murder charge while already serving sentences for embezzlement and other robberies in 1997 and 1998.
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