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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1998
Page
6
In Charlotte, the 2.7 million member Presbyterian Church U S A chose Rev. Douglas Oldenburg, 63, president of Columbia Theological Seminary, as moderator. He won 291 votes to Rev James Mead 220 and Rev Richard Hutchison 18 amid debates over sexuality policy.
Flint Michigan AP reports negotiators met again Sunday to end a pair of GM strikes that have idled about 60,000 workers. GM officials held separate talks with UAW locals at the Flint Metal Center and the Delphi Flint East plant.
Paradise Washington AP reports climbing guide Tyler Forman claimed his foot slipped on a wet ice face on Mount Rainier, triggering a slide that killed one climber and injured seven others as his group descended. He told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer his stumble set off the avalanche.
In post Soviet Russia a new private treatment network offers anti alcohol cures. Hypnosis centered sessions at the Dar Center promise freedom from alcohol with coded abstinence of one to five years. Doctors warn these methods do not promote lifelong sobriety amid a culture where drinking is socially ingrained.
Four scuba archaeologists plan a dive near Matagorda Bay to verify a wreck thought to be l Aimable, a 313 year old supply ship believed tied to La Salle. High seas delayed work as funding awaited for full excavation.
In Taipei area, four teenage boys abused a 15 year old girl for a week, raping and torturing her before she died. The case highlights fears of rising juvenile crime, spurring talks of harsher penalties for minors and reforms toward emotional health support and counseling.
Tokyo reports citing government documents from war crimes trials held in China say Japanese forces used poison on a northern China battlefield in May 1942. The Mainichi says the 1946 to 1949 trial's verdicts are outlined, noting Japan’s claims of weapons storage without admission of actual chemical use.
Han Lifa, a Shanghai dissident, asks police for permission to hold a public rally welcoming President Clinton during his planned Shanghai visit this month. Clinton will spend two days in the city after a June Beijing summit with Jiang Zemin, per the Information Center for Human Rights and Democratic Movement in China.
In Marseille on the eve of a World Cup match English fans clashed with riot police and Tunisian supporters. Hundreds of British supporters hurled bottles as police deployed tear gas. About 20 arrests reported with no injuries or clear cause given.
Rescue workers found 97 corpses on a western India island Sunday, lifting the cyclone death toll to 931 from the Gujarat storm last week. The disaster followed winds of 75 mph and 20 foot waves that battered land Tuesday.
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