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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1998
Page
12
Extended forecast shows Monday night partly cloudy with showers and storms possible. Tuesday peaks in upper 70s with partial storms, while Wednesday brings more shower and thunderstorm chances and highs in mid 70s. Thursday clears with near upper 70s and upper 50s nights. Stream data lines list Bluestone Lake Summersville and R D Bailey contact numbers.
Mostly cloudy conditions expected Monday with a chance of afternoon thunderstorms and a high in the mid to upper 70s. Rain probability around 30 percent.
Shadrick, a West Virginia soldier of the 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, was buried with full military honors at the Legion Cemetery in Beckley after a downtown funeral procession. Walter Mankins, a chaplain and VFW member, arrived in Korea in 1950. They share McDowell County roots and both served in Korea. The piece notes a push for a regional all war veterans museum and a Raleigh County Korean War monument. Charlton, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient from East Gulf, is also interred at the Legion Cemetery.
McDowell County man Van Allen Edwards, 42, was arrested Saturday on charges of malicious wounding and fourth-degree arson after his wife Christine Edwards, 36, suffered second-degree burns over about 39 percent of her body. She was airlifted to Cabell Huntington Hospital in critical condition. Edwards faces prior malicious wounding charges from an alleged stabbing last month and is held in the McDowell County Correctional Facility awaiting arraignment. Their three children, ages 7 to 11, were placed with the Department of Health and Human Resources.
Officials acknowledge the duty to honor veterans but warn full rites for all deaths may overwhelm the system. With 46 000 deaths monthly this year rising 23 percent since 1989 and a shrinking active force, bills by Murray and Lane seek a minimum five person honor guard and bugler without new funding. Veterans groups support easing burdens while stressing that not every veteran seeks full honors and calls for alternative personnel sources and congressional funding.
Willa Milliken recalls World War II service with the Army Air Force as 172 local funerals were held last year. Other honor guard members include Noah White a Vietnam veteran with a Purple Heart Paul Hickok an Air Force and Vietnam veteran Willie Adams Army and Korean War veteran Frank Deehl Robert Mitchell Army and Korean War veterans Mike Bond Cecil Criss Diane Buckland and Daisy Criss. White was wounded in Vietnam on May 18 1969 Mitchell wounded in Korea. Memorial Day events include placing over 400 flags at veterans graves across Oak Hill Gauley Bridge Princeton and Wyoming County areas led by Mankins a Kore an War Army veteran.
West Virginia officials outlined how Powerball driven lottery revenue will be allocated, including about 18 million to the School Building Authority and 10.4 million for computers in public schools. Extra funds will wait for the 1999 fiscal year start, with lawmakers urging restraint and caution in one time spending.
In Mount Clemens Michigan two sisters Josephine Verellen 28 and Jacqueline Verellen 22 were ordered held without bond on a first degree murder charge in the death of Lisa Putman 28 a social worker with Macomb County Child Protective Services. Putman visited the Washington home to discuss reclaiming Josephine’s children who had been placed in foster care due to a filthy house and unsafe conditions.
The Northern Ireland referendum produced a breakthrough for Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble as the Protestant community split on the yes no divide. A June 25 election will shape a new 108 seat Belfast Assembly with cross border cooperation and a significant shift toward peace and reform across the island. Sinn Fein and SDLP leaders urged progress while Paisley warned of gridlock potential and hard liners predicted political revenge. Clinton Blair Ahern and Adams commented on historic implications and the joint island vote as a landmark step toward mutual respect and a future based on agreement.
Two men died in Fayette County during Memorial Day weekend. A man was struck by a CSX train around 1 mm 1 Montgomery along Route 61, and later a body was found by whitewater rafters in the New River near Cunard. Dispatchers confirmed recovery of the second body with no further details.
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