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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1998
Page
5
Joyce Young learned her 19 year old son Jay Young had walked from a rollover crash. After 11 hours with no sign, she found his body in waist high grass 50 feet from the scene. Police considered the collision possibly alcohol related.
DNA confirmed Callie Marie Conley is biologically Kevin Chittum and Whitney Rogers’s daughter who died in a July car crash. Rebecca Chittum is the biological daughter of Paula Johnson who raised Callie. Lawyer says hospital switching incident at UVa is confirmed. custody plans remain under discussion.
Amanda Tull, 19, of Sherman, Missouri, was sentenced to five years and ten months for kidnapping after stealing infant Carlie Shockey from the University of Kansas Medical Center. Her boyfriend, Buddy Hall, 31, received two years and three months after pleading guilty as an accessory after the fact.
Japan lacks an independent system to warn of hostile launches and relies on the United States for notices after North Korea fired a missile across Japan. The test underscores vulnerabilities, fueling urgency for missile defense talks with the United States and cooperation with South Korea.
Nairobi resident Douglas Sindolo, 27, appears to have lost most sight after the U S Embassy bombing. Doctors warn recovery is unlikely despite surgeries by German eye specialists. The Aug. 7 blast injured many and left hundreds with partial or total vision loss, straining Kenya’s lone national rehabilitation center.
The Transportation Department plans new crash-test dummies for small women to improve air bag safety. Secretary Rodney Slater and NHTSA head Ricardo Martinez say the measure extends tests beyond adult male dummies to reduce injuries and fatalities among small women and children. The female dummy will be a sophisticated computerized unit with a multi segmented neck and sensors for forces and impacts.
In Kolin Czech Republic a privately funded boarding school for 45 students opens to educate Roma to work in local government. Funded by George Soros and furnished by Canadian and British embassies, the program aims to curb discrimination while Roma activists lament insufficient state funding. In Kathmandu Nepal 375 climbers from 17 countries gain autumn permits to attempt Himalaya peaks including Everest, with season running until November 15.
Hundreds of ethnic Chinese fled Lhokseumawe Aceh after two days of rioting in which stone throwing mobs attacked shops and homes. Riot police reported two killed and looters plundered in the business district as soldiers and police mingled with the mobs amid ethnic tensions and economic crisis.
The Register-Herald and local historian David Sibray announce a 128 page pictorial history of Raleigh County. It features more than 250 archival photographs with captions, library quality archival paper, and a leatherette hardcover. Pre publication price is 2995 with post publication price 399.
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