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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1998
Page
9
Hurricane Earl will bring soaking rain and thunderstorms along portions of the Gulf Coast today. Sunny heat persists in the west while cooler air moves into the Great Lakes region. Scattered showers and thunderstorms will develop from New York to Ohio ahead of a cold front.
Thursday night mostly clear with lows in the upper fifties. Friday and Saturday forecast mostly clear with highs around 75 to 80. Sunday partly cloudy with highs in the lower eighties, stream conditions listed for Bluestone, Summersville and R D Bailey Lakes with contact numbers.
Prosecutor Mark Burnette outlined the 1976 murder of Illy Ray Abshire, alleging Humphries a former State Farm agent and Kitty Abshire hired Brown and Gaylor to kill Abshire outside his Rupert trailer after a separation. The case, renewed from dormant leads, cites photos found in 1997 and a 1990s national police award connection as part of the investigation, with indictments expected for arraignments within two weeks. The Abshire family expressed gratitude for the renewed efforts and seek convictions.
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee warns many questions about Gulf War veterans health may never be answered and urges reforms. Specter and Rockefeller push for legislation to improve readiness for unconventional warfare and guarantee medical care and compensation for undiagnosed illnesses among Gulf War veterans.
Monroe County school board meeting was disrupted by a fire in Treasurer Bob Phillips' office around 7 p.m. Flames issued from an outside air conditioning switch box, a fuse fault caused arcing, and Phillips extinguished flames with a fire extinguisher. No injuries. The meeting moved to Union Elementary School. computers were undamaged.
President Clinton watched markets closely after a 512 point drop, noting gains of 288 points the next day. Speaking to university students in Moscow after talks with Boris Yeltsin, he urged truthfulness to citizens and criticized loopholes in tax collection to fund government bills while urging reform away from Soviet style controls.
Private economists warn the $2 trillion paper loss in six weeks could trim consumer spending by about $50 billion over two years. Wyss of Standard & Poor's DRI says growth may slow to 1.5 percent in 1999 and 2 percent in 2000, with recession risk about 50-50 if the Asian crisis worsens and rates stay high.
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