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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1998
Page
15
Saturday night partly cloudy with a chance of showers and mid-60s lows. Sunday and Monday bring scattered showers and thunderstorms with highs around 80 and upper 70s to low 80s. Tuesday turns mostly clear and cooler with highs in the upper 60s. Stream conditions numbers listed for Bluestone Summersville and R D Bailey lakes.
Ricky Brown and two others faced first degree arson charges after a November fire that killed residents and injured neighbors. Investigators cite a lapsed insurance, a prompt rescue, and strong community questions about guilt. Local officials anticipate felony murder and conspiracy counts from a county grand jury.
Daylong session centered on editing sexually explicit material in Starr’s records to avoid embarrassing innocents. Republicans plan to release tapes. Hyde affair furor adds to impeachment heat as leaders call for FBI scrutiny and restraint in political attacks.
Tipton praised a large turnout of children at Beckley as the bike safety derby kicked off the festival’s fifth annual event. Participants from Plateau Medical Center Oak Hill Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital and Camcare Charleston joined in. Organizers Michaels and volunteers hope the derby becomes an annual staple with helmet safety education underscored by remarks from families on site.
McDowell County woman pleads guilty to two counts of insurance fraud and agrees to cooperate as her husband Grover Dillon faces charges for allegedly shooting his former stepson Bernie Carter to collect policy proceeds. The couple allegedly arranged 50 policies on at least 13 people from 1994 to 1997, netting about 700000 from policies totaling 2140000, with deaths linked to three victims. Dillon faces up to 10 years at sentencing in Bluefield. Carter's death had been ruled an accidental shooting in Virginia, while the Dillons also profited from the deaths of Maxine Meadows and Karen Johnson. Meadows died in 1997. Johnson died ten days later.
A grand jury charged the MIT Phi Gamma Delta chapter with manslaughter and hazing in the death of 18 year old Scott Krueger after a drinking binge at a Fenway party. The indictment targets the fraternity organization, not individual members, and carries fines up to 3000 dollars.
Unresolved disputes split Clinton demand for increased education, environment and high tech funding from GOP plans to block Kyoto treaty implementation and census sampling. Republicans blame complexity and a late budget, while Democrats accuse them of stalling to gain leverage. Stopgap funding keeps agencies running at 1998 levels for nine days, with a second bill needed after Oct. 9.
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