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Newspaper
Register Herald
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1998
Page
5
Bob Cohen 72 receives a notice claiming $1,151 in back real estate taxes on his downtown Pittsburgh beauty and barber supply business. The debt dates to 1911 through 1915, linked to a prior owner, and stayed unpaid as ownership changed since the 1920s. Cohen bought the shop in 1983, and the amount has not grown due to no interest accruing then.
Grand Isle Louisiana ordered 1400 residents to evacuate to the mainland as Tropical Storm Hermine approaches, marking a third evacuation in three weeks. Mayor David Carmadelle issued the order with two Lafourche Parish low-lying areas also evacuating, and a shelter opened in Larose.
A grand jury indicted George Ventura, Chiquita's former Honduras counsel, on unlawful interception of communications and five counts of unauthorized computer access. He pleaded not guilty and faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted. The probe concerns stolen voice mail messages used by reporter Mike Gallagher in May articles that challenged Chiquita Brands International.
Der Spiegel reports prosecutors may charge two railway technicians with negligent manslaughter over the Eschede crash that killed 101 people. Officials say two pre-crash inspections found a misshapen wheel on an ICE train but no action was taken. Four high speed trains were withdrawn after a cracked weld was found on an undercarriage.
West Virginians facing homelessness roam in cities yet remain largely unseen within state borders. Charleston's street population numbers around 130 nightly, Beckley shelters house about 100, and Fairmont sees up to 60, amid a sparsely connected landscape. Factors include unemployment, alcoholism, mental illness, and welfare changes. shelter officials caution the homeless population may grow as welfare reform continues.
Eric Spelsberg, director of North Central West Virginia Community Action, notes that small changes in life circumstances push people into homelessness and that society often forgets this. The remark underscores how fragile stability can be in helping people avoid housing loss.
In a city survey the number of homeless remains unknown. Many residents rely on ten shelters while countless others roam. The typical person is a single man in his 30s or 40s, with rising numbers of single and two parent families.
Rome based Gattinoni seeks Monica Lewinsky for its first collection for larger women. We prepared a pretty blue suit, said Stefano Dominella and Guillermo Mariotto per I Messaggero. Lewinsky's representatives declined to comment.
Tropical storm driven high seas left four dead in central Japan and a mudslide left three missing in Umaji village. Two college students drowned with bodies found along a nearby beach. Four workers setting nets on a rain soaked hillside were buried. one person escaped. The storm, packing 50 mph winds, moved west across the East China Sea toward China.
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