Fugitive spy Boyce captured after 19 months on Olympic Peninsula
Christopher Boyce, once the nation's most wanted, was recaptured at a Port Angeles drive in hamburger joint after 19 months on the Olympic Peninsula. He had fled Lompoc prison January 1980 after selling satellite data to the Soviets and faced a 40 year sentence. He will be returned to California for further proceedings.
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Seattle
Christopher Boyce
Washington
Olympic Peninsula
Boyce
U.S
Port Angeles
Wash
Lompoc
California
Jack Tate
Pearson Flight School
Fairchild Airport
Anthony Lester
Robert Christman
U.S. Marshals Service
FBI
Christman
Coast Guard
Washington State
Anthony Edward Lester
Safir
South Africa
Costa Rica
France
Ireland
Dominican Republic
Southern West Virginia gets new governor’s office in Welch
Gov. Rockefeller names Wellman to head a five-county regional office to be located in Welch McDowell County. The office will serve Logan Mingo Mercer McDowell and Wyoming with toll free contact and plans to open by mid September. Wellman aims to travel the region and respond after hours to ease access for coal miners and workers. Also noted, the Mercer County murder trial postponement and public meetings for the International Year of Disabled Persons. Sheriff Don Hare and Prosecutor Knight discuss jail corrections and a potential county wide 911 system by 1984 with joint dispatching talks with Princeton PD.
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Howard Wellman
John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia
Wellman
Welch
McDowell County
Logan
Mingo
Mercer
McDowell
Wyoming
Department of Highways
Gov
Rockefeller
Mountain State
Weirton
Martinsburg
Montcalm High School
Bluefield State College
Charleston
Umwa Health and Retirement Fund
The
Daily Telegraph
James Boyd Southern
Amos Sutphin
Bluefield
Mercer County
William C. Bivens, Jr
Beckley
Berkley Lilly
Bonanza
IYDP
Don Hare
David Knight
Hare
City of
Princeton
Sheriff's Department
Frazier launches plan for county jail funding
Delegate John Frazier plans a January bill to raise civil filing fees from 10 to 30 dollars and sheriff service fees from 3 to 6 dollars, earmarked for Mercer County jail maintenance, construction and improvements. He proposes regional jails for smaller counties and reports Mercer could gain about 121000 dollars yearly, plus letters to local officials and sheriffs.
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Daily Telegraph
Princeton
John Frazier
Mercer County
Frazier
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Commission
Cabel
Mercer
U.S
John T. Copenhaver
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Beaver
New York Times
Robert Lindsey
Lindsey
the Falcon and
Radio Shack
Duca
Dolby Laboratories, Inc
Are
Tandy Corporation
Mercer County Notebook
Barbara Hawkins
Civil Institution
Pro
Ray Bragg
Mercer County Commission
Billy Joe Edwards
Darby’s
Seafood
Tgif Buffet
Parbys Estaurant
Sheraton Inn
Sheraton Hotels & Inns
Worldwide
Thomas E. Butt
D.D.S.P.C
William $. Burkholder
D.D.S
WGN
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