Boat capsizes as 143 Vietnamese refugees drown off Malaysia
A crowded refugee boat sank in the South China Sea near Pasir Puteh after being denied land in Malaysia. Police said about 148 rescued, 44 bodies recovered, 99 missing. The Hai Hong freighter off Port Klang carried some 2,500 people, many later moved to camps as the U.S. agreed to take some.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
South China Sea
Pasir Puteh
Here
Port Klang
United States
Vietnam
Canada
West Germany
France
Home Affairs
Ghazali Shafie
Hai Hong
Winter forecast: mildest in years across most U S regions
The National Severe Storms Forecast Center predicts the coming December to February period will see the mildest winter in years for most of the country. The Northeast, South, and Midwest are expected to have relief from harsh weather since 1975, while the Pacific Northwest may see lower temperatures and above average snowfall.
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Kansas City
National
South
Midwest
New England
Atlantic Coast
Jim Henderson
Weather Service
Gulf Coast
Henderson
Services Planned for Former Princeton Councilman Bailey
Funeral services for Leonard J. Bailey 45 of Princeton will be held Monday at 11 a.m. at Burns Wornal Chapel with Rev. Harry Christi officiating. Interment follows at Roselawn Memorial Gardens. Bailey, a former Princeton councilman and Parks and Recreation chair, died Thursday after heart surgery in Charlottesville Virginia. He served in the U S Air Force during Korea and was a salesman for Lowe’s. He leaves wife Margaret, two sons David and Robert, a daughter April, two grandchildren, siblings, and a host of local civic memberships including VFW Moose and the Mercer County Republican Party. The family will receive friends today 6 to 9 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Directory Athens Road Princeton.
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Princeton
Leonard J
Jack) Bailey
College Ave
University Hospital
Charlottesville
Athens Road
Harry Christi
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Bluefield
Princeton Road
Clarence R. Bailey, Sr
Freda Coburn Bailey
Loyal Order of Moose
Mercer County
Republican Party
U.S
Margaret Lilly Bailey
David Wayne Bailey
Robert Michael Bailey
April Michele Bailey
Wendy Bailey
Matthew Bailey
Shelby
Dorothy) Blankenship
C.R. Bailey, Jr
Otis Giffin
Robert Walthall, III
Don Prinzbach
W. Robert Carr
Jim Martin
John Morrello
Dick Grist
Bill Tooley
Everett Dewey Thompson
North Third Street
Pearisburg
James
Nancy Morris Thompson
First United Methodist Church
Princeton Old Guard
Carman's
U.S. Army
Mary DeHart Thompson
Burns Wornal
John Mendez
William Young
Blair Rorabaugh
Resthaven Memorial Park
Clarence A. Tiller
Tazewell County
Edward Everett Tiller
Julia Bailey Tiller
Tiller
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Virginia Avenue United Methodist Church
Harmon Lodge
The
Moose Lodge
Virginia Snider Tiller
Richard
Janet) Lindsey
Jerry Snider
Roanoke
Mary Borton
Tampa
Fla
Dudley Memorial Chapel
Thomas Stanley
C.G Dooley
Maple Hill Cemetery
Donnie Roach
Everett Lambert
Frank Snell
Ivan French
Tracy French
W.D. Caffee
Dudley Memorial
Ira
Edna) Booth
Kimball
Charleston
John and
Mary Young
Booth
Kimball First Baptist Church Missionary Society
Athe Home and Garden Club
Ira E Booth, Jr
Bronx
N.Y
Minnie Evelyn Scales
Columbus
Ohio
Jaquilne§ Niles
Friends
Kimball Funeral Home
Karen Stitely
Port Royal
Kenneth A. Moore
Uba City
Calif
Marvin Moore
Morgan Moore
Reston
R.J. (Peck) Moore
Kenneth B. Moore
Betty Martin
Northfork
Ester Phillips
New Salem United Methodist Church
Packett
Watkker Lee
Tazewell
Hurst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Windell Patterson
Anci Childress
David J. Smith
John Hall
Greenhill Memory Gardens
Charlie Puckett
Melvin Puckett
Walker Puckett
Bill Kinser
Herb Kinser
Earl Puckett
Te, Bowling, Jr
Bill McGuire
Barnes-Beavers Vfw
Erina Christine Kinser
Hurst Scott Funeral Home
Ancil Childress
Mary Lester
Bay Prater
William A. McKinney
Ridge Avenue
Forest Park
Georgia
American Legion
Hapeville
Phillis Eddy McKinney
Chris McKinney
Maria Woodward
Belvedere
S. C
Connie Childress
Vansant
Orvalee McKinney
Flint
Mich
Leona Sattler
North Carolina
Irma Jean Brown
Albuquerque
N. M
Phillips Drive Chapel
Morrow
Robert Sadler
Pine View Gardens
American Legion Post
Augusta
Nixon Returns To NYC
Former President Richard M. Nixon returns from a seven nation European trip for a 110 day stay in New York City. He will visit family and friends, do Christmas shopping, and handle private business as Pat Nixon arrives later Saturday. Nixon landed at Kennedy Airport aboard Pan Am and spoke briefly with about 30 employees before moving to the Waldorf Astoria.
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New York
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Pat
California
Pan American World Airways
Kennedy Airport
Pan Am
Secret Service
U.S
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Manhattan
Justus Charged With Additional Murder Count in Hawkins Slaying
Justus of Mountain Park Georgia was questioned in the Stephenie Hawkins case and charged with another murder count. Hawkins, 24, a Tampa sunglasses saleswoman, was killed Oct 3 1978 in Ironto Virginia as a burglar shot her three times while eight months pregnant. Her body was later found near Tampa in an abandoned van off Interstate 75. Police found 15 to 20 sunglasses at Justus’s Grundy location and seized credit cards bearing Mrs Jackson’s name. Justus had prior theft conviction at Bland Correctional Center.
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Mountain Park
Lilburn
Stephenie Hawkins
Lakeland
Fla
Justus
Hawkins
Tampa
Moses
Ironto
Interstate 75
Grundy
Jackson
Goins
Bland
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Advertising and Delivery Note
Bluefield Daily Telegraph details subscription rates by mail and home delivery, listing West Virginia zones and rates. The notice notes AP news dispatch rights and that ad representatives service London Associates.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Bland Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation Advertising
London Associates
Virginia Side House Damaged By Fire in Bluefield
Bluefield Virginia fire crews respond to a morning blaze at 1500 Virginia Avenue the grease fire on an electric range causing kitchen damage. The fire was controlled quickly with no injuries. Bluefield Rescue Squad assisted.
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Bluefield
Virgie Gibson
Virginia Avenue
Rain Forecast Spreads Across Minnesota to New England
National Weather Service reports rain across a wide area from Minnesota through the Great Lakes into the Northeast and New England. Satellite imagery at 1 p.m. EST shows frontal clouds from southern New England to the Ohio Valley and Central Plains, with a developing Rockies storm spreading cloudiness to the northern Plains. Temperature chart referenced.
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Minnesota
Great Lakes
Northeast
New England
National Weather Service
Ohio Valley
Central Plains
Rockies
Plains
Document trails Popeville sect aide pressure and violence plots
A leaked dossier shows Peoples Temple aides seeking help from former foreign minister Frederick R. Wills after Barker’s regime crackdown. Memo notes an explosive incident to frighten a target, Smith era minister Claude V. Mingo’s role, and ongoing approval of weapons licenses and fundraising by Mingo for the cult amid Georgetown referendum activity.
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Barker
Peoples Temple
Frederick R. Wills
Jones
Deborah Touchette
Wills
Home Affairs
Claude V. Mingo
Miss Touchette
Mir
Mingo
Amos
Georgetown
Deaths and Funerals in Princeton and nearby areas
A lengthy death notice list from Princeton and surrounding locales reports Everett Dewey Thompson 89 of Princeton died in hospital after a long illness. Also named are Kelli Dawn Smith infant daughter of Arvel Lee and Ruth Anna Lee Helton Smith of Rowe and Hazel Keffer Holcomb 76 of Sebring Florida formerly Bluefield. Multiple obituaries include Clarence A. Tiller 79 Bluefield Va born in Tazewell County and Mrs Ira Booth Kimball along with several others. Funeral services set for Monday and burial at various cemeteries with relatives and pallbearers named.
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Kelli Dawn Smith
Arvel Lee
Ruth Anna Lee Helton Smith
Rowe
Richlands
Sue Tomblin
Oakwood
Sonia Fuller
Teresa Smith
David Lee Smith
Marty Wayne Smith
Gay Helton
Mavisdale
Johnson Smith
Rowe Free Pentecostal Holiness Church
Ancil Childress
Helton Family
Stinson Ridge
Buchanan County
Honaker
Hazel Keffer Holcomb
Sebring
Fla
Bluefield
Alexander
Laura Caffee Bailey
First Christan Church of
Hudson's Grocery
St. Luke's Hospital
al Cleaners
Mary Alice Osborne
Lebanon
Raven, Va
Sampson
Lydia Jackson Hess
Raven
Red Ash
Osborne
Primitive Baptist Church
Robert Franklin Osborne
John
Betty) Brown
Cephry Hills
Charlie
Madie) Bussey
Billy Osborne
Hatfield, Ky
Julia Presley
Davenport
Eliza Presley
Alexandria
Barbara Ann Kirby
Todd
Orange
Princeton
Hal M Kirby
Harold H. Kirby
Lewisburg
Jou Ann Baker Kirby
Eston A. Harris Jr
Norfolk, Va
Olivia Dalton
St. Louis
Lugean Boice
Not The One Mary C Irvin Debunks Local Checks Claim
Not The One Mrs. Donald R. Irvin of 2205 Washington St Bluefield is not the same Mary Irvin tied to several bad checks in the area recently, clarifying a mistaken identity.
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Donald R
Mary C.) Irvin
Washington, St
Bluefield
Mary Irvin
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