Tragic Giles County double murder and suicide aftermath
Funeral services scheduled after Dennis Wayne Stafford killed his wife Becky and her parents in Pearisburg Virginia. Stafford then killed himself as police surrounded the house. Mrs Stafford remained hospitalized in Roanoke with a chest wound. the Daltons from Boone County West Virginia were aged in their 60s. Survivors include children, grandchildren, and multiple relatives. Services set at Calvary Baptist Church with burials in Boone Memorial Gardens.
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Stafford
Giles County
Becky
Roanoke Memorial Hospital
Paul D
Louise Dalton
Boone County
W.va
Pearisburg
Roy Jones
Blevins
Giles County Sheriff's Department
Alvin Maxey
Mitchener
Dalton
West Virginia
Staffords
Jones
Paul Dabney Dalton
Narrows
Wharton No. 2
Paul S. Dalton
Lynchburg
Tommy Cannady
Royal Beach
Fla
Roger Cannady
Virginia Beach
Givens Funeral Home
Handley Funeral Home
Danville
Calvary Baptist Church
Wharton
Boone Memorial Gardens
Madison
Hamra Wins One In A Million Guess On Rockefeller Spending
West Virginia man Jack Hamra won Charleston Daily Mail contest by guessing Gov. Jay Rockefeller's spending to win reelection within 2,000 of the final state ment total. Hamra earns a night of pampered entertainment with limousine and dinner. runner ups receive currency-shredded glass containers.
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Charleston
W.va
Jack Hamra
Hamra
Charleston Daily Mail
Jay Rockefeller
Fayette County
Rockefeller
West Virginia
Georgia
Lester G. Copley
Copley
U.S. Treasury Department
Warsaw Pact allies reassure Poland amid unrest
Communist leader Stanislaw Kania met in Moscow with Warsaw Pact allies who said Poland will remain a communist country and receive bloc support. Yugoslavia warned against foreign interference while Poland’s Solidarity union rejected accusations of sowing anarchy and said no strikes are planned.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stanislaw Kania
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Tass
Pact
Interpress
Solidarity
Bratislava
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Soviet Bloc
Kania
Communist Party Central Committee
Edward Gierek
Kremlin
Communist Party
Inflation Slowdown Amid Higher Bank Rates Threats
Wholesale prices rose 0.6 percent in November, down from 0.8 percent in October, while unemployment fell to 7.5 percent with 220,000 more jobs. Banks raised prime lending rates to 19 percent after the Fed increased the discount rate to 13 percent, fueling concerns that tighter credit may curb employment despite the slower inflation mostly due to autos.
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Washington
Labor Department
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Citibank
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Craig Howell
Weekend forecast for the two Virginias
Partly cloudy across the two Virginias through Sunday with highs in the 50s to 60s and overnight lows in the mid 30s to mid 40s. The outlook extends to Monday through Wednesday with more clouds and a chance of showers, mild in the 50s and 60s, then a dip to the low 50s Wednesday and overnight lows upper 30s to 40s Monday and Tuesday, low 30s Wednesday.
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Virginias
Bluefield Christmas Tree Fund Nears Goal as Donations Rise
Bluefield Community Christmas Tree Fund reached 13 percent of its $7,000 target with $262 added Friday, bringing the total to $917 and leaving $6,087 to raise in 18 days for the Dec 24 party for about 1,000 underprivileged local children.
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Bluefield
Bluefield Community
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
W.va
Phi Beta Kappa key marks unlikely paths to success
The venerable American scholarly society Phi Beta Kappa celebrated its 204th anniversary as members include notables from John Quincy Adams to George Bush. Playboy Playmate and a Leavenworth inmate are noted as unlikely current holders, highlighting the society’s enduring prestige and selective invitations despite debates on elitism.
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U.S
Vicki McCarty
William Basket
McCarty
Basket
John Quincy Adams
Theodore Roosevelt
Mark Twain
Phi Beta Kappa
Kenneth Greene
Washington, D.C
Martin van Buren
Daniel Webster
Eli Whitney
Woodrow Wilson
Grover Cleveland
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Ralph Waldo Emerson
John D. Rockefeller Jr
George Bush
Larry Pressler
R S.D
William & Mary College
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Hastings
Playboy Magazine
Playboy
University of Kansas
New York
Wisconsin
Society
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Milton
Mass
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Che
Monroe Blevins
Dennis Wayne Stafford
Here
Mrs. Dalton
Warsaw Pact
Belgrade
Tanjug
Robert Y. Woodburn
Michael Wade Duvall
John D. Hewitt, Jr
G.L. Dalton
Chipper Johnston
Miss A. Neal Howard
David
Tammy Hylton
Santa Claus
Harry, Verne Sue
Greg Morris
Tom, Jennifer
Annie Kisker
Mark Vanmeier
Jody Simon
Herman E
Cecile D. Kirchner
Janice
Joe Sanders
John L. Page
Walter Hicks
Ned Shott
Abner W. Davis
R.B. Williamson
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