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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1985
Page
8
The National Weather Service says rain will affect the Southeast from central Florida to Massachusetts. A band from central Mississippi to Maine will see a mix of snow and snow flurries. Expect cold conditions in the north central United States.
Yesterday's temperatures were 53 for high and low. Today expects rain with 45 to 50 high and east winds 10 to 20 mph. Tonight rain changes to snow, windy and colder with lows around 25 and northwest winds 15 to 25 mph. Tomorrow stays windy and cold with 25 to 30 highs and gusty northwest winds. Next two days show partly cloudy, much colder with Sunday snow showers, Monday sunny and cold with teens highs and lows.
Newton Massachusetts AP reported that static interrupted a telephone call between dissident physicist Andrei Sakharov and his wife Yelena Bonner as she warned him he was being filmed by hidden cameras. Bonner described her lip cancer surgery and her heart tests.
About 100 Soviets at the U S Embassy in Moscow will be replaced by Americans to counter a suspected hostile intelligence threat. Officials note Soviets lack access to American secrets and are already sealed from sensitive areas. The move follows orders from Secretary Shultz and Reagan era questions.
A large winter storm swept the Southwest and Texas causing more than 160 rush hour crashes as cold intensified across the Plains and Colorado. Minnesota schools closed, Arizona canceled classes, and up to 15 inches of snow blanketed eastern Colorado mountains. Northwest storms and travel advisories spread across multiple states while California saw frigid but improving conditions and record low temperatures in Santa Maria.
The National Weather Service posted a winter storm watch for Friday across northern West Virginia with potential snowfall of 4 inches in 12 hours or 6 inches in 24 hours, and higher totals in the northern mountains. The system could bring rain mixed with sleet and snow to most of the state, with the eastern panhandle likely spared and temperatures ranging from the 20s to 40s.
In Colombia’s eastern jungles rebels of the Popular Liberation Army seized two Americans from an oil camp. They demand six million dollars for their release with a Dec 20 deadline. The hostages are Edward Sohl and Jack Gilles. Security forces, including soldiers and police, search the area as rebels seized cash and gear.
London reports a new wave of Irish migration driven by recession high taxes and unemployment. Officials note rising numbers since 1983 with estimates from 10 000 yearly to 70 percent increase at the Irish Center in London. Many arrive young unskilled and face scarce housing and welfare benefits.
Corazon Aquino on her first presidential campaign swing in Batangas pledged to seek justice for all victims of Ferdinand Marcos and her slain husband Benigno Aquino. Tens of thousands heard her deny revenge, promising to travel the Philippines to rally public support.
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