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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1987

Page

10

Five Day Bluefield Princeton Weather Forecast Updated

Accu Weather calls for sun and clouds with a shower today and a high of 43 in Bluefield Princeton. Tonight stays cloudy with a low near 28 and possible flurries. Tomorrow brings variable clouds and a shower or sprinkles a high of 40 and a low of 28. Thursday forecasts variable clouds and a rain chance with a 45 high and 32 low. Friday turns brisk with a shower or flurry and a 38 high 28 low. Saturday mixes clouds and sun with a 38 high and 26 low. Record temps note 67 high in 1895 and 1923, 5 low in 1960.

Accu-Weather

Weather Forecast Across Regions With Mixed Rain Snow

Accu Weather reports rain and snow from the central Pacific coast to the northern Rockies. Midwest and upper Great Lakes see showers and snow, while the Southeast gets rain. Clear skies expected in Texas and the Southwest with chilly Northeast. High 85 in Fort Myers Florida. Low 6 in Warroad Minnesota.

Accu-Weather Central Pacific Coast Rockies Midwest Upper Great Lakes Texas Southwest

Temperatures Monday Report Indicates Prior Day Range

A brief Monday temperature note indicates readings through 8 p.m. EST the previous day. The report mentions temperature levels but lacks precise figures or locations.

Low-interest loans boost towns holiday spending

In Gregory South Dakota a local program offers 6 percent loans in scrip usable only at town merchants to encourage Christmas shopping at home. Banks and a credit union have loaned over $40,000 to about 50 customers, with $60,000 total set aside. Loans, repayable by late November 1988, must be spent by Christmas Eve.

Duling North Dakota Rolla Dan Vollmer Rolla Bank Vollmer Gregory

Oil rig helicopter crash on deck kills 14 in Gulf of Mexico

A helicopter carrying 13 offshore oil workers crashes on an oil rig deck in Lafayette, killing 12 workers and both pilots. One survivor, Anthony Fann, 23, is in critical condition after being flown 100 miles to a New Orleans burn unit.

Lafayette Gulf of Mexico Coast Guard West Jefferson Medical Center New Orleans Dabney Forestall Forestall Chuck Kambach Abbeville Edward L. Villarreal Forest Oil Corp Penrod Drilling

Santa Worker Burn Case and Plane Crash Reported

The report covers Sam Lyles, a 72 year old part time Santa from Destrehan Louisiana, who was severely burned in a deck fire after a Christmas appearance in Birmingham Alabama. It also notes a Gulf of Mexico platform blast involving Period 83 and Petroleum Helicopters Inc. crew from Louisiana and Mississippi, with third degree burns to multiple workers, and an Air France Embraer crash near Bordeaux France killing all aboard. local authorities investigated causes while fog limited Amsterdam stopovers.

Sam Lyles Birmingham Ala Diane Boykin Lyles Destrehan Beth Dutcher Forestal Jim Pittman West Jefferson Hospital Fann Penrod David Viviano Louisiana Mississippi Morgan City Gulf Eugene Island Block 190 Petroleum Helicopters Inc Lafayette Villarreal Bordeaux France Air France Brussels Belgium Amsterdam Netherlands Francois Eldin Paris Eysines Agence France-Presse Air Littoral Montpellier

Toy industry Christmas not salvaging bleak year

New York AP reports parents shopped as usual but the 1987 holiday season failed to lift a dreary year for toy makers. Major firms cut production and laid off workers while smaller companies fared better. Mattel Coleco and Worlds of Wonder predicted losses or reduced shipments. Industrywide challenges and fading product lines left executives bluntly concluding most are glad the year is over.

New York Barry Rothberg Mabon, Nugent & Co Rothberg Mattel Inc Spencer Boise Hawthorne Boise Mattel Coleco Industries Inc Worlds of Wonder Inc Rick Anguilla Toy & Hobby World Toy Company Stephen Martin Tonka Corp Minnetonka Minn Tonka

Boy revived after 20 minute canal drowning in Gardnerville

In Gardnerville Nevada a 19 month old boy was trapped under water for 20 to 25 minutes when his mother’s skidding car broke through ice on a frozen canal and sank. Stephen Edmonds was revived and remained in critical condition at Washoe Medical Center in Reno after helicopter transport. His mother Deborah Edmonds 21 suffered minor injuries and was released from an emergency clinic.

Gardnerville Nev Stephen Edmonds Washoe Medical Center Reno Deborah Edmonds

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