Gacy Hearing Delayed as More Bodies Surface at Home
DES PLAINES Ill AP Suspect mass killer John Gacy Jr was kept manacled to his bed during a pre arraignment hearing as authorities unearthed six more bodies beneath his suburban home bringing total linked to Gacy to 28. Gacy nicknamed the killer is charged with the murder of 15 year old Robert Piest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gacy
Des Plaines
Robert Piest
John L. White
Richard J. Fitzgerald
Sam Amirante
Amirante
Sheriff's Department
American Bar Association
White
Piest
Labor unions push tax cut plan in West Virginia session
West Virginia labor groups plan an equalization bill to raise personal exemptions and the standard deduction toward federal levels, costing an estimated 53.2 million in annual revenue. Gov. Rockefeller hints at some form of relief with focus on the elderly as legislative leaders brace for a slim chance of broad tax cuts.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
State
Tax Department
West Virginia Labor Federation
Aflcio
United Labor Committee
Aflcio Federation
Teamsters
United Mine Workers
United Auto Workers
United Transportation Union
Joseph Powell
Afl<io Federation
Jay Rockefeller
Senate
William T. Brotherton Jr
House
Clyde M. Lee Jr
Administration
First Settlement Awarded In State Tower Collapse
In St Marys West Virginia the first of 22 Willow Island disaster lawsuits has been settled out of court for 160000. Kathy Yocum of Parkersburg filed against seven firms involved in Monongahela Power Pleasants Power Station construction. Ronald Yocum was among 51 workers killed when a scaffold failed in the cooling tower. Defendants include Research Cottrell Monongahela and Allegheny Power Criss Concrete Pittsburgh Testing Laboratories and United Engineers and Constructors.
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St.marys
W.va
Willow Island
Pleasants County
Mary Fox
Kathy Evonne Yocum
Parkersburg
Theater Fire Tragedy Ends With 602 Deaths
A theater blaze started by a gauze strip igniting an arc lamp swept the venue. As embers rained down, stagehands and actors scrambled while the asbestos curtain failed to close. The disaster, cited by the NFPA as the worst modern theater fire, left 602 dead and led to indictments but no punishments for managers or officials.
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Frank Holland
Hussars
Foy
National Fire Protection Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph Local Rates and Delivery Details
Advertisement lists subscription and home delivery rates for Bluefield West Virginia with zones and yearly pricing. It notes association with the AP and mentions Midwest and regional circulation details and contact points.
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Daily Telegraph Printing Co
Giang Street
Bluefield
Associated Press
West Virginia
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Landon Associates
Oregon Flight 173 crash claims two crew members
United Airlines Flight 173 from New York to Denver crashed in Oregon killing two crew members. Nine people died total, including three children, with many injured and others missing or hospitalized. The cockpit and front section bore the brunt of the damage as investigators review the last transmission and flight recorders.
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New York
Denver
United
Tom Germuska
Malburn McBroom
Loveland
Colo
Washington, D.C
McBroom
Gresham Community Hospital
Funerals at Bluefield and Tazewell in Virginia today
Graveside rites held at Maple Hill Cemetery Bluefield for Zenith Tabor 71 with ministers Thomas Stanley and Lloyd Pickett officiating Pallbearers listed Honorary pallbearers include Dr. Mitchin James Thomas James Peery and others Dudley Memorial Mortuary in Bluefield in charge Also services for Samuel Lee Howington 26 at First Assembly of God Church Tazewell burial at Greenhills Memory Gardens with pallbearers and Greever Funeral Home transfer details Reginald R O Brien 73 of North Tazewell to be buried at Grandview Memory Gardens with listed pallbearers and honorary pallbearers
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Dudley Memorial Mortuary
Bluefield, Va
O'Brien
Reginald R
North Tazewell
Greever
Tazewell
Leon Yost
Grandview Memory Gardens
A. R. Beavers
Kenneth Myers
H. L. Bowling
Dennis Hall
Frank Bennett
Ralph Stevenson
Don Sword
Dr. Goodykoontz
Alonzo Gregory
Carl Booth
Elmer Altizer
Bill Parks
Frank R. Newberry
Frank Roney Newberry
Mechanicsburg
Samuel Price Newberry
Melissa Rose Miller Newberry
Burns Chapel United Methodist Church
Zella B. Newberry
Leighton Newberry
Virginia N Breedlove
White Gate
Joseph Jason
Wythe Ave
Bluefield
Cincinnati
Ohio
Samuel and
Pearl Galperin Jason
Bluefield Music Company
Bland Street
Congregation Ahavath Sholom
Bina Brith
Bluefield Elks Lodge
Ruth Berman Jason
Robert M
Jason
Washington, D. C
Meyer Jason
Charleston
Goldie Fetter
Huntington
Minnie Fridberg
Cleveland
Mercer Funeral Chapel
Elbert Sapinsley
Monte Vista Park
Robert Honts
Sidney Rosenthal
Robert Rosenthal
Max Kammer
Fred Gilbert
Alvin Platnick
Phillip Shapiro
Norris Kantor
Hettie M. Thompson
Tazewell Hospital
Stewart A. Thompson
Bessie Smith
Little Switzerland
N. C
Georgia Hollifield
Asheville
N.C
Thompson Valley Presbyterian Church
Eddie Nash
Greever Funeral Home
Belford M.gray
Belford M. Gray
Christiansburg
Shawsville
Norfolk and Western Railway
Nancy Elizabeth Gray
Howard Gray
Virginia Beach
Carl Gray
Roanoke
Elizabeth Stewart
John Gray
Edgar Gray
Harold Bailey
Julian Taylor
Julian
Vivian DeVault) Taylor
Suffolk
Wise County
Robert Bruce
Ellen Vaught DeVault
Trinity United Methodist Church
Julian C. Taylor
Shirley T. Quillen
Miami
Fla
Patricia T. Jackson
Laura D. Palmer
Tampa
Lawrence Sherwood
Kenneth R DeVault
G. Harold Hoback
George M. Palmer Jr
John Robert Palmer
Bruce Devault Palmer
George O. Fraley
George Button
George
Leis Karnes) Button
Spanishbury
Princeton
Beeson
Allen and
Martha Akers Shrewsbury
Emory Karnes
Old State Road Free Will Baptist Church
Spanishburg
Henry Karnes
Thurman Shrewsbury
Willard Waddell
Willard
Wanda Jente) Waddell
Ceres
Wytheville
Brenda Tate
Bland, Va
Larry Waddell
Hampton
Anny Waddell
Wistheville
Mayme Unibarger
Cores
Robert Scott
Crockett
Paul Scott
Marion
Woodrow Scott
Bland
Newberry Funeral Chapel
Dale Johnson
Bethany Church
Kelly Dillon
Kelly Mary FE. Dillon
Rt. 3
Galax
Joseph
Sarah Dotson
Lorton Lick Baptist Church
Glenn
Pearl) Goins
Bernard
Opal) Helmandollar
Wayne
Lacy Pugh
Lacy
Margaret Eades) Pugh
Pensacola
Florida
Lacy E. Pugh
Judith Heber
Moody, Tex
Carolyn Williamson
Mobile
Alabama
Belva Fields
Jonie Boyle
Benny Eades
Jack Mullins
Jack (Bertha) Mullins
Louisville
Dickenson County
Lexington
Kathy Wright
Arene Scillito
Lowsville
Clayton Mullins
Griffin Mullins
Walter Mullins
John Hill
Haysi
Ida Mullins
Hays
Lou King
Palatka
Bartleck Old Regular Baptist Church
Howard Colley
Freddie Ramey
Mullins-Hill Cemetery
Rt. 1
Haysi Funeral Home
Larkin L. Hale
Anderson
S. C
Cedar Bluff
Richlands
Buchanan County
Jonathan A
Catherine Hubbard Hale
Gateway Texaco
Scott
St. John's United Methodist Church
Martha Kiser Hale
Ethel Sisk
Frazier Hale
Tom Wohlford III
Harry Taylor
Jay Hale
Ken Walker
Rick Rodriguez
Danny Trent
William H. Wynn
Rt. 5
Virginia
Steward
Ollie Sawyers Wynn
Consolidated Coal Company
Bishop
Mary Elizabeth Robinette Wynn
Patricia Wynn
Louise Dison
S. S. Wynn
Greever Funeral Chapel
Furchess S. Blevins
Furchess S
Nonnie B Blevins
Anawalt
Spencer Curve
Smythe County
Joh Wesley Collins
Sara Billings Collins
Long Foot Missionary Baptist Church
McDowell County
Forbes S. Blevins
Kade
Gertrude) Cooper
Pineville
J. B
Bessie) Yates
Saltville, Va
Floyd Ola Shew
Irene Overbaugh
Larry Blevins
Tazewell Va
Ada Parks
Gertrude Edminston
Nina Blevins
Mary Lee Blevins
Chilhowie
Clarence Collins
John Collins
Beth
Woodlawer Memorial Park
Bluewell
Jimmie Blevins
Lawrence Head Thurman Chapman
Ma Shawn
Larry White
Jack Heffings
Joe Miller
Frank Shew
Jesse McGrady
Jimmie Yates
Glen Sneed
Herman Coe
Dale Walker
Junior Walker
Bennett-Fanning Funeral Home
Northfork
Long illness marks the deaths of regional residents
Obituaries summarize the deaths of Frank R Newberry of Mechanicsburg and Joseph Jason of Bluefield, detailing survivors nieces and nephews, church affiliations, funeral services, burial plans, and visiting hours. additional notices include Hettie Thompson, Paulette Dalton, Belford Gray, Julian Taylor, George Button, Ida Ratliff, Willard Waddell, Kelly Dillon, Lacy Pugh, Thomas Gross, Jack Mullins, Larkin Hale, William Wynn, Geter Matthew, Furchess Blevins, and Hal Walk with varied service details and burial arrangements.
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State Tower
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Oregon
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Boise
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el Nashville
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Edy Orlando
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Rm Poland
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el Rapid City
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San Diego
San Fran
Tulsa
Washington
Shott Yuletide
Shott
Bluefield Country Club
Roanoke Community Hospital
William Reid
William Butler
Hugh Shott
Wade Ballard
A.H
Reese) Spangler
Herman Kirchner
Wade H
Jim) Ballard I
Paul Warner
John Shott
Jack Beamer
Fred Burton
Scott Shott
Robert Walthall
William ©. Biven
Jim H. Shott Jr
Hank Burnley
Mitt Corte
Jim H. Shott
Wade Spurs
Paulette Dalton
Welch
Charleston Medial Examiner's
Fanning
Ida Mae Ratliff
Itmann
Richmond, Va
Mercer County
Wallace McClanahan
Bailey Funeral Home
William G. Spicer
William Galloway Spicer
Linkford and Richardson Funeral
Thomas Gross
Thomas
Bonnie) Gross
Fanning Funeral Home
Geter
Matthew
Geter Leftwich Matthew
Rolfe
Wilkes
Walter Reed Tucker
Henrietta Joyce Matthew
United Pocahontas Coal Co
Pocahontas Fuel Coal Co
Crumpler
UMWA
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Pow
Frank Blevins
Roy Tabor
Tobey Tabor
Freddie Angelli
Louis Defelice
Hal Walk
Hal (Mae) Walk
Bishop, Va
Charlottesville, Va
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