Severe Cold Keeps Texas Citrus Crops at Risk Across South
The deep winter storm disrupts Texas groves and northern states with record lows, 400 million dollars in crop damage across Florida, Texas and Louisiana, and disaster aid requests from Gov. Mark White. Temperatures dip to near record lows from Texas to Illinois, while 100,000 homes report pipe damage in Texas.
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Mercury
Midwest
Gulf Coast
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Springfield
Ill
Indianapolis
North Platte
Toledo
Rio Grande
Texas
Laredo
San Antonio
Baton Rouge
Corpus Christi
Florida
Louisiana
Hidalgo
Starr
Willacy
Cameron
White
Houston
Mercer County OKs three industrial bond issues
Mercer County Commissioners approved three industrial revenue bonds totaling 9.6 million dollars for Southeast Medical Facilities Inc. to build a non acute care psychiatric hospital in Princeton, Ingleside Associates to develop Pine Plaza with a Kroger store, and Caravan Candy Company for renovation and equipment. Each project involves substantial employment and payroll estimates and aims to begin operations within 12 to 18 months.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County Commission
Ray Bragg
Joe Coburn
Clarence Six
Southeast Medical Facilities, Inc
Liberty Electro
Ingleside Associates
Sunbelt Properties
North Carolina
Pine Plaza
Kroger
Stafford Drive
Caravan Candy Company
Edward Pe Bpoalh
Bluefield
Guy Perkins
Dr. Aycoth
Aycoth
West Virginia
Southeast
Ingleside Road
Steve White
Goodwin and
Goodwin
Debra Archer
B. J. Allison
Kroger Company
James Withrow
Vaughan
Withrow
Robert E. Holroyd
Charles Cunningham
Morgan Campbell
Campbell
Moslems Protest Israeli Occupation Across Lebanon
Moslems held nationwide protests against Israel in southern Lebanon and Beirut. In Tyre region gunmen fired on an Israeli convoy as U N forces reported crossfire with no casualties. Beirut sit ins featured Sheik Khaled and Shamseddin calling resistance and solidarity with guerrillas. Former Lebanese premiers joined the demonstrations.
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Associated Press
Israel
Lebanon
Beirut
Tyre
U.N
United Nations
Awali
Tel Aviv
West Bank
Hebron
Jesse Jackson
Damascus
Syria
U.S. Navy
Robert C. Goodman Jr
Sakiet al- Ganzir
Shamseddin
Saeb Salam
Selim el- Hoss
Rashid Solh
Haniye
Timur Goksel
Jackson in Syria Has High Hopes for Goodman Release
Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson visited Damascus to seek Lt. Robert Goodman Jr.’s release and press for a new peace climate. He planned meetings with President Hafez Assad and Foreign Minister Abdul-Halim Khaddam, stressing humanitarian grounds to free Goodman amid a Syria U.S. standoff.
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Damascus
Syria
Jesse Jackson
U.S. Navy
Robert O. Goodman Jr
Jackson
Florence Tate
Hafez Assad
Goodman
Abdul-Halim Khaddam
Khaddam
Assad
U.S
Robert Paganell
Issam Annayeb
Lebanon
Pentagon
Paganelli
ABC
Lt. Goodman
Marilyn Goodman
New York
Queens
Mustafa Tlass
Associated Press
United States
Mercer County schools report far lower damages from Christmas freezes
Superintendent Dr. Arthur Steller said winter breaks caused about 1,000 in damages at Mercer County schools, far less than rumors of 300,000. Heat was reduced to save 4,500, with 24 pipe, sprinkler, and radiator breaks blamed on wind chill rather than heat cutbacks.
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Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Arthur Steller
Mercer County
Steller
Princeton High School
Melrose
Silver Springs
Matoaka
Bluefield
Spanishburg
Glenwood
Thorn
Bramwell
Princeton Jr. High
Judge Denies Plea To Drop McDowell Cases
A U S federal judge in Charleston denied motions to drop the felony cases against McDowell County Sheriff Clark Belcher and three deputies. The judge took under advisement consolidation of the four cases. Trials set for January 3 in Bluefield. Belcher and Wolfe remain on unsecured bonds of 25000 each.
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Charleston
U.S
McDowell County
Clark Belcher
Charles Haden
Belcher
Harold Wolfe
Wolfe
Welch Area
Jerry Ray
Everett Sparks
Bluefield
Haden
Robert B. King
Joseph Sanders
Welch
Harry Camper
Ray
Sparks
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Jack Eckrich
Oregon
Rocky Mountains
Idaho
Montana
Colorado
National Weather Service
Continental Divide
Harry Gordon
National
Mark White
Reagan
Germany
Rhine-Main Air Base
St. Albans
Radford
Khaled
Frankfurt
West German
Abby
Dixon Senete
Dr. Lamber
Ecsu Oosocooosocooos
Navona Noaa
Flurrie
McDowell
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