DC-8 stall test failure tied to crash probe
NTSB preliminary report says a stall warning system test on the DC-8 Airborne Express failed, contributing to the Dec. 22 1996 crash on East River Mountain near Narrows Virginia. All six crew members from NC and Ohio died. investigators seek why the test failed and whether operations related to the flight test caused the descent.
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Narrows
Giles County
National Transportation Safety Board
East River Mountain
North Carolina
Ohio
Corder
NTSB
Matthew Ferman
Martha Draper Injury Update From Princeton
Joe Dyer of Princeton reports Martha Draper remains in Bowman Gray Hospital after surgery for a broken neck and spine. Her husband says Draper should not need a respirator though breathing is affected and she is expected to be paralyzed in her legs. Sharon Dyer and Betty Thompson, with minor injuries, stay in North Carolina to be near Draper.
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Princeton
Martha
Martha Draper
Joe Dyer
Draper Dyer
Sharon
Betty Thompson
North Carolina
Draper
Bowman Gray Hospital
Sharon Dyer
Thompson
Dyer
West Virginia official to speak at Bluefield breakfast
Thomas Burns, director of the West Virginia Development Office, will address the Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce at the Point of View breakfast at the Holiday Inn. The cost is 7 dollars per person. The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies with a high in the 50s and a 50 percent chance of rain in the afternoon. Tonight, expect occasional rain and a low in the lower 40s.
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Thomas Burns
West Virginia Development Office
Greater Bluefield
Du Pont guilty but mentally ill in Schultz shooting
Multimillionaire John E. du Pont was found guilty of third degree murder but mentally ill for the 1996 fatal shooting of Olympic wrestler David Schultz. The verdict may send him to a mental hospital, with possible prison time only after cure and potential parole after five years.
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Media
John E. du Pont
du Pont
David Schultz
Buffalo Creek flood claims seven friends from Man High School
The narrator recalls Feb 26 1972 as heavy rains unleashed a mine refuse pond break at Buffalo Creek. Seven Man High School alumni Steve Albright Rita Lester Rebeca Broady Karen Jarrell Geneva Osborne Anita Smith and James Bailey died in the disaster as the coal town community reels from the flood.
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Steve Albright
Rita Jean Lester
Rebeca Lynn Broady
Karen Sue Jarrell
Geneva Osborne
Anita Smith
James Lee Bailey
Buffalo Creek
Logan County
Davin
Man High School
Another View of Water Rushes Toward Man in Morning Disaster
The account recalls Buffalo Creek flooding toward Man thirteen miles away with unknown deaths. WVOW Radio operator Bill Becker described a terrible disaster as locals gathered for weeks of questions and no answers. The narrator notes tears and shares that his father, Kelly Paynter, worked at Man Appalachian Regional Hospital and visited the scene after the events.
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Buffalo Creek
Kelly Paynter
Man Appalachian Regional Hospital
Operation El Cid indicts 41 in cocaine cartel probe
A six year undercover money laundering operation named Operation El Cid led to 41 indictments against Cali cartel figures in Colombia and large scale U S trafficking cases. Investigators say 20 semi submersible boats, each carrying up to a ton of cocaine, aided smuggling into the United States as DEA and prosecutors disclosed vast cartel methods and laundered funds totaling 46 million dollars.
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Oanoke
United States
Louis Gomez Bustamante
Javier Buena Valez
Drug Enforcement Administration
Colombia
Cali
U.S
Bob Crouch
DEA
Cali Cartel
Crouch
Peter Gruden
Flood plan meets mixed reaction in Grundy Va
Grundy residents and business owners voiced mixed feelings at a public hearing on the town flood control plan. Officials from the town, Virginia Department of Transportation and Army Corps of Engineers answered questions while concerns over relocation and economic impact dominated.
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Grundy
Virginia Department of Transportation
Army Corps of Engineers
Main Street
Ron King
Grundy Town
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Schultz
Phillip
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Meehan
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Buchanan County
Adonna Mullins
Mullins
Doug Shortridge
Shortridge- Ramey Funeral Home
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