World Welcomes New Year Amid Parades and Global Cheer
New Year's Day crowds exceeded 1.35 million in Pasadena for the 92nd Tournament of Roses Parade amid mild mid 70s and clear skies. Police reported 350 arrests, including 60 on felonies, as celebrations turned rowdy but no serious injuries occurred. Presidents Carter and Reagan delivered New Year greetings. worldwide scenes included Moscow revelers, Shinto shrine visits in Japan, and London bomb scare alerts.
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New Year's Birthday Twins Mark 100-Year Gap
In Clendenin and Charleston, two families celebrate New Year births. Lewis M. Gandee, age 100, recalls a long life with a Cologne Gas pension and a birthday party at home. In Charleston, the Athens family welcomes a baby boy born at 2:25 am, weighing seven pounds three ounces, named after his father, among West Virginia’s first 1981 newborns. The Athens couple’s third child joins a quiet New Year’s Eve and hospital stay.
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Anna Athens
Gandee
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Clendenin
Charleston
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First Area Baby Harris born to start 1981 in area
Jason Edward Harris arrived at 3 42 a m Thursday in Princeton Community Hospital weighing eight pounds ten ounces. He is the son of William and Mrs Harris of Pearisburg Virginia. The last 1980 birth was a girl at 10 26 p m December 31 to Russell and Mrs Bailey of Bluefield weighing eight pounds three ounces. A Welch couple’s baby girl of 10 pounds 13 ounces was born at 3 20 p m Thursday in Bluefield Community Hospital. Some area hospitals reported no Jan 1 births. An 8 pound 10 ounce boy was born to Mr and Mrs.
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Princeton Community Hospital
Daily Telegraph
William Harris
Pearisburg
Russell Bailey
Rt. 5
Bluefield
Michael Barber
Welch
Bluefield Community Hospital
Virginia
Tazewell
Buchanan
Giles
Tehran Radio Signals Hostage Crisis Nearing End
Tehran Radio repeated Tehran leadership claims that the 52 American hostages would be tried if Iran’s conditions are not met. It noted the U S response would be sent via Algerian intermediaries and suggested the crisis may be nearing closure pending the content of the message.
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Iran
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Trafi
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Kenya Fire May Be Work Of Terrorists
Nairobi authorities face a New Year’s Eve hotel blast with suspected terrorist involvement. Police report 12 to 20 dead and many injured, predominantly foreigners, as investigators seek culprits while noting further safety and identification challenges at the Norfolk Hotel and related sites.
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Kenya
Nairobi
Norfolk
G.G. Kariuki
Daniel Arap Moi
Ben Gethi
Jack Black
Frigid Weekend Weather With Snow Flurries Dips Low Teens
Forecaster notes snow flurries today and colder conditions with teens and lower 20s for highs. Tonight and Saturday remain cold with lingering flurries in northern regions. lows 5 to 15. Extended outlook shows very cold days and clear nights through Tuesday, gradually moderating highs from upper teens to mid 20s and into the 30s by Tuesday.
Lost And Found Boxes Contain $30,000 Worth Of Marijuana
West Virginia State Police detachment reports two large cardboard boxes found in Princeton containing high grade Colombian marijuana with an estimated street value of 30000 dollars. Boxes had no address and were taped shut. investigators seek owner as out of state company name appeared.
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F.E. Thomas
Thomas
L.J. McCarty
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