Police Make Headway In Yorkshire Ripper Case
West Yorkshire police said they have arrested a man in Sheffield and are “sealing down” the Yorkshire Ripper inquiry. Chief Constable Ronald Gregory said the development is a major step as detectives question the suspect in connection with the 13 slayings over five years.
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England
West Yorkshire
Sheffield
Ronald Gregory
Gregory
George Oldfield
South Yorkshire
Oldfield
James Hobson
the Ripper
Woman and five children shot to death in Delmar Iowa
A woman Bonnie Gilbert and her five children aged 1 to 15 were found shot dead in their Delmar Iowa home after Gene G Gilbert 28 apparently killed himself in Yale South Dakota. Authorities say the bodies were found on the second floor and autopsies were planned.
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Iowa
Yale
S.D
Gene G. Gilbert
Gilbert
Bonnie
Guy Gilbert
Beadle County
Mel Schiebe
Gerald Shanahan
Reagan To Meet Mexican President Ahead Of Inauguration
President elect Ronald Reagan travels to El Paso to meet Mexican President Jose Lopez Portillo in a brief pre inauguration trip. No formal agenda but issues include Central American unrest and fishing rights. Meeting includes a luncheon at Ciudad Juarez and a one hour talks.
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Ted Stevens
U.S. Senate
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China
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Stevens
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Taiwan
Deng
Chennault
Alaska
Claire Chennault
Flying Tigers
Tiger
Los Angeles
Ronald Reagan
Jose Lopez Portillo
Central America
Pacific Palisades
el Paso
Texas
U.S. Air Force
Lopez Portillo
Cordova International Bridge
Rio Grande
Mexican Museum of Art and History
Ciudad Juarez
United States
Edwin Meese III
Mexico
Meese
Bluefield Founder Leaves $25,000 to Local Fund in Will
Columbus Ohio James Overstreet 91 died in May left 25000 to a Bluefield Community Fund the money to aid general community benefit. Local officials noted no formal fund exists yet funds remain usable for city needs. Overstreet headed National Armature and Electric Works later renamed National Electric Coil before retiring in 1964. He also bequeathed seven million to the Columbus Foundation, its largest unrestricted gift to date.
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Columbus
Ohio
National Electric Coil
Bluefield Community Fund
James Overstreet
Bluefield
Arafat Outlines Guidelines for Palestinian State
PLO chief Yasser Arafat said he is setting up guidelines for a Palestinian state and would accept U N forces and superpower guarantees to act as a buffer between the state and Israel, according to Philip Rivera of a U S university group.
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Arafat
Beirut
Lebanon
Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
U.N
Israel
Bloodmobile at Youth Center seeks 150 blood units
The Red Cross Bloodmobile will operate at the Youth Center on Stadium Drive Tuesday from noon to 6 p.m. Bluefield hospitals need 150 units, especially O positive O negative A negative B negative and AB negative. 17 to 66 year olds in good health may donate. Call 327-5017 for appointments. transportation and babysitters available. Craft Memorial Library to show The Hobbit Thursday at 4 p.m. no charge. contact Eva Hickok with questions.
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Youth Center
Red Cross
Stadium Drive
Bluefield
Tri-State
Film Craft Memorial Library
Eva Hickok
Bulletin Board Features Bluefield Old Guard Meeting
Captain Don Davis of the Salvation Army spoke at the Bluefield Old Guard Chapter No 3 weekly gathering at Trinity United Methodist Church the last meeting of 1980. Ill list includes many residents, next speaker Rev R F Jackson, Princeton First United Methodist Church visit planned, plus notes on theater etymology and chorus dancing space.
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Don Davis
Salvation Army
Bluefield Old Guard Chapter No
Trinity United Methodist Church
Housewife sells glass plate for ten dollars worth eighty one thousand
A Madison Wisconsin housewife sold a Lalique 1965 glass plate for forty dollars not knowing its value. The plate is actually worth over fifteen hundred to eighteen hundred dollars and prompted a warning from J R MacArthur of The Bradford Exchange. The exchange offers free information on valuable plates and asks readers to send name address and zip code for a no obligation copy before the coming Saturday.
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Miles
Ill
J. R. Mac
Arthur
Bradford Exchange
Madison, Wise
MacArthur
Exchange
The
Milwaukee Avenue
Niles
The 90 Day Wonder Thrift Offer From a Bank Ad
A promotional ad touts a three month savings certificate with a $1000 minimum and 14 percent interest, yielding 15.30 percent annually when compounded quarterly. It promises 6 percent on early withdrawals and contrasts with longer term certificates that lock funds and forfeit partial interest.
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Savings & Loan
America
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Buford Eastham
S.T. Dearing
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J. Hubert Dudley
Odell Adams
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Princeton
First United Methodist Church
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