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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1981
Page
2
In Riner Virginia Dary Booth, shot in the mouth during a Nov. 3 7-Eleven robbery, seeks answers from the suspect. Police say two suspects remain under consideration while witnesses and investigators evaluate evidence in Roanoke and Wytheville. Booth, a former Bluefield College student, awaits reconstructive surgery and faces extended time away from work and school.
A Canadian-origin freeze shatters records from Georgia to Maine, causing widespread travel disruption and power concerns. Five deaths linked to the cold include a Boston father and son overcome by gas fumes, a Philadelphia man in an unheated trailer, and several fatalities in Pennsylvania. Virginia and nearby states report historic lows, with lines of emergency calls flooding service agencies.
Washington AP reports the 97th Congress opens with Republicans in control of the Senate for the first time in 26 years. Senate leaders pledge budget limits and economic rejuvenation under Reagan, while House Republicans gain seats and Speaker ONeill is re-elected. New senators include East in a wheelchair, Hawkins as second woman, and Denton, a former admiral and POW.
The Selective Service started registering 1962 birth teens for potential draft as protests erupt nationwide. Demonstrations included sit-ins in Boston, picketing in Louisville Milwaukee and New York, with roughly 3.7 million of 1960 and 1961 birth cohorts having registered previously.
Peter William Sutcliffe, 35, a truck driver described as a loner, faced a magistrate in Dewsbury after being charged with the November murder of Jacqueline Hill, the 13th victim in the Yorkshire Ripper case. Police said he may face further charges as the killer's identity unfolds amid a hostile crowd outside the court.
Occasional snow is possible in the mountains today and tonight with highs in the 30s. Snow is likely again Wednesday with highs in the upper 30s. Partly cloudy Thursday with a chance of snow or flurries Friday and Saturday, and temperatures dropping to the teens.
A federal judge ordered armed Louisiana state troopers to withdraw from a segregated school where they had escorted three white girls to classes under a state judge’s orders. A hearing on making the order permanent is set for Jan. 14, with a temporary restraining order banning state interference in the pupil reassignment plan.
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