Giles Victim Remembers The Hail Of Gunfire
In Pearisburg Virginia Becky Stafford recalls the December 4 shootings by her husband Dennis Wayne Stafford a former Giles County sheriff s deputy who wounded Becky and killed her parents before killing himself A month later she reflects on his temper his jealousy and the lack of a clear motive She says she sought legal separation months earlier and her children are coping with the tragedy as she calls it cold blooded murder
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Sharon Friese
Daily Telegraph
Pearisburg
Becky Stafford
Paul Dalton
Dennis Wayne Stafford
Stafford
Giles County
Dalton
Mrs. Stafford
Wayne Stafford
Haig Adresses Mideast Stakes As Senate Probe Intensifies
Washington AP Haig warns the United States must be ready to act alone to secure Middle East oil and argues a broader U S military presence is needed since NATO cannot guarantee Gulf lifelines. He testifies amid appeals for Nixon tapes and a looming confirmation.
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Washington
Alexander M. Haig
United States
Middle East
NATO
U.S
NATO Alliance
Persian Gulf
Haig
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Robert Warner
The
Nixon
Warner
Charles H. Percy
R-Ill
Paul Tsongas
D-Mass
Richard Nixon
Cold Wave Strangles East Coast Amid Arctic Air
A persistent cold snap from Christmas drives record lows from Florida to Massachusetts. Mass shortages push 15,000 Massachusetts students home. factories close. power flickers as arctic air grips the region. Virginia closes Buchanan County schools and Tazewell adopts a late schedule.
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Associated Press
Florida
Massachusetts
Cold Wave Strains Florida Groves And New York Heat
Demand for electricity surged as generating facilities strained. Florida citrus growers camped in their groves burning fires to protect fruit while ice breakers struggled to keep shipping lanes open. In New York City a record tying 2 degrees triggered rent strikes by apartment dwellers. About two dozen Cooper Square tenants protested outside the Housing Preservation and Development agency alleging 14 of 20 buildings lacked heat or hot water during the cold spell.
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Florida
New York City
Housing Preservation and Development Agency
Cooper Square
Weather Outlook Brief Flurry Pattern Through Weekend
The National Weather Service projects scattered flurries Tuesday into Wednesday with highs in the mid 20s to low 30s and lows in the teens. A chance of snow Thursday follows with partly cloudy skies Friday and Saturday, maintaining a continued cold pattern.
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National Weather Service
Iran hostage talks face serious problems in accord plan
U S negotiators reported serious problems gaining Iranian approval of the Carter plan to exchange frozen assets for the 52 hostages. Iran's Rafsanjani said all roads were open to a settlement while Rajai ordered a claims process and Pars cited progress but no forecast on release. An Algerian mediated track said substantive issues remain. Reagan wary of binding terms.
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Associated Press
Iran
U.S
Carter
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Tehran
Shah of
Mohammad Ali Rajai
United States
Pars
Rajai
Tehran Radio
Rafsanjani
U.S. Federal Reserve Bank
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Miller says law broken at Ferrell Coal mine explosion
West Virginia Mines Director Walter Miller told a legislative panel that if Westmoreland Coal had followed the law the Nov 7 Ferrell No 17 mine explosion in Robinson might have been prevented. He cited uninspected sections and missing pre shift checks as factors alongside methane ignition from a motor.
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Charleston
W.va
Westmoreland Coal Co
Boone County
Walter Miller
Miller
Westmoreland
Huntington Man Is Sentenced For Murder Of Bluefield Woman
Mercer County Circuit Court judge imposes a five to 18 year indeterminate term at the West Virginia Penitentiary for William Francis O Connell in the 1974 stabbing death of Virginia Christine Coles of Bluefield. O Connell pleaded guilty to second degree murder after an overturned first degree verdict and parole considerations were discussed.
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Barbara Hawkins
Princeton
Huntington
West Virginia
Bluefield
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
William Francis O’connell
State
Virginia Christine Coles
Bivens
Joe Sanders Jr
O’connell
O'Connell
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Saunders
William Akers
David W. Knight
Sanders
Parole Board
Coles
Salvation Army
Jerome Katz
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