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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 2000
Page
10
A compact weather update reports precipitation figures for January 24 2000 and January 25 1999 plus the last 30 days and since January 1 1999. It lists high and low temperatures including 30 24 and 67 5 with scattered erratic numeric fragments and inches of precipitation 0.403 and 1.75 stated in a garbled line.
A brief weather note lists today’s high 25 to 30 and lows in the teens with partial sun and a late snow chance. Wednesday brings a high near 25 and low 10 to 15 with clouds and likely snow showers. The forecast continues with highs in the mid 20s and mainly cloudy skies with late snow, then around 30 and mostly cloudy.
The ice storm cripples Georgia causing more than 100000 customers to lose electricity while Alabama and the Carolinas report outages. Georgia Power and cooperatives race to restore service as officials declare emergencies in 20 counties. Shelters open, snow falls, and temperatures drop to teens as residents cope without heat and prepare for potential hotel stays.
Catherine Irene King, 29, of Kirby Addition, is arraigned in magistrate court and remanded to Southern Regional Jail on $10,000 bond after allegedly robbing stores in Mercer County and Falls Mill Virginia by threatening to detonate explosives. Police say she fled with $340 after the Little Store robbery on Rogers Street December 17 and later admitted involvement in a similar December 27 Virginia robbery. No injuries were reported.
Princeton physical therapist John E. Williams won a breach of contract suit against Princeton Community Hospital. A Mercer County jury awarded Williams $511,630.69 after finding the hospital breached the contract. Williams, formerly director of physical therapy since July 1982, was represented by Kathryn R. Bayless. He alleged chief executive officer William L. Sheppard reduced his hours unilaterally and then fired him for noncompliance with new requirements. Judge David Knight had previously denied a summary judgment motion by defense counsel.
About 20,000 gallons of an oil water mixture spilled from a frozen pipeline at Boiler Cleaning Services Co in Portsmouth. Roughly 5,000 gallons of oil entered Scotts Creek, an Elizabeth River tributary, after containment overflowed. Coast Guard officials cited a valve failure as the cause and confirmed the spill reached the creek by helicopter.
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