Former Hostages Return Home From Iran Capture
Forty five escaped or released hostages arrived at Stewart Airport then West Point aboard Freedom One to be greeted by tens of thousands. One sergeant, Regis Ragan, rushed home to Johnstown to see his ailing mother, hospitalized after the call from West Germany.
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Frankie Rotenberry Heads to Super Bowl Daydreams in New Orleans
Daily Telegraph reporter Garret Mathews accompanies 17 year old Frankie Rotenberry a kidney dialysis patient from Princeton on a dream trip to the Super Bowl in New Orleans. Also with the party are nurse Chriss Levern and Mike King the boy’s uncle. Frankie who weighs 77 pounds and stands about four feet has endured six years on dialysis and faces another kidney transplant he often dreams of dying on the operating table and wants to delay surgery until his dreams stop. The high-spirited youngster foresees the Raiders winning and plans to buy many souvenirs, while acknowledging the support of doctors friends and the trip itself keeps him going.
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The Day Grandma Got New Washer
Beulah S. Fox of Pearlsburg Virginia recalls her grandmother Sara Christena Stowers of Rocky Gap Virginia choosing a washing machine. The tale contrasts old methods of washing by hand with the day she decided to buy a machine and the routine of boiling water scrubbing clothes on a washboard.
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Great American Story Time invitation text
A reader submission call invites stories for the Great American Story Time at the Bivefield Daily Telegraph. Contributors are credited and stories may be humorous sad or moral. Mail to Box 208, Birefield, West Virginia 24701 for possible publication.
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Washing the Creek Bank: A Grandmother’s Quiet Plan
A granddaughter recalls her grandmother washing colored clothes by the creek under willow shade while avoiding a hill trek. The grandmother confides saving butter and egg money for a washing machine, fatigued by board washing and wary of wringer danger, hoping for relief.
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Carter Apartments Blaze Leaves Sixteen Families Homeless
A large fire tore through the Carter Apartments on Bluefield Avenue Sunday night forcing evacuation of sixteen families. Flying embers reached the nearby Coca Cola building and a National Electric Coil facility, while an Appalachian Power substation across the street was endangered. Firefighters faced a stubborn blaze on a tar roof as spectators watched. Bluefield gas mains were shut off as a precaution, and all city units responded. Chief Richard Poe indicated residents appeared to escape, though safety could not be confirmed at midnight.
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Weather Outlook: Breezy Week with Snow Likely
Forecast calls for Monday breezy with highs in the 50s and partly cloudy skies. Tonight showers possible with lows in the 30s. Tuesday brings a chance of showers or flurries, highs mid 30s to lower 40s. Wednesday fair but turning colder, snow likely Thursday and Friday with daytime highs upper 30s to low 40s and overnight lows in the 20s to teens.
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