Real Homecoming Day Neighborhoods Welcome Hostages Back
Freed U S hostages began returning to hometowns amid yellow ribbons signs and apple pie. Bruce Laingen spoke of a real homecoming while sharing lessons learned from the Tehran ordeal and the broader nation celebrated. Metrinko said freedom proved worth the hardships as crowds cheered at Lackawanna County Court House. A Safeway memo urged selling yellow bow plants to mark the release boosting sales.
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Associated Press
U.S
America
Bruce Laingen
Bethesda
Laingen
Tehran
Michael J. Metrinko
Olyphant
Lackawanna County Court House
San Francisco
Anna Frazier
Louie Gonzalez
Safeway
Haig Nixes Sale Of Military Items To Iran
Secretary of State Haig announced the United States will not sell or deliver military equipment to Iran and will enforce caution in Iran trade. He said obligations to free the hostages will be honored, while noting about 457 million dollars in paid but undelivered arms. He warned of Soviet risks and prioritized anti terrorism efforts over human rights in policy.
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Iran
Washington
Alexander M. Haig
United States
Tehran
Reagan
U.S
Jimmy Carter
Defense Department
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Soviet Union
Hemisphere
Africa
Montcalm Man Shot To Death On Mountain
Goodwill man Franklin Lee Dillon 34 is charged with murder after Billy Ray Smith 36 of Montcalm was shot in a camper on Pinnacle Mountain near Bluewell. Smith died from a head wound and Dillon’s bond set at 5000. Autopsy pending.
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Goodwill
Mercer County
Montcalm
Pinnacle Mountain
Here
Mercer County Sheriff's Department
Franklin Lee Dillon
Billy Ray Smith
Sheriff's Department
R.E. Baughman
U.S. Rt. 52
Pinnacle Rock
Dillon
David Pedneau
William O. Bivens Jr
Smith
Baughman
College Officials Oppose ABC License Near Bluefield College
A Bluefield College faculty member and trustees oppose Convenient Enterprises Inc. ABC license for beer and wine off premises near the college on College Drive. The hearing heard that campus discipline could be affected with loitering and student access to alcohol, though the applicant is licensed elsewhere and pledges cooperation with the college. The decision was put under advisement by the hearing officer.
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Tazewell
A _ Bluefield College
ABC
Tom Farrar
Bluefield
State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control
Convenient Enterprises Inc
College Drive
College
Honesty Test At Lot Highlights Meter Vandalism
Bluefield Parking Facilities Commission notes damaged meters at Russell Street lot after vandals used a heavy pipe. Manager H W Burnley Jr says meter heads removed, coins collected daily, and remaining heads will be removed to block access. Police reports cited earlier were inaccurate.
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Jim Terry
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Scott Street
Commission
Russell Street
H.W. Burnley Jr
Burnley
Russell
Parker
Bluefield Community Hospital
Cherry Street
Burney
Coal boom revives small Virginia town in brief item
Thursday to Friday outlook shows partly cloudy skies with a chance of hurries in the north. Highs mostly in the 20s to 30s, teens at night, colder in the Mountains by 5 to 10 degrees. Saturday cloudy with a rain chance Sunday and Monday, highs in the mid 30s to low 40s, mornings in the teens to low 20s, warming to the 30s by Sunday and Monday. The coal boom has revitalized a small Virginia community.
Princeton hosts 1 am hostage return celebration
The Mercer County chamber invites residents to a 1 am ceremony at Princeton Bank and Trust Plaza honoring the Iran hostages. Jennifer Belcher calls for flags and yellow ribbons, with Rev. Harry Christie giving the invocation and Rev. John Mendez delivering the benediction. Curry Blank presides as master of ceremony and speakers are planned.
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Princeton Bank and Trust Company
Princeton
Mercer County Chamber of Commerce
Jennifer Belcher
Ronald Reagan
Harry Christie
Princeton Presbyterian Church
Princeton High School
John Mendez
First Methodist Church
Curry Blank
Princeton Bank and Trust
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South Charleston
McComas
Cravens- Shires Funeral Home
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Wilson Ramsey
Telegraph
Farrar
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First Baptist Church
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James Dudley
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