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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1981
Page
1
The forecast calls for Monday warm and humid conditions with scattered showers likely and highs in the upper 80s. Tuesday remains hot and humid with highs near 90 and lows in the 60s, with similar conditions continuing through Thursday and a chance of rain on Tuesday.
Richard Grant and fellow travelers rode a wacky backward stretch when flooding rerouted the Zephyr from Chicago toward Iowa. The train briefly backed up about 15 miles to Burlington before being rerouted to Quincy, Indiana, with the full turnaround taking about five hours as crews reconfigured the superliner.
Alderson hosts Fourth of July river event as Dr. Jack Woodrum of Hinton, 56, steers his canoe down the seven mile Greenbrier from Fort Spring to Alderson. He wins against younger rivals, tends a cut leg, and reflects on his long racing career and nine canoes.
Prime Minister Menachem Begin leads Labor 48 to 47 in a 120 seat parliament as final votes from sailors and military ballots are added. Final results expected Thursday with coalition talks looming, and NRP wary of including splinter group TAMI though Begin aims for a coalition with Likud, NRP, Agudat Israel, and TAMI if seats permit.
A coalfield fraud probe in Alabama unraveled a global ring of arms smugglers led by ex CIA men Frank Terpil and Edwin Wilson. They schemed to sell weapons to undercover agents, boasting ties to Idi Amin and Muammar Khadafy, while fleeing trials after Dec 1979 arrests. The investigation tied to a multi state task force and financier William Nardone.
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