Treasures saved as York Minster wing burns in lightning blaze
York Minster in York England suffered a 760 year old wing fire started by lightning. Dean Ronald Jasper led police and clergy rescuing tapestries vestments and silver candlesticks before smoke and heat forced them out. Firefighters saved the central tower and planned a week end reopening if safe.
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York
England
York Minster
Britain
Ronald Jasper
Betty
Jasper
Associated Press
Cathedral of St.Peter
Canterbury
Ralph Ford
Yorkshire
Church of England
Charles Brown
Brown
Robb Pushes for Woman on Mondale VP Ticket
In Williamsburg Virginia governors press for a female running mate as Mondale weighs a Southern pick and the vice presidency race intensifies. Virginia governor Robb Virginia Florida governor Graham and Kentucky governor Collins urge a qualified woman while Mondale interviews candidates including Schroeder amid national convention talk.
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Williamsburg
South
Charles S. Robb
Virginia
Robert Graham
Florida
Martha Lapene Collins
Kentucky
Minnesota
Walter Mondale
Record High Low July 9 1977 Football Campaign Money
Record shows July 9 1977 high 87 and low 40. Moore raises fall campaign funds. School closing policy debated as teachers evaluate district handbook. Page 3 coverage notes teacher evaluation handbook under consideration.
OPEC Advisers Urge Prevention of Oil Price Drop
An OPEC advisory group proposed curbing production to stop oil prices from falling. The four member market monitoring committee met at OPEC headquarters in Vienna to present a recommendation to ministers amid a global oil glut and Iran Iraq tensions.
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Vienna
Austria
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
Iran
Iraq
Ecuador
Gustavo Velasco
Associated Press
U.S
Venezuela
Arturo Hernandez Grisanti
Mother Pleads Guilty To Malicious Wounding
Former Bluefield woman pleads guilty to malicious wounding of her three month old daughter Jamie Lynn Owens in January 1983. The injury case, moved from Mercer to Nicholas County, involved multiple fractures and bruises and prompted child welfare intervention and a foster placement.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Summersville
Bluefield
Nicholas Bonnie Lou Owens
Nicholas County
Elmer D. Strickler
Owens
Jamie Lynn Owens
Bluefield Community Hospital
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
Department of Welfare and Juvenile Probation
Raleigh County
Bivens
David W. Knight
Charles R. Smith
Beirut Airport Opens Amid Hostage Protests in Lebanon
Beiruts airport reopened after five months as families of civil war hostages blocked routes and the Moslem Christian crossings. A hostage victims committee paused road blocks to allow the new national coalition government to decide in the Wednesday cabinet session. Police and army cleared barricades as protests continued. demonstrations and strikes crippled central Beirut businesses while port access remained blocked.
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Beirut
Lebanon
National Coalition
Amin Gemayel
Baabda
Abdul Amir Najdeh
Gemayel
West Beirut
Tayyouneh
Museum
Spectator Linked to Bridge Jump Death Under Review
Police search for a spectator who shouted Jump moments before Samuel Holmes leaped from the Lane Bane Bridge over the Monongahela River near Brownsville Pennsylvania Holmes 25 to 30 was on the railing when a taunter yelled Jump Police Chief Sam Nicola said the spectator could face obstruction of justice charges The Brownsville man died during the weekend after two self inflicted deaths on the 175 foot bridge authorities noted a caller Connie described Holmes motives and urged him to sit and talk as the tragedy unfolded
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Brownsville
Sam Nicola
Samuel Holmes
U.S. C
Monongahela River
Pittsburgh
Connie
Holmes
Dennis Beaumont
James Sawyer
Beaumont
Gem Aegis Pana
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Mark White
Texas
White
Lloyd Bentsen
Bentsen
Senate
Henry Cisneros
Graham
Patricia Schroeder
Colorado
National Weather Service
Moore
Statenary i Weather Service
Noaa US Dept of Comme
Benee Eee Enenee
Seer Ewennnene Weistamsaea
Neem Ene
Bridge Bulletin
Classifs
Eeeenee
Mana Saeed Oteiba
United Arab Emirates
Strickler
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