Bluefield Mayor criticizes handling of motel clerk beating case
Bluefield Mayor Paul Cole Jr said the investigation into a Brier Motel clerk accused of making an obscene call and alleging he was beaten by two city officers was improperly handled. Police Chief Bivens ordered an internal probe to be led by Lt Jim Dent while Officer Murphy remains on duty during the inquiry. Budner and Williams filed FBI complaints, with agents saying the case could be sent to Washington for a federal review within days. Cole stressed urgency and said results will determine further action.
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Bluefield
Paul Cole, Jr
Cole
The
Daily Telegraph
Tony Bivens
Steve Murphy
Roger Budner
Harry Williams
FBI
Beckley
Budner
Justice Department
Washington
the Telegraph
Bivens
Jim Dent
Murphy
Williams
Fred Burton
Dan Boroff
Jim) Dent
Burton
Hyatt Regency Sky Bridges Collapse Kills Dozens
At the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City a trio of sky bridges in a courtyard collapsed onto a ballroom full of dancers, killing at least 43 and injuring about 100. Police set aside a ballroom room as a temporary morgue as officials warned more deaths were possible.
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Kansas City
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Richard Berkley
Sovereign Coal Acquired For 152 Million In Deal
A Canadian South African joint venture has acquired Harman Mining near Grundy and Sovereign Coal in Bluefield for 152 million dollars. Plateau Holdings now controls Harman and Sovereign along with Inspiration Coal Inc. The three coal firms will produce about 3 million tons annually, employing around 400 workers. Marketing will be consolidated under the new ownership.
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Virginia
Sovereign Coal Group
Bluefield
Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co
Toronto
The
Minerals and Resources Corp
Bermuda
Sovereign Coal
Harman
Plateau Holdings
Hudson Bay
Inspiration Coal Inc
Knoxville, Tenn
Harry Tompkins
Tompkins
U.S
Buckland gets three years probation in coal theft case
Charles A. Buckland a former Norfolk and Western yardmaster pleaded guilty to interstate transportation of about $40,000 in stolen coal and was sentenced in Bluefield to three years probation A $1 000 fine with a year to pay and 18 months of public service five hours weekly were added Buckland named Earl Thompson as a plot leader and linked the scheme to the Wilcoe and Pocahontas divisions while federal officers staged a courtroom camera dispute outside the hearing.
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Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
Norfolk & Western Railway
U.S
Federal District Court
Bluefield
Dennis Knapp
Charles A. Buckland
St. Paul
Knapp
Buckland
N&w
Pocahontas
Earl Thompson
Wilcoe
McDowell County
Wilcoe Yard
Thompson
McDowell Yard
Asst
Leslie
Pete) Hoffman
Law
Federal
Smith Extradition Order Signed in Trail Hiker Slayings Case
South Carolina Gov. Dick Riley signed an extradition order sending Randall Lee Smith 27 of Pearlsburg Virginia to Giles County to face murder charges for the killings of hikers Robert Mountford Jr. and Laura Susan Ramsay near the Appalachian Trail. Smith was captured in Myrtle Beach and held in Horry County Jail as his attorney argued he is mentally unfit to waive extradition. The victims from Ellsworth Maine were found buried after the May 30 incident.
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South Carolina
Daniel McLeod
Smith
Riley
Sasser
Robert Mountford Jr
Laura Susan Ramsay
Ellsworth
Maine
Giles County
Ms. Ramsay
Mountford
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Atlantic Ocean
Weekend Weather Outlook With Humidity Rise
The forecast calls for warm and humid conditions with partial cloud cover today and highs in the 80s. Scattered showers expected Sunday with lows in the 60s. Sunday highs range from upper 70s to upper 80s. NWS extended forecast through Tuesday predicts partly cloudy skies with scattered showers and thunderstorms, highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s to low 70s.
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National Weather Service
Williams Indicted For 2 Atlanta Murders
Wayne B Williams, 23, a freelance cameraman, was indicted on charges of murdering Jimmy Ray Payne and Nathaniel Cater, two of the 28 slain youths in Atlanta a two year spree. Payne’s body was found in the Chattahoochee River, Cater’s nearby, as prosecutors presented 10 witnesses to the grand jury.
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Atlanta
Wayne B. Williams
Free-Lance
Jimmy Ray Payne
Nathaniel Cater
Fulton County
Lewis Slaton
Williams
Payne
Cater
Atlanta Police
FBI
State Crime Lab
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Chattahoochee River
Slaton
Public Safety
Lee Brown
Brown
Moderates Win In Polish Vote
In Warsaw the Communist Party Congress used secret ballots for Central Committee posts. Premier Wojciech Jaruzelski led with 1,615 votes, while Stanislaw Kania trailed at 1,355. Other winners included Stefan Olszowski, Kazimierz Barcikowski, Mieczyslaw Rakowski, and Albin Siwak, as Moczar and Grabski were defeated.
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Warsaw
Poland
Communist Party
Stanislaw Kanin
Soviet Bloc
Kania
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Congress
Tadeusz Grabski
Kanin
Jaruzelski
Politburo
Stefan Olszowski
Albin Siwak
Independent Labor Union
Kazimierz Barcikowski
Mieczyslaw Rakowski
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USA
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Hba Ihe
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Postal Service
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Grundy
Harman Mining
West Virginia
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Canada
Federal Building
National
Rer
Noaa
Dept of Cc
Old Dominion
Mieczyslaw Moczar
Edward Gierek
Moczar
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