Greensboro Likely to Replace Roanoke as AeroMech Hub
AeroMech Airlines plans to drop service to one city by August 20, with Greensboro favored over Roanoke due to higher connections and greater airline presence. A 60 day promotional campaign funded by the Mercer County Airport Authority aims to boost public use, highlighting discount fares and improving connections from Bluefield.
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AeroMech Airlines
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Frankie’s
LaSalute
Lee Castro
AeroMech
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United
Delta
Piedmont
Air Virginia
Charlotte
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Castro
Washington
New York
AreaMech
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Mercer County Airport Authority
A.B. Norconk
Mercer County
Pittsburgh
Smith Arraigned For Two Murders
Randall Lee Smith, 27, arraigned in Giles County on charges of murdering hikers Laura Ramsay and Robert Mountford near the Appalachian Trail. Bond set at 200,000 total. defense attorneys appointed after he could not afford counsel. Autopsies indicate Ramsay stabbed and beaten, Mountford shot. bodies found May 30-31. Police linked Smith to the slayings after his Myrtle Beach pickup was found with a note. A preliminary hearing to determine probable cause is scheduled.
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Daily Telegraph
Pearisburg
Randall Lee Smith
Giles County General District Court
Smith
Loretta
Narrows
James E. Cornwell
Cornwell
John L. Dillon
Michael Davis
South Carolina
Pearlsburg
Osborne
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Plane Missing From Mercer County Flight Seeks Indiana Crew
A search was underway for a small Cessna 172 that departed Mercer County Airport Monday around 12 45 p m headed west with three aboard. Harold Nickolson piloted the plane bound for Evansville then Griffith Indiana, but the flight plan was not filed. Nickolson and his parents, visiting relatives near Princeton, were the passengers.
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Indiana
W.S. Smith
Federal Aviation Administration
Bluefield
Evansville
Ind
Griffith
Glenn Thompson
Civil Air Patrol
Charleston
Harold Nickolson
Nickolson
Thompson
Princeton
Agca Sentenced to Life for Papal Attack in Rome
Mehmet Ali Agca, 23, Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II in St. Peter’s Square on May 13, received life imprisonment in Italy, plus one year in solitary confinement and a 10-year concurrent term for illegal arms, false identity, and passport offenses. Jury deliberated 62 hours. Agca boycotted final days of trial. Victims include two American tourists and the pope, all wounded.
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Mehmet Ali Agca
Pope John Paul II
Italy
Agca
St. Peter’s Square
Ann Odre
Buffalo
N.Y
Rose Hall
Shirley
Mass
Severino Santiapichi
Rider hits 2000th coaster ride at Mason amusement park
Carl Eichelman of Cincinnati marked his 2000th ride at a Mason park as he pursues a goal of 10,000 lifetimes. He claims to have ridden nearly every US coaster, travels 50 miles daily to Kings Island, and plans to continue riding The Beast for an hour to celebrate the milestone.
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Mason
Ohio
Carl Eichelman
Eichelman
United States
Cincinnati
Kings Island Amusement Park
Weekend warm spell with patchy showers possible
The forecast calls for Thursday sunny and mild highs in the upper 70s to near 80 with partly cloudy skies tonight and lows in the low 50s to near 60. Friday will be mostly sunny and warmer with highs from 80 to 85, followed by a partly cloudy and warm pattern through the weekend and a chance of showers Saturday with 80s highs and 60s lows.
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National Weather Service
Senators Work Out Tax Cut Compromise
The Senate and House reach a compromise on Reagan's tax cut plan after liberal Democrats lift opposition to oil industry relief. An oil tax cut takes effect in 1982, with final passage anticipated before August recess. House and Senate bills differ on income targets and eligibility.
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Reagan
Senate
House
Congress
Ways and Means Committee
Democats
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