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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1981
Page
3
A description of the annual air and water show notes the John Hancock Building rising behind the display, emphasizing the iconic urban skyline as spectators anticipate the weekend event. The caption references an AP Laserphoto credit for the image.
Authorities pursuing a missing Cessna 172 en route to Indiana from Mercer County Airport report no significant progress. Pilot Harold Nicholson Jr and his parents were aboard. Civil Air Patrol crews across West Virginia Kentucky Illinois and Indiana search four states amid rain and low visibility despite ongoing clue checks.
Beirut AP reports Prime Minister Mohammad Ali Rajai, candidate of Iran's ruling Moslem fundamentalists, won a landslide in the violent campaign. Tehran Radio quoted 9.6 million votes, over 90 percent of 10.4 million counted. tally to be completed next day. A gun attack killed another civilian. a leftist raid on a southwestern Tehran police station left one dead. Local authorities noted ongoing unrest as results awaited final tallies.
A flying gate crasher called Basil the Pigeon was netted by a Humane Society worker and removed from St Pauls Cathedral days before Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer wed. Officials feared the uninvited bird might die indoors and said pigeons do not last long inside.
Palestinian gunners fired over 100 rockets and artillery at the Christian enclave of Marjayoun in southern Lebanon, violating a US mediated cease-fire. One Israeli resident was wounded as UN peacekeepers and PLO officials blamed missteps in a fragile truce amid cross-border fighting that has killed hundreds. The flare up prompted US envoy Habib to brief President Reagan and fuelled ongoing tensions between Israel and the PLO.
Be1irut AP Yasser Arafat said the PLO will respect the cease fire with Israel yet maintained ceasing fire does not mean peace He called Jesus a Palestinian and warned guerrillas would strike back if attacked He hailed the 15 day fighting as turning point in the PLO struggle for autonomy and restated demands for a Palestinian state
President Reagan ordered a shift in policy, reversing a harsh campaign against Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin. While Weinberger and Clark criticized Begin, Reagan intervened to pivot focus to ending southern Lebanon hostilities, aided by Philip Habib's cease-fire progress and Haig's aligned stance.
The National Weather Service predicts a hot and humid weekend with a chance of showers or thunderstorms, highs mid 80s to around 90, and nightly lows mid 60s to low 70s. The extended forecast for Monday through Wednesday calls for continued heat, humidity, and scattered showers or storms, with highs mid 80s to mid 90s and overnight lows in the 60s to low 70s.
A feature profiles four survivors of a recent hotel tragedy, detailing their experiences and recovery. The piece appears in the Scene section, guiding readers to related coverage on pages 8B and 10B.
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