Battle Over Falklands Capital City Underway
British and Argentine forces clash on Mount Kent as Harrier jets strike Stanley airfield. About 4,000 British troops, reinforced by 3,500 more aboard Queen Elizabeth II, press toward Stanley with paratroopers forming the northern assault. Goos Green and Darwin seized. 1,400 Argentine prisoners reported.
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Associated Press
Falklands
Stanley
Mount Kent
British Defense Ministry
Britain
Press Association
South Atlantic
Kent
QE2
Scots and Welsh Guards
San Carlos
Goose Green
Darwin
Argentina
South Atlantic Islands
Two Sisters
Downtown Bluefield Sees Growth With Cultural Center and Office Plans
The Bluefield Area Cultural Center at the old city hall on Bland and Ramsey aims to boost downtown activity with arts, crafts, and plans for a restaurant and museum. Tenants have signed leases, with rents from 2.50 to 4.00 per square foot. A proposed $2.4 million Princeton Avenue office complex could be funded by a $500,000 HUD Urban Development Action Grant, pending federal approval, with construction if funded set to begin within 90 days of approval and finish within 18 months.
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Jim Terry
Daily Telegraph
Bluefield
Bluefield Area
Old City Hall
Bland and
Ramsey Streets
Center Corporation
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Princeton Avenue
Fred Burton
HUD
Clark Construction Co
North Carolina
Sunbelt Industries
Drake Hotel
Three Forks mine to close. 21 jobs cut in McDowell County
Consolidation Coal Co announces the closing of its Three Forks surface mine near Newhall in McDowell County effective today. The move will eliminate 21 positions as officials cite high costs and low productivity in a thin coal seam, with overburden ratios up to 30 to 1.
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Consolidation Coal Co
Three Forks
Newhall
McDowell County
Eustace Frederick
Consol
Appalachia
West Virginia Surface Mining and Reclamation Association
Frederick
West Virginia voters head to polls for local and state offices
West Virginia voters cast ballots today for county commissioners and school boards in Mercer McDowell Monroe and Wyoming counties while state House and Senate races conclude their off year campaigns Polls in Mercer open 6 30 a m and close 7 30 p m Ballots from precincts will be hauled to the courthouse for tabulation In Bluefield Virginia a referendum on liquor by the drink within the corporate limits is under consideration
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West Virginia
Mercer County
Mercer
McDowell
Monroe
Wyoming
House
Senate
Bluefield
Reagan opens START talks amid Memorial Day address
President Reagan announced the United States and the Soviet Union will begin nuclear arms reduction talks on June 29, aiming for a safer world with fewer warheads. He reaffirmed SALT II restraints while urging equal Soviet restraint and warned against belligerence, in a Memorial Day speech at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
Reagan
America
United States
Soviet Union
Arlington National Cemetery
Europe
White House
Bassador
V. P. Karpov
Jimmy Carter
Witness Of Shooting Recounts Tragic Night At Abbs Valley
Ricky Hunley recalls a fatal break in at Wiley's Market in Abbs Valley Tazewell County. May and three others allegedly entered the store seeking valuables. A confrontation with store owner’s son ended with gunfire as Cox fled and authorities pursued.
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Tazewell County
Hunley
May
Jenkinsones
McDowell County
Wiley’s Market
Abbs Valley
Darrell Wiley
Wiley
A.B. Wiley
Jerry Cox
Cox
No Charges Expected To Be Filed In Va Shooting
Darrell Wiley will face no murder charges in the Abbs Valley shooting of 32 year old Thomas May as police and the Tazewell County Commonwealth’s Attorney await the grand jury decision. Officials say no charges will be filed unless a true bill is handed down. May died after being shot in the back while fleeing after a breaking and entering.
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Falls Mills
Darrell Wiley
Abbs Valley
Tazewell County
Sam Pace
Pace
Wiley
Commonwealth Attorney
Robert Galumbeck
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Two Sisters Ridge
Bluefield Summit Players
Edward Rowney
U.S
Arlington
By Pat Cecil
Ricky Hunley
Thomas May
Tommy
Galumbeck
Commonwealth
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