Warrant Issued for Pearisburg Man in Giles Murders Case
Authorities issued a warrant for Randall Lee Smith 27 of Pearisburg for the killings of Maine hikers Laura Ramsay and Robert Mountford whose bodies were found in Giles County near the Appalachian Trail. Smith is at large. his abandoned pickup was found near Myrtle Beach South Carolina with a note allegedly describing the murders. Autopsies showed Ramsay died of more than a dozen stab wounds and Mountford of three gunshot wounds.
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Sharon Friese
Daily Telegraph
Pearisburg
Virginia
Maine
Randall Lee Smith
Laura Susan Ramsay
Robert Tatton Mountford, Jr
Ellsworth
Walnut Flats
Giles County
John E. Hopkins III
Smith
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Ramsay
Mountford
Weekend Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers
Friday and Saturday bring scattered showers and thunderstorms with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s and nights near 65 to 70. The NWS forecasts partly cloudy skies Saturday night with mountain showers, fair Sunday, and showers possible Monday with highs in the 80s and lows mid 60s to low 70s. In Houston Space Center, a weightless paper clip caused a minor power box short circuit on the April shuttle flight. a backup unit supplied power and investigators logged 52 minor problems during two months of review.
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National Weather Service
Space Center
Houston
Iran quake death toll climbs to thousands in Kerman province
Beir ut AP reports a powerful Iran southeastern quake killed between 1,000 and 3,000 people. Tehran Radio cites Gov Gen officials noting Gol Bagh village wreckage and 500 to 600 injured. Rescue teams move wounded to hospitals as aid pours in.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iran
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Tehran
Rajai
Kerman
Gol Bagh
Governor General
Associated Press
Tehran Radio
Red
Red Cross
Coal Strike Update Resumes Talks on Construction Contract
Negotiators for the United Mine Workers and the Association of Bituminous Contractors resumed bargaining in Washington over a new contract for strikebound mine construction workers. An estimated 11,500 workers remain on strike as talks address wages job security and pensions amid ongoing picketing across seven states.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Association of
Bituminous Contractors
UMW Rank and File
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
ABC
UMW
Willard Esselstyn
Esselstyn
Association
BCOA
Pickets Spread Across West Virginia Slowing Coal Mines
United Mine Workers picketing in West Virginia grows as construction strike talks resume. About 15 000 West Virginia mines closed, with Consol reporting 7 500 idle. Other operators include Carbon Crystals Bethlehem Mines Cannelton Amherst. U S Steel mines remain active as talks weigh on whether workers appear.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
UMW
Eldon Callen
Consolidation Coal Co
Consol
Len
Bethlehem Mines
Cannelton Industries
Amherst Coal
U.S. Steel
Callen
Union Rally Planned to Aid Miners in Ohio West Virginia
In Toledo area, 14 Northwestern Ohio unions press ahead with a Saturday rally to raise funds for Ohio and West Virginia coal miners who returned to work after a prolonged strike. Dan Thomas says relief funds will cover back pay, utilities, mortgages and other bills via the UMW District 6 relief committee.
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Toledo, Ohio
Ohio
West Virginia
Dan Thomas
UMW District 6 Relief Committee
United Mine Workers Union
Powder Fueled Turbine Car by GM Uses Pulverized Coal
General Motors engineers report a turbine engine tests using powdered coal as fuel in a passenger car. The refined coal powder could cut fuel costs by about half compared with gasoline for the same energy, though development remains ongoing and the AGT-5 engine shows V-8 level power.
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Charleston
W.va
General Motors
Albert Ball
Ball
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Solidarity
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Stanislaw Kania
Kania
PAP
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Wee
Magistrates School News Society
Aes
London
Solar Challenger
Cormeilles-en-Vexin
Paris
France
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English Channel
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