National Forecast Sees Showers Across Midwest and Plains
The national outlook predicts showers from Washington to Wyoming and east to North Dakota with Minnesota storms. severe weather spreading east to the Great Lakes and south through Illinois to Arkansas. Regional outlook highlights mostly sunny today with 80s, then mid-80s to 80s, humid with chances of showers into the weekend. Yesterday’s Bluefield temps were 76/50, with June 13 highs of 91 in 1954 and 43 in 1903.
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Washington
Wyoming
North Dakota
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Iowa
Illinois
Arkansas
Hi Lo
Albany
N.Y
Kansas City
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Las Vegas
Anchorage
Ashevill
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Atlantic
Austin
Miami Beach
Baltimor
Midland-Odessa
Billings
Birmingham
Mils-St Paul
Bismarck
Nashville
Boise
New Orleans
Boston
New York City
Brownsville
Norfolk, Va
Buffalo
North Platte
Burlington
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Charleston
S.C
W.va
Charlotte
N.C
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Cheyenne
Pittsburgh
Portland
Portland Ore
Cleveland
Columbia
Columbus
Ohio
Rapid City
Concord
N.H
Dallas-Ft Worth
Dayton
Sacramento
Hartford
Syracuse
Helena
Topeka
Tucson
Houston
Tulsa
D.C
Jackson Miss
Jacksonville
Wilkes-Barre
Wilmington
Del
Low
Bozeman
Mont
Bullhead City
Ariz
Regional Weather Brief for Virginia West Virginia and North Carolina
Virginia expects mostly sunny and warm weather with highs in the 80s and lows in the 50s to 60s. North Carolina sees fair nights and sunny days through Thursday with similar temperatures. West Virginia remains sunny with highs in the 80s and clear nights with lows toward 50s to 60s.
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Virginia
West Virginia
North Carolina
Firefighters board burning tanker Mega Borg in Gulf of Mexico
Fire crews boarded the 886 foot Norwegian tanker Mega Borg as flames and smoke enveloped the vessel after an engine room explosion. Oil leaked from the ship while Coast Guard crews revised spill estimates and Mexico sent Ecopemex to aid cleanup efforts. Crew reported the fire under control though pockets burned below deck.
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Galveston
Coast Guard
Tom Greene
Ted Hoskins
Hoskins
Greene
Daan Kaakebeen
Smit Internationale
Rotterdam
Mexico
Pemex
U.S
Ecopemex
Shell halts most U S crude shipments after risk review
Shell says it has suspended crude and fuel oil shipments on company vessels to all but one U S port due to enormous liability risks echoing Exxon Valdez concerns. The move limits U S crude to the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port, affecting about 40,000 barrels a day of 180,000 total U S shipments.
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Houston
Royal Dutch Shell Group
U.S
United States
Exxon Valdez
Shell
Louisiana
Altstedter
Fireworks Plant Explosion Kills Two in Mississippi
A Mid-South Pyrotechnics plant six miles southeast of Columbus Mississippi erupted in a series of blasts that killed two workers Herman J. Hallman 65 and Frank Young 37 both of Columbus. Sally Brandon was hospitalized after being thrown 100 feet by the blast and plant owner Gene Beatty was slightly injured. The explosions shook windows up to 30 miles away and a man nearby described it as sounding like the biggest bomb.
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Columbus
Miss
Norma Oswalt
Elkton
Mississippi
Lowndes County
Don Harris
Herman J. Hallman
Frank Young
Sally Brandon
Harris
Golden Triangle Regional Medical Center
Cynthia Rose
Brandon
Gene Beatty
Pars
Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire
Liberian peace talks open in Sierra Leone delays linger
In Free Town Sierra Leone Liberian government and rebels began peace talks at the U S Embassy cultural center with mediation by Liberian religious leaders The talks come as President Samuel K Doe signals openness to an international peacekeeping mission amid accusations of corruption human rights abuses and military pressure by rebels led by Charles Taylor The session adjourned with plans to reconvene and hopes for a fruitful conference despite threats that Doe must resign before a cease fire can be reached
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Freetown
Sierra Leone
Samuel K. Doe
Liberia
National Patriotic Front
U.S
Abdul Karim Karim
Preg
Ae Leone
Tambakai Jangaxa
Liberian Senate
Thomas Woweiyu
National Patriotic Front Movement
Doe
Levee Multon
Liberian Council of Churches
Doe Agers
Charles Taylor
Monrovia
Ivory Coast
Benton seeks clues on Stephanie birth abandonment and roots
Gloria Benton describes possible abandonment of Stephanie, noting she may have parents in the Hin ton area and seeking medical and family history. Benton lists physical traits, education and interests, and asks for information to be sent to Stephanie Benton, P.O. Box 183 Clayton Ohio 45315.
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Benton
Gloria Benton
Stephanie
Ohio
Hinton
Stephanie Benton
P.O. Box
Clayton
Rock woman sues DOH for $10 million
Kathy Farley filed a $10 million claim with the West Virginia Court of Claims alleging negligence by the Division of Highways after her son Jason Lee Farley was killed May 15 1988 when a car driven by Fred Bray struck gravel on West Virginia 10 and went off an embankment near Rock Mercer County. The filing notes the Legislature usually follows the court’s recommendation on claims.
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Charleston
State Division of Highways
State Court of Claims
Kathy Farley
Jason Lee Farley
Fred Bray
West Virginia
Farleys
Rock
Mercer County
Highways Division
Court of Claims
Dotson
Lincoln County
Dewell D. White
State Public Employees Insurance Agency
White
Peia
Lane Thornton
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National Weather Service
Norm Altstedter
New York
Anglo-Dutch Oil Company
Johnny Connelly
Madison, Ga
Josiah
Heather Wolk
Carter
Meadows
Princeton
Sheriffs Department
Greg Arnold
Bluefield
Arnold
Clarence Pritchett
Rodney Cox
Bluefield Rescue Squad
Bud Houck
Carl Fox Arms
Bennie McDow
Dee
Sammy McDavid
Eddie Fortune
Bluefield Squad
Bluefield Rescue
Princeton Squad
Gills
West Virginia Parkway, Economic Development and Tourism Authority
Mercer County Office of
Reto Services
Rock Woman
DOH
Division of Highways
William Abbington
Victor Delaine Abbington
Victor Abbington
McDowell County
Area Psychiatric and Psychotherapy Group of
Huntington
Division of Health
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