Potts Awaits Electric Chair Deepened Grief For Bluefield Family
Convicted killer Jack Howard Potts confessed to murdering Charles Brewer in Daytona Beach in 1975, a crime that shocked the Bluefield area. Brewers’s mother-in-law Mildred Burge and Brewer’s son Kevin recount lingering anger and sorrow as Potts faces a death sentence, while family memories endure amid public focus on his fate.
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Pat Cecil
Daily Telegraph
Rocky Gap
Jack Howard Potts
Bluefield
Florida
Potts
Daytona Beach
Fla
Charles Brewer
Mercer Funeral Home
Brewer
Charles
Mildred Burge
Kevin
Rocky Gap Area
Richmond
Iranian Cleric Party Clash Deepens Over Hostages
A Tehran newspaper quotes Hassan Ayat of the Islamic Republican Party alleging a plot against President Bani Sadr as relations split between Bani Sadr and IRP clerics. Khomeini names armed forces reps, signaling power shifts while Parliament delays hostage actions amid stalled calls for a referendum.
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Associated Press
Abolhassan Bani Sadr
America
Tehran
Enghlab Eslami
Hassan Ayat
Islamic Republican Party
Bani Sadr
Ayat
Against
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Khomeini
IRP
Ayatollah
Mohammad Beheshti
Iranian Supreme Court
Majlis
Historic town to host comic book wedding in August
Fincastle Virginia prepares for an Aug 23 wedding as Batman and Cat Woman characters headline a gazebo ceremony. Fred Knobloch will perform as Obi Wan Kenobi with Bat Man ring bearer and a crew in Superman and Sleeping Beauty outfits. Bride Mary Anne Castleman works for the Virginia Employment Commission in Roanoke.
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Fincastle
Batman
Rick Knobloch
Mary Anne Castleman
Fred Knobloch
United Methodist Church
Ben
Obi-wan
Castleman
Virginia Employment Commission
Roanoke
Rockefeller Backs Conversion Bill In Region I Address
Governor Rockefeller urged citizens to back pending coal conversion legislation, speaking at the Region I Planning and Development Council dinner in Pipestem. Congressman Rahall attended as awards were given to Bluefield, Hinton and Raleigh County. He stressed intensified lobbying to pass the bill in Congress.
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Rockefeller
Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Pipestem
America
John D. Rockefeller IV
Region I Planning and Development Council
Nick Joe Rahall
Michael B. Jacobs
Bluefield
Hinton
Raleigh County
Senate
House of Representatives
West Virginia
President
Coal Commission
At Least 36 Die In South Africa Riots
Violence erupts near Cape Town as police clash with rioters over Soweto anniversary. Reports vary from 20 to 42 dead and over 200 wounded as unrest spreads across Elsie’s River and other townships. International reaction follows, with U.S. officials urging restraint.
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South Africa
Johannesburg
Cape Town
South Africa Radio
Subpoena Fight Over Daily Telegraph Reporter Cliffed by Panel
West Virginia Civil Service Commission refused to force Karen Kaplan of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph to testify at the Hatfield dismissal appeal. The commission ruled Kaplan’s testimony not essential to prove alleged confidential information leaks and fraud investigations. The department sought enforcement to ask about a foster care list Kaplan reportedly possessed and possible sources for it.
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Herb Little
Charleston
W.va
State Civil Service Commission
Bluefield
Department of Welfare
Karen Kaplan
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Mary Ruth Hatfield
Saeger
Welch
Richard Withers
Commission
Department
Betty Jo Jones
Hatfield
Jones
del. T.J. Scott
D McDowell
Scott
Commission On Special Investigations
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Daytona Beach Funeral Home
Burges
Brother
Kevin Brewer
Cat Woman
NOAA
Iran
Owe Batt
Monroe County
Rahall
County Commission
Joe Coburn
Wade
Washington
Richard Moose
Donald Sole
Hodding Carter
Moose
Africa Bureau
Elsie’s River
Soweto
McDowell
Wyoming
State Investigation Unit
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