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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1981
Page
1
The United States joined every Security Council member in condemning Israel for destroying Iraqs nuclear reactor while urging appropriate redress. Israel rejected the resolution as biased and one sided.
Scattered showers expected today with lows around 60 and highs in the 70s. Showers end Saturday. Sunday and Tuesday risk of showers and thunderstorms east of the mountains. Otherwise fair with highs in the low to mid 80s, 70s in the mountains. Lows mainly in the 60s, cooler in the mountains with 50s.
Jack Callahan and the North Kingman Merchants Association launched an Adopt A Pothole program with Mohave County providing about 100 cubic yards of asphalt for roughly $200. Citizens can select potholes on public roads and repair them at Callahan's Bar north of Kingman. County Supervisor Jim Schultz approved the plan amid wary jokes about driveway patrolling.
President Reagan urged end to the fiscal joy ride as House Republicans seek 5.2 billion more in 1982 cuts than Democrats will concede. Michel outlined a bare bones plan claiming 20 billion in savings beyond Democratic targets through 1984. Reagan warned of 23 billion in red ink if the job remains unfinished.
Pearisburg Virginia authorities question whether Randall Lee Smith may have died by his own hand while being sought for the killings of two Appalachian Trail hikers. Dentists were contacted for records as investigators traced his pickup truck to Myrtle Beach South Carolina. The hikers Susan Ramsay and Robert Mountford Jr. were found in Jefferson National Forest after being killed in a grim assault.
Former Agriculture Secretary Earl L. Butz was sentenced in Fort Wayne to 30 days in jail and a $10,000 fine for understating his federal income. He received probation for the balance of a five year term, with restitution including taxes penalties and interest totaling $119,935 already paid.
Bluefield Virginia police hunted a person in costume who shot Tazewell County deputy Dennis Griffith in the arm near East River Mountain. Griffith, treated at Bluefield Community Hospital, said he fired back but authorities found no suspect as Virginia police, county deputies, and West Virginia help searched the area.
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