Bluefield Supply closes Falls Mills unit in sale to Noland Co
Bluefield Supply Co loses 48 jobs as Falls Mills inventory and equipment are sold to Newport News firm Noland Co. The new owner plans to lease the building and open a Falls Mills branch next month with partial service starting. Eleven workers take early retirement. fourteen had already left for Noland.
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Bluefield
Falls Mills
Bluefield Supply Co
Newport News, Va
James Gillenwater
Noland
Noland Co
John Gullett
Bluefield Supply
Walker
B.W
Harvey
Gullett
Ronnie Duesing
The
Experts confirm Mengele body found in Brazil is Josef Mengele
An international team of medical experts unanimously declared the body unearthed near Embu, Brazil, to be Josef Mengele. The US Justice Department and Simon Wiesenthal Center led the assessment, with input from Brazilian investigators and representatives from Israel, West Germany, and the United States.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Josef Mengele
Lowell Levine
New York State
Levine
U.S. Justice Department
Simon Wiesenthal Center For Holocaust
Poland
Romeu Tuma
Wiesenthal Center
U.S
Brasilia
Wolfram
Liselotte Bossert
Mengele
Embu
Los Angeles
Wiesenthal
San Francisco
Simon Weisenthal
Vienna
Austria
John Fitzpatrick
Chicago
Summer Fun Weather Watch Delights Kids Adults and Horses
Partly cloudy today with a chance of late afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Highs in the 80s. Mostly cloudy tonight with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Lows mid 50s to mid 40s. Partly cloudy and humid Sunday with a thunderstorms.
Hijacker surrenders after beer trade on flight
An armed man hijacked a Braathen Boeing 737 with 120 aboard flying Trondheim to Oslo. He held crew at gunpoint in a lavatory and demanded beer until he surrendered to a police officer after most passengers had left.
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Trondheim
Oslo
Braathen
Fornebu
NCAA delegates flex power to suspend programs over scandals
Delegates to the NCAA Integrity Convention approved measures that could force a university to suspend its football or basketball programs for up to two years amid crackdowns on recruiting and academic misconduct. Mercer County pays extra 5000 to health department. FMC delays plan to shut South Charleston chlorine and caustic soda units after talks with Gov Arch Moore.
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NCAA
Sports AG
FMC
FMC Corp
South Charleston
Arch Moore
Two American hostages may be freed amid Beirut siege
In Beirut officials said illness could allow the release of two American hijack hostages. At the airport near the TWA jet Shiite radicals rallied, shouting Death to America and Death to Reagan while posters of Ayatollah Khomeini circulated. Demonstrators burned American and Israeli flags as the Athens Rome flight seizure entered its seventh day. Israel planned prisoner releases from south Lebanon when calm returns.
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Beirut
Lebanon
TWA
America
Reagan
Israel
Iran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
Athens
Rome
Massive seizure nets 17 000 marijuana plants in Russell County
In Swords Creek Kentucky? Russell County Virginia, authorities seized over 17 000 marijuana plants from a rural hillside near Kent Ridge. Chief Deputy Thelmer Wallace said the plants would be worth about 1.7 million if mature, with no arrests at the scene and investigation continuing. The crops were spotted by a state police helicopter at 11 am and removed by a four wheel drive truck after a five hour haul by 10 deputies. The plants will be disposed of promptly. Deputy said anonymous tips helped reveal the operation.
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Swords Creek
Russell County
Here
Thelmer Wallace
Wallace
Kent Ridge
Lebanon
Sheriff's Department
Heart at Work program to curb heart disease in workers
Chicago AP report describes the American Heart Association launching Heart at Work to recruit employers across factories offices and schools nationwide. It aims to reduce risk factors smoking poor nutrition and inactivity with action plans and a smoking cessation kit offered via state and city affiliates and participating companies.
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Chicago
American Heart Association
Heart At Work
Robert M. Daugherty
Association
Thomas J. Ryan
Daugherty
Heart
Best and worst fast foods listed by consumer group
The Center for Science in the Public Interest names bacon cheeseburgers ham biscuits fried chicken and stuffed potatoes among the five worst fast foods for high fat and salt. It highlights Long John Silvers baked fish and Wendy's low calorie dressings as best new options and notes improvements in seafood and salads.
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Washington
America
Center For Science In the Public Interest
Bonnie Liebman
Center
Long John Silver
Arby's
Wendy’s
McDonald’s
Wendy's
Hardee’s
Mary Maguire
Marriott Corp
Roy Rogers
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Dustrial Supplies Group
Oak
Jose Napoleon Duarte
el Salvador
U.S Marine Embassy
San Salvador
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Hoto By
Eric Brady
Associated Press
Health Department
Mercer County Commission
Mercer County Health Department
Viia Vay
Dow Jones
Rwe Renn Raneheee
Toteneneas Panennenan
Abby Phann Nero Arama
Dr. Gott Ee
Heart Group
Consumer Group
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