Girl Scout Abduction Sparks Wide Search in Florida Park
A 15-year-old Girl Scout was abducted from a camp tent in a Florida state park at dawn. More than 100 searchers, tracking dogs, and helicopters scoured 460 acres as deputies pressed a wide manhunt while roving patrols protected nearby routes.
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Sarasota
Fla
Charlotte Grosse
Eleanor
William Stookey
County Sheriff’s Department
Stookey
Locust Grove
Oklo
Gene Leroy Hart
Florida Power & Light Co
SWAT
Congress Keeps Pay Hike and Raises for 20000 Plus
Congress voted to retain the $12,900 pay hike for members, keeping congressional pay at $57,500 as well as raises for more than 20,000 federal officials. The House defeated a move to cut funds for the raises, amid debate over fairness and timing ahead of the election.
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Congress
Washington
House
Senate
O’neill
Jim Wright
D-Tex
Commission
Miners Meet UMW Leaders Over Health Funds Cuts in D C
About ten miners from UMW District 29 met with United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds officials and UMW President Arnold Miller in Washington. They pressed for tighter doctor bill controls, hospital billing transparency, and a funds reallocation to address rising costs and losses from wildcat strikes. They expect investigations at field funds offices and more talks with the BCOA.
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Daily Telegraph
UMW
District 29
United Mine Workers Health and Retirement Funds
Arnold Miller
Roger Yates
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Washington
Yates
Harry Huge
Paul Dean
Dean
Huge
BCOA
Miller
Field Funds
Brown Bluefield Candidate Declares No Election Complaints
Homer Brown, a Brown Bluefield resident and 16th place finisher among 22 candidates in the June 14 primary for the city board, did not file charges about alleged irregularities. Secretary of State officials in Charleston reported no formal complaints. the filing deadline had passed. City Clerk Dora Hendrick said minor irregularities were noted but did not affect the results.
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Bluefield
Homer Brown
Secretary of State
Charleston
Browneo
Brown
Dora Hendrick
Virginia and North Carolina open 30 miles of I 77
Governors Mills E Godwin and James B Hunt cut a ribbon to open 30.6 miles of I 77 spanning 8.6 miles in Virginia and 22 miles in North Carolina. The ceremony, hosted by the Great Lakes to Florida Highway Association, marks enhanced safety over Fancy Gap Mountain and the Blue Ridge segment.
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Virginia
Mills E. Godwin
North Carolina
James B. Hunt
South Carolina
Fancy Gap
Fort Chiswell
Blue Ridge Mountains
Fancy Gap Mountain
Big Walker Mountain
East River Mountain
Anawalt mayoral race winner declared amid investigation
Thomas Dillon is declared winner in Anawalt's mayoral race but authorities will investigate the election. Nine of 13 OPEC nations reject a plan to raise oil prices. The Senate approves federal funding of abortions in certain cases. Wimbledon defending champion Chris Evert suffers an upset in sports.
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Thomas Dillon
Anawalt
OPEC
Senate
Chris Evert
Cemetery clash over McCoy graves spurs federal suit in Kentucky
In Pikeville Kentucky opponents of a planned six million dollar civic complex try to save Dill Cemetery housing Randall McCoy and kin. Ten of eleven plaintiffs claim cemetery ownership or lineage and seek an injunction arguing environmental and historic preservation concerns amid plans to move graves. Newport officials say relocation and a slight shift of graves are needed and will not disturb the cemetery's integrity.
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Louisville, Ky
Pikeville
Randall McCoy
Jim Bentley
Louisville
Filson Club
Lexington
Dill
London Bridge
Arizona
Kentucky
McCoy
Sarah
Roseann
Sam
Martha
Nancy Forsyth
Kentucky Heritage Commission
Larry Webster
McCoy Fellow
West Virginia
Col
John Dill Jr
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Ocala
Florida
Miles
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Tampa
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Osprey
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Carter
Thomas P. O'Neill
Charles W. Whalen Jr
Ohio
Mollohan
Slack
Staggers
Wampler
Rahall
D.C
Carolina
Ween Wytheville
West Virginia State Line
West Virginia Line
Princeton
West Virginia Turnpike
Pittsburgh
Insidto
Today's Telegraph
Abby Pee Eee
Steer Ener
Billy Graham Penne
Church
Dixon Pee
Mercer
Press Society
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