Corprew Pleads Guilty in Slaying of Dave Cloud
In Fayette County Circuit Court John Elmer Corprew Jr. 50 of Roanoke admitted taking part in plans for the January 1980 shooting of D B Cloud and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter under a plea bargain. He was sentenced to an indeterminate one to five years with probation pending background investigation and may remain on bond until Mrs Cloud’s August trial.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Fayetteville
Mercer County
Princeton
D.B
Dave” Cloud
Fayette County
John Elmer Corprew Jr
Roanoke
Cloud
Corprew
Zane Summerfield
Torney
David W. Knight
Mary Naomi Cloud
John W. Swisher
Frank S. Fragale Jr
Charleston
Charles R. Smith
Sunmerfield
West Virginia
Swisher
Summerfield
George Ballard Guthrie II
West Virginia Weather Outlook Through Saturday
Mostly cloudy conditions with occasional showers and thunderstorms persist through Wednesday. Daytime highs in the mid to upper 80s with lows in the 60s to 70s. From Thursday to Saturday partly cloudy weather dominates with a chance of storms and highs in the mid to upper 80s.
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West Virginia
National Weather Service
Iran bombing kills chief justice Beheshti in Tehran
Iran blamed the United States and leftists for a bombing at the Islamic Republican Party headquarters in Tehran that killed Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti and 71 others, including four ministers and 21 MPs. Tehran and Beirut reports note deaths rise to 72 with no group claiming responsibility.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Iran
America
Islamic Party
Tehran
Ayatollah
Mohammad Hussein Beheshti
Supreme Court
Islamic Republican Party
IRP
Beheshti
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
London
Abolhassan Bani-Sadr
Presidency Council
Bani-Sadr
Mohammad Ali Rajai
Hashemi Rafsanjani
Associated Press
Rajai
Rafsanjani
Mujahedeen Khalq
Fedayeen Khalq
Khomeini
Kathy Granger Dies After Decades in Coma
In Shelby and Morganton, Kathy Granger dies at 19 after a coma since being hit by a car New Year’s Day 1972. Her parents cared for her with help from insurance and about $1000 donated by readers. Funeral services were held in Shelby.
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Charlotte
N.C
Kathy Granger
Kathy
Shelby
Western Carolina Center
Morganton
Joyce Granger
Ronald Williams Returns To Moundsville This Week
Ronald Williams a top fugitive in a 17 month manhunt will be returned to the Moundsville penitentiary this week official said Williams who escaped from prison in 1979 with 14 others was captured after a gunfight in a New York hotel lobby He is considered an extreme escape risk and will face heightened security upon return with authorities noting his high IQ and history of disguises and taunting police and guards
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Charleston
W.va
Ronald Williams
West Virginia
Tom Cook
State Corrections Department
Williams
Moundsville
Cook
Associated Press
FBI
New York City
George Washington
Tazewell Board Eyeing Cuts In School Budget
Tazewell County supervisors weigh using revenue sharing funds and trimming the school budget to hold real estate taxes to 65 cents per $100 and erase a $1.2 million deficit. plan includes 10 to 20 cent levy raise and possible $100000 coal purchase and $60000 admin cuts.
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Daily Telegraph
Tazewell
Sam Crockett
Peery
Crockett
Wise County A Good Indicator Of Changes In Virginia Coalfields
Wise County Virginia marks a transformation from stereotype Appalachia to a developing modern coal region. Joseph Smiddy, chancellor of Clinch Valley College, recalls Uncle Mart Moses and a mining life shaped by cave ins and hardship. Improved medical care roads schools and rising incomes signal a growing middle class and reduced isolation.
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Wise County
Virginia
Wise
Joseph Smiddy
Appalachian
Uncle Mart Moses
Uncle Mart
Matt
Smiddy
Clinch
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Dave Cloud
John Swisher
John Elmer Corprew
Frank Fragalo
UMW
Senee Eens
U.S
Bani- Sadr
Bazargan
Behzad Nabavi
Bani Sadr
Nabavi
Tazewell Board
By Wilson Ramsey
Norton
Coal County
Richmond
Norfolk
Lee County
United Mine Workers
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