10000 Protesting Miners Rally in Washington DC
About 10,000 coal miners and supporters from across the nation are slated to gather in Washington to protest federal black lung policy. The rally at UMW headquarters will be followed by a march to the White House as leaders press for preserving benefits and funding.
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Charleston
W.va
Claude R. Walls
Henlawson
Washington, D.C
United Mine Workers International
White House
Labor Department
UMW
Prisoners By Day Actresses By Night On Set Of Stalag 17
At Fort Savannah Inn in Lewisburg, Alderson inmates including Jackie Dadaro perform Stalag 17 as an all female cast. By day the women are in federal custody at Alderson, returning for 11 p.m. curfew. The Greenbrier Valley Theater production, directed by Harold Kingrey, adapts the WWII POW story to feature women prisoners of war with an all inmate cast. The opening drew warden Neagle, Alderson staff, and about 20 inmates.
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Suday Magazine
Lewisburg
Jackie Dadaro
Fort Savannah
Federal Correctional Institution
Alderson
Dadaro
William Holden
Marsha Camacho
Kenneth Neagle
Price
Kingrey
Congress
Three Virginia youths die in early morning crash near Haysi
In Wytheville state police report three Bee residents died when a 1981 Ford pickup driven by Kevin Gilbert left Rt. 80 east of Haysi, struck a tree and plunged over an embankment at 1 a.m. Victims Tommy Deel 14 Kevin Gilbert 17 Johnifer Mullins 18.
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Haysi
Virginia
Here
Wytheville
Virginia State Police
Tommy Allen Deel
Kevin Ray Gilbert
Johnifer Mullins
Bee
Gilbert
G.S. Hull
Sandlick
A Lesson On Dealing With Fear From Beulah S Fox
A reader recounts childhood on a June day, sitting beside her father in a wagon. She recalls the cherry blossom fragrance and his reassurance Dont be afraid were going to make it. The reminiscence ends noting the date June 30 and the author Beulah S Fox of Pearlsburg.
Remembering Jennifer Bancroft Law A Braver Little Girl
A family recounts the 1966 Richmond hospital event for Jennifer Bancroft Law born with two heart holes. They describe flood hardships, a rushed operation, and comforting rituals including a teddy bear, a Smiley pillow, prayers, and Psalm 71 as hope during the crisis.
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Jennifer Bancroft Law
Richmond
Medical College
Jennifer
George
Steven Judy Execution Plans Begin
Condemned murderer Steven T. Judy bid a tearful farewell to his family and chose a last meal of prime ribs and lobster tails as he prepared for execution by electric chair. He remained resolute, planning to die rather than appeal, while officials set up contingency contact with Gov. Orr and the courts. Judy, 24, was convicted of raping and strangling Terry Chasteen and drowning her three children in 1979, and would be the fourth execution nationwide since 1976 and first in Indiana in two decades.
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Ind
Steven T. Judy
Steve
Robert Carr
Indianapolis
Mary
Judy
Steven L. Harris
Carr
Terry Chasteen
Indiana State Prison
Robert D. Orr
U.S. Supreme Courts
Jack Duckworth
Harris
Bitterman Murder Triggers Mass Arrests in Colombia
Colombian military has arrested more than 50 people in the hunt for M 19 guerrillas who kidnapped and killed American linguist Chester A. Bitterman 3rd. Bitterman’s body was flown to Loma Linda for burial as government and the Summer Institute of Linguistics defend the institute’s stay through 1995. The institute denies CIA links and says remaining personnel may leave if they wish.
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Bogota
Colombia
Chester A. Bitterman
Bitterman
Loma Linda
Summer Institute of Linguistics
CIA
German Zea Hernandez
Institute
Weekend Weather Outlook Brightens With Cool Temperatures
The forecast calls for Monday to be mostly sunny with some cloudiness, highs around the upper 40s and overnight lows near the upper 20s. Through Wednesday to Friday expect fair skies with highs in the 50s and overnight lows in the 30s.
Hijacked Airliner Lands in Damascus After Pakistan Crisis
A Pakistan International Airlines Boeing 720 with over 100 hostages landed at Damascus International Airport after a hijack from Kabul. Syrian officials began radio negotiations with the hijackers as authorities kept doors closed and security limited. The hijackers, three men, threaten to kill the 111 captives including three American citizens and two U.S. residents.
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Syria
Kabul
Pakistani International Airlines
PIA
U.S
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