Ten Die In Overnight Austin Flood Disaster
Flash floods in Austin Texas killed ten people and left eight missing as Shoal Creek flooded homes and streets. Police and volunteers searched for bodies and rescued stranded motorists while looting incidents were reported in the chaos. Residents faced up to 3 feet of floodwater in many homes and extensive property damage across the business district.
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Austin
Texas
Carole McClennan
A.R. Roundtree
Shoal Creek
Town Lake
Curtis Weeks
Travis County Sheriff's Department
Shoal Creek Area
Jill Mueller
Tragic Atlanta list widens murder cases reach 30
Atlanta police added the cases of a man missing a week and a nude body found in the Chattahoochee River to the list of murdered and missing young black residents. The latest victim, in his late 20s, was identified by fingerprints with no sign of patterned neck injury. The count now stands at 28 unsolved deaths and two disappearances as a special task force continues work.
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Atlanta
Chattahoochee River
Ronald Crawford
Fulton County
Robert Stivers
Crawford
Stivers
Maj
W.J. Taylor
Special Task Force
Michael McIntosh
Jimmy Ray Payne
Task Force
Chattahoochee
Lincoln Memorial
Washington
The
Committee To Stop
Nude of Shaun The Rose of Sharon United Holy Church
The Rose of Sharon United Holy Church holds services Tuesday in the waiting room of the manager's office at Cresentview Apartments Bluefield Virginia Y P H A service starts 530 pm choir rehearsal 630 pm and prayer service at 730 pm Rev Mrs Idella Jones is pastor PRAYER BAND The Faith Prayer Band meets today at noon at 313 North Mercer Street Bluefield with president Mint Davis and teacher Mrs Idella Jones.
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Shaun the
Rose of Sharon United Holy Church
Cresentview Apartments
Bluefield
Y.P
Idella Jones
Faith Prayer Band
Sidney Bane
North Mercer St
Mint Davis
Montcalm High School Student Named NHS Scholarship Honoree
Carla Jean Farmer of Montcalm was chosen as an honorary award winner in the 1981 National Honor Society Scholarship Program. She is salutatorian of Montcalm High School, plans to study computer science at Glenville State College, and was selected from about 12 000 nominees nationwide.
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Carla Jean Farmer
Montcalm
Miss Farmer
Carl R. Farmer
Montcalm High School
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Glenville State College
Beverly Honaker Odle
Beverly
Bluefield State College
Joseph J. Honaker
Danilo D. Odle
Americans Oppose Sale Of AWACS To Saudi Arabia
An AP NBC News poll shows only 19 percent favor the planned sale of five AWACS aircraft to Saudi Arabia, with 54 percent opposing and 27 percent unsure. Public mood also resists arms sales to foreign countries, while support for US aid to Israel remains near the right level.
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New York
Saudi Arabia
United States
Associated Press
NBC News
U.S
Israel
Ap-Nbc News
Pricing Compromise In Sight At OPEC Meeting In Geneva
Saudi Arabia signals potential price rise at Geneva talks as 12 members consider a compromise. Iraq Libya UAE ministers expect a Saudi uptick to narrow price gaps, while Venezuela insists on staying at 36 per barrel.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Saudi Arabia
OPEC
Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Iraq
Libya
United Arab Emirates
Abdussalam Zagaar
U.A.E
Mana Saeed Otaiba
Tayeh Abdul Karim
Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani
U.S
Virginia Auctions Veal Lamb and Hog Prices Shift
Veal prices steady to up 75 cents with standard veal $3.25 lower as receipts rise 8 percent. Lamb prices up 446.75 and lambs 95 to 125 pounds bring 71.50 to 73.85 while spring choices range 66 to 70.50. Hog prices fall 30 cents to 3 dollars with barrows and gilts 200 to 240 pounds at 41.90 to 44.50 and sows 32 to 38.50. Slaughter cattle prices show a 50 point change.
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Virginia
Standard
Slaughter Cattel
Farm prices and lamb sale and WV funeral directors leader
Farm Report notes mixed cattle futures with receipts down 18 percent from the prior week and prices varying by class. Steers and heifers graded 2-4 fetch 52 to 62 dollars per hundredweight, cows 36 to 46, bulls 47 to 97, feeders mostly down with some up for small steers. A May 22 1981 Christiansburg Virginia slaughter lamb sale saw 1096 head graded and sold by cwt with spring lambs at 72 to 73.25 and older pelts lambs around 72.25. George W Tom Seaver III inducted as president-elect of the West Virginia Funeral Directors Association. Seaver, Princeton resident, is active in Masons and Shriners with long service to Mercer County March of Dimes. Also notes rug values depend on knot density per square inch.
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Virginia
Christiansburg
USDA
Seaver
George W
Tom” Seaver, III
Seaver Funeral Service, Inc
Princeton
West Virginia Funeral Directors Association
WVFDA
Charleston Civic Center
Shriners Crippled Childrens
Charleston
Order of the Golden Rule
Mercer County March of Dimes
Jo Anne
North Walker St
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Pizza Inn
Bulova
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Lillys’ Crown Jewelers
Mercer Mall
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