Escapees Profiled in Mercer County Court Records
Timothy L Trimble 22 Charleston pleaded guilty to first degree murder in the beating death of an elderly Arlington woman. He was sentenced to life, awaiting appeal, and officers describe him as extremely dangerous. David Wayne Sowers 25 Princeton pleaded guilty to two kidnapping counts and faces 15 years, with extradition proceedings for rape in Virginia. Fred Allen Starling Jr. 28 alias Red, amputee, convicted of aggravated robbery, escaped jail previously and is described as dangerous and armed.
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Timothy L. Trimble
Charleston
Arlington, Wo
Mercer County
David Wayne Sowers
Princeton
Mercer Mall
Blue Prince Plaza
West Virginia
Tazewell
Donna
Fred Allen Starling JR
Red
Bluefield Imperial Service Station
Starling
Escapees Still At Large As Manhunt Continues
Three Mercer County Jail escapees Timothy L. Trimble David Wayne Sowers and Fred Allen Starling Jr remain at large after sawing bars and fleeing the courthouse roof in Princeton West Virginia. Authorities from Mercer County Sheriff s Department State Police Princeton Bluefield and Charleston Virginia area search locations including motels and former addresses with no solid leads. The inmates described as extremely dangerous and probably armed may have outside help and officers warn the public to stay vigilant as the manhunt continues across two states.
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Barbara Hawkins
Daily Telegraph
Princeton
Mercer County
West Virginia
Virginia
Timothy L. Trimble
Charleston
David Wayne Sowers
Fred Allen Starling Jr
Bluefield
Sheriff's Department
Robert Baughman
Baughman
Don Meadows
State Police
Kanawha County
Don Hare
Hare
Scott Street
Trimble
Reagan unveils 200 million drug crime crackdown plan
President Reagan announced a 200 million federal narcotics program to blanket the nation with task forces and hire up to 1,200 agents to cripple organized crime. The effort, modeled after a South Florida crackdown, aims to infiltrate drug networks and expand prisons for about 1,260 additional inmates.
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Washington
Reagan
Congress
United States
America
Justice Department
Administration
George Bush
Florida
Riots Claim First Polish Protester Death in Solidarity Crackdown
Demonstrations over Solidarity ban spread from Gdansk to Nowa Huta and Katowice province as police used tear gas against mourners at a church. Bodgan Whlosik, 20, died in Krakow suburb after being shot by a plainclothes officer amid fierce street fighting. Authorities report hundreds injured and mass arrests as underground Solidarity leaflets call for sympathy strikes and protests.
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Warsaw
Poland
Solidarity
PAP
Bodgan Whlosik
Krakow
Nowa Huta
Rees
Labor Federation
Gdansk
Interpress
Wroclaw
Communist Party
Trybuna Ludu
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Baltic
Katowice
Friday Weather Update and Weekend Forecast Summary
Friday forecast shows clouds with a chance of showers in the afternoon or evening and highs around 60. Tonight, breezy and cooler with lows in the 30s. Weekend outlook: mostly partly cloudy, with possible rain Monday in the southwest and highs mostly in the 50s. Domestic violence workshop noted. supervisors discuss holidays. racehorse symbol noted. lawyer says bank money repaid.
Andes Survivors Reflect On Life After Andes Ordeal
Thirty survivors from the 1972 Andes crash blend into ordinary life as lawyers doctors and engineers while confronting how to tell their children about the cannibal ordeal. They recount faith resilience and the stark choice that kept them alive and recall the Masses held for victims and the anniversary rituals that bind them.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Andes
Soledad Inciarte
Jose Luis Inciarte
Associated Press
Chile
Gustavo Zerbino
Montevideo Chemical Company
Zerbino
Inciarte
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Keith Hare
Magistrate Building
Sower
Pam Hawkins
Gearhart
Bulletin Board
Aenea Eee Et Enenseeeee
Giles County
Odden
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