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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 2001
Page
8
Sunny this morning then clouds move in by afternoon bringing light rain. Precipitation tallies include 0.00 inch today, 1.77 inches yesterday, 33.37 inches this year, with totals since Jan 1, 2001. The last 30 days show ongoing rainfall.
Marines at Mountain Warfare Training Center near Bridgeport practice rappelling from 400 foot cliffs and foraging for food as part of a grueling four week program. The center trains about 10,000 Marines yearly in high altitude survival and combat skills to prepare for potential overseas deployment amid heightened post 9 11 security.
Forestburg Texas AP two escapees from Grayson County Jail held hostages at a farm house. Bob Leach 38 freed the captives Vincent Forrester 65 and wife Irma 63 and then gunfire wounded Gerald Gantt 20, who was hospitalized. Leach surrendered to officers. large weapons cache found. Leach faces multiple counts including aggravated assault and kidnapping. Gantt also charged.
A Los Angeles judge refused defense efforts to postpone Sara Jane Olson’s trial on charges of plotting to murder police officers in 1974 as part of a Symbionese Liberation Army retaliation. Jury selection will continue with a revisit possibility if needed..
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