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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1981
Page
1
Golda Yoder, terminally ill with cirrhosis, died nine minutes after doctor Donald Klinestiver unplugged life support with court approval by Cabell County Judge D B Daugherty. Family dispute over her wishes had delayed action. most children opposed the disconnect until her condition worsened.
James Boyd Southern took the stand in Mercer County Circuit Court denying guilt in the July 1979 Sutphin shooting and arson death of an elderly Bluefield man. He claimed to have planned only a robbery and that an unknown person entered the house, leading to Sutphin’s fatal wounds during the July 5 visit.
A three year old girl from Premier McDowell County was found dead in a hollow residence. An 18 year old, William Howard Cecil III, was arraigned on first degree murder and public intoxication charges. He is jailed pending bond set by a circuit judge. Precinct deputies received a tip leading to the discovery around 8 p.m. Monday. The girl had been missing since Sunday afternoon amid a large community search with hundreds of volunteers and multiple agencies. Investigators say motive unknown and no comment on condition or sexual assault pending.
Iran buried President Mohammad Ali Rajai and Prime Minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar in Tehran Behesht Zahra Cemetery after a Sunday assassination bombing. Khomeini pledged new elections while mourning and warning the revolution would endure amid a second wave of leadership killings.
The Associated Press reports explosions in Lima at the U S Embassy and a residence with no injuries, blasts at two industrial plants, and a large blast outside the Ramstein Air Base headquarters wounding 20, amid terrorist claims. In Iran a deadly blast killed Rajai and Bahonar as mourners flee to Paris.
A forecast calls for a chance of showers and thunderstorms today through Wednesday with highs in the 80s and lows in the 60s. Partly cloudy and warm conditions resume Wednesday through Friday with widely scattered showers in the upper 80s and lows in the 60s. In sports, the Kansas City Royals name a new field general as pages note titles on Page 6.
Dover AP report notes that after two decades of automated lights, the Coast Guard weighs hiring living keepers for five Delaware Bay lighthouses. Cmdr George Ellis says humans outperform machines amid repeated breakdowns and vandalism. One site once stored diesel fuel for two years but a fisherman stole about a year and a half’s supply.
The United Mine Workers dispute the Paramont Mining Co election results to save face after a wide margin defeat serving as a high profile test for UMW President Sam Church. NLRB impounded ballots and did not announce outcomes while Paramont presidents assert workers voted against the union.
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