Tragedy on I 79 as Braxton County couple killed
State police report a two car crash on Interstate 79 near the Prickett Fort exit in Braxton County left James B. Skidmore 25 Sutton dead and his wife Ella 19 critically injured at University Hospital Morgantown. Their one year old son James was under observation. James R. Prendergast 38 of Fairmont escaped injury as two passengers in his car were treated and released.
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Fairmont
W.va
Braxton County
Here
James B. Skidmore
Sutton
Ella
University Hospital
Morgantown
James
Skidmore
James R. Prendergast
Prendergast
Woman charged with murder in Fayette County shooting
A Fayette County woman Phyllis Sears 41 Harvey was charged with murder after her brother Darrell W Deitz 34 was killed Sunday evening at his Harvey home. In Charleston Kanawha County man Joe Oliver Parris 24 Davis Creek was charged with murder in the stabbing of dentist Dr Louis Walker 27 whose body was found in the White River near Indianapolis Jealousy cited as possible motive by Charleston police detective Sgt Eddie Leonard.
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Harvey
W.va
Fayette County
Darrell W. Deitz
Phyllis Sears
Charleston
Kanawha County
Indiana
Joe Oliver Parris
Davis Creek
Louis Walker
White River
Indianapolis
Marion County
Ind
Eddie Leonard
Parris
Walker
Leonard
Widespread Rain and Cold Front Across U S This Week
A strong cold front moved into the eastern U S creating widespread rain from the Texas Gulf coast through Louisiana and Alabama while snow fell in parts of Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and upper Michigan. Dense fog plagued southern Texas as frigid air swept in from Canada with sharp temperature drops. Naples Florida notes reveal holiday gifts for millionaires including caviar, cars, a world cruise, and luxury robes and chocolates aimed at affluent residents.
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Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Texas Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Alabama
Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
New York
Texas
Rockies
Plains
North Dakota
Key West
Fla
Warroad
Minn
Naples
Florida
Gulf Coast
People’s Republic of China
Kentucky to spray 3 million birds with PA-14 detergent
Kentucky officials planned a mass attack using PA-14 detergent on starlings and other roosting birds after a forecast of rain and cool temperatures. Weather bureau revised the forecast, prompting a postponement.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Thomas O. Harris
Harris
John Anderson
U.S
National Weather Service
Russellville
Weather Bureau
Anderson
William and Mary replaces bellringer with automaton
In Williamsburg Virginia the College of William and Mary ends centuries of live bell ringing as custodian Charlie Cook is replaced by an automatic bell machine. Cook recalls guiding the 87 year old bell for class start and end while observers note the new device never errs and requires no watch.
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Williamsurg
College of William and Mary
Charlie Cook
Christopher Wren
Cook
W&m
Colonial Williamsburg
Duke of Gloucester Street
Colonial Capitol
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Prickett Fort
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Chicago
Denver
Savings and Loan
U.S. League of Savings Associations
Carter
League
The
Blueville Bank
Grafton
Harman C. Center
Cam Oma
Federal Reserve System and
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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