Thornton Firemen to Discuss Pumpkin Festival Plans
Thornton Fire Department members meet at Thornton School at 7 30 p m to discuss plans for the upcoming Pumpkin Festival. Grafton drivers in two car crash near U S Route 50. 18 year old Teresa Shaw and 34 year old Charles Flohr cited for noon collision. damage $1400. Seven injured in four car crash on U S Route 119. one driver sought on warrants. hospitalized victims largely released. Two men arrested for grand larceny in Webster truck parts theft. value $900. axles recovered. Driver license exam schedule changed to first and third Thursdays from Oct 10 onward. Minor collision near Newburg. no injuries or citations. Indira Gandhi arrested in New Delhi on misuse charges. Martinsburg official urges West Virginia nonresident violators compact. 2000+ out-of-state tickets. license-revocation potential.
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Grafton
U.S. Rt. 50
West Main Street
Teresa Shaw
W. Main St
Rt. 50
Charles Flohr
Rt. 3
Flohr
Shaw
U.S
Cynthia Murphy
Farmers Delight
Webster
George H. Keller
Roy Young
E.V. Kerns
C.M. Payne
N.G. McNeeill
Keller
McNeill
Newburg
Charles Jackson
Ottie Plum
Tunnelton
Martinsburg
W.va
Jefferson County
E.W. Day
West Virginia
Day
Panhandle
Charles Town
Harpers Ferry
Maryland
Virginia
District of Columbia
Tpr
G.P. Herndon
Pennsylvania
Weather Outlook for Grafton and Vicinity
Very cool today through Tuesday with patchy frost at night. Mostly cloudy today with highs near 50 to 55, clearing tonight and lows in the upper 30s to low 40s in cooler spots. Tuesday mostly sunny with highs mid to upper 50s and a 10 percent chance of rain. 8 am temperature 41 degrees. Water level at the dam 5.58 feet below normal summer pool.
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Grafton
Gas filibuster by Abourezk and Metzenbaum persists in Senate
Two liberal senators claim they are within two votes of victory as the Senate stalls into its third week over keeping natural gas under federal controls. Abourezk and Metzenbaum say they can block deregulation to cut home heating costs, counting on a tie that would require Vice President Mondale to break the deadlock.
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Washington
Senate
James Abourezk
South Dakota
Howard Metzenbaum
Ohio
Abourezk
Metzenbaum
Walter F. Mondale
Carter
Dennis DeConcini
D-Ariz
Hijackers headed for Africa with 19 hostages aboard
Beir ut report says five Japanese terrorists of the Japanese Red Army hijacked a Japan Air Lines DC8 with 19 hostages and six other hijackers seeking asylum. The jet was bound for Algeria via the Mediterranean after a 42 day siege in Dacca. An American was among those aboard. Hostage releases were promised at the final destination, location undisclosed.
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Lebanon
India
North Africa
Japan Air Lines
Mediterranean
Syria
Cyprus
Algeria
Damascus
Libya
South Yemen
Red Army
Popular Front For the Liberation of Palestine
Middle East
Bangladesh
Dacca
Kuwait
Paris
Tokyo
Bombay
State cities seek tax hike in WV budget clash
Martinsburg Mayor Gene Diamond urged West Virginia lawmakers to adopt a state program like revenue sharing or earmark a tax to help cities. The Senate committee pressed Diamond on local tax collection and warned of potential funding needs for state programs next session. Diamond cited impacts of costly police and fire holidays and urged releasing control of city water and sewer rates from the Public Service Commission.
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Martinsburg
W.va
West Virginia League of Municipalities
Gene Diamond
the League
Diamond
Panhandle
Judith Herndon
Ohio
Maryland
Virginia
Blennerhassett Island
National
Track and Field Hall of Fame
Senate
John Pat Fanning
McDowell
Public Service Commission
Can You Do It Join Grafton Volunteer Fire Dept
City seeks new volunteers for the Grafton Volunteer Fire Department highlighting the serious duties of fire suppression prevention and life saving. The unit seeks community minded men and women willing to train long hours face emergencies at all hours and work without expectation of praise for the pride of helping others.
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Grafton
Main Street
Grafton Volunteer Fire Department
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Thornton
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Thornton School
N.G. McNeill
Mrs. Gandhi
New Delhi
Indira Gandhi
Central Bureau of Investigation
Africa
Robert C. Byrd
Byrd
House
Taylor County
John Arbuckle
Walter Hathaway
Hathaway
Charles Cather
Bill Byrd
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