New Year's Arrival Is Chilled By Snow
Snow and cold weather greet New Year's across the nation with light snow in 24 states from the Pacific Northwest to Vermont and Kentucky. Bitter temperatures and travel warnings persist from southern New England to southeastern Montana, while floodwaters ease in parts of the Virginias and Tennessee. Eight deaths occurred in floods in Tennessee West Virginia and Kentucky.
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Associated Press
The
Weather Bureau
Pacific Northwest
Nevada
Kentucky
Vermont
Florida
New England
Montana
Nebraska Panhandle
Virginias
Tennessee
West Virginia
California
Plains
Gate City
Virginia
Clinchport
Youth Choir to Stage I Wonder Musical Drama Sunday
The Corinth Baptist Church youth choir of New Ellenton will perform I Wonder at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in Couchton Baptist Church. The 30 member group is directed by Mrs. Charles G. Perkins, minister of music and education at Corinth Baptist Church.
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Corinth Baptist Church of
New Ellenton
Couchton Baptist Church
Charles G. Perkins
Corinth Baptist Church
Giant ferns shaped Earth's coal deposits in deep past
Fiddleheads trace origins to 300 million years ago with leaves up to 3 feet long. In the Carboniferous 250 million years ago ferns reached towering heights of about 100 feet, with diameters several feet, contributing to vast coal deposits.
Library Notes Adamson Folland Team On Raleigh Biography
Aik en County Library features Shepherd of the Ocean a dual author biography by J H Adamson and H F Folland of Sir Walter Raleigh. The piece praises their collaborative craft and highlights Raleigh as an intellectually gifted figure whose life bridged imprisonment and exploration. The notice lists current fiction including works by O Hara Renault Loft Holt and Lessing across multiple publishers with brief contextual notes.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Shepherd of the
Aiken County Library
J. H Adamson
H. F. Folland
Raleigh
Westcountry
Elizabeth
Tower of London
James I
Scotland
James
John O'Hara
Lovey Childs
Mary Renault
Alexander the Great
Norah Loft
Katharine of Aragon
Henry the Eighth
Victoria Holt
Shivering Sands
Doris Lessing
Africa
Miss Lessing
London
Elizabeth Goudge
Martha Foley
David Burnett
Bernard Malamud
Joyce Carol Oates
Swiss Press Blasts Agnew Comments On Press Freedom
The International Press Institute branded Vice President Spiro Agnew's remarks on American media as the most serious threat to freedom of information in the Western world in 1969. The critique notes concern that the attacks may have originated from the presidential office. The institute represents over 1,500 editors and publishers across more than 50 countries.
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Zurich
Switzerland
International Press Institute
Spiro Agnew
Coal Miners On Strike In West Virginia
About 1200 miners at four nearby West Virginia mines began a strike to back a federal coal mine health and safety bill. Pickets gathered at the Carbon Fuel Co and Imperial Collieries in Kanawha County and at Central Appalachian Coal and Semet Solvay mines in Fayette County.
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Charleston
W. Va
Nixon
Carbon Fuel Co
Imperial Collieries
Kanawha County
Central Appalachian Coal Co
Semet Solvay
Fayette County
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Cincinnati
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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Vitot
RX Toyland
Richland
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