Navy Allows Yorktown to Star in Pearl Harbor Film
The Yorktown will play a Japanese carrier in a 20th Century Fox film about Pearl Harbor. Navy pilots will fly planes simulating Japanese bombers as 20th Century Fox provides 30 planes and pays standard transport rates. Cooperation aims to boost public understanding of carrier airpower without US costs or fleet disruption.
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Israel Expands Offense with Commandos Across Borders
Israel deploys commando units for two deep raids into Egypt and Jordan, aiming retaliatory blows. October raids hit bridges and a power station in Upper Nile, while a more recent operation targeted a rail bridge and highway near Amman. Air cover aided the missions, which Israel calls highly successful.
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Sea of Galilee
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Hussein
Old Guard to Hear Brushfork Minister
Rev. Andy Roe of Brushfork Methodist Church will speak at the Bluefield Old Guard meeting on Wednesday at 10 30 in the Trinity Methodist Church Men's Bible class room. T. L. Young arranged the program, and Eldridge L. Liddle of Bluewell will be featured by the Auxiliary in the Christian Action classroom.
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Brushfork Methodist Church
Bluefield
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Fred Courtney
Eldridge L. Liddle
Bluewell
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Mercer County Courthouse Sees Deeds Suits and Licenses
Four property transfers, three marriage license applications and two divorce suits were filed Monday at the Mercer County Courthouse in Princeton. Transfers include Williamson to Williamsonson and others in Beaver Pond and East River District with prices ranging from 1,500 to 8,000 dollars. Marriage licenses go to Manning Nave and Huffman Hall pairs. Divorces filed are Miller versus Miller and Taylor versus Taylor Jr.
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Charles Edward Maxey
William Mart
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Charlotte Ann Williamson
William B
Georgia Mae Stanley
Beaver Pond
Kenneth B
Helen H. Shrader
Kyle
Billie J. Bailey
East River
Donald Jerry
Sue Blevins Simpson
Robert Tuuner Andrews
Bonnie Simpson Andrews
Joel David Manning
Eden
Ohio
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Spanishburg
Elbert Junior Huffman
Winona
Anna Bale Hall
Hiawatha
Donald Ray Law
Francis Louise Jenkins
Noreen P. Miller
Billy R. Miller
Okey Sue Taylor
John C. Taylor, Jr
Sorority Bazaar Set by Concord College Delta Zeta
The Delta Zeta Sorority of Concord College will host a Christmas Bazaar in the Princeton Bank and Trust Company parking lot on Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm. Christmas decorations will be for sale.
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Concord College
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Ferris Wheel Built for 1893 Chicago World’s Fair
The ferris wheel was designed and erected for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Its inventor was George Washington Gale Ferris, who created the landmark ride for the exposition.
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Pupils Protest Longer Classes in Brooklyn Clash
Hundreds of teenagers clashed with police and damaged schools shops and subway windows in Brooklyn during a 45 minute extension of school days tied to a teachers strike settlement. Three teachers and a principal were injured along with a reporter. several students were arrested as chaos spread through Ocean Hill Brownsville and Prospect Heights areas.
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Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Joseph Pilati
Weekly
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Edwin Nathanson
Prospect Heights High School
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Brooklyn Jewish Hospital
Deming High Newspaper Seeks Quotation Correction
A Deming High School newspaper staff member sought to correct a quoted motto by a faculty member. The teacher said his line should read Good years don’t just happen and he opposed the impression of a defeatist attitude.
Supreme Court declines murder appeal in West Virginia case
The West Virginia Supreme Court refused to review Mary Bennett's second degree murder conviction in the 1966 slaying of Justin Hardman of Charleston. The court also agreed to hear petitions on public dormitory auctions to cover back rent, state payment for engineering work, a flood damage case against Firestone, and Cabell County Clerk compensation for the annual financial statement.
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West Virginia Supreme Court
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Justin Hardman
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State Road Commission
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SRC
Firestone Tire and Rubber Co
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Cabell
Keith Arthur
Thornton G. Berry Jr
Supreme Court
Ethel Hardman
Robert Ellard
American
Beechhurst
Children in 1900 Labor Force Numbers
In 1900 the United States labor force included 1,752,187 children under age 16. This figure highlights the scale of child labor at the turn of the century and reflects the era's economic and social conditions.
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