Fairview students to be moved amid safety concerns
About 256 students from Fairview would transfer to Memorial and Whitethorn schools while Fairview's safety is assessed. Most elementary pupils would leave the building, junior high remains in the newer wing, and bus transport would expand with College Avenue stops as needed.
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Fairview
Fairview Elementary School
Bluefield
Fairview Junior High
Memorial
Whitethorn
Cooke
Central Junior High
College Avenue
Ray Trial To Start In March In Memphis
Judge W Preston Battle ordered the James Earl Ray murder trial to begin March 3 if possible and directed the public defender to aid Ray's attorney Percy Foreman in preparation. Foreman said the date would be a miracle to meet amid the King assassination case connected to sanitation workers unrest.
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Memphis, Tenn
W. Preston
Battle
James Earl Ray
Public Defender’s Office
Ray
Percy Foreman
Houston
Tex
Martin Luther King Jr
Judge Battle
Foreman
Arthur J. Hanes
Birmingham
Pelican Transition From Clumsy Float to Aerial Grace
A bulky brown pelican waddles awkwardly with a large bill before taking off. Once airborne its powerful wingbeats transform it into a graceful, dignified flyer.
Plaintiff Wins In Civil Suit In Welch Boiler Explosion
McDowell County jurors found in favor of Paul W. Jones against The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co. Jones, a Welch businessman and realtor, was awarded 706.75 for damages from a boiler explosion in the Harrah building on Elkhorn Street in Welch. The verdict followed judge Jack Marinari's disposition of the case before Christmas holidays.
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McDowell County
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Co
Paul W. Jones
Welch
Jones
Elkhorn Street
Circuit Court
Jack Marinari
Woman Gets Three Great Grandchildren
An 81-year-old Stoneboro woman became a great grandmother three times in one day across three hospitals. Dora Reiser said there had been no boys in the family for 19 years until the three births. The children born were a girl to George Reiser Jr. of Sandy Lake in Greenville at 7:55 a.m. Tuesday, a boy to Ronald Patterson of Cleveland, Ohio at 11 a.m. in Cleveland Hospital, and a son to Eugene Reiser of Stoneboro at Franklin Hospital in Stoneboro at 1 p.m.
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Stoneboro
Dora Reiser
George Reiser Jr
Sandy Lake
Greenville
Ronald Patterson
Cleveland
Ohio
Eugene Reiser
Franklin, Pa
Tragedy at Illinois Child Service Office Shoots casualty toll rises
In Carlinville Illinois a man opened fire inside the Illinois Department of Family and Child Service office killing four adults and injuring two children critically. A 7 year old girl and a 14 year old boy were taken to a Springfield hospital in critical condition. A pickup order for Sherman Cline was issued for questioning.
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Carlinville
Ill
Illinois Department of Family and Child Service
Don Jones
WSMI
Litchfield
Jones
Family and Child Services Office
Illinois
Sherman Cline
Cline
Brussels
Chidren
Carlinville Area
Springfield
Carlinville Hospital
Crime rates surge with 1967 thefts and crimes up
Property valued at 1.4 billion was stolen in the United States during 1967. There were over 3.8 million serious crimes, a 16 percent rise from 1966, marking a notable surge in criminal activity.
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U. S
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Pete) Cooke
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