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West Virginia 1963 Top News: Centennial and Disasters
The AP poll lists the West Virginia Centennial as 1963’s top story, followed by the Dolamine mine disaster that killed 22, and other major events including spring floods, Sunday closing law, reapportionment, civil rights moves, forest fires, federal park funding, a plane crash killing officials, and a fatal bus-trailer crash near Princeton. The piece details centennial observances, notable speeches by Kennedy and Johnson, and the Clinchfield Compass No.2 mine tragedy.
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