Logon Flood Toll Escalates With Destruction in Lorado
National Guardsmen and state troopers reached the flood zone after three days of rain created a deadly surge along Buffalo Creek. Lorado was described as completely destroyed with a 20 foot wall of water washing through coal mine dumps. At least six bridges washed away and 24 bodies recovered as 400 refugees were housed in local schools.
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Lorado
Pardee
Lundale
West Virginia
Elk Lick
Buffalo Creek
K. H. Ellis
State Police
Charleston
Arch A. Moore Jr
The
Man
Ellis
National Guard
Logan County
Logan
Charles Huston
Logan Banner
Guyandotte
State Highway Department
Littlesburg
M. B
Bluefield
Reader Q A answers on juvenile convictions maps by pass by 1972
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph provides a Q A column addressing public questions. Topics include juvenile sentencing secrecy, songwriting origins, East River Mountain maps, Corridor Q by pass timing, Littlesburg Road safety, Mercer County landfill wells, and the cost of President Nixon's China trip for press members.
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Mercer County
David Bragg
Man High School
Bragg
Logan County
Bluefield
Princeton National Guard
National Guard
Princeton
Princeton Rescue Squad
East River
Community Alert Radio Club
Gateway Citizens Band Radio Club
East River Mountain
Mercer
Bland
Tazewell Counties
B. W
W. Va
Southern
West Virginia
Mercer County Court
State Department of Health
U. S. Geological Survey
China
T. L
Fredericksburg
Nixon and Chou Reach Some Agreements in China Talks
In Shanghai on their last day in China, President Nixon and Premier Chou En-lai reported progress after five days of talks. A communique outlining some agreements, including cultural and journalistic exchanges and trade expansion, was expected later. Nixon cautioned that only some areas had been resolved.
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Jarrett
Pruntytown
Daily Telegraph
Shanghai
Nixon
Chou En-lai
China
Hangchow
Chou
Shanghai Exhibition Hall
Ching Kiang
Nixons
Exhibition Hall
Washington
Peking
Ronald L. Ziegler
White House
Ziegler
Mrs. Nixon
East China Sea
Car Plunges Into River Two Missing After McDowell Crash
A two car collision near Kimball sent one car into the Tug River. A driver died on arrival at a Welch hospital. Two occupants jumped into the water and were missing at midnight. The river will be dragged to recover them as rescuers worked three hours.
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McDowell
Tug River
Kimball
Welch
Two Charged In Giles Murders Near Narrows Virginia
Giles County sheriff reports Glenn J. Duncan and Everett Otis Shrader charged with the double murder of Epson Milliron and Elgin Gray Milliron. The investigation recovered more than $51,000 from a truck and a car, and the two suspects are in Giles County Jail in Pearisburg awaiting further proceedings.
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Giles
Jim Gilberth
Giles County
Wolf Creek
Narrows
Pearlsburg
Glenn J. Duncan
Everett Otis Shrader
Rich Creek
Duncan
Shrader
Epson Milliron
Miss Elgin Gray Milliron
John E. Hopkins
Hopkins
Telegraph coal edition highlights industry progress and workers
The 36 page Telegraph issue celebrates the coal industry with pictorial reports from mining equipment makers to miners underground. Carol Fowler traces Concord College’s progressive history as it nears its second century of education. Surveys link urban life to psychiatric impairment versus rural isolation.
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Daily Telegraph
Telegraph
Carol Fowler
Concord College
Israel and Lebanon push border war to U.N. council
In a Security Council debate, Lebanon and Israel urged sanctions against each other over two days of border raids by Israeli forces and Lebanon-based guerrillas. Najati Rabbani called for sanctions on Israel, while Jacob Doran demanded Lebanon be condemned and action to stop terrorism.
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United Nations
N.Y
Lebanon
Israel
Security Council
Najati Rabbani
Washington
Council
U.N
Jerusalem
Jacob Doren
Soluble U.S.-China issues hint at new era in relations
AP Special Correspondent William L. Ryan analyzes how a softer U.S.-China posture could reshape Vietnam Taiwan and Asian policy. He notes Nixon Kissinger influence challenges to the State Department and the potential for Russian engagement in arms talks trade and technology access.
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William L. Ryan
China
Yellow River
United States
U. S
Nixon
Vietnam
Chou En-lai
Chiang Kaishek
Taiwan
Peking
Henry Kissinger
State Department
Truman
Department
Southeast Asia
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Russia
Moscow
Berlin
Middle East
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Amherst Coal Co
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Howard M. Jarrett
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Anawalt
John Denver
Denver
Tazewell
Lazenby Avenue
A. Highway
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Green Valley
Iow
Wyoming County
Mullens
Broadway Street
Maple Acres
Peddlin
Paddlin
Wayne Fisher
Peace Springs
Greenbrier
Talcott
Summers County
Fisher
Anchorage
Alaska
Shanghai Municipal Children’s Palace
Blurfield Daily Telegraph
Buchanan
Dixon
Ai Cor Eerans
Ette
U.N. Council
U.s.-China
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