Johnstown Flood Chronicles Echo Vicious Years Of Loss
AP report recounts a catastrophic Johnstown flood with 12 inches of rain from Laurel Run Dam and 27 floods this century. It notes delayed relief, looting in the business district, and disputed flood insurance while residents faced thousands of homeless and massive damages.
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Johnstown
Pennsylvania
Donald Szabo
Burger King
Main Street
Laurel Run
Pole Hollow
John Courter
John Murtha
Richland Junior High
Ogee
Gree
United Jewelers
Toby Sweeney
Johnstown Tribune-Democrat
Beaudoin Family Massacre Shocks Connecticut Town
In Prospect Connecticut a fire killed Cheryl Beaudoin 29 and seven children plus a visiting cousin. Frederick Beaudoin 33 survived amidst shock and grief as authorities charged Lorne Acquin 27 with nine counts of murder. Cheryl and Frederick were lifelong sweethearts from Wilby High School.
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Malcolm N. Carter
Prospect
Conn
Frederick Beaudoin
Cheryl
Beaudoin
Elliot Gross
Lorne Acquin
Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Factory
Freddie
Marion
Cheryl Beaudoin
George Lincoln
Cheryl Champagne
Connecticut
New Haven
Wilby High School
Waterbury
Straitsville Road
Beaudoins
Frederick
Patrick
Paul
Patricia
George
Marion Beaudoin
Pauline Pelton
Acquin
Information and answers from Bluefield Daily Telegraph reader service
The paper’s Information Editor fielded questions on topics from nursing scope to military pensions and local projects. It notes a Williamsburg style welfare building in Tazewell County with 75 percent federal funding, plus a kept prohibition on swimming at Kee Dam and a Bland County outdoor music ordinance.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Tazewell County
L.S.T
Tazewell, Va
Parolee Charged With Massacre Of Foster Brother's Family
Prospect Connecticut AP reports 27 year old parolee Lorne J Acquin accused of killing his foster brother's entire family. He faces nine counts of murder with bail set at 250000 ahead of Monday arraignment.
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Prospect
Conn
Lorne J. Acquin
HUD Flood Probe Draws Fire At Third WV Meeting
The West Virginia special flood committee held its third session at the Mingo County Courthouse in Williamson formulating response plans after the April floods. Del. Lacy Wright Jr. and others urged HUD to stay away from McDowell County while lawmakers reviewed relief costs, including National Guard flood expenditures totaling 645 890 dollars.
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HUD
Frank P. Jarrell
Daily Telegraph
Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development
Special Legislative Committee
Department
Gerald L. Chafin
Williamsburg
del. Lacy Wright Jr
D-W.va
McDowell County
Jay Rockefeller
West Virginia
Mingo County
Williamson
Robert Childers
National Guard
Guard
Prison sorority links Moore and Fromme workers
Sara Jane Moore and Squeaky Fromme join a prison work program described as a sorority of busy female inmates. They labor in factory settings earning up to 70 cents an hour sewing and packing pajamas as part of inmate work assignments.
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Sara Jane Moore
Squeaky’ Fromme
New McDowell superintendent George Trent introduces reforms
George Trent arrives as superintendent at Leckie Correctional Center. The paper outlines his fresh approach to administration. Also noted are drought reports across 41 of 48 states and schedule glimpses for Christian Academy education in Tazewell County Virginia.
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George Trent
McDowell
Leckie Correctional Center
Tazewell County
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Better Business Bureau
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Princeton
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Airport Road
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Kee Dam
Fred Burton
Mercer County
Sheriff’s Department
Gen. Childers
Alderson
Leckie
America
Contiguous States
Billy Graham
Community Notes
Bob Sisenevae
Society
Washington
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