Tragic Parkersburg Fire Kills 12 in Family Home
A fast moving blaze in Parkersburg West Virginia killed Mr and Mrs Charles Bailey and ten of their 13 children. Fire officials called it the worst fire tragedy in the citys history with three survivors and a hospitalized grandfather. A volunteer helper was injured but not seriously, while the fathers condition was shock.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Charles Bailey
Dale Pringle
Ohio River
George
Wood County
Bailey's
Judy Fury
Illinois
Jim Malone
Communist Sees Chance To Grow In U S Violence
Gus Hall, general secretary of the small Communist party of the United States, said at a Kremlin news conference during the International Communist Conference that America is experiencing a spontaneous upsurge. He claimed Marxism Leninism acts as a stabilizing factor and that his influence grows as new groups and associations form.
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Moscow
Gus Hall
Communist Party of the
United States
America
Kremlin Hall
Nixon and Thieu Agree 25 000 Troops To Withdraw Soon
On Midway Island President Nixon announced a plan to pull about 25 000 U S troops from South Vietnam starting within 30 days and to finish by August. President Thieu cited improved South Vietnamese forces and pacification progress as enabling the move.
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Midway
Nixon
South Vietnam
Wille
Nguyen van Thieu
Midway Island
Thieu
U.S
Creighton W. Abrams
Vietnam
Pentagon
Paris
Republic of Vietnam
United States
Pacific
Southeast Asia
Honolulu
Saigon
Allied bases hit as enemy shells towns and hospital ward attacked
Saigon reports enemy forces shelled 59 allied bases and towns overnight and fired a 100 pound rocket into a U S Army evacuation hospital ward in Chu Lai killing a Vietnamese child and wounding 34 others. Two civilians died and 15 were wounded in other assaults on Quang Ngai Tay Ninh and Vinh Long.
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Saigon
U.S. Army
U.S
Hous
Ing
Chu Lai
da Nang
Quang Ngai
Tay Ninh
Vinh Long
Five Die In West Virginia Head On Collision
Five people were killed when a car driven by Lewis Walker crossed the center line on West Virginia Route 25 near Charleston. Victims include Walker and four occupants of the other car, all from North and South Carolina, with no skid marks observed.
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W.va. 25
Charleston
Lewis Walker
St. Albans
Walker
Eva Church
Lincolnton
N.C
Cloyle Church
Earl C. Lail
Shelby, N.C
Judy R. Dillingham
Marion
Institute
W. Va
Robert Taylor Dies Of Cancer at 57 in Hollywood
Hollywood AP report confirms film star Robert Taylor died Sunday at age 57 after a battle with cancer. The MGM contract star, known for 27 years at one studio, underwent a right lung removal in 1968 for valley fever. he later faced malignant cancer. Born Spangler Arlington Brough in Nebraska, Taylor rose to fame as a leading man opposite Greta Garbo, Jean Harlow, Elizabeth Taylor, and others in about 60 MGM films.
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Hollywood
Robert Taylor
Taylor
Spangler
Arlington Brough
Filley
Neb
MGM Studio
Colorado
Idaho
MGM
Greta Garbo
Jean Harlow
Avan Gardner
Elizabeth Taylor
Voters Go To Polls Tuesday In Primary
Bluefield voters face a decisive primary as 14 candidates compete for 10 seats in five districts. The Bluefield Daily Telegraph urges participation to shape the city board of directors for the next two years amid concerns over past leadership, housing, and annexation efforts.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
O. Judson Lambert
Stephens
Survivors to be flown from Subic Bay after Evans collision
About 15 survivors of the destroyer USS Frank E. Evans were to be flown from Subic Bay in the Philippines to the United States Monday. The Evans was cut in half in a collision with the Australian aircraft carrier Melbourne last Monday in the South China Sea. Seventy four crewmen were lost and 199 survived. The crewmen were to be flown to Long Beach, California, the Evans home port.
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Pearl Harbor
Frank E. Evans
Subic Bay
Philippines
United States
Navy
Evans
Melbourne
South China Sea
Long Beach
Calif
Blount presses for total reform of postal service
Postmaster General Winton M. Blount rejects piecemeal changes and says only total reform will pass Congress. He states one reform bill is all that will be considered and administration will oppose anything short of comprehensive changes.
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Blount
Washington (Ap
Winton M. Blount
Postal Corporation
Congress
Moore warns Alderson-Broaddus grads on provincialism
West Virginia Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. told Alderson-Broaddus College graduates that provincialism endangers the state. He said West Virginia is no longer isolated and events in California or Calcutta affect the state and Wyoming residents, as well as Western Europe.
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America
California
Calcutta
Wyoming
Western
Europe
Moore
Bluefield City Board Primary Nominates Fourteen
Bluefield voters nominate fourteen candidates for ten city Board of Directors seats to be filled for two-year terms starting August 1. Incumbents Stephens Cook Webb seek re election. three incumbents retire. redistricting dispute handled by Judge Wagner with elections to follow new plan in 1971.
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Bluefield
City Board of Directors
T. Courtney Tanner
Mercer County
F. Morton Wagner
Wagner
Clyde Stephens
Lewis Cook
Henry C. Webb Jr
Fred Simon
John Wilkinson
Leland Carter
Paul Myles
South Bluefield
Victor R. DeVault
Railroad Retirement Board
John S. Duffy
Bluefield State College
Robert W. Moore
Stephens
Edwin Elliott
Robertson
West End
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Shelby, N. C
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