Oakvale Woman 25 Drowns in New River Near Glen Lyn
A Mercer County woman identified as Billy Ann Pentleton Lester 25 drowned in the New River near Glen Lyn Virginia around 6 p.m. Thursday. After a four hour search by Princeton Rescue Squad Giles County Rescue Squad and deputies the body was recovered and identified by Princeton police last midnight. Uncertainty remained over the circumstances pending investigation. The body was sent to Riffe's Funeral Home Narrows Virginia with funeral arrangements pending.
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Billy Ann Pentleton Lester
Oakvale
Mercer County
New River
Glen Lyn
Princeton City
Princeton Rescue Squad
Giles County
Ho Chi Minh Trail A Devious Route
North Vietnamese infiltration into South Vietnam runs through a network called the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It spans Laos Cambodia and Vietnam with Mu Gia Pass as a main hub. U S air power targets the trail while a supplementary Sihanouk Trail emerges across northern Cambodia with dozens of supply depots.
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
Mu Gia
Viet Nam
Hanoi
South
Sihanouk
Norodom Sihanouk
Alma Rips Florida Panhandle In 100 Mile Winds
Hurricane Alma breaches Florida coast with 100 mph winds and 7 to 10 foot tides. At least 47 dead across three nations, with Cuba reporting 12 killed and 78 injured. Bayside towns inundated. Tampa Bay area parts flood as crews assess damage and missing mariners.
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Panama City
Fla
Alma
Florida Panhandle
Cuba
Alligator Point
Tallahassee
Carrabelle
Caribbean
Florida
Alabama
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Cedar Key
Apalachicola
James Daly
Florida Rone To Five When the Body of Mrs. Irene Winters
Sunshine Skyway
Tampa Bay
St. Petersburg
J. David Winters
Bradenton
Key West
Communist Party
Mercer County Names Anderson Superintendent in Unanimous Vote
William Edward Anderson, assistant superintendent since last December and former Cumberland Heights School principal, was named Mercer County Schools superintendent by a unanimous Board vote in Princeton. He will sign a three year contract at 15000 dollars annually replacing Pete Cooke, who becomes associate superintendent in charge of business affairs on a three year, 13000 dollar contract.
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William Edward Anderson
Mercer County
Cumberland Heights
Mercer County Board of Education
Princeton
Anderson
W. R
Pete) Cooke
Cooke
George Richardson
Richardson
Owen Griffith
Jack Nestor
Robert Walthall
J. S. Bobbitt
Cooke. Anderson
L. C. (Corky) Caldwell
Caldwell
Wood
Griffith
Clinton D. Lilly
Princeton Junior High
Summers County
West Virginia University
Concord College
Armed Forces
Farm
Nestor
Bobbitt
Walthall
E. B. McCue
Morgantown
Cook
McCue
D. W. McCormick
Bramwell High School
McCormick
Board of Education
William E
Ed) Anderson
County Board of Education
McDowell Man Killed in Fort Benning Training Crash
Warrant Officer Third Class Donald E. Blankenship of Caretta, a pilot with the 19th Aviation Co. at Fort Benning, was killed when his U S Army helicopter crashed during a training exercise at Fort Benning Wes. He and his wife had been living at Fort Benning. his parents reside in Caretta.
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United States Army
McDowell County
Fort Benning
Army
Bluefield National Guard Armory
Edwin T. Lee
National Guard
Donald E. Blankenship
Caretta
Welch
Blankenship
19Th Aviation Co
U. S. Amy
Wes
Thomas J. Blankenship
Lynchburg Woman Killed In Car Wreck
Virginia highway toll rose to four hundred five in a Thursday report. Lynchburg resident Mary Lawrence Trevey Fawcett, 69, was killed when struck by a car on U S 501 two miles north of Lynchburg. Fairfax teenager William H Grau Ill, 17, of Rockville Maryland, was fatally injured when his car crashed near Dulles International Airport, struck the median and overturned.
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Associated Press
Lynchburg
Mary Lawrence Trevey Fawcett
Rt. 4
U. S. 501
Fairfax
William H. Grau Ill
Rockville
Dulles International Airport
Two Fires Knock Out Long Distance Telephony In McDowell County
Two fires disrupted long distance service from the Bluefield area into McDowell County and between Bluefield Williamson and Charleston areas. Arson charges target Bramwell resident Wilbur Carter after a midnight blaze razed his brother’s home and damaged a main cable. Mullens line fire cut Bell Telephone service briefly. repair crews restored all service by 5 p.m. No injuries reported.
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Bluefield
Smithereens
Bramwell
McDowells County
Associated Press
Williamson- Charleston
Bell Telephone Co
Mullens
Telephone Company
Gary Slater
Wilbur R. Carter
Carter
Ansley Foster Carter
Welch
Northfork
Keystone
Princeton
Bell
Guandotte Avenue
Tornado Path Damages Topeka in $100 Million Estimate
A devastating 15 mile tornado hit Topeka Kansas causing at least 15 deaths and about $100 million in property damage. More than 450 injured and 2,000 homeless with 70 hospitalized. Officials, including Mayor Charles W. Wright Jr., warn more may be buried as searches continue. Federal aid and disaster declarations expected to be pursued.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
Charles W. Wright Jr
Richard Garrett
U. S
Weather Bureau
Wright
Washburn University
State Capitol
East Side
Santa Fe Hospital
Johnson
Manhattan
William Avery
Federal
Ofice of Emergency Planning
Ratoon Wins National Spelling Bee For Texan
Robert Wake, 13, of Houston, Tex., won the 29th National Spelling Bee by spelling ratoon after a suspenseful pause. Beth Sherrill, 14, of Lucy, Tenn., placed second after tripping on sachem. Sonya Gilliam, 13, of Lubbock, Tex., took third for muumuu.
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Robert A. Wake
Houston
Tex
United States
Washington
Sachem
Beth Sherrill
Lucy, Tenn
Texan
New York City
Beth
Sonya Gilliam
Lubbock
Scripps-Howard Papers
Esther Wake
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Billy Ann Lester
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Pearisburg
Riffe
Narrows
Gul of
Tonkin
Hainan
REO
China
South China Sea
Mu Gia Pass
Navy
Air Force
Cambodian Border
Thailand
Ho Trail
Mercer
Robert Holroyd
State Road Commission
George Erps
Beaver High School
Eros
McDowell
Kimball
Wilbur Carter
Ansley Carter
Pocahontas Road
P Police
Gordon Short
J. S. Bobbitt, Anderson
Harold Wood
Appy
Comics
Society
Dennis Saeeee
Sports Ae
Stock Coore
Goren
Graham
Ratoon
Bob
Clear Creek Junior High School
Larry
The
Houston Chronicle
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