Floods Rattle Texas South Carolina Amid Heavy Rains
The Associated Press reports heavy rains caused floods in southeastern Texas and parts of South Carolina. In Texas, 7 plus inches in three hours forced 500 people to evacuate in San Jacinto County as the Trinity River Authority released record water from Lake Livingston. Nearby towns were isolated and rivers rose to their highest levels since 1945 in South Carolina’s Santee and Edisto rivers.
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Associated Press
Texas
South Carolina
San Jacinto
Lake Livingston
Trinity River Authority
Cold
Springs
Southcentral
Corpus Christi
Santee
Edisto
Charleston
Middle Atlantic
New England
Florida
Ohio Valley
Kansas
Texas Panhandle
Pen Duty Is Reduced At West Virginia Penitentiary
State police troopers assigned to the West Virginia Penitentiary since the March riot have been cut from 32 to 17 weekly, a 30 percent reduction. The move was approved after a full review with penitentiary officials, aiming to protect guards while keeping on hand a larger force if needed. The riot last month left guards hostage and an inmate killed. Troopers remain on 24 hour on call, working in three eight hour shifts. Separately in Tennessee, actor George C Scott, incognito in a bush coat and cap, was recognized in a cafe and quipped about not committing serious crimes.
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Moundsville
W.va
West Virginia Penitentiary
Col
R.L. Bonar
Bonar
Johnson City
Woman Cleared Of Murder Charge in Parkersburg
Glenna Belle Batton was acquitted by a Wood County Circuit Court Jury of murdering her husband on January 29. She testified she shot Billie Batton in defense of their four children and that he was intoxicated at the time. The jury deliberated for six hours.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Glenna Belle Batton
Wood County
Inmate Deaths Prompt Murder Probe at Lake County Jail
Two Chicago men, Nathaniel Burse aged 23 and Edward Moran Jr. also 23, members of an alleged terrorist gang, were found strangled in separate cells in the Lake County Jail. Cellmates are being considered for murder charges as four others are held in isolation during the investigation led by Warden Le Roy Winstead.
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Waukegan, Ill
Nathaniel Burse
Edward Moran Jr
Chicago
le Roy Winstead
Lake County
First Kidney Transplants From Roanoke Youth Reach Two Cities
A 21 year old Roanoke Valley donor’s kidneys were removed after death and sent to Nashville Tennessee and Richmond Virginia. Dr Edwin L Williams II performed the removal at Lewis Gale Hospital Salem. The organs were preserved and matched via computer to about 450 recipients before one kidney went to Nashville by chartered plane and the other to the Medical College of Virginia in Richmond by state police. Dr George Roman coordinated the process with UVA and VA Hospital Salem. The donor died of a massive brain hemorrhage and permission came from next of kin.
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Roanoke
Roanoke Valley
Nashville
Tenn
Richmond
Lewis Gate Hospital
Salem
George Roman
University of Virginia
Veterans Administration Hospital
Uva Hospital
Charlottesville
Edwin L. Wiliams II
Roman
Virginia
Medical College of Virginia
Rorman
Bluefield Daily Telegraph item from June 14, 1973
June 14 1973 Bluefield Daily Telegraph report details a local news item with community updates and brief notices. The readable fragments reference civic matters and social happenings in Bluefield and nearby areas.
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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Gentle Drop The Ganges River Sweep Across Plain
The Ganges travels 1 560 miles from Himalayan headwaters to the Bay of Bengal. The river descends only 700 feet over a 1 000 mile plain between mountains and delta.
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Ganges
Bay of Bengal
Itchy burning toes relief promised with T-4-L sale
An advertising blurb offers quick relief from itchy burning toes using T-4-L fungicide. It claims the product dries fast and works in minutes for feet that are sweaty or odorous, and promotes availability at Rite Aid Discount Pharmacy.
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Rite Aid Discount Pharmacy
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