Officials Reluctant To Speak Of Seven Heads
In Bellaire Ohio authorities examined seven severed heads found at Pinch Run rubbish dump. Four heads and two skulls arrived at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus with a seventh head’s jawbone and teeth held by Belmont County investigators. Local officials debated cause and origin while preliminary findings suggested medical school style removal.
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Columbus
Raymond Baby
Belmont County
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Frank Cooke
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Jimmy Cummins
Auto Insurance Hike Is Okayed
The State Corporation Commission approved higher substandard auto insurance rates in Virginia. Bodily injury and property damage liability, and medical expense coverages rise from 35 to 75 percent above base. Collision soars to 250 percent from 135 percent. comprehensive tops at 175 percent. New rates take effect Monday.
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SCC
Rusk urges cautious signs from North Vietnam on peace talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told reporters it is still too early to gauge progress in the Paris negotiations with North Vietnam. He urged indirect or direct indications of willingness to scale down the war including a halt to Saigon bombings. He noted recent brief signs but warned against overestimating them and called for de escalation on the ground.
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Lions Hear Talk On Pipestem Park Project Details
Bluefield Lions Club hears Dave Callahan outline Pipestem State Park a 13 million project to be completed by August 1969. The plan covers 4000 acres in Mercer and Summers counties with a lodge dining facilities golf courses tramway river lodge and outdoor theatre among other features.
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Department of Natural Resources
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West Virginia Park System
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Ray Barnett
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Pete) Cooke
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John Tyson
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Bud Johnson
Fall fashion mirrors national moods in New York show
At press week previews in New York the fashion scene moved away from gangster chic toward peaceful, spirited styles. Designers featured romantic mini umbrellas, sparklers for Nehru jackets, jeweled turtle ties, unisex aiguillettes, and bold wigs like Reid-Merediths Black Power style reflecting pride in African heritage.
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Hagler
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Church Sets Service To Honor Pastor
The First AME Zion Church on Pulaski Street hosts an appreciation service Sunday at 6 p.m. for Rev. Mason Mitchell and his wife. The couple will depart Wednesday morning for the East Tennessee and Virginia Conference meeting in Roanoke, Virginia.
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Pulaski Street
Mason Mitchell
Mitchells
East Tennessee and Virginia
Roanoke
Guest Speaker Named for Sun service at Olive Baptist
Rev Braxton Bradley of St James Baptist Church to speak at Mr Olive Baptist Church service on Sunday June 23 at 3 p m. Guest soloist will be Mrs Minnie Neal of Coopers. Welch church members will join as welcomed guests.
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Braxton Bradley
St. James Baptist Church
Minnie Neal
Coopers
Bradley
Welch
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