Life in Number Nine coal town amid a mine disaster
In West Virginia, 78 miners remain trapped at Consolidation Coal Co.'s Number Nine mine a tale of a community built around coal. Neighbors share pride in work, fear, and memories as families wait for news and reflect on life in the danger shadow of the mine.
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Number Nine
West Virginia
Farmington
Mannington
Oklahoma
John Simon
Consolidation Coal Co
Matt Menas
Andy Satorito
Bob Friend
Emilio Megna
Parkersburg
W. Va
Nuner
Lending Institutions Own Most American Autos
Banks savings and loans and credit unions own about six million cars this year and about 70 percent of new cars are financed. Lenders hold over $33 billion in vehicles and capture more than $2.5 billion in yearly interest.
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Detroit
UPI
New York
American Bankers Association
National Consumers Finance Corp
Founders' Day at Coe College features Dora Hamblin talk
Life magazine writer Dora Hamblin, a 1941 Coe graduate and longtime Life staffer, speaks at Coe College in Sinclair Auditorium on Founders Day about human excellence in the technological age. Her talk ties to Houston space coverage and Apollo 8 prep. The event includes choir music and honors for Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. open to the public.
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Dora Jane Hamblin
Life Magazine
Coe College
Sinclair
The
Cedar Rapids Gazette
the Red Cross
Life
Phi Beta Kappa
Phi Kappa Phi
McKinley Orchestra and Band to Present Evening Concert
The McKinley junior high honor orchestra and honor band perform Friday at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium with free admission. Miss Emily Sweet directs the orchestra featuring works by Holesovsky Beethoven and Chopin and Schubert s Ave Maria with violin soloist Vicky Asprooth. The 16 piece string ensemble also Performs two numbers while Robert Sadilek conducts the band program of marches classical works and specialty pieces.
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McKinley Junior High School
Emily Sweet
Holesovsky
Beethoven
Chopin
Schubert
Vicky Asprooth
Robert Sadilek
Living Gift See Want Ad Classification
A classified item notes a living gift request under the want ad category. The entry indicates a donor seeks a recipient for a living gift arrangement with details not fully shown in the accessible text.
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Harry F. Rosenthal
Associated Press
Simon
Eee
Mercia Dunmire
Vivian Askew
Deinwen Beuglas
Emilio
Barbara Toler
Dennis
Volvo
Smulekoff
Jewelry
Cristmas
Wittauer
Linde Star
Smulek
Jewelry Dept
China
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