Floods devastate Midwest towns leaving 15 dead
Massive rains cut off Belleville and East St. Louis with up to 8.74 inches in 13 hours. Homes flooded across Illinois and Missouri towns including Alton and Caseyville. Rescue crews evacuated hundreds as streets filled four to six feet deep and trains faced delays.
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Belleville
St. Louis
Illinois
Mississippi River
Surance
East St. Louis
Missippi River
George Kampelmann
Alice Bandy
Benjamin
Winifred
Herbert
Harold
Phyllis -Ann Bandy
Gravois Creek
St. Louis County
Weather Bureau
Tala
Alton
Caseyville
Wood River
Wanda
Coast
Hillview
Here
Seminary Creek
Rebels Reported Dead in Algeria Battle Near Tebessa
French military sources say 208 Algerian rebels were killed in a Cheria Tebessa clash in eastern Algeria. Seven were captured with 118 rifles and 16 submachine guns seized. Tebessa near the Tunisian frontier, with another operation southeast of Constantine leaving 23 rebels killed and two captured. French warplanes aided the operation.
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Rebebels
Cheria
Tebessa
Algeria
Tunisian
Tunisia
Constantine
China
Home Building Investors Forum Meeting
A compact report notes a forum titled Home Building Investors Forum where builders and financiers discuss funding strategies and market outlook. Attendees include local developers, lenders, and stakeholders exploring housing project financing options.
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Home ‘Building Investors’ Forum
Young Ventura Contest Winner Praises Dad for Science and Craft
Six year old Rusty Major is named a winner in a Ventura Chamber of Commerce Father of the Year contest. He praises his father for building a box for Stripey the king snake and for teaching him about the sun and the earth.
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Ventura
Calif
Chamber of Commerce
Ventura County
Rusty Major
Stripey
King Snake
Jury convicts Linger. death is mandatory
A jury in Buckhannon finds Eugene H. Linger guilty of first degree murder in the shotgun slaying of William H. White. The panel did not recommend mercy, triggering a potential death sentence if the verdict stands, with defense motions to set aside scheduled for Monday.
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Buckhannon
Eugene H. Linger
J. Dowell Jennings
Upshur County
Singer
Weston
William H. White
White
Pose as man to fool cops and escape killer recaptured
Audrey May Woods a 29 year old former Tyler Mountain housewife jailed for murder escaped from Peace Springs prison and evaded state police by posing as an elderly man until a highway routine check near St Albans led to her capture. She was returning for her son when arrested. Her companion Warren was later jailed on unrelated charges and for aiding a fugitive.
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James B. Dickson
the Gazette
Audrey May Woods
St. Albans
Tyler Mountain
Women’s Penitentiary
Peace Springs
Russell
Woman Convicted in Kanawha County Murder Case
Mrs Woods admitted killing her husband with a .22 rifle at their home after a night of tavern visits in Kanawha County. She fled on bond to Virginia and Warren, was arrested, and later returned to county jail where she remained without bond until conviction on April 2. Her son stays in juvenile quarters to be released to relatives.
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Reba McGraw
Grand Jury
Raider
Mrs. Woods
Kanawha
Adams
Rulong
Five Charleston mortuaries end ambulance service July 1
Five Charleston mortuaries announce the cessation of ambulance calls effective July 1. Representatives cite cost and low reimbursement as key factors while noting other firms may form an ambulance company in Charleston. Long and Fisher will continue service. others predict regional changes.
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Little
the Gazette
Charleston
Simpson- Chandler
Barrow-Bonsall
Owensand Barth
Wilson
Bartlett
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Fairmont
Martinsburg
Weston Wilson
Huntington
Bonsall
Long and Fisher
Cunningham Mortuaries
Lyndon Fisher
James Cunningham
United
Courtship defined as a man’s costly courtship ending in marriage for money
A period described as courtship where a man spends heavily on his girlfriend and ultimately marries her for money. The piece highlights the financial motive behind such unions and cautions against mercenary intentions in relationships.
Mayor Copenhaver Says He Acts To Restrain Fire Leaders
Mayor Copenhaver defends steps to restrain certain Fire Department leaders he says threaten to tear the department apart. He argues past administrations faced similar problems and insists his intervention protects firefighters from blind, unthinking demands. He says criticism aims to slug the administration into submission.
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Charleston
Copenhaver
Two Youths Drowned After Boat Capsizing On Lake Minnetonka
Two youths died and a third was rescued when their small craft collided with a cabin cruiser on Lake Minnetonka near Minneapolis early today. The accident occurred near Minnehaha or Wayzata as rescuers backed by the UIS searched the lake for other possible victims.
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Minneapolis
UIS
Lake Minnetonka
Crowned in Horse Show at Charleston Saddle and Bridle Club
The Seventh Annual Charleston Saddle and Bridle Club Charity Horse Show at Coonskin Park crowned winners in 15 classes last night. Officials said the show was very successful with no serious accidents, though Miss Mary Lamb Bond of Charleston was thrown from her horse in a jumping class. Judges and officials included Roy Pavey, Forrest Taylor, Julius Blake, Oak Mitchell, and Charles Taylor. Working hunter Sightseer ridden by Robert Spilman III won first for Charleston.
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Coonskin
Mary Lamb ‘Bond
Roy Pavey
Columbus
Ohio
Forrest ‘Taylor
Staunton
Julius Blake
Oak Mitchell
Calstisbur
Arles A. Wood J
S. E. Hershey
Veternarians
Charles Taylor
Chillicothe
Lila ‘Belle Brooks
C. D. Smith
Robert Spilman
Three Quarters of a Loaf The End DPA Needs Money
A West Virginia Public Assistance series reports the DPA faces funding gaps for relief grants and staff. Officials argue that only legislative budgeting can solve the shortage, while urging public enlightenment and exploring vocational rehabilitation to improve morale and efficiency.
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John G. Morgas
the Gazette
West Virginia
State Department of Public Assistance
DPA
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