Monument mix up clouds grave mound dedication
Mrs. John J. Lane explains a $400 granite mound marker for Grave Creek in South Charleston aims to honor the site but may prompt criticism over wording and attribution. Archaeologists cite Smithsonian records and Adena heritage, noting errors in inscription and dating.
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South Charleston
Smithsonian
Grave Creek
Charleston
Dunbar
Shawnee Reservation
Parkersburg
Kentucky
Ohio
Accused Molester Kills Cop in Royal Oak Township
Detriot police and state agencies responded after Donald Benefield shot and killed Royal Oak Township Officer James Gatewood and critically wounded Patrolman Edward Watkins when investigators arrived to question a woman about molestation claims. Benefield surrendered after surrounding the home. Local reports note his prior mental health history and hospitalization.
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Detroit
Royal Oak Township
James Gatewood
Edward Watkins
Donald Paris Benefield
Benefield
Watkins
Sheridan Rowe
Rowe
Mary Rowe
Mary Benefield
Gatewood
State Officials Urged to Set Aside Three Percent
State departments will be asked to reserve 3 percent of their appropriations for the fiscal year starting July 1 to prevent shortages later. The plan aims to ensure funds remain available as expenses rise and potential shortfalls emerge.
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Board of Public Works
State Roady Commission
Department of Motor Vehicles
West Virginia Faces Ways to Harness Ideas for Progress
Barrer urges embracing diverse ideas across West Virginia to tackle problems. He says intelligent, varied thinking must be gathered, analyzed and put to work for the common good. Differences will arise but should be used constructively through broad participation.
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West Virginia
Barrer
Rifle Shell Accident Injures Chesapeake Bay Youth
A 10 year old, Robert Leffen Sr., was hospitalized after pounding a rifle shell with a hammer. He is to undergo surgery to remove a .22 caliber bullet from his lower left leg at Charleston Memorial Hospital.
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Chesapeake
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Robert Leffen
Robert Leffew Sr
Leffew
Atlas Intercontinental Rocket Fails in Flight Test
In Cape Canaveral Florida an advanced Atlas intercontinental missile exploded 80 seconds after launch on a 7300 mile flight. The missile lifted from the pad and then plunged, disintegrating about 15 000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. Air Force said an internal malfunction destroyed the rocket seconds after liftoff, with telemetry radar and visual data to be analyzed to determine the cause.
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CAPF
Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Air Force
Kansas Woman Is Acquitted In Slaying
An all male jury in Kansas City acquitted Sharon Kinne, 21, of murdering Patricia Jones, wife of Kinne’s alleged lover. The trial focused on motive and missing gun effects, with the state planning another murder case against Kinne next fall.
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Kansas City
Sharon Kinne
Patricia Jones
Soviet Delegate Promotes Fifty-First American State Idea
A Soviet delegate claimed at the United Nations that a fifty-first American state could be formed from US administered islands in the western Pacific. U.S. ambassador Jonathan Bingham rejected the plan as not representing American policy and noted statehood would require broad approval.
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A. L Goldberg
United Nations
N.Y
United States
Western Pacific
Omberemko
U.N. Trusteeship Council
U. S
Jonathan Bingham
U.S
Council
Oberemko
U.S. Key
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