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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1957
Page
6
Descriptions from Cameron Parish detail a catastrophe as Audrey sent 105 mile per hour winds flooding marshes and roads. Residents recount dead in cars and wreckage, with 2 000 taking shelter in a courthouse and officials racing to evacuate trapped survivors.
Fourth youths were injured last night in a two car head on collision on West Virginia 14 at Ruth. Pvt James E Stewart 17 of South Charleston on leave from the Marine Corps drove one car and his companion Jack Filzwater 18 of Rt 2 Charleston. Shelby Thornton 20 of South Charleston driver of the other car and passenger 19 year old William Dunlap of Ruth were in satisfactory condition at Thomas Memorial Hospital South Charleston. Stewart suffered a broken right arm Filzwater a broken nose Thornton head injuries and Dunlap a broken ankle. They were taken to the hospital in an ambulance from Snodcrass mortuary in South Charleston.
A couple traveling from California were arrested in Charleston after a night by U.S. 21. Det. Lt. Delbert Stover reports they will be arraigned in Municipal Court Monday. The pair faced auto larceny charges and were booked after the incident.
The Charleston Chamber of Commerce president says Carbide's Putnam County expansion signals a larger industrial future for the Kanawha Valley. Union Carbide Chemicals, with roots in Clendenin, now employs over 10,000 in the Greater Charleston area as gas, salt brine, water and coal resources drive growth.
In a tense courtroom observers waited as the jury found Bruner guilty. Judge Daniel urged spectators to refrain from demonstrations. Bruner, tearful, was handcuffed and led to jail while family members sobbed nearby.
Partly cloudy and pleasantly warm conditions noted across Maryland Virginia and nearby states. Occasional scattered showers possible with light winds around 10 mph. Temperatures trend toward warmth for evening hours with generally fair skies.
The National Coal Association projects 506 million tons of coal produced in 1957 with a cautious note on matching predicted demand. Construction contracts rise 15 million and building permits up 8.1 percent, while lumber and crude oil output dip about 1 percent. Non agricultural employment matches last year.
In California, deputy Harry Haring, 30, shot and wounded his captor James Fenatin Goldman, 38, after a nine hour ride through six counties from Madera to Martinez. The confrontation occurred at a Martinez street intersection where Goldman had held the deputy captive in a dope fueled crime spree.
Former French Prime Minister Guy Mollet rejects Socialist calls to end the Algeria war and grant local Algerian rule. He tells the Socialist congress to back Lacoste's French policy and rejects immediate secret talks with nationalist leaders to end the rebellion.
A Charleston man received a possible fractured rib when a boat he was in overturned on Flat Top Lake near Y. He was Alan Brown of 1424.
J T Raspberry of Paris Tennessee died when a freight train wreck struck the Dixieland line near Guthrie station. Fireman J T Smith of Louisville survived. Three engines and 29 cars on the freight, with the diner car badly damaged.
A two car collision on U.S. 6 at Cedar Grove injures three. Pearl Fertig and her husband from St. Albans are in satisfactory condition at Laird Memorial Hospital. He has a broken hip and she skull and facial injuries. Robert Hudnall of Cedar Grove, 21, suffers facial and left arm cuts and is in satisfactory condition.
Ernest Hess of Meadow Brook area admitted taking a nine-year-old neighbor girl for a six hour auto ride after picking up a group of children. He was jailed in Kanawha County as detectives investigated possible sexual abuse claims. The girl returned home after six hours. medical exam found no assault.
A 1-year-old Kanawha County youth was stabbed in the chest during an altercation near his Dry Branch home. Mack Foater was treated at Charleston Memorial Hospital for a knife gash and released. He said a neighbor stabbed him. troopers searched for the assailant late last night.
Personal notice offers funeral services and final resting place arrangements for Montgomery and surrounding areas. Includes contact numbers and office location in Montgomery West Virginia with emphasis on easing grief through professional handling of burial plans.
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