India Mine Disaster Near Dhanbad May Kill 400
A massive blast at Bhori Colliery near Dhanbad in East India wrecked homes and killed and trapped hundreds. Officially more than 200 dead with unofficial counts around 375 and feared tolls above 400, as rescue teams battled flames and smoke. A board of inquiry was formed and shifts were interrupted by the catastrophe.
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New Delhi
India
Dhanbad
Ministry of Labor
R. K. Malviya
Bhori
Calcutta
Jordan and Israel Exchange Threats in UN Letters
Jordan and Israel sent threatening letters to the Security Council after three retaliatory raids by Israel. The exchanges underscore rising tension as diplomats sought to avert broader confrontation at the United Nations.
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United Nations
N. Y
Jordan
Israel
Security Council
Churchill Held Master Of Tradition
Dr. Howard Barnett of Morris Harvey College spoke in Charleston to Rotarians praising Winston Churchill as the embodiment of Arthurian legend. Officials credited the ministry of mines with recognizing his role in Britain’s resilience during World War II.
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Eeuyy
Churchill
Dr. Barnett
Greece
Rome
Britain
Arthur
Ex-State Woman's Death Suspected of Foul Play
Police from New Orleans Jackson and Hinds County search for clues in the death of Sylvia Carolyn Ellette 32 a Huntington native who lived in New Orleans. The badly decomposed body was found May 16 near a rural road south of Jackson with fingerprints confirming identity. Authorities say she may have been killed elsewhere and moved to the grove where found.
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New Orleans
Jackson
Miss
Hinds County
West Virginia
Sylvia Carolyn Ellette
Charleston
Huntington
Mle
Washington
Long Beach
Calif
Bill Shuttleworth
Edwin Klein
Associated Press
Adele St
Wilbur Honaker
Honaker
Huntington East High School
Marine Corps Auxiliary
Yamamoto
California
Sgt
Howard Schmalz
Shuttleworth
Missing person case sparks cross country tensions
A newswire style report details a missing person case involving Mrs. Schmalz and her husband with links to Kanawha County high schools and funded language institutes. It cites multiple educators and institutions, including the University of Tennessee and Washington and Lee University, and mentions grants, language programs, and federal acts. The piece weaves in UN council discussions on Arab Israeli hostilities with Israel and Jordan, noting US statements and military actions in Tel Aviv and Amman.
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Ellette
Kanawha County
Huntington
Fed
Nalater
Jackson
David Rice
DuPont
Washington and Lee University
Faith George
Stonewall Jackson
Washington and Lee
Joseph Bailey
South ‘Charleston
Second Level Institute
Russia
James ‘Preston
St. Albans
Raeli
Jordan
Israel
Starry Starry Named Mobilization Unit Chief in State
Silas F. Starry of Shepherd named director of the State Department of Civil and Defense Mobilization by Lov. Smith. He is 51 and will assume office Tuesday, replacing William J. Mathews Jr. who resigned due to ill health. Starry has served as deputy director of the Office of Emergency Planning for the past year and holds a rank of lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve.
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Silas F. Starry
Shepherd
State Department of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Lov. Smith
William J. Mathews Jr
Vienna
Wood County
Starry
Office of Emergency Planning
Shepherd College
Shepherdstown
Southeastern
George Washington
Washington, D.C
Air Force Reserve
Iran Royalty Visiting Paris on Private Lunch
The shah and the Iranian entourage visited Paris and lunched with President Charles de Gaulle at the Elysee Palace during a private visit.
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Paris
Shah
Etite
Iran
Charles de Gaulle
The
Elysee Palace
Calvary Baptist Church Schedule and Services
Church calendar lists multiple denominations in a consolidated notice. Calvary Baptist Church on Maryland Avenue at Lee Street features ministers Watlington Elliott Morton Farris with 9:45 a.m. church school and 11:00 a.m. morning worship, plus evening services at 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. Emmanuel Washington and Florida Streets presents Withers and Ferguson with 11:00 a.m. worship and 7:30 p.m. youth activities. Various other churches including St. John’s, Christ Church Methodist, Humphreys Memorial, St. Mark’s, Elizabeth Memorial, Davis Creek, and Bream Memorial Presbyterian are noted with service times, Sunday schools, and midweek prayers.
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Baptist Church
7Th Ave
Se. Chas
W.va
American Legion
Calvary Baptist Church
Maryland Ave
Lee Street
West
Emmanuel W
South Charleston
D Street
6Th Ave
Worran B. Moyer
Mayer
Starcher Baptist Church
26Th
6Th
Ava
Donald E. Taylor
Schoo
O. Afton Linger
O. Afton Singer
Bethany Baptist Church
Grant Ave
St. Albans
Bill J. Cartier
Carh Parsons
Bobby Carter
the Home of Friendly People
Spring Hill Baptist Church
Chis & Vina
Chas
William J. Wilson
MT. Calvary Baptist Church
Crescent
John B. Cremeans
David Click
WCAW
Randolph ST. Baptist Church
Randolph Se
Robert £. McNeill
McNeill
Young People Jr. & Sr
First Advent Christian Church
Randolph St. William Bailey
Minis
First Church OF God
Main St
Emmitt & Whalen
Faster
Ben Dowsen
Assec
Pooter
Whalen
ST. Mark’s
Washington & Dickinson
Alfred Emerson Bennett
Morrison
D.C
The
Friend
Dr. Morrison
Vate Kan
Bled
Charles E. Hendricks
WKAZ
Bream Memorial Presbyterian Church
Tit Waat
Washington St
Robert B. McNeill
Dunbar H. Ogden, Jr
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Fourth Ave
Johns Hopkins University Medical School
Ivergulis
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Recipe of Charleston
Gary W Strickland
Berkeley
Susan
Anthony T
Clendenin
Donald A. Withrow Fontaine
Jelich
Donna Jean Kiser
Joseph F. Smith
Morris Harvey
U.N
Sylvia Ellette Schmalz
Charleston Gazette
Independent Democratic
Daily Gazette Company
Mire Tara May
TuPant Timi
Sunday Gazette Mall
Cartier
W. Va
Mall
Pally
Van
Baily
Aly Wall
Women's Missionary Society of
Council
United States
State Department
U. N
U. S
Tel Aviv
Hussein
France
Hhe Warnman
WRLC
First Baptist Church
Robert Weaver
Bible School
Belover
Weaver
E. Brehiney
Hanie
RPL
Martin Organiet
Do FM
Woay-Tv
Wchs-Tv
Wsaz-Tv
Whis-Tv
WRDS
Herschel Hobbs
Houressa
Garden of Prayer
Connally Street
Elizabeth Cook
Capitol View Church OF the Wazarene
Virginia Street East
Green Family Singers
Stamps
Jim
Memphis, Tennessee
Wewl
Earl
Hissom
Jokn
R. Rice
Murfreesboro, Tenn
WKLC
Joe West
Cleveland
Ohio
Ferguson Theatre
Washington ST. East
American Baptist Convention Churches
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Watlington
Shrewsbury
Lewis
Moss Newsema
Nina Curry
Gerrude Cain
Newsome
Spring Fork Baptist
Campbells Creek
Roy E. Baker
Wallace Hall
Independent Baptist
Southern Baptist Convention Churches
John Snedden Ares
Way
Francis
Tallant
Malden Baptist Church
R. L. Young
Foster
Malden Highland Avenue Baptist Church
James H McClung
South Chanleston W
Witcher Baptist Church
Carl R. Townsend
Belle
Cross Lanes Baptist Church
Cross Lanes, Waal Virginia
Ohn Hilin
Fairlawn Baptist Church
Fistcher Ave
Dunber
William J. Oliver
George Hall
North Charleston Baptist Church
Woodward
J& W. Jones
Advent Christian
First Christian Weth
Beauregard St
Christian Science
First Church OF Christ Scientist
Bradford and
Hal Street
WCHS
Church OF Christ
Kanawha City
Chesterfield Ave
Bwa
Albert Wyatt
Mitta
Park Avenue Park
Avanus
Main Street
Ah. Young
Church OF God
Episcopal
ST. John’sim Frond and Guarrier St. Rev
William M. Kirkland
Assoc
Holy Communion
Lutheran
Redeemer Lutheran Missouri
Trinity Lca
Elizabeth and
Lew Sts
Robert L. Meister
Methodist
Christ Church Methodist Quartier and
Morris Sts
Truman W. Potter Howard N. Ellifrime Touit C. Buckclaw
Dr. Potter
Central Righey
Bechom
Cecil S. McMillion
Howard N. Ellifritz
Nazarene
Davis Creek
WTIP
City Bible Center Church
Cer. Breed
Virginia Sra
Wm. A. Banfield
Je Percy
Hagan, Jr
Harrell Harper
Jack B. McMichae
Dr. McMichael
George Washington High
Vaccalaverate
Charleston High
Baccalaverate
Wed
Ruffner
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