Hurricane Camille barely harms Beauvoir shrine home
Beauvoir the 1854 Jefferson Davis home in Gulfport Mississippi escaped major damage from Hurricane Camille. The cypress mansion overlooking the Gulf was built with timbers hauled by schooner from Louisiana. Davis rented it in 1877 and bought it a year later. The Sons of Confederate Veterans acquired Beauvoir in 1903 from Davis's widow and preserve it as a shrine.
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Gulfport
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Beauvoir
Jefferson Davis
Gulf of Mexico
Louisiana
Davis
Sons of the Confederate Veterans
Miniskirts Approved at SSA Headquarters in Woodlawn
The SSA Central Office Bulletin states miniskirts pant dresses and culottes meet business office standards while shorts and slacks are forbidden in the Social Security Administration complex at Woodlawn Baltimore area. The policy likens improper dress to blue jeans tuxedos or evening gowns.
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Baltimore
Social Security Administration
Woodlawn
SSA Central Office Bulletin
Hospital and admission notices with a Davenport funeral
The news item lists emergency contact numbers for Corry Hospital and ambulance services, plus multiple admissions and discharges including Mrs John Norton and Christine Merritt. It notes the Davenport funeral for Mrs Myrl Anna Davenport with service details at H. Richard Hays Funeral Home and Rose Hill Cemetery burial.
Fire Leaves 38 Families Homeless in Pittsburgh
Fire officials estimate $40,000 in damages after a blaze in a three story Murray Beacon building in Squirrel Hill. The fire confined to the second floor damaged a supermarket and a drug store. six people were treated for smoke inhalation as investigators probe the cause.
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Pittsburgh
Squirrel Hill
Murray-Beacon
Pickets Close Five Coal Mines
Pickets moved from West Virginia into Greene County Pennsylvania closing five mines in UMW District 4. About 2,000 miners joined the walkout with 4,500 affected overall since the August strike over job vacancy postings. Union officials cited sympathy for Local 1058 members dismissed from Christopher Coal Co. and noted a two member international commission was appointed by the union president.
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Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Greene County
Christopher Coal Co
Monongalia County
UMW
UMW District 31
Leonard Pankovich
Pankovich
International Union Commission
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Cyanide Traces Found Prompt Creek Plug
Officials plugged a creek feeding Cambridge Springs water after minute cyanide traces were found. A derailed railcar spilled chemical over a marsh, about 5 000 gallons escaped, 15 000 gallons pumped to a truck for disposal, and French Creek serves 2 500 residents.
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Cambridge Springs
Wayne Bellaman
State Health Department
French Creek
Linden
American Corp
Judge Won’t Seat Long-Haired Juror
In Lauderdale Florida Judge E Sumner Sheffey refused to seat juror Douglas Cowart 23 for long hair and a coat requirement. Cowart said he would return haircutless with an ACLU lawyer, claiming civil rights violation.
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Ron Lauderdale
Fla
Douglas Cowart
E. Sumner Sheffey
Cowart
Marine Corps
Sheffey
American Civil Liberties Union
Deaths Mrs. Myrl Davenport 69 of Titusville
Mrs Myrl Davenport 69 of Titusville died this morning at Corry Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. Born March 5 1900 in Athens township she was daughter of Quinton and Billa Culver. Survived by husband daughter five stepsons stepsdaughters two grandsons one great grandson one brother and several nieces and nephews. Funeral set for Friday at 2 pm at H Richard Hays Funeral Home Spartansburg with burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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Titusville
Corry Memorial Hospital
Athens Township
Quinton
Billa Fpargo Culver
Ross
Evelyn) Ostrander
Mayville
N.Y
Herman Smith
Eric
Rex Davenport
Ricd Davenport
Hydetown
Harlan Davenport
Bill Davenport
Centerville
Clarence
Florence ) Proper
Edward
Betty) Rush
Greenville
Allison Culver
Garland
H. Richard Hays
Spartansburg
Anthony Pagley
Mayville Baptist Church
Rose Hill Cemetery
Scott Pushes Four Lane Route 219 Across Pennsylvania
Senator Hugh Scott urged a four lane U S Route 219 from Maryland to the New York Thruway while visiting Bradford. He warned against harming natural beauty and said the North Star Way would boost north south travel and link Route 40, the Turnpike, Route 80 and Route 6. He planned further appeals to highway authorities and commissions.
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Bradford
Hugh Scott
U.S
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Appalachia
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Snyder Circle
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Union City
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Anna) Davenport
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