Flash Flood Toll Rises to 17 in Charleston
West Virginia flood disaster leaves at least 17 dead, eight of them children, as five inches of rain in four hours devastates Charleston and surrounding valleys. State officials estimate property losses exceed 5 million dollars while utility crews from southern cities rush to restore power and services. Civil defense teams survey wreckage amid widespread destruction, with homes washed from foundations and streets impassable.
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Telet C. Smith
State Department of Commerce
West Virginia
Charleston
Civil Defense
Tom
Washington
Ex Los Angeles Officials Refuse to Challenge Ouster
Four former city commissioners abandon plans to contest their dismissals. They issue a joint statement criticizing the city’s new appointees and cite usurpation of powers as the reason for stepping back. The mayor had named replacements to the City Health Commission and retained a fifth member.
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Sam Yerty
Mayoc
Don
Relding
Water and Power
Loyd Wright
J. A .Thompson
Iary Dow
Yurty
City Health Commission
Sailboat Sweepstakes at Shell Stations Draws Aug 14
Readers are invited to enter the Sailboat Sweepstakes at Shell stations by filling an entry coupon with voter name and address. Enter as often as you like, and pick up entry coupons where you see the sailboat. Drawings are scheduled for August 14.
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Lig
Shell 677
Camille
Ane Ries
Shell
Suez
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UPI
Camrie-Piesigur
Moyner
David Byers
Priscilla Byers
Richard
Ricky
Merbert Waugh
Byers
David
Elk River
Kanawha
L.A
Los Angeles
CNS
Yorly
BP. Overstreet Gray
Belly Shapids
Lenore. Goorke
UCLA
Cloudy ‘T. Cook
San Fernando Valley State College
Holdawey
Atehur J. Rendon
Long Beach Plywood CO
Freeman Ave
Long Beach
Iclee Music CD
London
Reg
Everybody
Elvis Presley
Swing With Me
Frank Sinatra
Limelighters
Belafonte
Carnegie Hall
H. Belafonte
Sing Along
Mitch Miller
Mantovani
ORIG
Sound of Music
Camelot
Alamo South Pacific
Oklahoma
Fripay
Ang
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Clef Music Co
Fhone
Coufon
Pine Ave
SRA
Yvet
Sea Snark
Sears
Pira
TE Warrers Shell
Tin E. Resterans
Waosrat
Clark & Complen
LEE Axtos Shell
Pacific Coast
Hay. & Gherry
Geisles Shell Station
BIW
Drateim A’ Cenar
Jack Bradley
WIN
Sollitfe Porel
ABIW
Deean
LEG Maker
Shell Station
Su Noto
ENA Tat
Jay Yow
ESS
Tay Samle Ave
Ailinnie
Bexgon Hunter NW
Fin & Chesil
East Long Beach
Farresere Tarte Tation
Kemweth Wenger
E. Sorina
Pale Verde
Anne Rso
Coneee Atarigg
Atherten
Mave Verde Eruyn Jaason
SAM
Ooo Mans & Care
Joseph Mecoy
Shell Marina Alamitos
North Long Beach
Uetara
NTS
Elver Wussler
Aleganger
Hell Station
Arlavie & Market
Lakewood
George Irmu
Caryan & Low Gorey Jack Clevelard Shell Station
Garvan & Paraasye Laer
Gerams
Norwalk
Srey Shell Station
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