Record heat and tragic toll mark Tennessee weekend
The report details a weekend of record heat in Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, with temperatures up to 87. It catalogues multiple pedestrian fatalities and highway accidents across Tennessee, Kentucky, and nearby areas, naming victims, locations, and vehicles. The piece notes a rising death toll from road accidents and a brush fire fatality near Memphis.
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Mercury
Nashville
Knoxville
Chattanooga
Hassie H. Griggs
Local Court Bonds and Fines From City News Highlights
A compilation of minor traffic and public drunkenness penalties from Florence Hoard to Norman Fox and others. Bonds forfeited range from $3.50 to $50 with several drivers facing license suspensions and small fines. Several individuals listed with names and partial addresses, including Horace Persinger and E J Triebe Jr. in a local court roundup.
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Florence Hoard
E. Sevier Ave
Paul Grizzle
Austin Crabill
Elmer Phillips
Horace Persinger
Plantation Drive
Robert Tribble
Dale St
E. J. Triebe Jr
Highland Road
Donnie L. Hobbs
Bellvue Ave
Norman P. Fox
Rainbow Circle
Sharon White
Kingsport
Driver Pinned Over An Hour After Truck Flips
A Mason and Dixon Tank Lines driver Elmer Hall age 38 of Kingsport was pinned in the cab more than an hour after his truck flipped into a ditch at the Highway 81 93 intersection near Haws Crossroads. Hall, listed in good condition at Holston Valley Community Hospital, suffered collar bone and rib injuries. Rescue crews of about 10 men and two vehicles from Kingsport Life Saving Crew freed him shortly before 8 p.m. The crash is attributed to brakes locking as Hall turned right from 81 onto 93. Several others were hurt in area accidents with multiple treated and released.
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Elmer Hall
Mason & Dixon Tank Lines
Haws Crossroads
Ragsdale St
Kingsport
Holston Valley Community Hospital
Suffer
Hall
Tennessee Highway
Highway 81
Connie Faye Lane
Route 4
Gate City
Fort Blackmore
Robert Breeding
Wolfe St
Bloomingdale Pike
J. S. Long
Route 2
Clinchport
Stone Drive
Frank Arnold
Bristol
Nancy Chatman
E. Center St
Wilma Jones
Miller St
Charles M. Jones
Robert Jones
Across the Counter on Balancing Insurance
Larry Col questions why someone should review an entire insurance program. The adviser suggests a full balance check across auto liability and life policies, identifying gaps or overlaps and offering Moore & Walker, Inc services at 211 Broad Street. The ad touts independence and agent serving clients first.
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Larry Colfear
Larry
McGlaughon
Moore & Walker, Inc
Broad Street
National Association Insurance Agents
Tennessee Briefs From Nashville Metro Gov Turbulence
In Nashville officials swore in the new metro government including Mayor Beverly Briley and Vice Mayor George Cate Jr with a unique oath process. Sgt. Alvin York, famed WWI hero, was hospitalized after a fall and is listed in fair condition with a fractured rib. Funeral plans were set for Ruby Fox known as Texas Ruby after a fatal trailer fire, as country music stars from Opry and plane crash eras face recent deaths.
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Nashville
UPI
Davidson
George Cate Jr
Judges County
Andrew Doyle
Dennis
Mers
Metro
Supreme Court
Pride Tomlinson
Briley
Ol- Beverly Briley
Ruby Fox
Grand Ole Opry
Texas Ruby
Miracle Worker to Open Barter Theatre Season
ABINGDON Va The Miracle Worker by William Gibson opens Barter Theatre spring season at 8 pm April 8. Play about Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan runs to April 20 with nightly shows and 2:30 pm matinees Wednesday and Saturday. no Sunday performances. Subsequent plays include Ring Around the Moon opening April 22 and Period of Adjustment opening May 6.
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Abingdon
William Gibson
Barter Theatre
Helen Keller
Annie Sullivan
Antoinette Perry
Jean Anouilh
Christopher Fry
Tennessee Williams
Civic Auditory and Recreation Center Activities Schedule
Kingsport Today lists a civic auditory event in the Main Auditorium and a National Guard drill. Flower arranging in the Green Room, baton twirling in the Main Auditorium, teen center sessions from 3 45 to 5 30 and 7 30 to 9 30, plus Frank L Cloud Recreation Center game room activity from 5 30 to 3 30.
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National Guard
Green Room
Frank L. Cloud Recreation Center
Gore to address TEA convention opening session
UPI reports Senator Al Gore of Tennessee will speak at the opening session of the Tennessee Education Association's 95th annual convention in Nashville on Thursday.
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Nashville
UPI
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Tennessee Education Association
Center Ruled Exempt From Federal Taxes
KNOXVILLE AP The Internal Revenue Service has ruled the Highlander Research and Education Center exempt from federal taxes. Myles Horton director of the center says contributions are deductible and bequests, legacies, devices, transfers or gifts to the center are deductible for federal estate and gift tax purposes. Horton notes the center is supported by foundation grants and individual contributions. He previously directed the Highlander Folk School at Monteagle until its closure after a state dispute, and opened the Highlander Center in August 1961.
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Knoxville
Internal Revenue Service
Highlander Research and Education Center
Myles Horton
Integrated Adult Education Center
Horton
Highlander Folk School
Monteagle
Highlander Center
Two Kingsport Youths Plead Guilty To Burglary Charges
The adjourned term of Criminal Court in Blountville opened with the trial of two Kingsport youths charged with burglary. Nathan H. P. Hickman pleaded guilty to burglarizing two service stations and an automobile last fall. Charles Vermillion also pleaded guilty to burglarizing a service station. Detective Sgt. Albert Fletcher and Trooper Lloyd Coates testified the pair broke into Myers Esso on Konnarock Road last Nov 1 and took tires and other merchandise. Hickman faced additional charges for a separate auto burglary and a Highway 81 station theft. Judge H. Conway Smith charged the jury after arguments were waived.
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Blountville
Kingsport
Nathan H. P. Hickman
Charles Vermillion
Albert Fletcher
Kingsports
Lloyd Coates
Tennessee Highway
Myers Esso
Konnarock Road
Hickman
Powell says she plans divorce from Pat Nerney
Actress Jane Powell announced she intends to divorce Pat Nerney after eight years of marriage. The couple separated last November, reconciled soon after, and share a five year old daughter named Lindsy.
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Hollywood
UPI
Jane Powell
Pat Nerney
Pat
Lindsy
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