Trio to Return for Preaching Mission in Kingsport
Three former Kingsport residents return March 25 through April 1 for the annual Kingsport Preaching Mission at First Christian Church. Rev. Dr. E. E. Wiley, now pastor in Chattanooga, and Byler, former music director here, join ministerial student Maden. Other speakers include Drs Barbour, Campbell, Hoflier, Jones, Landes, Middle ton, Shipp, Shirkel, Vick, Wellbard, Narvey, Demarest, and more. Brantley Blue chairs the 1982 mission with committees led by Riley, Lee, Trumbo, Allen, Skeens, Beck, Dossell, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wingsport
Wiley
David Byler
Hen Haden
Broad Street Methodist Church
Centenary Methodist Church
Chattanooga
Byler
First Hoplist
First Baptist Church
Hickory
N.C
Maden
Kingsport Publishing Co
Columbia Theological Seminary
Decatur
Chifford E. Barbour
Pittsburgh
Ernest T. Campbell
George A. Vick
Charleston
Charles Wellbard
Durham
Nyc
E. TE. Walfram
Anderson
Tod
Raymounl F. Narvey
Tuskeegee Institute
Ala
Gary W. Demarest
Hamburg
Lit. Shipp
First Christian Church
Mtc. Demarest
Brantley Blue
Kingsport
Appalachian Preaching Mission
Bristol
Johnson City
Elizabathton
Hurricane Jenny Leaves Mauritius and Reunion Dead and Hurt
A powerful hurricane named Jenny struck Mauritius and Reunion with winds up to 156 mph. The British Colonial Office reported at least 20 dead and hundreds injured across Mauritius while 9 killed and over 230 injured were recorded in Reunion. Thousands were left homeless on Mauritius and Red Cross centers were set up to shelter more than 8,000. A separate note from DION, France, described a fuel-supply incident involving a military vehicle near a service station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Teast
Indian Ocean
Mauritius
Reunion
British Colonial Office
Madagascar
Red Cross
Saint Denis
Refunion
Avalanche kills at least sixty in Peru disaster
In the Andes near Conchucos Peru an avalanche triggered by heavy rains wrecked the village. The Conchucos River burst a natural dam causing mud and rock slides burying parts of the town. Officials reported many injured and at least sixty dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
UPI
Andes
Conchucos
Cabana
Conchces
Registration Office To Open In Rogersville War Election Prep
Rogersville officials announce the Hawkins County voter registration office will open Saturday for registrations as preparations for this year’s elections continue. The registrar’s office, at the Courthouse grounds, will operate 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and noon to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, with Saturday hours 8 to noon until further notice. The office recently reorganized the County Election Commission and plans to hold special registrations in Church Hill and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogersville
Tmawkins County
Igns
Tiny Miner
County Election Commission
Arthur Brooks
Clouds Creek
George Steele
Burt Quarry
Kyle
Kennedy to Resume Atmospheric Nuclear Tests
President Kennedy plans to announce a resumption of US atmospheric nuclear tests after a long study of Soviet test gains. White House aims for a Friday night TV address stressing U.S. willingness to halt tests if Russia agrees to verifiable limits, with Geneva disarmament talks opening March 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Svewary Hensley Washington
UPT
Kennedy
Russia
U.S
Soviet Union
White House
Khrushchev Renewed Push for Nuclear Summit Talks
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev urged a four power nuclear summit within a larger disarmament meeting. He responded to Charles de Gaulle who proposed limits to talks and said that neutral states also seek rapid disarmament progress. Khrushchev stressed the nuclear powers must lead negotiations for ban on tests and elimination of nuclear arsenals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
I Khrushchev
le Gaulle
Khrushchev
Khoushehey
de Gaulle
U-2 Pilot Faces More Questions
Washington reports indicate Francis Gary Powers may be called before the House Foreign Affairs Committee next week to answer questions about his flight over Russia and whether he complied with his contract. CIA Director John McCone is also expected to testify on the inquiry results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Francis Gary Powers
Russia
Central Intelligence Agency
John McCone
Powers
Cornelius E. Gallagher
Dn.j
House Foreign Affairs Committee
CIA
Gallagher
Board of Inquiry
McCone
Senate
House
Algerian rebels push toward peace amid rising violence
Algiers reports a push for cease fire and self determination talks with France near completion while underground forces carry out deadly bombings in Oran and other cities. French troops seal quarters as clashes and accidents claim lives, with authorities announcing progress against the secret army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Algiers
Europe
Secret Army Organization of Terrorism
France
Algeria
Secret Army
Oran
Ville Nouvelle Moslen
Mostem
Tylons
Waterloo
Des Moines
Nakota
Aberdeen
Illnois
Bradford
Chicago
Kentucky
Seecret
Easten
Record Cold Replaces Rains Across Midsection
A cold snap swept the nation’s midsection with sub zero readings from Montana to Minnesota and the Dakotas. Bemidji Minnesota and many Minnesota towns reported 4 below zero, with Wisconsin and Iowa also sinking below zero. Snow flurries touched middle and eastern Tennessee as arctic air lingered. Farmland flooding persisted in eastern Kentucky while some rivers began to recede. International Falls posted 35 below zero and Minneapolis 32 below zero, the coldest March 1 on record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Minois
Bemidji
Mian
Minnesota
Dakotas
Wisconsin
Iowa
Breau
yKen Lucky
Kentucky
Middle
Tenessee
Midwest
Mercury
International Falls
Minn
Minneapolis
Armory project bids set for Kingsport area
The Adjutant General's office said bids will open March 16 for a Joint National Guard Army Rebuild Armory in Area B of the Holston Ordnance Works five miles west of Kingsport Hawkins County. Cost estimated at 225000, to be shared by federal state and local officials. The facility will serve National Guard and Army Reserve units in the Kingsport area. Five men were bound over to Sullivan County Grand Jury on bonds totaling 40000 for a series of thefts and burglaries, with four juveniles charged. Extridition hearings set for March 20 in General Sessions Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Guard-Army
Winamnue
Adjutant General's
Holston Ordnance Works
Kingsport
Hawkins County
National Guard
Sullivan County Grand Jury
General Sessions
Janes Hilton
Frank Spears
FSM
Samuel Slusher
Rob Brumil
Hackson
UPI
Guy Gilbert
Skocye
Brumil
Virginia
Anon i
Sullivan County
Kingspord
Focal Police
Teanup
Parking trouble in two for one case at Jackson court
In Jackson Mississippi two cars parked in the same space received double parking tickets from a patrolman. The drivers argued meters were meant to ease traffic and they were using half the space. Judge James Spencer noted two theories about shared spaces and trespassing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
UPI
Sonpac
James
Spencer
Mudslide destroys apartment under construction in Hazard Ky
A mudslide from a 500-foot hill in Hazard wrecked a new housing block on Wednesday night. Damage pegged at 200000, leaving over 100 families displaced in Frankfort as the Kentucky River floods. Gov. Combs asked President Kennedy to declare 16 eastern Kentucky counties major disaster areas for federal aid. Floodwaters receded in parts of West Virginia Tennessee and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazard
Frankfort
Kentucky
Bert Combs
Shas
Kennedy
West Virginia
Tennessee
Obin
Sullivan County GOP Meets Tonight in Blountville Courthouse
The Sullivan County Republican Organization will meet in Blountville at 7:30 PM to decide whether county office nominees will be chosen by convention or by primary. Chairman Saney Snodgrass will report on plans for the 4 Lincoln Day Dinner in Kingsport Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
Republican
Blountville
GOP
Conventio
Saney Snodgrass
Kingsport
May Equal Celebration For Lindbergh and Glenn in New York
New York greeted Lt. Col. John H. Glenn and fellow astronauts with a massive ticker tape parade and a starry, celebratory atmosphere. Crowds lined Broadway as Glenn arrived by air and prepared to tour the city, marking a historic homecoming after the Mercury program’s milestone flights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
New York
Quigg New York
UPI
Heroes' Canyon
Abhley
John H. Glenn
Benadway
Glenn
Project Mercury
Rash
R. Girath
Space
Ayl
Simel
Tronaut
New Concord
Ohiefs
Astoria Hotel
Plane Crash Stuns New York City As Astrojet Disaster
An American Airlines Astrojet bound for Los Angeles plunged into a wildlife preserve near Idlewild Airport killing all 95 aboard. Victims include W J Alton Jones of Cities Service Oil Co and other dignitaries. Rescue crews, coast guard, and police battled flames with no survivors found among the wreckage. Meanwhile a Pacoima officer incident reports a wandering child suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J.ogeman
New York
UPI
American Airlines
Mlewild
U.S
Jand
John H. Glenn
W. J Alton Jones
Cities Service Oil Co
Astrojet
Nomsten
Los Angeles
American
Jones
Eisenhower
Richfield Oil Co
Chrysler Corp
James H. Heist
United Air‘lives
Astrajet
United
Peter Wernersbach
Ihfevild
Coast Guard
iGlenn
Tt F
Rankc
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Sea .Ln
Horiony
Felix McMillan
Stauting
H. A. Builis Jr
J. T. Parker
Johm Riley
Ares
Felix G. McMillan
J.T. Parker
Jack Vaughn
Miles Ellis
John W. Riley
W. P. Johnson
Thomas D. Dossell
W. A. Bullis, Jr
Clarence Bryan
Jack Lewis
Janie P. Earles
David Grabbs
Dion
UPS
United States
Geneva
Christmas Island
Central Pacific
Nikita
Charles de Gaulle
Walter Moody
Ae Les
Broadway
Charles Hint
Fisberg
Atlantic
Gwardia
Idlewild Airdaga
Burns
N. Y
Pacoima
Calif
Pacoima Street
Straller
Tiss
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