Kingsport Flood Causes Widespread Disruption and Humor
Heavy rain floods Kingsport areas near Wilcox Drive and Old Ridgefields Road. Riverport sewer lines fail, streets blocked, basements flooded. Residents cope with water and humor, as Highway Patrol reports several roads closed and bombarded by rising water.
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Wilcox Drive
Ridgefields Road
Riverport
Kingsport Area
Sewanee Avene
Meadowview Golf Course
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Highway Patrol
Kingsport
Everett Dykes
Printers Union Now Officially Striking Too
Kingsport presses workers entered the second day of a major walkout as five locals joined the strike over wages, seniority, and other issues. Picketing continued at the large book printing plant while management said operations remained open. federal mediator Hitchead and union officials pressed for talks, with both sides unwilling to resume negotiations without a mediator’s call.
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Don Angol
Kingsport Press
Kingsport
Peoss
Churchill
Kinsey
W. F. Smith
FR. P. Hitchead
Knoxville
Partis
Wilter M. Allen
International Printsing Pressmen and Assistants Union Service Bureau
Coart
Hawkins County
New York
Allen
Afl-Glo
International Typographical Union
Tocal
International
Soviet Union May Seek Time for Talks With China
Western observers say Moscow may be maneuvering to gain time in the ideological dispute with Beijing. They noted a public admission of behind the scenes effort to compromise with Peking and a reported Central Committee reiteration of a need for a meeting to discuss differences. Neither date nor plan is clear, but both sides reportedly agree in principle on a meeting.
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UPI
Soviet Union
China
Peking
Tavastia
Central Committee
Nikita 5
Khrushchev
Map Tee-tunds
Many Roads Impassable in SW Virginia Flood Crisis
Steady overnight rain drove Southwest Virginians from homes as Pound River Valley areas and nearby towns faced rising waters. In Big Stone Gap and Coeburn evacuations continued with National Guard aid possible. schools closed and used as refugee centers as roads and towns like Pound and Linchport remained flooded and largely inaccessible.
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Big Black Mountain
Kentucky
Harlan
Clinchport
Scott County
Sheriff's Department
K. H. Carnell
Naional Guard
Bachelor
National Guard
Wise
Dickenson
Coeburn
Coburn
Pound
Murder charges against Light dropped by city police
Kenneth Wayne Light had murder charges dropped after posting a $100 bond for carrying and discharging arms. City Court hearing set for 8:30 a.m. Monday. Detective Fletcher said further investigation showed Light’s innocence while the murder inquiry continues. Fritz released on $25,000 bond. both men were linked to a recent double shooting at an Old Kingsport Service Station.
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Kenneth
Wayne Light
Light
Eisenbise
Albert Fletcher
Fletcher
Fritz
Kingsport
Detroit
Hon
Bob Fritz
Larry Edward Russell
James Crockett
Etherton
Russell
Gale City
Kaye
Knoxville
Reading March Delivers Hints of Spring in Storm Season
Photographer Stan Laws contributes a picture story on Page 5 showing early spring hints amid rain storms. Political writer Ellis Binkley previews Sullivan County delegation details on Page 2 as authorities outline what lies ahead today.
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S. TN
Stan Laws
Tamang
Sullivan County
Ellis Binkley
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Don Hill
Sequoyah
Hill
Sullivan Street
Warriors’ Path Park
Norma Hawkinson
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Carpenters’ Hall
Uuoion
Pressmen's Union
Machinists Union
Clinchfield Railroad
Inn
Pokesman
By Jack Helms
Hub Caps
Johnson-Hilliard
Today's Times
Mika Scott
Mrosaworih Edstorials
Obi Iera
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