Ky and Va Tennessee News Digest 1962 Death Toll Edges Up
FRANKFORT KY UPI Kentucky reports 1962 death toll at 407, up slightly from a year ago. John W Becknett 2 of Lexington dies from injuries after a crash in Clark County. Gadsden Bank in Gadsden Tennessee sees a thief with a mean look grab about 5000. Kentucky Emergency Resources Planning Committee seeks three more members to join Gov. Bert T Combs as tax group chiefs for water, public information and service trades. Senator John Sherman Cooper Ky says he declined a seat on the Senate Appropriations Committee to keep current panel assignments.
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Frankfort
UPI
Kentucky
Noler
John W. Becknett
Lexington
Tate
Clark County
Gadsden Bank
UBL
Kentucky ‘Emergency Resources Planning Committee
Wilkell
Bert T. Comhs
Bairmen
Washington
John Sherman Cooper
Senate
Cooper
Senate Agriculture and Public Works
Deep Core Testing to Begin for Big Rivers Plant Site
SEBREE Ky August reports reveal Big Rivers Rural Electric Cooperative plans a 75,000 kilowatt generating plant on Walker Hideout Farm near Henderson Webster line. Kenneth Coleman says deep core testing starts immediately to confirm foundations and may shift site if necessary. An $18 million REA loan and PSC certificate proceed, with ground breaking after approval and operation aimed by January 1966. Local officials and 4 000 prospective members attend Big Rivers Day as leaders from REA and Interior discuss the project.
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Henderson-Webster Co
Sebree, Ky
Kenneth Coleman
New Electric Combine
Deepcore
Coleman
Fg Ce
Big Rivers
Webster County
Green River
Henderson County
Goleman
Guesia
Pienia
Normal Ganp
Washtidon
Rural Electrification Adminisration
Hospital Notes at Middlesboro Memorial Hospital Visiting Hours
Admissions list includes Barbara Ann Fuson Ingram Mame Prater LaFollette Ramsell Baxter Foster Iva Mae Beverly Arjay Regina Seabolt Field Helen Miracle Kayjay Rosa Dean Births report a girl to Mrs Parlon Widner New Tazewell and a boy to Mrs Clarence Hackler Fonde Names and locations of patients and new arrival details are noted.
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Barbara Ann Fuson
Ingram Mame Prater
LaFollette
Ramsell
Baxter Foster
City
Iva Mae Beverly
Arjay
Regina Seabolt
Field Helen Miracle
Kayjay
Rosa Dean
Parlon Widner
New Tazewell
Clarence Hackler
Fonde
Thief With a Conscience returns money to widow
Nad Garfield reports a thief sent $70 stolen from Mrs. Elizabeth Van Dyke to Garfield Police Chief Carmine Perrapate. The note claimed the money belonged to the elderly widow. Perrapate traced the cash to a July 28 slot from Van Dyke’s strongbox and returned it to the widow, who cried upon receipt.
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Garfield
Gldarly
Elizabeth van Dyke
Representer Hor Life Savings
Garfield Polce
Carmine J. Perrapate
Perrapata
Paterson
N.d
Lndy
Ditons’s
Perropate
van Dyke
Anthony Didono
Portapato
Local Spotlight Confused Card Names at Cumberland Gap
Fragmentary OCR text lists individuals including Dorothy White and Mrs. Dewaed Teagins among city figures, plus mentions of Clint visiting hours and Webb, with scattered names like Virgil, Maxwell, Cordis, and local place Cumberland Gap. The entry resembles a damaged community note with no clear event or outcome.
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Virgil Wen Cely
Webb
Part Tin
Dorothy White
Dewaed Teagins
Noman Pinta
Esmex Maxwell
Cordis Churpley
Cumberland Gap
18 Year Olds Urged to Register to Vote
Bell County youths approaching 18 before the November 6 election are urged to register by September 8. County Court Clerk Macha L. Brock notes 18th birthdays must occur before the election to qualify for registration.
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Pineville
Macha L. Brock
Bell County
Brock
Ellington Rejects Role Of Lame Duck Governor
Nashville UPI reports Governor Duford Ellington rejects dodging duties as lame duck while warning the public his responsibility remains. He says a GOP win for governor is unlikely but notes possible 1964 Senate bid and cites new federal data placing Tennessee third in interstate mileage under construction.
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Nashville
UPI
Duford Ellington
Ellington
Frank Clement
GOP
Albert Gore
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Tennessee
Middlesboro Plans Self Evaluation Report Soon
Middlesboro and Bell County are among about 50 districts filing self evaluation reports on athletics and extracurricular activities. State officials said districts began work in June after a prompt from the Department of Education. Results will be tabulated by a department research unit and released at the next state Board meeting after September.
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Pineville
Bell County
Middlesboro
Board of Tdweation
James 8. Marcum
Wendell Buver
United Press International
Cari
Inez
Butler
State Board of Extrecaton
Public Education Commission
Board of Education
Deaths and Funerals in a Tennessee area
Obituaries list Charlie Barker 74 of Speedwell and Sillus Day 4 of Taewell with family survivals, services at Reece Funeral Home Chapel and Goin g Costes Baptist Church, burial Riverside Cemetery, funeral home arrangements noted for Chaves Edward Jones of Chenoa and others.
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Charlie Barker
Charlie” Barker
Speedwell
Tenn
Knpsvilh
William V. Barker
Gertrude Adams
Knoxville
Merzis
LaFollatte
Lou Fields
Caryville
Clarence Barker
Hubert
Detroit
Mich
Sam and
O. T
Reece Funeral Home
Wright
Sharp Cemetery
Reece Funeral’ Home
New Tazewell
Were
Horaee
Gillis Day
Cumberland Gap
Haye Day
Old Far
Dollie Greer
Mossie Woslum
Middleboro
Ella Douglas
Cleveland
Costes Baptist Church
Riverside
Coffey
Chaves
Edward ‘Jones
Chenoa
Sty
General Assoy Church of God
Josep Elis
Junior Thacker
Lee Willis
Jack Partin
Canoe Funeral Home
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J. R. Miller
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Rowland
Uin
Middlesboro Memorial Hospital
Wishussals
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D. F. Freeman
Grover Standifer
Geneva Moore
Corbin
William J. Brace
Ethel Baily
Dayton
Ohio
Martha Beeler
Marion Rowland
Fvarts
Arthur Phillips
Huntsville
Sheeley Elliott
Woodbine
Hubert Swain
Straight Creek
Butmey Hubbard
Alva
Clint
Charles Stidham
North 25Th Street
Maytag — Frigidaire
Suand” Appliances & Service
Pinnacle Maytag G Co
Cumberland ‘Ave, Phong Amiddirsboro, Hy
Lame Duck
Bell
Federal Savings & Loan Asso
Thunberland Ave
Phi Middlesboro
Sillus
Tawell
Chaiborne Cramly
Ollie Mae Roark
Corene Roark
Jackson
James Day
Tazewell
Shelby
Gillis
Yon
Brooklyn
Charles Edward Jones
Cardinal Gem Stoker Cardinal, and Fant Co., Inc
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Middlesboro Motor Sales, Inc
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