Raising Mary Alice Delayed Three Weeks
The Army Corps of Engineers will take at least three weeks to begin raising the sunken towboat Mary Alice from the Monongahela River near Morgantown West Virginia. Sinking followed an ice jam and the delay comes as the corps handles a major repair at Lock 6 on the Allegheny River near Clinton Pennsylvania.
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Mary Alice
Pittsburgh
UPI
Army Corps of Engineers
Monongahela River
Mor
Gantown
W. Va
Pt. Marion
Allegheny River
Clinton
Washington
R. L. Whitehead
PTA Officers Elected at Mount Hope May Day Program
About 300 people attended Mount Hope Elementary School’s PTA meeting for the annual May Day program. President Vincent Figiel announced the slate of officers for 1966 67: George Coleman president Ralph Dorsey vice president Mrs Alex Napier secretary and Mrs Hugh Burdette treasurer.
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Mount Hope
ANS
Parent-Teacher Association
Vincent Figiel
Figiel
George Coleman
Ralph Dorsey
Alex Napier
Hugh Burdette
Towboat Rescue Saves Showboat Off Morgantown
The Mary Alice towed the West Virginia Centennial Showboat Rhododendron toward Morgantown when trouble began. The Rhododendron was rescued by the towboat Bingo working for McClain Sand Co.
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Mary Alice
West Virginia
Morgantown
Bingo
McClain Sand Co
Woman Clears Shooting Death in Trailer Home
No charges will be filed against Mrs. William Blizzard after she shot and killed a man who threatened her while attempting a break‑in at her trailer in Putnam County. Sheriff Opha Stone called it justifiable homicide, noting the intruder had brandished a knife before the fatal shots were fired.
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Stone
Two Mullens Scouts Earn Eagle Awards At Banquet
Mullens BNS report David Akers son of Mr and Mrs Herman Akes and Stephen Kirby son of Mr and Mrs R W Kirby received the Eagle Scout Award at a Mullens Grade School cafeteria banquet for Boy Scout Troop No 269 Mullens. Scoutmaster William C McGhee assisted by Richard Burcham. dinner chair Mrs H L Burcham Jr with help from Mrs Glenna Bentley and Mrs Charles Edwards. Toby Bright MC. About 50 parents and families and 15 Scouts attended.
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Mullens
BNS
David Akers
Herman Akes
Stephen Kirby
R. W. Kirby
Mullens Grade School
William C. McGhee
Richard Burcham
H. L. Burcham Jr
Glenna Bentley
Charles Edwards
Toby Bright
Lloyd Bright
H Boreham Jr
R. W. Kiry
McGhee
Danny Bentley
David Burcham
Edward Q. Nicholson
John W. Edwards
David
Camp Roland
Virginia
Mullens Junior High
First Baptist Church
Highland Avenue Mullens
Baptist Youth Fellowship
Stephen
Valley Forge
Beckley
Methodist Church
Highland Avenue
Robert
NATO Unity Urged Despite France Withdrawal
Dean Acheson told a Senate subcommittee that NATO must be kept intact with or without France, saying the alliance is key to European peace and unity. He noted France’s pullout could hinder unity, and testified at the opening NATO health hearings amid de Gaulle’s withdrawal plan. Senate hearings aim to raise Atlantic issues on policy agendas.
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Washington
UPI
Dean Acheson
NATO
France
Senate
Europe
Acheson
Mittee
Charles de Gaulle
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Frank Church
Idaho
Subcommittee
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Congress
Executive Branch
Supreme Court Asked To Dismiss Charges
CHARLESTON United Press International states the West Virginia Supreme Court was asked to dismiss murder and accessory charges against Mary Bennett 39 in the shotgun killing of Justin Hardman Bennett says she was denied a preliminary hearing and expected one Feb 25 which was postponed twice at the state’s request She says she was indicted March 3 four days before the second hearing In the case another defendant Robert Ellard pleaded guilty to first degree murder in Hardman’s death.
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Charleston
UPI
State Supreme Court
Mary Bennett
Justin Hardman
Miss Bennett
Robert Ellard
Hardman
New Zealand Minister Visits Mt Hope Church
Rev Ayson Clifford of Auckland New Zealand spoke at Mount Hope Baptist Temple in Logan for the Men s Sunday School class. He praised New Zealand Baptist work and noted 144 churches and 200 missionaries, then shared experiences from six months visiting refugees and the Holy Land.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Joanne Fenman
Mount Hope
West Virginia Baptist Youth Convention
Clarksburg
State Baptist Youth Fellowship
Miss Penman
Mount Hope High School
Kenova
Judy Kincaid
Spencer
Mike Rader
Vienna
New Zealand
Mt. Hope Church
Ayson Clifford
Baptist Seminary
Auckland
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Bill L. Withers
Clifford
Logan
Withers
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
New Zealand Baptist Seminary
Holy Land
License Application Process Speeded Up in Charleston
State Motor Vehicles Commissioner James Kay Thomas announced on Tuesday that auto and truck license applications can be processed within 24 hours if in proper order. He urged mail applications this year, requiring a copy of the personal property tax ticket and a payment by check or money order. Renewals for passenger car plates are due by June 30 and other vehicles by July 31.
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Charleston
UPS
James Kay Thomas
Thomas
Now You Know By United Press International
The Japanese cry Banzai translates literally to ten thousand years, but figuratively means immortality.
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United Press International
Property Squabble Goes To High Court
Three Wheeling property owners challenged a rezoning decision by Wheeling City Council in the Ohio County circuit court, which upheld the ordinance moving their land on U.S. 40 from Residential B to Residential A for an auto dealership. The city argued municipalities may enact zoning restrictions if not arbitrary or unreasonable, affecting parcels owned by Harry and ( Mrs. ), Armbrecht, and Costanzo families.
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Charleston
UPI
Wheeling
Wheeling City Council
State Supreme Court
Ohio County Circuit Court
U. S. 40
Harry Anderson
Robert Armbrecht
Louis Costanzo
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Robert Stoner
Fayette Baptist Association
Fayette County
Clarksburg Baptist Church
W. Eber Bowles
West Virginia Baptist Convention
Mt. Hope
Tendent
World Mission
Masters Quartet
Tom Canterbury
Frank Honaker
Paul Saul
Earl Davis
Bill Stack
Herman Akers
Mullens Grade
Tw Complete Variety Store
Carnation
Cn Ee
Supreme Court
Winchester
England
Jordan
Ramona Smith
Long Branch
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Lillian Orren
Penny Bailey
Ruth Thomas
Helen Lorenzo
Thelma Rudd
Beverly Rudd
Smith
S. Set
David E. Thomas
Andrews Air Force Base
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