Miss Mitford Studies The British Way Of Death
British author Jessica Mitford surveys burial customs in Britain opposing embalming and costly rites. She praises municipal cemeteries, notes Inch Kenneth island sale, and cites reduced funeral costs and rising memorial society memberships in the United States. Her family’s turbulent politics and marriages are summarized.
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Jessica Mitford
Miss Mitford
California
Bournemouth
U. S
Amer
Third Child Is Born in Glen Rogers
Mrs. Jack Griffith announces the birth of their third child a girl at 6 30 a m Sunday at Wyoming General Hospital Mullens weighing seven pounds three ounces named Elizabeth Ann The Griffths former Miss Marie Blankenship are the maternal grandparents and Mr and Mrs Kelly Griffith are the paternal grandparents with Bill Blankenship as maternal great grandfather The couple also have a daughter Sandra and a son John.
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Glen Rogers
RNS
Jack Griffith
Wyoming General Hospital
Mullens
Elizabeth Ann
Griffith
Marie Blankenship
John Blankenship
Kelly Griffith
Bill Blankenship
Sandra
John
Dinner honors Itmann brothers before Army induction
Mr and Mrs Byree Phillips hosted a dinner honoring nephews John and Lon Green Itmann who left Tuesday morning for U S Army induction. Also present were their parents Mr and Mrs Willie Green and the three Phillips children Randall Jimmy and Roger.
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Saulsville
RNS
Byree Phillips
John
Lon Green
Itmann
U. S. Army
Pennsylvania
Willie Green
Phillips
Randall
Jimmy
Roger
Greer Guests Visit With Elswick and Pitts enbargers
Mr and Mrs Oren Greer entertain this week with guest Zanie Elswick of Richmond Virginia and his wife. They also plan visits to Mr and Mrs M Pitts enbarger residents of Sophia.
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Glen Fork
RNS
Oren Greer
Zanie Elswick
Richmond
M. Pittsenbarger
Sophia
Brown Waives To Grand Jury In Wyoming County
Wayne Brown 61 of Cyclone waived to the Wyoming County grand jury on a murder charge at a 5 p m preliminary hearing before Magistrate W Preston Wilson of Pineville. He was remanded to the Wyoming County jail with no bond set. Brown, a disabled coal miner, faces the fatal shooting of his half brother George Washington Brown 38 at their father A J Brown 87 home in Cyclone.
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Cyclone
RNS
Wayne Brown
Wyoming County
W. Preston Wilson
Pineville
Lelan Phillips
Brown
George Washington Brown
A. J. Brown
Wiener Roast Honors Dale Broom On 10th Birthday
Dale Broom son of Mr and Mrs Alfred Broom Bailey Murphy Addition was honored with a wiener roast Monday evening at his home in observance of his 10th birthday anniversary. Guests were Mike Dixon Timmy King Danny Martin Mike Rose Billy Maxey Danny Adkins Tiny Frye and Bobby Adams.
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Pineville
Rns
Dale Broom
Alfred Broom
Bailey Murphy
Mike Dixon
Timmy King
Danny Martin
Mike Rose
Billy Maxey
Danny Adkins
Tiny Frye
Bobby Adams
Life Is What You Make It Philosophy Highlight
A compact reflection emphasizes personal agency over circumstance, urging individuals to shape outcomes through choice and effort rather than external conditions. The saying underscores self-determination as a guiding life philosophy.
Coal Talks Stated With State Trade Mission
Washington reports Undersecretary Ball named A Griffith Johnson to meet next week with the West Virginia Trade Mission. The group urged expansion of coal sales in Western Germany and questioned German import quotas. West Virginia officials highlighted the state s 30 percent share of U S coal production yet 80 percent of the issue crucial to economic welfare.
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Washington
UPS
George W. Ball
A. Griffith Johnson
West Virginia
Ball
Germany
Henry Barbour
State Commerce Department
Department of State
W. W. Barron
Jennings Randolph
Robert C. Byrd
Hulett Smith
Trent
United States
U. S
Grandchildren Visit Ends Week in Saulsville
Mr and Mrs Lacy Phillips host three grandchildren Debbie Joan and David Phillips Belle with their parents leaving them for a longer visit. Miss Louise Cozort leaves Sunday for Land Of Lakes Florida to resume teaching duties in the city school system where she has taught for years. Mrs Kelly Cozort and Mr Lester Wyatt host the Cozort parents in Lansing N C.
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Saulsville
RNS
Lacy Phillips
Debbie
Joan
David Phillips
Belle
Glen Phillips
Louise Cozort
Land of Lakes
Fla
Miss Cozort
Kelly Cozort
Lansing, N. C
Lester Wyatt
Sailors Sponsor Loco Motion Ball Amid Mod Rocker Clash
In Arbroath Scotland police refused a request by American sailors stationed there to sponsor a Mods Ball or Battle of the Bands dance after recent teen gang fights. The sailors settled on The Loco Motion Ball and the event proceeded as planned.
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Arbroath
Scotland
UPT
Pineville meeting on wood utilization organized by county agent
Roscoe Plumley, Wyoming County Agriculture Agent, led arrangements for Tuesday’s Pineville meeting on wood utilization. The event tied to a national Technical Action Panel chaired by Frank Patton of Beckley. Attendees included Bill Shumate of Georgia Pacific and Ernie Hays of Pocahontas Land Corp, aiding rural development efforts.
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Roscoe Plumley
Wyoming County
Pineville
Frank Patton
Beckley
Farmer's Home Administration
Bill Shumate
Georgia-Pacific Corp
Ernie Hays
Pocahontas Land Corp
FAA plans dramatic crash test in Phoenix September first
The FAA and Flight Safety Foundation stage the second crash spectacle in Phoenix to study new safety devices. A four engine Constellation, once with Trans World Airlines, will be loaded with instruments and dummies, roll down a runway at about 120 miles per hour, become briefly airborne, then crash into barrier ramps to record impact stresses.
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Washington
UPI
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Flight Safety Foundation
Phoenix
Ariz
Trans World Airlines
Moore Sworn In As Federal West Virginia Attorney
Donald Page Moore 35 was sworn in as acting U S Attorney for Southern West Virginia in Charleston. He succeeds Carl Belcher who returns to a Washington Justice Department post after former acting U S Attorney Harry G Campbell Jr. resigned earlier this year. Moore, a Huntington native, studied at Marshall and earned his law degree from Illinois and helped prosecute Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa on fraud charges.
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Charleston
UPI
Justice Department
Donald Page Moore
U. S
West Virginia
Moore
Huntington
Carl Belcher
Washington
Belcher
Harry G. Camper Jr
Welch
Marshall University
University of Illinois
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
Mushroom Farm Sold In Marshall County Court Sale
Appalachian Mushroom Farms, Inc. buys the defunct Indian Knob Mushroom Farm for 55000 dollars. The Marshall County Circuit Court approved the sale on Monday. Appalachian runs farms at Butler Pennsylvania and in Delaware. The property had been in receivership since last spring and the firm plans to resume operations once the mine is prepared for production and legal steps are completed.
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Moundsville
UPI
Appalachian Mushroom Farms, Inc
Indian Knob
Marshall County
Appalachian
Butler
Delaware
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Inch Kenneth
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Unity Mitford
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Sir Winston Churchill
Robert Treuhart
Jerry Klein
Atlantic City
Family Weekly
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Vanteiahge Register
Virginia
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Murphy’s
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Sys
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Pelham’ Brand
sbeAgain
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East
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Hinton
Richwood
Ayrre
Curtis B.trent, Jr
Ito Barron
West
Barbour
Mushroom Farm
Raleigh
Fayette
Wyoming
Raleigh Register
Fairdale
Glen Daniel
C. W. Walker, Jr
Ghent
Cordie Nugen
Glen White
Donnie Nuckols
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Terry Bailey
MacArthur
Elmer Akers
Maple Fork
Madge Davis
Mabscott
Elizabeth Robinson
Mount Hope
Margaret Marchio
Floyd “Mop” Warrick Jr
Oceana
Mike Meador
Pax
Hazel Mowell
Jack Martin
Ravencliff-Sabine-McGraws
Glen Fork-Soulsville
Elizabeth Williams
Rock Creek
Maude Parolari
Whitesville
Shady Spring
Martha Lilly
Russell Pegram
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