Ancient Neanderthal Woman Skull Found in Germany
German anthropologist Prof Eduard Jacobshagen reports a well preserved Neanderthal woman's skull uncovered near Rhuenda after floods. The skull is dated to more than 12 000 years, with an estimated age at death of 35 to 40, discovered by a rural schoolteacher.
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Marburg
Germany
Rhuenda
Eduard Jacobshagen
Marburg University
Jacobshagen
Neanderthal Skull Itself."’ Jacobshagen
Green Tomatoes Move Statewide Boosted By Strong Harvest
West Virginia farms report large shipments of ripe green tomatoes from Beckley Pars Sons and Hilkins areas moving by truckload to market centers. Department of Agriculture director John Stiles says this is the first year green tomatoes have been produced to any extent and the crop is exceptionally good with firm meaty shoulders ideal for commercial markets.
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Charleston
Beckley
Pars Sons
Hilkins
Department of Agriculture
John Stiles
West Virginia
Priscilla Paige Receives Unexpected Inheritance
Priscilla Paige learns she is heir to Mrs. Rachel Porter a ninety six year old aunt in Apalachicola Florida The attorney notes the inheritance totals about five thousand dollars in stocks and bonds and requires her identity be proved The news prompts plans to travel to Apalachicola with Rita and explore family ties once hidden since Priscilla was orphaned years earlier.
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Priscilla Paige
Apalachicola
Florida
Port St. Joe
Carrabelle
George's Island
Rita
Priscilla
Island Light
Vermont
Lucy
Lucy Paige
Priscila
Rachel Priscilla Courtney
Ness
Self
Porter
Cannica Pannanica
Paige
Apalaj Shicola
Rachel
Prislins
Alan
Fata
Tranquilizing Drug Widens Use At Huntington State Hospital
Huntington State Hospital officials report chlorpromazine or promazine is given to almost all new patients. About 900 patients have received doses since use began, with 15 percent released who might not have left otherwise.
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Huntington Wy
Huntington State Hospital
Bernard Foster
Foster
Patien
Sorsaig
Huntington State
Charles G. Polan
Java Prices Hiked by Four Cents a Pound
New York The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co raised the price of its roasted coffee by four cents per pound. Bagged brands Etgit O Clock at 89 cents Red Circle at 99 cents Bokar at $1.00. Vacuum packed coffee up four cents to $1.07. Instant coffee for tea remains unchanged as other companies also raised prices.
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Java
New York
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
14 & P
Red Circle
Iren
General Foods Corp
Maxwell House
Standard
Tac
Camae & Senborn
Three Men Die In Car Truck Crash Near Utah Junction
Three men were killed when their car collided with a gasoline truck Monday at a highway junction nine miles north of SOOEL Utah. An unknown motorist tossed a lit match onto spilled gasoline, igniting a blaze that prevented extraction of the bodies and required two and a half hours to control.
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Sooel
Utah
Here
Oumetics
Jennings St
Dial
Children's Home Society of West Wired Inc
P.O
Charleston
METS
Ted. Walter
McCorkle Avenue
South Charleston
W. Vs
Beckley
King Tut
Ramey’s Sweet Shop
Beckley Theatre
Catl Rainelle
Ord
Tady
Avon
Jennings Street
K Market
Bradley
Persoon
Raymond's
Panter
Royal Spaghetti House
Rt. 1
Art
Care Beckley
Gtc
Eyre
Royal Oo
Oak Hill
Orean
Mi Hinist
Gower
Attleboro
Mass
Electrolux Corporation
Temple St. Beckley
W. Va
Tandard Coffee Company
Rainelle
Richwood
W. C
Pioneer Hotel
Highland County
Ohio
Hillsboro
River Flows Again After Heavy Rain Restores Bar El Gazal
A desert river in French Equatorial Africa flows again after years of drought. Heavy rainfall has revived the Bar El Gazal, turning its banks green and allowing cattle to graze there once more.
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Curt Lamy
French Equatorial Africa
Bar-El-Gazal
Vacation plans spark a Florida trip dream
Priscilla and Rita discuss a sudden opportunity for a Florida vacation. Priscilla hopes for a glamorous escape to Miami or Palm Beach while Rita plans to help settle business first. They consider using a Connecticut friend’s car for a road trip beginning Saturday as the tale moves toward a cliffhanger.
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Todd
Oliver
Friscilla
Rita
Apalachicola
Rith
Florida
Miami
Palm Beach
Priscilla
Connecticut
Europe
Mel
Miomé
Polio Monument to Nation's First Epidemic
A Charleston West Virginia memorial slab honors victims of the nation's first polio epidemic in 1894. The WV stone comes from Acme Limestone Co. in Greenbrier County and was approved by Sears Monument Co. The monument rests on a base of stones gathered from across the country.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Mt. Mansfield
Acme Limestone Co
Greenbrier
Sears Monument Co
Funeral services for Harry Oliver Cooper
Harry Oliver Cooper of Coolridge died about 4 30 am Sunday August 4 at the new Rateigh road. Funeral services set for Friday August dist at 2 pm with Rev French D Williams officiating. Burial in the family cemetery at Barn W Va. Body to be moved from Webb and Quesenberry Funeral Home to his Coolridge residence August 30 at 5 pm. Arrangements by Webb and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Cooper Cooper
Harry Oliver
Coolridge
Agg
New
Rateigh Road
French D. Willams
Barn
W. Va
Webb and Quesenberry
Vance
Wee & Quesenberry
Obituary notices for Bolen Bolen Young Ferguson families
Obituaries for James Herbert Bolen Bolen 5 of Resaco died August 2 after cancer. Funeral August 3 at Resoco Methodist Church with burial in Hannah Lilly Cemetery. Pallbearers listed and Youth Fellowship serving as flowerbearers. Also Melvin L Young 31 of Pemberton died August 1 in hospital. Funeral August 29 at Pemberton Methodist Church with military rites by American Legion Post No. 32. Robert Allen Ferguson 72 of 105 Williams Street Largo Florida died August 2 en route to hospital. Funeral August 20 at First Presbyterian Church. Burial Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
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Bolen Bolen
James Herbert
Resaco
Melton
Resoco
Resoco Methodist Church
Linesey Basham
Charles 5. Cox
Besoco Methodist Church
Hannah Lilly
Odd
Paul Mechalek
Charlie Johnston
Claude Thompson
Quincy Rolen
Ernest Mullins
Henry Lilly
Warvey Ferguson
Mitchel Lilly
Hesoco Methodist Youth Fellowship
Melton Mortuary
Ngo Young
Melvin L
Pemberton
Bertha Young
Pemberton Methodist Church
E. Walker
Brooks
Sunset Memorial Park
American Legion Post No. 32
Willams Funeral Home
Ferguson Ferguson
Robert Allen
Williams Street
Largo
Florida
Rose & Quesenberry Funeral Home
First Presbyterian Church
James W. Witherspoon
Shirley Donnelly
Blue Ridge Memorial Gardens
Joe Dutton
Charles Heed
Helrie Canterbury
Ernest Wood
Virgil Riffe
Sidney Box
Arthur Barrett
Willard Wise
John Morgan
Len Leman
Charles Lively
J. 2. Rogers
Bill Brown
Lonnie Fink
Lee McCormick
Pig Mullins
Donald Blake
Bil Hewitt
Everett Goins
Paul Hamblin
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Atlantic City
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Maria Miller
Teachers College
Misa Miller
Faris
Pierre Carden
State Hospital
Huntington
Mns
Kenneth Stanford
Carl V. (Duke) Ridgley
Huntington Herald-Dispatch
Quesenberry
Keyser Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Douglas T. Bryant
Met
South Gakwoon Ave
Beckie
Geeson
Harold Willams
FLOGA
Ash Campbell
Henry Jones
Ainting
Carpenter
Weirton Photo Labs
Cove Station
Weirton
South Oakwood
Jovely
Del-Mar
Neville St
Marguerite’s
Main St. Ph
Uil.verman
MLEY
Renatree
Wright
Crab Orchard
Haddad
TV 6 Furniture Co
TAP
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Princeton
W.va
Copeland
Mount Hope Road
Beckley Furnitur
Neville
Lovitz
GEO
RCA Victor
Zenith T John W. ‘Eye
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Foster Hardware CO
Main St
Frank's Plumbing
Williamson
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Kanawha
Ledhley
Dia
Linzy Sanitation
Wis
Celey
Dial 4
Peerless Pacing Company
Beckley Telephone
Prince St
M. F. Gilley
Jamess
Beore
P.O. Box
Bnefleld
Cleenan
Aos
Vimeehuss Nadi
R. EL Bare
W. S., Gregg
W. B Jones
OFA
Roy A. Jones
ROUSE
Brock
JH. Stinson
East Beckley
Charles Coe
Mt. Hage
Ot Rhodes
Shady Spring
Ethel Ballenger
Piney View
Dla
Wiote
Minor Scott
Grandview Ond
Radford
Daniels
McCormick
Ford Ferguson
Greenville
HILCO
TV Valley Drive
Eugene Hubin
Norge
U. S. Steel
Sophia Lumbing
Sophia
Berkley
Ed Wood
Bair Bros. Crews Body Works
Prince Street
Zenith
White Cross Pharmacy
Fuller Brush Company
Tox
Mt. Hope
Roach Filmz
Henry Conway Hardware
John D. Clark
Jeeana
Joe Foster Hardware E Co
Gow
Beckley St Neve
Amt
Beckley Insulation Co
Golden Rule Ambulance Service
Amos E. Quesenberry
Neville St. Dial
LTA
CATS
R. C. Egnor
Thore
Oak MU
al Raines
Oakwood
Shoney
Rt. 3
W ‘A
W. Va. Turnpike
Rufus Purdue, Jr
Middletown
Indiana
Bootsey
Clyde A. Smith, Jr
Benrus
Grandview
Fayetteville
James McDaniel Ropperston
Oceana
Floot
Sinck
Beckley Ice and Feed CO
Prince St. Thal
People's Shoe Shop
Hallet
Dolley Avenue
King Kole Kote
Remington
Klaus & Page CO
McCreery
Martin's Furniture
Martin’s
Best Furniture Company
South Fayette Street
Kelvinator
Westinghouse
Crosley
Crosely
Westingho
Hotpoint
Suila i
Ceecie Ene
Modern Furniture Co
J. Lamb & Son
2Nd Ave
Beckley, W. Ya
Mankie Lumber CO
North Kanawha St
Dic
Beckley, W. Vo
Galperin Music Company
Warlizer
War Store
Gilet
South Kanawha ST
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