Son's Armed Robbery Hearing Slated Today
Dallas Bradford about 40 of Rock Creek was to appear for a preliminary hearing before Magistrate L G Daniels this afternoon on a charge of armed robbery of his parents Sunday morning He allegedly confronted them with a .12 gauge shotgun demanding money and threatened to burn the home if refused Police said a $40 cash payment was given and Bradford was later arrested near his parents home in a blue and white 1955 model car He remained in Raleigh County Jail on a robbery charge with other local fines noted.
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Dallas Bradford
Rock Creek
L. G. Daniels
Marsh Fork
Daniels
O. W. Bradford
Bradford
Madison
Inci
Boone County
Cecil Eer
J. N. Leonard
Donnaho
Charleston
Bradao
Raleigh
Whitesville
Basil George Goff
Lester
Louis Gall
Glen Daniel
James Chandler
Eccles
Gall
Clarence Divine
Arnett
Jack Harris
Donald Ray Bird
Crab Orchard
la Lease
Stan
la Fact
Sheriff’s Deputies
Grandview Park Development Project Budget Summary
The proposal lists numerous improvements including restrooms for men and women, sewage and water line work, signage, lighting for caves and tunnels, trail paving, fencing, landscaping, and survey work. Total project cost, contingency, and fees bring the request to $397,326.
Record-Setting Army and Navy Hikes Hit Nationwide Trials
Air Force Capt. Fritz A. By rum set a 14 hour 5 minute 50 mile mark in Montgomery Alabama while First Lt. Roger Price of El Toro Marine Base posted 10 hours 30 minutes. Lt. Col. Ronald Force of Oxford Ohio logged 10 hours 30 minutes 45 seconds at Amarillo AF Base amid criticism of terrain. Atty. Gen. Kennedy finished the final 200 yards after nearly 18 hours as four Justice Department aides dropped out. The President walked in Manhattan and near the White House with Mrs Kennedy and Caroline.
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Air Force
Fritz A. Byrum
Montgomery
Ala
Marine Corps
California
Roger Price
el Toro Marine Base
Texas Air Force
Ronald Force
Oxford
Ohio
Amarillo Air Force Base
Amarillo
Kennedy
Justice Department
mid-Manhattan
Washington
White House
Archbishops Sentenced to Forced Labor in Siberia
The church reports an archbishop of all Eastern Rite Catholics in Ukraine was sentenced to eight years of forced labor in a Siberian labor camp for collaboration with the Nazis. He was later retried and sentenced again for refusing to recognize a Communist synod and for rejecting the authority of the Pope in favor of allegiance to the Russian Orthodox Church allied with the Kremlin.
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Ukraine
Kremlin
Motorists Face Fines in Road Violation Docket
A parade of drivers appeared before Magistrates Burke and Rodriguez for road violation fines. Karen McCormick Daniels, Jerry Gunter of Cleveland, and others paid $5 to $25 in cash and costs after State Police citations on Routes 21 and 16. An assault charge was withdrawn. several cases involved improper registration, passing, or driving without a license.
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W. A. Burke
Karen R. McCormick
Daniels
Jerry Lee Gunter
Cleveland
Ohio
Robert H. Harrah
Bradley
Burke
Danny G. Warden
Beckley
Willis Crews
Vance
Nolle Contendre
Leander Norris Jones
Nancy Thornton
Dallas Edward Milam Crab Orchard
William Hayes
Lester
Isom Henry
Berkley St
Joe Rodriguez
Howard Clay
Welton B. Crook
Rodriguez
Clay
Kellis Davis Bonham
Ira P. Stewart
Edgar M. Forren
Beaver
Dixie Atha
Maynor
Miss Atha
Forren
Three Die In West Virginia Traffic Weekend Toll
West Virginia reported one traffic death on state roads over the weekend, lifting the annual toll to 29 while two residents died in out of state crashes. The sole state fatality occurred late Friday on West Virginia 2 near St Marys, involving Paul Barnhart, 26, of Bens Run, and five passengers injured. A Cyclone resident, Athalene Cook, died in a truck collision on U S 60 near Winchester Kentucky, while Robert Bright, 27, of Chesapeake died in a two car crash on U S 21 near Massillon Ohio early Saturday.
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United Press International
West Virginia
West
Athalene Cook
Cyclone
Wyoming County
U. S. 60
Winchester
Robert M. Bright
Chesapeake
Kanawha County
U. S. 21
Massillon
Ohio
Khrushchev downplays Moscow Peking split during talks
Premier Khrushchev told Canadian publisher Roy Thomson that the Moscow Peking dispute is a family quarrel. He said the Soviet Union and China are friends and will remain so, and warned the West not to overestimate long term effects of the split.
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Bloc
Khrushchev
Peking
Roy Thomson
Moscow - Peking
Soviet Union
China
Legislature Debates Taxes and Alcohol Sales Measures
The House considered Barron administration's insurance premium tax extension and a bill to let the State Liquor Commission sell alcohol by case lot. A Senate bill would create an alcohol treatment division within the Mental Health Department. About two dozen new bills were introduced including a soft drinks tax repeal proposal by Del Harry R. Pauley.
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Barron Administration
State Liquor Commission
Senate
State Department of Mental Health
Del
Harry R. Pauley
D-Mcdowell
West Virginia University
Iraqi premier quoted as revolutionaries drag him to trial
Al Ahram reports Abdel Karim Kassem declares loyalty to Iraq as he is seized for trial by revolutionaries. In Beaumont Texas Mark Fanning, 16, remembers his captain father aboard the Marine Sulphur Queen. A London airline stewardess discusses jet tummy pain amid high altitude pressure. In Knoxville Tennessee an Alcohol Tax Unit agent notes moonshine production in the mountains and widespread cross state distribution.
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United Press International
Cairo
United Arab Republic
al Ahram
Abdel Karim Kassem
Iraq
London
New York
Knoxville
Tenn
William Watkins
Alcohol Tax Unit
Tennessee Mountains
Byrd Discusses Feasibility Study Launch By Commerce
Byrd said in later calls with Assistant Secretary Holloman that the Commerce Department would start the feasibility study within days. He added the department plans to reach out to State colleges and universities, major business groups, state officials, and civic and business leaders.
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Byrd
Holloman
Department of Commerce
Moonshiners and Agents Clash in County Still Bust
Watkins described an unspoken, mutual rule for guns used only for signaling during moonshine busts. Rumors said agents raided without warrants in open terrain, prompting Hilton Butler to deploy a large force of highway patrols and revenue agents. In one week, nearly 60 stills and over 13 000 gallons of mash were seized with two arrests and no shootings. A plane aided ground crews in locating stills.
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ATU
Watkins
Hilton Butler
Raleigh County Board of Review Holds Quiet Day
The Raleigh County Court received no callers today during its sitting as a Board of Review and Equalization, leaving the session without participants or petitions.
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Raleigh
Board of Review
Deaths and Funerals Armand A Williams 1884 1962
Armand Allen Williams 78 of Shady Spring died at 4 a m today after a short illness in a local hospital. A retired building contractor and Raleigh County native born April 6 1884 he was survived by his wife Nannie Lilly Williams five sons Willis A Willard P Clacy E Thent Ar mand D and Don J. three daughters Glenna A Williams Macie Pack and Nomie Hedrick. a foster brother John Goldie. 16 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Body at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home pending arrangements.
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Armand Allen Williams
Shady Spring
Raleigh County
Nannie Lilly Williams
Willis A
Willard P
Mount View
Clacy E
Armand D
Chicago
Ill
Don J
U. S. Navy
Washington, D
Infant Deloris Mickey Dies at Birth in Raleigh
Deloris N Mickey infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Mickey Raleigh died at home nine hours after birth. Survivors include a brother Harry and sister Carolyn at home. Graveside rites 11 am Tuesday Greenwood Memorial Park. Body at Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor.
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Deloris N. Mickey
Harry Mickey
Raleigh
Harry
Carolyn
Greenwood Memorial Park
Ritchie and Johnson Funeral Parlor
Final rites set for Mrs Effie Cole in Buffalo
Final rites for Mrs Effie Cole, longtime Buffalo resident and former Glen Rogers, are planned for Tuesday in Buffalo. She died Friday morning in Buffalo after a long illness. She is survived by her husband Wil and two daughters, all of Buffalo.
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Effie Coleman
Buffalo
N. Y
Glen Rogers
Wil
Final rites for Ronie E. Cook held at Mount Tabor Church
Ronie E. Cook died after a long illness at his residence. Funeral services were conducted at Mount Tabor Baptist Church with Rev. Albert L. Ostrander in charge and burial in Mount Tabor Cemetery. He was born June 20, 1897. Survived by son Ronie E. Jr. of Richmond, Va. Pallbearers named. Arrangements by Melton Mortuary.
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Ronie E. Cook
Mount Tabor Baptist Church
Albert L. Ostrander
Mount Tabor
Ronie E. Jr
Richmond
Richard L. Gillespie
C. F. Hale
Wayman Stanley Jr
Robert Stanley
James Snuffer
John Shumate
Melton Mortuary
Funeral services for Mrs Athalene Cook in Cyclone
Mrs Athalene Cook 37 Cyclone dies in Winchester Kentucky auto crash Saturday. Services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at La coma Baptist Church Cyclone with Rev Stellie Parsons of Matheny presiding. Burial Cook Cemetery Cyclone. Born April 12 1925 daughter of Andy and Lilly Daniels Brown Survivors: husband George three sons Jerry Johnny Roger eight brothers five sisters and other relatives. Body to be taken to Cyclone home at 5 p.m. today from Evans Funeral Home Oceana.
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Athalene Cook
Cyclone
Lacoma Baptist Church
Stellie Parsons
Matheny
Cook
Winchester
Cook Cemetery
Cyclon
Andy
Lilly Daniels Brown
George
Jerry
Johnny
Roger
Wayne
Shelby
Garner
Wendell
Norville
Luther
Mallory
Isom
Stowe
Mable Gray
Cleveland
Ohio
Diane Heuggan
Goldy Bailey
Savannah
Edna Paynter
Lula Brown
Evans
Oceana
Burchette Family Rites Planned After Dayton Man's Death
Dan Burchette of Dayton Ohio dies en route to hospital from heart attack. Wife Dora Burchette preceded him in death in 1962. Funeral set for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sinkings Spring Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. Claude and Arthur Burchette to attend.
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Dan Burchette
Dayton
Ohio
Claude
Arthur Burchette
Lynco
Dora Burchette
Baptist Church
Sinkings Spring
Claude Burchette
John Edward Murray Dies. Former Titusville Mayor
John Edward Murray 70 of Titusville Florida former mayor and yard master for Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad died Friday after a decade long illness. Born March 12 1892 in Virginia he moved to Titusville seven years ago. He is survived by his daughter Lillian Smith and three sons Ashley Conway and John E. with relations in Beckley and Virginia listed among relatives.
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John Edward Murray
Titusville
Fla
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Whitesville
Virginia
Rufus
Mary Elizabeth Nelson Murray
Bessie Lemon
R. E. Murray
Beckley
Lillian Smith
California
Ashley
Conway
John E
Kathryn Murray
Lacy Treadway
Phil Sneed Rites Set In Rose Ridge Gardens
Funeral services for Phil Sneed 61 of Ghent are planned for 2 36 p m Wednesday at Rose Ridge Memorial Gardens. He died at home after a heart attack born June 27 1901 in Mercer County son of John and Matilda Sneed. Surviving are Frances Shrewsberry Sneed and nine daughters three sons two sisters a half sister a stepdaughter 42 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Phil Sneed
Ghent
Rose Ridge Memorial Gardens
Mercer County
John and
Matilda Sneed Sneed
Lillybrook Coal Co
Killarne
United Mine Workers
Killarney
Frances Shrewsberry Sneed
Millard
Flint
Mich
Jesse
Elgin
Ill
Franklin
Linda Sneed
James
Vernamae) Wickline
Ray
Joyce) Gould
Hansel
Violet) Anderson
Torrence
Calif
Ersel
Thomas Biggs
Pinoak
Watson hopes recall on delegate districts changes later
Watson believes rural counties oppose delegate district proposals due to sympathy and vote trading. He thinks they may reverse if the House can, via Senate amending action, reconsider delegate districts again later in the session.
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Watson
House
Senate
Fire damages set at church in Beckley
A fire at the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church caused about 1000 dollars in damages Sunday at 10 55 a m. Fire department spokesman said the blaze probably started from an overheated stove. No one was injured and damage was covered by insurance.
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New Hope Primitive Baptist
Beckley
Lincoln's Birthday Observed With Office Closures
Raleigh County Courthouse offices will be closed Tuesday in observance of Lincoln's Birthday anniversary. State offices and liquor stores also will be closed.
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Raleigh County
Lincoln
Funeral services for Mrs Annie Hinty Taylor Hinty
Mrs Annie Taylor Hinty 80 of Scarbro dies after a short illness in an Oak Hill hospital. Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Thomas Funeral Home Chapel Oak Hill with Rev Otis Mc Neil and Rev O C Landrum officiating. Burial in High Lawn Memorial Park. She was a member of White Oak Presbyterian Church Scarbro and born in Raleigh County.
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Annie Taylor Hinty
Scarbro
Thomas Funeral Home
Oak Hill
Otis McNeil
O. C. Landrum
High Lawn Memorial Park
Hinty
White Oak Presbyterian Church
Raleigh County
Clarksburg Doctor Thomas Gocke Dies in Coral Gables
Dr. Thomas B. Gocke, 63, longtime Clarksburg physician, died of a heart attack in Coral Gables Florida where he had wintered after a former attack. Born in Piedmont West Virginia he practiced in Clarksburg since 1929 and is survived by his widow Mary Angela Connell Gocke and five children.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Clarksburg
W. Va
Thomas B. Gocke
Gocke
Piedmont
Mineral County
Mary Angela Connell Gocke
Mabscott man stricken by heart attack in Beckley
James C. Wendell a 50 year old Mabscott resident collapsed in the Beckley Post Office parking lot at 6 30 a m. Rescue workers provided emergency treatment and he was admitted to Beckley Hospital in satisfactory condition at noon.
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Beckley
Beckley Post Office
James C. Wendell
Mabscott
Beckley Hospital
Missing Tanker Search Widens Over Atlantic
Planes and ships scoured the Atlantic for the Marine Sulphur Queen, a 524-foot tanker with 39 crew, nine days after it left Beaumont to Norfolk. Coast Guard searchers found debris not linked to the ship as authorities speculated on steam explosions from hot sulfur cargo and compared the case to the 1918 Cyclops disappearance. The vessel, built in 1944 and operated by Marine Transport Corp., failed to reach Norfolk on schedule and last radioed near the Dry Tortugas.
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Jacksonville
Fla
UPID
Atlantic
Coast Guard
Beaumont
Tex
Norfolk
Marine Transport Corp. of
New York
Here
Gulf of Mexico
U. . Navy
Cyclops
Congressional Debate Over Cuba Intelligence and Missile Crisis
Lawmakers discuss Cuba amid calls to evaluate the intelligence community and the Soviet missile presence. Senator Scott accuses the Kennedy administration of concealment while Clark defends Kennedy's approach as wisely focused on removing Soviet missiles without risking war.
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Dean Rusk
Antoly Dobrynin
Cuba
Congress
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Kenneth B. Keating
Sen. Keating
Clark
Glen Rogers Man Released From Jail
Walter Brown and Glen Rogers were released from Raleigh County Jail at 7 30 a m after serving time and giving blood to satisfy drunk and possession of moonshine sentences. Harold Hancock, unknown address, released after posting 121 cash bond to Magistrate Joe Rodriguez on possession of moonshine and drunkenness. Hancock jailed by State Police at 7 50 p m Saturday and released Sunday.
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Walter Brown
Glen Rogers
Raleigh
Raleigh County
Huntington State Hospital
Harold Hancock
Joe Rodriguez
Hancock
Clarence Williams
Oak Hill
Rodriguez
Lincoln Birthday recess draws lawmakers from Washington
Congress enters an unofficial week long recess as Republicans return home for Lincoln Day speeches. Senate and House plan skeleton sessions with no business to be transacted while GOP members are away. Democrats will follow with a birthday tribute recess later for Jackson and Jefferson.
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Washington
Kennedy's back limits lifting son John Jr.
Mrs Edward Kennedy said the President struggles to lift his 35 pound two year old son John Jr due to a back problem. She noted Kennedy used to roughhouse with children but now avoids heavy activity and golf. Salinger confirmed improving back but said the son is getting heavier.
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New York
UPI
Edward M. Kennedy
John Jr
Kennedy
U.S
Senate
Massachusetts
Look Magazine
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Rain Drenches Southern California and surrounding regions
The storm dumped 3.53 inches in Santa Barbara with localized flooding up to 8.62 inches and snow in the Sierra Nevada roads. Widespread cold and snow swept the central United States and a hazardous driving warning affected Tennessee, Missouri and Arkansas as barge traffic resumed on the Mississippi after ice eased.
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United Press International
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Midwest
Plains
Rockies
Weather Bureau
Santa Barbara
Calif
Sierra Nevada
Nevada
United States
Dakotas
Ohio
Tennessee
Misouri
Arkanas
New England
Burlington
Mississippi River
Cairo
Baghdad revolt reshapes Iraq with new rebel regime
Reports from Baghdad describe a crackdown on Communist elements as Brig. Gen. Abd Al Majid Jalil Brig. Gen. Dawud Al Janabi Col. Husayn Khidr Al Duri and Lt. Col. Ibrahim Kazim Al Musawi are named among officers. The rebel regime gains control with a curfew as battle scars and scattered resistance linger in the city. International recognition follows from Iran Sudan Yugoslavia and others.
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Abd al Majid Jalil
Dawud al Janabi
Husayn Khidr al Duri
Ibrahim Kazim al Musawi
Baghdad
Tehran
Basra
Iraq
Beirut
Middle East
Milk Price War Ends In Charleston Weekend Special
Charleston milk prices returned to normal after a brief price cut scare. Evans Markets led a decline to 67 cents a gallon and 39 cents a half last Thursday, followed by Kroger and A and P, but today drivers back to regular 89 cents a gallon and 54 a half for store milk. Home delivery prices were unaffected.
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Charleston
UPI
Evans Super
Krogers
A&p
Evans
Princeton Fire Wipes Out Building Housing Auto Firm and Eatery
A fire destroyed a building housing an auto firm and a restaurant in Princeton causing over 60 000 in losses. The incident occurred outside city limits so the Princeton department did not answer the alarm. Nearby volunteers and rescue squads assisted but lacked enough equipment to control the flames. Owner James Stockie had not signed a city fire protection contract required for out of town responses.
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Princeton
UPI
Princeton Fire Department
West Virginia
James Stockie
Smoke and Fog Cause Head-On Crash on Route 29
A head-on collision between two 1958 model cars occurred on Route 29 between Mead and Rhodell at 10 a.m. due to smoke and dense fog from a burning slate dump. Drivers Carlos Lee Maye and Glen R. Perry, both unharmed, were not charged. State police said the road may be closed or altered to improve visibility.
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Mead
Rhodell
Carlos Lee Maye
Josephine
Glen R. Perry
Crab Orchard
State Road Commission
Virginia Graham to Wed Stephan Tchividjian in Switzerland
Billy Graham and wife announce their daughter Virginia's engagement to Stephan Tchividjian of Montreux Switzerland. The couple plan a spring wedding in Switzerland and will reside there while he studies medicine at the University of Lausanne. Virginia is the eldest Graham child and a Wheaton College graduate. The 23 year old Tchividjian is the son of Ara and Mrs. Tchividjian of Montreux.
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N. C
UPI
Billy Graham
Virginia
Stephan Tchividjian
Montreux
Switzerland
Graham
Europe
Hampden - Dubose Academy
Zellwood
Fla
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Ill
Tehividjian
Ara Tchividjian
Tchividjians
Tchividjian
University of Lausanne
Cars collide at North Heber and Prince Street
A 3:35 p m Sunday angle collision near the North Heber Prince Street intersection caused about 200 in damages. The involved drivers were Irene Size more 41 Matheny and Raynelle Sweeney 44 Shady Spring. No injuries or charges were reported.
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Heber-Prince Street
Irene Sizemore
Matheny
Raynelle ‘Sweeney
Shady Spring
Pulitzer Prize Winning Newspaperman Dies
ATLANTA UPI Graveside services planned Tuesday for Julian L Harris 88 a Pulitzer Prize winning newspaperman and son of author Joel Chadler Harris Harris died Saturday in a private convalescent home after a long illness He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1926 as editor of the Columbus Enquirer Sun for editorials opposing the Ku Klux Klan Klan threats to shoot him followed his stance in those editorials.
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Atlanta
UPI
Julian L. Harris
Joel Chadler Harris
Harris
Columbus
Enquirer Sun
New Britain Couple Tie Knot Amid Political Pact
New Britain Connecticut Lawrence J Davidson a Republican and Adrienne Krasoff a Democrat wed on Sunday promising a nonpartisan home. Mrs Davidson said she would register with the GOP after their honeymoon.
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New Britain
Conn
UPID
Lawrence J. Daviison
Adrienne Krasoff
Volga Described as Europe's Longest River
Britannica Encyclopedia notes the Volga as the longest river in Europe and most significant in European Russia, highlighting its geography and importance in the region.
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Volga
Russia
Europe
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Buster) Warner
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