Ex Wyoming Residents Wed In Florida Rites
Two former Wyoming County residents were married July 7 in Jacksonville Florida in a candlelight ceremony. The bride Miss Carolyn Kay Laxton wore an Irish linen sheath dress and pink orchids. The groom Alvin L Stine served in the Navy aboard the USS Franklin D Roosevelt. The couple planned a wedding trip to St Augustine and Neptune Beach Florida.
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Pineville
Wyoming County
Jacksonville
Fla
John Biggs
Carolyn Kay Laxton
Frank Laxton Jr
Alvin L. Stines
Oceana
Maggie Allen
Mary Lou Barnett
Milwaukee
Wis
Roger Creighton
Fort Lauderdale
Neptune Lounge
Sandy la Claire
St. Augustine
Neptune Beach
Stine
Meter Maids Begin Work in Wheeling
Three women start writing parking tickets in Wheeling marking the citys first use of female meter attendants. The Fraternal Order of Police may sue to place them under the Police Department rather than the city treasurer.
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Wheeling
UPI
Order of Police
Hero of Greece Proposes Steam Power Use
A Greek scientist in the first century A.D. first conceived that steam could be used for power. The idea marks an early moment in the history of steam technology and mechanical energy.
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Hero
A.D
Kisner Charged With Murder in Beckley Hospital Death
Kisner 34 of Elk Knox Mountain is charged with murder after Joseph Ayers 21 died at Beckley hospital from shotgun wounds suffered when Ayers was shot near their homes earlier. Kisner held since Saturday. preliminary hearing set before Magistrate John Wingfield in Hinton.
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Hinton
Elwood Kisner
Ejk Knob Mountain
Joseph G. Ayers
Elk Knox Mountain
Beckley
Kisner
Ayers
Eisner
John Wingfield
Johannesburg man faces trial for meteorite theft
A Johannesburg man is committed for trial on charges of stealing a meteorite valued at 70,000 dollars. The rock weighing 461 pounds was the main exhibit displayed on school grounds where it had been shown for two years.
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Windhoek
South Africa
UPI
Johannesburg
Dario de Vinachi
Earl
One Fourth of Mankind by Lin Yutang Review
A critical summary of Lin Yutang’s analysis on China’s 1945 liberation, Mao’s rise over Sun Yat-sen, and Chiang Kai-shek’s fall. The piece traces Japan’s role, the Kuomintang collapse, and China’s shift to a totalitarian order under Mao amid Cold War dynamics and Korea. It notes China’s 1950 intervention, Sino-Soviet split foreshadowing, and Mao’s peasant-based Marxism.
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China
Mao Tse-tunng
Sun Yat-sen
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Chiang
Manchuria
Kuomintang
America
Taiwan
Grocery store employee vanishes with $1000
William A. Baker, 25, vanished Saturday morning while driving to deposit $1,000 for a grocery store. The car was found abandoned in Harrison County with about $400 in checks and the rest in cash. Authorities thought he headed toward Norristown, Pennsylvania.
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Fairmont
UPI
William A. Baker
Nora A.vincent
Baker
Harrison County
Norristown
Colorado visitors host family picnic near Bluestone State Park
Mr. and Mrs. Grover Angell and their Colorado guests from Denver attended a Thursday evening family picnic at Bluestone State Park near Hinton. Attendees included numerous Lilly and Angell relatives from Bradley Covington Covington Va Mapp Fork and surrounding areas.
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Grover Angell
Debr
Frank
Kevin
Scott
Tina
Denver
Colo
Hinton
Bradley
Carlos Lilly
Bluestone State Park
Harry Lilly
Colorado
Burke
Joyce
Eddie
Kathy
JoAnn
Earl Lily
Sherry
Sand Branch
Hazel Lilly
Brenda
Hazel Marie
Daniels
Phyllis Angell
Mccharet Eakin
Dick Angell
Covington
Orbra Angell
Sonny
Susie
Mickey
Alice
Zena
Bobbie
Charles
Kenneth Agnelli
Grace
Parkersburg cabbie shot during robbery in downtown
Parkersburg cab driver James Hoce was shot in the stomach and robbed after hailing a taxi at 2 20 a m in downtown Parkersburg. Police arrested Donald Kirk 19 of Roanoke Va 90 minutes later with a pistol and money pouch believed to belong to Hoce. He is jailed in Wood County awaiting charges.
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Parkersburg
UPI
James K. Hoce
Land
Donald Allen Kirk
Roanoke
Virginia
Hoce
Kirk
Uptowner Inn
Hope
Wood County
How to Safeguard Your Outboard Motor
Reader asks how to prevent theft of an outboard motor. Use a chain and lock to secure the motor to the boat. When trailering, never leave it unattended. At night wrap the trailer safety chain around a tree or post and lock it. Do not leave keys in ignition or spark plugs in place on manual start models.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Joseph F. Seat
Hazelwood
Arkansas Hot Seat
W. P. Ball
Estate Pardon and Parole System
Seat
Ball
Mount Hope Society Notes Illness and Camp Plans
Mrs. Charles Lawhorn is seriously ill at Beckley ARH. Visiting relatives include Lynette Alderman and Janice Williams with families from Michigan. Fannie Cinotti receives pneumonia treatment at Beckley ARH. John Muir known as patient at Oak Hill Hospital. Students Lucille Page Janet Blakemore attend seventh grade camp July 18-23. Mary Jean Dorsey Ellen Page Susie Dower attend higher grade camp July 25-30 at Blue Stone Center. Rev John Lares of Madison Church to preach at Mount Hope Baptist Temple revival September 25-30.
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Mount Hope
Rns
Charles Lawhorn
Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital
W. W. Bolen
Ervin (Lynette
Peggy
Teddy
River Rouge
Mich
Janice Williams
Karen
Timmy
Taylortown
Jess Kendrick
Bradley
Grady
Barbara Sison
Arlington
Henry Curry
Pinehall
N. C
Joe Kenny
Falls Church
Fannie Cinotti
John Muir
Madison Street
Oak Hill Hospital
Lucille Page
Janet Blakemore
Bluestone Conference Center
Mary Jean Dorsey
Ellen Page
Susie Dower
Mount Hope Presbyterian Church
John Lares
Madison Baptist Church
Madison
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Clubwomen Attend Princeton Workshop in West Virginia
Southern District of the West Virginia Federation of Women's Clubs held its annual summer workshop and luncheon at the Dinner Bell near Princeton. Attendees included club presidents and members from Oceana Pineville Baileysville and other areas. past president Mrs. Fred K. Hurt spoke and reports on the Chicago Diamond Jubilee Convention were shared. Plans for the fall district convention and WVFWC Adult Institute at West Virginia University July 13 15 were discussed.
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Pineville
West Virginia Federation of Women’s Clubs
West Virginia Turnpike
Princeton
Fred K. Hurt
Beckley
Mmediate
The
State Federation
Women’s Club
Chicago
Ill
Max Dawson
Southern District
WVFWC
West Virginia University
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Pineville High School
iCivil Defense Club
Poe
Pineville Woman’s Club
Beckly College
ESEA
Oceana High School
Tomahawk Times
Quill & Scroll Club
Viet Nam
Astaeons
Orkin
Robert R. Elmore
Mountain State Hearing Aid Center
Main ST
Beckley, W. VA
Nenen
Wee Nee
Epee Ee
Lin Yutang
Korea
Wu Ti
Russia
Mao
Columbia Gas System
P. O
W. Va
Nickell
Z. E. Angeli
Billy Apostolon
Mary
Sarah
Lindsey Basham
Lillian Jackson
Doug
Connie
Mark
John
Junior Lilly
Tammy
Sandy
Maple Fork
Bandit
Cabbie
Toronto
Malcolm Morgan
Morgan
R. D. Watts Insurance
Bair
Agency, Inc
Princeton Workshop
Otis Cook
Oceana Woman’s Club
Woodrow ‘Spaur
Pineville Club
Tommy Bailey Jr
Baileysville
Harry Cook
Baileysville Club
Ray Epling
Wayne Bailey
Baileysville Woman’s Club
Willie Milam
Ravencliff
Airman
J C
Don Goddard
Shelby
Bossier City
Milam
Little Hocking
Ohio
Mazie Milam
Maggie
Burl
Alfred Milam
Goddards
Elton
Mrs. R. S. Goddard
Louisiana
Glen Bernie
Donald Mooney
Pansy Kirk
Fearl Goddard
Donald Mann
Ernest Vaught
Rufus Vaught
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