15 Years After Hartford Circus Fire Mystery Remains
The Hartford circus fire Off Barbour Street left 168 dead and 500 injured. A six year old girl known as Little Miss 1965 perished and was never identified. Police Lt Barber and Sgt Lowe keep visiting her grave yearly, still seeking clues to the child’s fate. The disaster spurred civic mourning and architectural reminders in Hartford.
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Hartford
Merle Evans
Evans
Sousa
Thomas C. Barber
Edward T. Lowe
Lowe
Barber
U S Embassies Show Vivid World Faces
An Associated Press survey of embassies in a dozen capitals contrasts the American model of openness with Soviet secrecy. Americans run larger, newer missions with many native staff, while Soviets emphasize propriety and self sufficiency. New U S embassies rise in Delhi London Athens and Mexico City as the Soviets plan near New Delhi and Ankara.
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Mexico City
Jakarta
Rome
Associated Press
America
Soviet Union
Cairo
Britain
London
New Dehli
Taj Mahal
U. S
Athens
New Delhi
Ankara
Foreign Car Market Gains U S Ground
Detroit AP reports that foreign sports cars are expanding in the United States with about 20 percent of 377,625 new foreign cars sold last year. The MG leads at around 2500 dollars, while other models like Austin Healey Sprite, Triumph, Porsche, Alfa Romeo and Mercedes compete. California remains the top market, with the West Coast supplying as much as 30 percent of sales.
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Detroit
United States
Ferrari
Triumph
Austin Healey
Porsche
Mercedes
California
West Coast
Jews reach 5,260,000 in U S population study
The 1959 American Jewish Year Book notes the U S Jewish population has risen to 5 26 million but growth pace lags behind the general population The report highlights an aging Jewish population lower birth rates among Jewish women compared with Catholics and Protestants and New York City as a major Jewish center with 2 018 million Jews.
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United States
American Jewish Committee
Jewish Publication Society of America
Arthur Jacobs
The
Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Soviet Union
Israel
New York
New York City
Tel- Aviv-Jaffa
Charles Hartsel Broce Funeral Announcement
Charles Hartsel Broce, 42, of Daniels, died Friday at Coolridge. Funeral services set for 2 p m Monday July 13 at Webb and Neal Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Oscar Lilly officiating. Burial in Broce Cemetery in Daniels. Body at funeral home, pallbearers listed.
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Broce Broce
Charles Hartsel
Daniels
Coolridge
Webb and Neal Funeral Home
Oscar Lilly
Broce
Vance Drive
Jim Whorley
John Davis
Ashton Burrass
Paul Smith
David Hunter
Curley Kunkel
Raymond Rakes
Watson Lilly
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Port Arthur
Canada
ST. Lawrence Seaway
Atlanta
Denmark
Geneva
Dia
Circus
Mystery
By Lou Black
Northwood
Wind
Sor
Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar
Supreme Court
Hyman G. Rickover
House Armed Services Subcommittee
Washington
Subcommittee
U.S
U. S. Navy
MacDonough
Bethlehem Shipyard
Quincy
Mass
Camden
N. J
Savannah
New York Shipbuilding Yard
East Coast
South
Midwest
E. R. King
Abe Heath
Webb & Neal Funeral Home
Dora Quesenberry
William Asbury Fadeley
Floyd M. Sayre
Beckley
S. Oakwood
Hardy Carnations
Dias Floral Co
City
City Ave
Oakwood Ave
Amos F. Quesenberry
Quesenberry
Kanawha St
Robert L Amick
Harold Willams
Todd's Grocery and Hardware
Beaver
Gray Lumber Co
Crab Orchard Dial
Sam Foley
Lowell Foley
Sander & Edger
Beckley Ice & Feed CO
Prince St. Dial
Sander
Montgomery Ward Beckley
W. Va
Dial
Bank OF Ralleigh
F. D
Earl R. Huddle
Earl
St. 2
Buckley Photo Service
Church Street
Civil Service
Lincoln Service
Pekin
Ilinois
Rogers Plumbing & Heating
Temple St
Williams Top Shop
Ashworth & Sparks, Inc
Prince St
John W. Eye
West
Neville St
Ashworth Firestone
Prince St. _ Ph
Wright
Lovitz
Delta Shop
Delta Lathe and Motor
DuMont Television
Henry Wayne
Besoco
Haddad’s TV and Furniture Company
North Kanawha Street
Camp Thompson
D. B Stover
Clarke Rue
Beckley Ice & Feed
Prince St. Ph
Sville Dolphie
Jarrell Elk Run
Beckley Post-Herald
Lewis Transfer Co
Mt. Hope
Jan Campbell
Muste Co
White Pine Gray Lumber CO
Crab Orchard
Fannie Strickland
Mt Nebo
Jim Green
Raleigh Insurance Agency
Itmann
Avon TV
Avon
New York Area
Huntington
Broadway Huntington Station
N. Y
Pineville-Mullens
Helen Halbert
Logan
Craddock
O T. Moore
Mr. Hope
Bon- Bon Domestic Agency
Neville Street
Beckley le
Fayette County
BNC Printing
Prince Street
William O’brien
Bankers Life & Casualty CO
Temple Street
Electro Lux Corporation
Brown
President Hotel
P. O. Box
Clifton Forge
Call
Reeves Co
Attleboro
Charles Oe
Bibb Snryder
R. E. Bare
R. L
J. H. Stinson
East Beckley _Dial
Roy A. Jones
Oak Hill HO
AKC
Skelton Wrecking
Guernsey
Berkshire
Price Brothers
RTS Bereee
Crosier Hatchery
Oak Hill
B. Ear Mann
Ee Beckley
Radford
Jack’s Trading Post
New Raleigh
K. M. Walker
H. P. Scott
Greenbrier River
Easy Rove
Kenneth Vass
Lindside
Plymouth
Beckley Maytag
Norge
All Good Condits
Morris Street
J. W. Huddle
Clyde Street
WCW
FORD
Dearing Bros. Prosperity
Goodman
Universal
Whorten Jenkins
Resoco
Shawkey Lilly
French Street
Smith-Corona
Remington Mane
Anne
BNC
Western Auto
Prince ‘St
Emerson TV
Beckley Newspapers Corp
H. P
Crook's Furniture
New Raleigh Road
Electrolux Corp Sales and Service
Temple St. Beckley
Wilson's
DOY
Doy Appliances & TV Valley Drive
Wipperman Construction Co
Appalachian School
Ally
Hall Furniture Co
Means Lumber CO
Sisson St
Basil & Ross Spangler Contractors
Hinton
Joe Benjey
Earwood S
Iks Club
Boggess
Baker Lumber Sales
Byus
Mankin Lumber Co
N. Kanawha St
Cinder
Beckley, W. VA
Bond
Kristley
Carter Machinery Co
Caterpillar
Bluefield
Cat
Caterpillar Tractor Co
W. Prince St
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