Cooperation Urged On Landfill Aid In Raleigh County WV
Raleigh County officials urge counties to select landfill sites and coordinate with the State Road Commission. Commissioner John C Ward says the Board of Equalization and Review will run four weeks starting July 5 to hear concerns while seeking state help to build roads, deploy bulldozers, and ensure sanitary landfills. The program aims to reclaim and beautify land through cooperative funding and site management.
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West Virginia
State Road Commission
John C. Ward
Raleigh County Court Today
Board of Equalization and Review
Ward
Raleigh
Cooper Elected To Head VFW West Virginia Chapter
Richard J. Cooper of Weston was elected commander of the West Virginia VFW at the 40th annual state convention in Huntington. He succeeds Ovid L. Graham of Hinton. New officers include James R. Fawcett, Leo C. Shuck, and Ralph Stump, with Grace Minnix named president of the women's auxiliary. The 1962 convention will be in Clarksburg, Morgantown to host 1963 gathering.
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Huntington
UPI
West Virginia
The
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richard J. Cooper
Weston
Cooper
Ovid L. Graham
Hinton
James R. Fawcett
Grafton
Leo C. Shuck
Keyser
Ralph Stump
St. Albans
Grace Minnix
Belle
Women’s Auxiliary
Ann Davis
Weirton
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Woodland Specialist Meets Local Conservation Personnel
Ross Mellinger from the Soil Conservation Service was to meet Conservation Commission advisory staff at 2 p m in Beckley to plan a county foresters gathering in the Big Eight area. A field trip to Camp Creek State Forest will cover soil site capabilities and indices to guide reforestation and tree selection for optimum growth within a given period.
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Ross Mellinger
Soil Conservation Service
Conservation Commission
Beckley
SCS
Big Eight
Camp Creek State Forest
Vending Machines Damaged In Dairy Plant Break-In
The Greenbrier Dairy Products Co on Stamaford Road reported four vending machines damaged and money stolen after intruders entered Saturday night by breaking a glass door into the truck shop. Manager G. C. Stallings said little money was likely missing as machines had been emptied days earlier. State police are investigating.
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Greenbrier Dairy Products Co
Stamaford Road
G. C. Stallings
Summerlee Girl Treated For Injury
Karen K. McKinney ten year old daughter of Shelvin McKinney of Summerlee is being treated at Oak Hill Hospital for a head injury from a car accident. She was admitted at 2 10 a.m. Monday. Local police had no reports of the accident at presstime.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Karen K. McKinney
Shelvin McKinney
Summerlee
Oak Hill Hospital
Beckley Driver Cited for License and Stop Sign Violation
Eddie Windham, 57, Beckley, was cited by City Police at 7:50 a.m. today for driving with no city operators license and running a stop sign. He is to appear in Beckley Police Court July 17 to answer the charges.
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Eddie Windham
Beckley
Plead Guilty In Court Today
Two pleas of guilty were heard by Judge Harry L. McCreery in Raleigh County Criminal Court. Wheeler Vaughn pleaded to assault and remains on bond until July 19 for sentencing. George Payne pleaded guilty to obstructing an officer and remains on bond with no address listed. Jurors to return at 10 a m Wednesday. time change to 9 a m noted to dispose of matters in chambers.
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Harry L. McCreery
Raleigh County
Wheeler Vaughn
Hunter Street
Kermit Locke
George Payne
Payne
Anthony J. Sparacino
Kidnapping Scare Strikes Two 5-Year-Olds Near Tracks
Two five year olds, Richard Edgington and Susan Benedict, were abducted in separate incidents. Both were bound and left near railroad tracks with a bag over their heads. Richard freed himself after about four hours. Susan escaped within minutes and returned home. A woman described as Davy Johnson was involved, and Richard warned peers to avoid strangers. Police investigated the pattern and warned parents to remain vigilant.
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Richard Edgington
Richard
Susan Benedict
Susan
Hhim
Davy Johnson
Sue
John Benedict
Prisoners Ask for Indemnity in Tractor Offer Conflict
Prisoners and Florida relatives discussed indemnities as a committee dwindled over a dispute on tractors. Hooker argued the panel had no legal right to talk indemnities and called it intolerable. Relatives hope Castro might accept a middle ground between 3.5 million in tractors offered and 28 million in heavy equipment demanded, though no new counter-offer appeared.
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Hooker
Castro
Space race setback blamed on administration and services
Sen. Clifford P. Case of New Jersey, speaking on the Senate Space Committee, charged that poor administration and inter service power struggles have cost the United States two years of lead in the space race. He also proposed a constitutional amendment to curb state and city taxation of non residents, aiming to stop millions paying double taxes as 34 states levy income taxes on non residents.
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Senate Space Committee
Senate
United States
Russia
Clifford P. Case
R-N.j
Case
Haddad Files Suit For Insurance Claim
A suit filed in Raleigh County Circuit Clerk's office names the Massachusetts Protective Association as defendant. George R Haddad seeks 2850 on a 1941 policy for injuries claimed January 5 1959.
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George R. Haddad
Raleigh County
Massachusetts Protective Association
Now You Know By United Press International
A United Press International item claims that messages transmitted by the human nervous system travel at speeds up to about 2501 miles per hour, based on experimental results.
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United Press International
Final rites for Mrs Ida Pettry Coffelt and Howard Fadeley
Final rites for Ida Pettry Coffelt 78 of Springfield Ohio follow a Sunday death from heart attack. She leaves two sons Ben and Clarence two daughters Dora Braun and Pauline Kelly a brother Ben Pettry and several grandchildren. Final rites for Howard Malone Fadeley 78 of Montgomery will be at 1 PM Tuesday at B C Hooper Funeral Home with Rev Roger P Melton. Burial at Spring Hill Cemetery Charleston. Fadeley died Sunday in Laird Memorial Hospital after a long illness. He leaves wife Georgia Champe Fadeley three daughters Mary Bouldin Charlotte Edmundson Ann Ervin one son Charles Fadaley and 15 grandchildren.
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Ida Pettry Coffelt
Springfield
Ohio
Coffelt
Edwight
Burl
Nancy Jarrell Pettry
Ben
Clarence
Dora Braun
Pauline Kelly
Ben Pettry
Dorothy
Howard Malone
Fadeley
Fifth Ave
Montgomery
B. C
University of Virginia
Georgia Champe Fadaley
Mary Howard Bouldin
Charleston
Charlotte Edmundson
Beckley
Ann Ervin
South Charleston
Cmdr
Charles Fadaley
Dahlgren
Dr Robert W Riffe Dies at 70 in Northfork
Funeral services planned for Dr Robert Waymen Riffe 70 at Northfork Baptist Church with Rev John D Cameron to officiate. Burial in Rose Lawn Memorial Gardens. Former Lester resident and WWI veteran, he practiced dentistry in Northfork since 1919 and was a member of Mercer-McDowell Dental Association and local Masonic shrine groups. Surviving wife Ina Beckner Riffe, son R W Riffe II, five sisters and four brothers.
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Robert Waymen Riffe
Northfork
Northfork Baptist Church
John D. Cameron
Roselawn Memorial Gardens
Lester
Oliver P
Rhuma
R. W. Riffe II
R. C. Egnor
L. L. Fink
O. K. Snuffer
A. E. Shrewsbury
Emory Gunther
Crab Orchard
D. A. Riffe
V. R. Riffe
C. W. Riffe
C. O. Riffe
Winston Ayers Dies at 72 in Becktley Veterans Hospital
Winston Ayers, 72, of Chesapeake, died at 3 55 p m Sunday in the Beckley Veterans Hospital. The body was sent to the Leonard Johnson Funeral Home at Marmet.
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Winston Ayers
Chesapeake
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Leonard Johnson
Marmet
Emil F Prange Veteran 88 Dies in Ohio Hospital
Emil F Prange 88 a Spanish American War veteran of Marietta Ohio died at Beckley Veterans Hospital at 11 55 a m Sunday. He had been hospitalized since 1956. The body was removed to a Marietta funeral home.
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Emil F. Prange
Marietta
Ohio
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Sampson E Church 73 Former Herndon Miner Dies in Ky
Sampson Eli Church 73 a former Herndon resident died Friday at a son Allen’s home in Walsh Kentucky after a long illness. Born October 13 1888 in Wyoming County he was a son of the late Joseph and Crosby Burks Church. Survived by one other son Rev Silas Church Columbus Ohio one daughter Mrs James Sturgill Portsmouth Kentucky two brothers W M North Fork Isaac Eolia Kentucky two sisters Mrs Eva Angel Baileysville Mrs May England New Riva and eight grandchildren. Preceded in death by wife three sons and three daughters. Funeral 2 p m Tuesday at sister Mrs England’s home with Rev Johnny Richardson and Rev Church in charge. Burial in Bud Cemetery Bud. Body to England home at 4 p m today from Sam Foglesong Funeral Home Mullens.
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Sampson Eli Church
Herndon
Allen
Walsh
Wyoming County
Joseph and
Crosby Burks
Silas Church
Columbus
Ohio
James Sturgill
Portsmouth
W. M
Northfork
Isaac
Eolia
Eva Angel
Baileysville
May England
New Riva
England
Johnny Richardson
Church
Bud
Sam Foglesong
Mullens
Rns
Space expert Webb on Aiming for Moon First
Webb says the United States is slightly ahead on landing and returning crews but concedes Russia leads in first multi man orbit and moon around the earth. He cites Kennedy space effort to put the U S on the moon first and notes progress in boosters, spacecraft, weather, communications and navigation.
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Webb
Russia
Earth
Moon
Kennedy
U.S
Byrd urges study of U S energy resources
Senator Robert C. Byrd urged a nationwide study of energy resources and future needs in a floor speech. He called for a complete evaluation of the nation’s fuel portfolio to avoid guessing which stocks are sound and to prevent depletion, aligning with warnings of a potential energy gap and lessons from wartime tanker disruptions. Coal aided during those shortages.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
United States
Byrd
America
Interior
Stewart Udall
New York
New England
Mrs Ethel Morgan Funeral Arrangements Announced
Mrs. Ethel Halsey Morgan, 45, of Saulsville, found dead in her brother s yard on Saturday, funeral services planned at Saulsville Baptist Church at 1 p m with Rev Doff Harvey presiding. Burial in Halsey Cemetery near Pineville. Death attributed to heart attack. Sam Foglesong Funeral Home of Mullens handling arrangements.
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Ethel Halsey Morgan
Saulsville
Saulsville Baptist Church
Doff Harvey
Halsey
Pineville
Fridolin Staud, 66, Dies at Beckley Veterans Hospital
Fridolin John Staud of South Charleston, 66, died at Beckley Veterans Hospital at 12:15 p.m. Sunday after months of hospitalization. His body will be moved to a local South Charleston funeral home for arrangements.
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South Charleston
Fridolin John Staud
Beckley Veterans Hospital
Lois King Naylor Funeral Services Began Tuesday
Lois Jean King Naylor longtime Beckley native died Saturday in Huntington hospital after two weeks illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Klinger-Carpenter Mortuary chapel with Rev. Carl E. Midkiff officiating. Burial in Woodmere Cemetery. wife of George L. Naylor and former Maryland Casualty Co. employee. Born Sept. 13, 1925 in Mullens to Jennings B. and Merrill B. Arms King. She and family moved to Beckley then Huntington. Member of Quittmont Baptist Church. Graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School attended Beckley College.
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Lois Jean King Naylor
Beckley
Huntington
Klinger-Carpenter
Carl E. Midkiff
Woodmere
George L. Naylor
Maryland Casualty Co
Naylor
Mullens
Jennings B
Merrill B. Arms King
Quinnimont Baptist Church
Woodrow Wilson High School
Beckley College
T. E. Dunn Dies in Local Hospital
T. E. Dunn and Lester died in a local hospital this morning. The body is at the Caffee Funeral Home pending completion of arrangements.
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T. E. Dunn
Lester
Caffee Funeral Home
Insurgent Troops Seize Barcelona Area Oil Port
Emisoras Unidas reports rebels move toward Puerto la Cruz six miles from Barcelona, one of the country’s key oil ports. Vice Minister Carlos Andres Perez says Barcelona garrison exploited the commander’s absence to seize the state’s governor and secretary general. Maj Fidel Parra, Barcelona garrison commander, was in Caracas for a weekend army celebration. National guard and other units mobilize toward Barcelona.
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Barcelona
Emisoras Unidas
Puerto la Cruz
Carlos Andres Perez
Anzoategui
Fidel Parra
Caracas
National Guard
Continued Decline In West Virginia Population Seen
The NEA study presented at its convention in Atlantic City projects West Virginia’s population will drop 11.3 percent by 1970. From 1,860,421 residents in 1960, forecasts estimate 1,759,000 in 1965 and 1,650,000 in 1970, with Arkansas and Mississippi as the only other states expected to lose people.
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Atlantic City
N.J
UPID
National Education Association
West Virginia
NEA
Arkansas
Mississippi
Iowa Native Named New WVU Pharmacy Dean
Dr. R. O. Bachmann, 40, a professor at the University of Arkansas, is chosen as the new dean of West Virginia University School of Pharmacy, succeeding retiring Dean J. Lester Hayman. Bachmann, a research scientist in pharmaceutical and synthetic medicinal chemistry, will start July 1 after prior posts at Purdue University.
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Morgantown
UPI
Iowa
West Virginia University School of Pharmacy
R. O. Bachmann
University of Arkansas
J. Lester Hayman
Bachmann
Arkansas
Purdue University
Jurors View Mabscott Hill Road Project Condemnation
Jurors empaneled to hear a condemnation case against Owen E. Miller viewed two houses and Miller property taken by the State Road Commission for Mabscott Crabb Orchard Road improvements in October 1960. Counsel Ashworth said pictures would be admitted as evidence. Judge Knapp ruled viewing proper. Jurors to decide compensation owed Miller, not guilt, after the viewing.
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Owen E. Miller
Mabscott Hill
Miller
State Road Commission
Mabscott-Crab Orchard
D. D. Ashworth
Leo Birch
Ashworth
Norman Knapp
J. W. Maxwell
Kuwait Oil Riches Claimed by Iraqi Premier
Iraq Prime Minister Karem Kassem declared Kuwait an indivisible part of Iraq six days after Kuwait gained independence from British protection. He said a decree would appoint the Kuwaiti emir as governor of the Kuwait district of Iraq, signaling a bold assertion of control over the oil rich sheikdom.
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Baghdad
Iraq
UPI
Kuwait
Karem Kassem
Kassem
Maritime unions hear offer to lift picket lines
Kennedy calls the proposal tactically interesting but not substantial. President Charles Crooks of Masters, Mates and Pilots says unions would contest the injunction petition and appeal to the Supreme Court if issued, reporting from New York on the fire strike and fuel and food shipments.
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Kennedy
Charles Crooks
Masters, Mates and Pilots
New York
Supreme Court
Miriam Ferguson Dies at 86 Former Texas Governor
AUSTIN Texas Mrs Miriam A Ma Ferguson 86 a twice governor and early female state executive died Sunday Funeral services set for today Nan Downing Hayden 84 wife of Senator Carl Hayden died Sunday after strokes Walter Bierring 92 former AMA president and Pasteur student in Des Moines Iowa to have services Tuesday Charles Hilliker 65 president of Illinois California Express died Saturday in Denver of heart attack
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Miriam A
Ma) Ferguson
Texas
Denver
Charles E. Hilliker
Ilinois-California Express Inc
Washington
Nan Downing Hayden
Sen
Carl Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate
Des Moines, Iowa
Walter Bierring
The
American Medical Association
Louis Pasteur
Bierring
Iowa Methodist Hospital
Entertainment Platform Set for Old Fashioned Bargain Days
Workmen erected a platform on the Raleigh County Courthouse lawn near Main Street for the Beckley firemen's string band. Clarence Bibb, president of the Beckley Business Bureau, says the stage will host nightly performances this week as part of Old Fashioned Bargain Days in Beckley.
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Raleigh County
Main Street
Clarence Bibb
Beckley
Quick Thinking Mom Saves Life Of Son
Wayne UP I reports a 11 year old boy Norman Lee Pickett tried a deadly joke with a strap around his neck pretending to hang himself. The knot tightened and he collapsed while his younger brother Michael 6 ran to parents. The father cut the strap and the mother a student nurse began mouth to mouth resuscitation. Fire department officials said the action may have saved the child life.
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Wayne
UPI
Norman Lee Pickett
Norman
Michael
Long overdue book returned to Norwich library
Canon Edward Parr delivered a book to Norwich central lending library after it sat missing for centuries. The calf-bound lexicographical work, published in 1650, vanished from Icity library between 1732 and 1819 and reappeared in the church library. If fined at the normal rate it would total about 168 dollars.
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Norwich
England
UPI
Edward Parr
Parr
Church
Icity
Contract For Fayette Lake Dam Award Delayed
The State Conservation Commission will award the Plum Orchard Lake dam contract in Fayette County after new fiscal year revenue becomes available. Bids have been opened from contractors and a project name chosen by a local contest is postponed to a later date. The dam will impound about 200 acres near Oak Hill four miles from the town via Scarbro.
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OAK Hill
RNS
Plum Orchard Lake
State Conservation Commission
Plum Orchard
Fayette County
Scarbro
Lane
Fayette
Civil War Play Receives High Praise For Cast And Stagecraft
The production earned strong credit for individual performances and cooperative effort. Weather aided the outdoor preview with a clear night and a large moon, while the Southern Region Restaurant Association hosted an extensive ox roast. Notable elements included innovative sets and lighting by Lee Devin, period dancing choreographed by Bill Hooks and Maggie Newman, and standout acting by Norman Arrington as John Morgan. Vincent Dennis provided comic relief as Whitey Hawkins, with many players profiled for contributing to an entertaining and inspiring show.
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Southern Region Restaurant Association
New
Bill Hooks
Maggie Newman
Miss Newman
Norman Arrington
John Morgan
Vincent Dennis
Whitey Hawkins
Short News Briefs Mixed With National and State Items
Brief items report a South Carolina outage and violent weather with three deaths in Texas floods. Governors discuss a Latin America teacher exchange under Kennedy alliance. Eichmann admits issuing executions but claims no guilt. Engle urges Allied buildup to defend Berlin. Lias trial delayed. Lopato drowns in Ohio River. prison escapee sought in West Virginia. WV traffic deaths reach 145 versus 149 last year.
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Stephen L. R. MacNichols
Colorado
Latin America
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Honolulu
Adolf Eichmann
Pontius Pilate
Heimrich Himmler
Clair Engle
D-Calif
United States
Berlin
Germany
William G
Big Bill
West Virginia
Glen Jean Man Fined Jailed
Verlin Valentine, 34, of Glen Jean, was fined 50 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 20 days in jail for a reckless driving charge after a two car collision on Route 21 at Hilltop. He also drew 10 dollars plus costs and 10 days in jail for driving with a revoked license and 10 dollars plus costs for drunkenness when questioned by Trooper Wiant. Valentine’s car hit a vehicle driven by H. P. Burdiss Jr. of Beckley, with extensive damage but no injuries.
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Oak Hill
RNS
Verlin Valentine
Glen Jean
Hilltop
Valentine
W. F. Wiant
Angler avoids outdoors by fishing in living room mill
Graham Whitehouse fixed up a converted water mill in West Newton Eng to fish from his living room window starting a possible fad. In Las Vegas a Miss Nevada contestant nicknamed Miss X fears her boyfriend may recognize her birthmark in a newspaper photo. Milwaukee yachtsman Martin Johnson vows to quit water after being rescued from a capsized Lake Michigan sailboat, recalling wartime torpedo and mine experiences and saying three dunks are enough.
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West Newton Eng
UPI
Graham Whitehouse
Whitehouse
Las Vegas
Nev
Milwaukee
UPS
Martin Johnson
Lake Michigan
Atlantic
Johnson
Laos Conflicts Rise as Three Princes Talk Coalition
In Zurich and Laos, Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong press for a coalition amid alleged Vietnamese and American backing of competing factions. Chen condemns guarantees to sovereignty while noting outside forces troubling Laos. Talks on a coalition to begin in 10 to 15 days, with Boun Oum pressured to concede.
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Laos
Southeast Asia
Chen
Chiang Kai-shek
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao
Boun Oum
Souvanna
Two Fatal Auto Crashes and Bus Accidents Across U S
The report tallies 13 deaths from two violent auto crashes and three weekend bus accidents killing three people and injuring 44. Fatalities include seven in a head on crash on a rail road overpass in Depew New York and six killed in another crash on U S 60 near Cumberland Corner Virginia.
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United Press International
Prsons
Depew
N.Y
U.S. 60
Cumberland Corner
California
Lynwood
Sacramento
Calif
U.S. 40
Roseville
Staten Island
Newark
N.J
New Jersey
Chicago
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Ida Coffelt
Howard M. Fadeley
Robert W. Riffe
Sampson E. Church
Ethel Morgan
Fridolin
J. Staud
Lois King Naylor
Maritime
Bargain Shopper
Fayette Lake
County Sportsmen’s Association
South Carolina
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