Three Men Injured In Maple Road Home Fire
An early morning blaze at Mr and Mrs Francis Freeman home on Maple Road Fayetteville injures three. Francis Freeman and Thomas Freeman hospitalized at Laird Memorial Hospital Montgomery while firefighter Jackie Thompson has a broken ankle. Fire blamed on short circuit. damage estimate unavailable.
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Francis L. Freeman
Maple Road
Fayetteville
Francis Freeman
Thomas
Laird Memorial Hospital
Montgomery
Jackie Thompson
Floods Linked To Strip Mining in Kentucky
Frankfort report ties recent eastern Kentucky floods to strip mining activity. Conservation Commissioner J O Matlick says denuded ground and faster runoff from increased mining worsen floods. Emmett Blair of Whitesburg Mining Co disputes blame, noting prior floods with more silt and debris.
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Frankfort
UPI
Kentucky
J. O. Matlick
Matlick
Emmett Blair
Whitesburg Mining Co
Blair
Mount Hope Students Attend All-State Chorus Confab
Three seniors and two juniors from Mount Hope High School travel to Charleston for the Music Educators Conference. Felinda Duran Rita Duckworth Bill Pennington Vera Woods and Rusty Jeter perform as first alto soprano first bass second alto and first tenor respectively. Accompanied by instructor Eunice Fleming.
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Mount Hope
ANS
Mount Hope High School
Music Educators Conference
Charleston Civic Center
Felinda Duran
Rita Duckworth
Bill Pennington
Vera Woods
Rusty Jeter
Felinda
John Duran
Mustang
Alpha Omega Soriority
National ‘Honor Society
Junior Academy of Science
Mons Spei
Toby Boggs
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
Catholic Youth Organization
Rita
Duckworth
Alpha Omega Sorority
Academy of Science
Assembly of God Church
W. M. Pennington
Glee Club
Boys State
Mount Hope Baptist Temple
Bill
Vera
Dorsey E. Wood
Hill Top
First Baptist Church of
Jeter
Robert Jeter
Teens Against Cancer Club
Church Choir
The
BYF
Fayette Byf Association
Rusty
Eunice Fleming
Two Denied Bond On Rape and Assault Charges
Roscoe Carlos Jackson 21 of Piney View and Lawrence Lewis Mitchell 38 of Lanark are held without bond in Fayette County Jail awaiting grand jury action on rape and felonious assault charges. They waived to the grand jury in a Friday preliminary hearing before Magistrate Frank Simms. Also held without bond is Arthur William Jenkins 27 of Piney View. The trio face charges tied to the March 7 rape of a 16 year old Kilsyth girl and an assault of another girl at Garden Grounds.
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Fayetteville
RNS
Roscoe Carlos Jackson
Piney View
Lawrence Lewis Mitchell
Lanark
Fayette County
Frank Simms
Arthur William Jenkins
Kilsyth
Garden Grounds
Survey Counts 54.7 Million U.S. Households in 1962
A March 1962 survey shows 54.7 million households in the United States. The figure highlights household growth during the period and reflects demographic shifts shaping national markets and policy considerations.
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United States
Local Residents Return From Hospitals Amid Flu and Stroke News
Pax residents report George Johnson returning home after a week in Beckley Memorial Hospital. Mattie Humphrey remains confined with the flu, employed at Margaret's Cash Grocery in Pax. Margaret Newsome stayed at Charleston Memorial Hospital in critical condition after a stroke at Long Branch, a Pax High School cook and mother of Myrtle Davis. Weekend guests and travel notes include the Angle family in Weirwood and the Mowell and Sutton families visiting from Sweeneysburg Cleveland Ohio and Beckley. Jessie Tyree returns to Pax after Bluefield Sanitarium care following a train car collision at Lively with improving condition.
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PAX
George Johnson
Beckley Memorial Hospital
Mattie Humphrey
Margaret's Cash Grocery
Margaret Newsome
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Long Branch
Pax High School
Myrtle Davis
Fannie Angle
Weirwood
Sherman Angle Jr
Stotesbury
Johnny Ray Mowell
Joe Miller
Sweeneysburg
Dante, Va
Rosella Sutton
Clyde Mowell
S. H. Starnes
Slant
Billy Mowell
Cleveland
Ohio
Howard Paul Sutton
Kingsport
Tenn
Geneva Payne
Beckley
Jessie Tyree
Bluefield Sanitarium
Lively
Mrs Kizer Is Party Honoree
Mrs Henry Kizer Scarbro was honored by a surprise party in observance of her 39th birthday anniversary. Hosts were Mrs Alex Szuch and Mrs Nona Musial with many family and friends attending including Miss Linda Criss and several Szuch, Creger and Kizer relatives.
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Mount Hope
RNS
Henry Kizer
Scarbro
Alex Szuch
Nona Musial
YMCA Night School Pioneering Education Before 1900
The YMCA pioneered night school education and helped develop the work and study plan later adopted by many colleges.
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Y.M.C.A
Logan Countians Back $1.8 Million Court House Plan
Logan County voters approved a $660000 bond authorization to match federal funds for a new $1.8 million court house. They also allowed the school board to transfer $560000 to consolidate four schools including Omar Junior High and Omar Douglas Chauncey and Micco grade schools. The upgraded complex will be named Omar Junior High.
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LOGAN
VPI
Board of Education
Omar Junior High
Omar Douglas
Chauncey
Micco
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Skinner
Jaycee
Oak Hill
Robert
Bob’ Sanger
Charman
West Virginia
Jaycee Club
Kizer
New Court House
Beary's
Figue
Parrot
Young America
Bluefield
Welch
S & H Stines
Andy
Boves
Lge
Boxei
Baoc
Ion
Castile
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