Lindbergh Spirit Anniversary Tour Reaches Paris and Roosevelt Field
A five part series marks Lindberghs 1927 solo flight from New York to Paris. Reporters journey includes a Concorde detour and a visit to Roosevelt Field where the Spirit of St Louis first took flight. Franklin Roosevelt Field today hosts a flea market and a Jenny biplane replica hangs in the nearby Roosevelt Field Shopping Center.
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Charles A Lindbergh
New York
Paris
St. Louis
le Bourget
Lindbergh
Lone Eagle
Abe Peck
Roosevelt Field
Charles Lindbergh
Atlantic Ocean
Archimedes
Max Conrad
Nova Scotia
Long Island
Atlantic
States
France
Jimpson
Ritz
Maxim’s
Aeroport
Roosevelt Raceway
George Dade
Nassau County
Churches Face Gambling Crackdown Amid Local Controversy
Beckley police and city officials say church bingo may violate state anti gambling laws but no church gambling is confirmed. Mayor McCulloch and Chief Durrett pledge enforcement if violations surface while state police report four arrests for gambling at Midway Tavern with $167 seized.
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Beckley
Thomas Durrett
Durrett
St. Francis de Sales Catholic
Scones J. Wolan
Register
Jeremiah F. McSweeney
Father Wolan
John H. McCulloch
McCulloch
Midway Tavern
Cpl
J.A. White
Car Wreck Near Hinton Claims One Life
A 1973 pickup driven by Carter left the road four miles east of Hinton and crashed into a ditchline killing one person. Carter survived. his wife Josephine Redden Carter was treated and released at the hospital. Carter, born March 19 1914, was a retired coal miner and longtime Stanaford resident. He is survived by his wife two sons three sisters and six grandchildren. Services set for Wednesday at Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel with burial at Blue Ridge Memorial. Pallbearers named. friends may visit Tuesday after 6 p.m.
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Carter
Josephine Redden Carter
Hinton
Marshall Eugene
Virginia Bennett Carter
Holiness Church
United Mine Workers of America
Stanaford
Franklin
Melvin
Bertham
Lanark
Rachael Adkins
Prince
Rosie Robinson
Indoor
Rose and Quesenberry Peace Chapel
Phillip Lilly
Blue Ridge Memorial
Teddy
Youths Steal Two Trucks in Glen White Theft Spree
A 10-year-old and a 14-year-old were arrested after stealing two four wheel drive trucks from United Welding in Glen White. They broke into the field office, took keys, and drove off with a combined value about seven thousand dollars. The trucks were recovered and the youths were charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny.
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United Welding
Glen White
Raleigh County
Bob Belcher
Belcher
Eccles
William “Bud” Ferrell
Weather Outlook Warm Sunny Through Tuesday
The National Weather Service forecasts mostly sunny, warm weather with a high near 80 today and low 50s tonight. Tuesday should be sunny with highs in the low 80s and a 10 percent chance of rain. Southerly winds near 5 to 15 mph.
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National Weather Service
Han
Farm Visit Inspires Beckley Montessori Children
Children from Beckley Montessori School wrote about their farm visit adventure and drew pictures after the event featured in Sundays combined edition. The report notes the Creative Living piece on Page 5 and mentions sports and consumer pages in other sections.
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Beckley Montessori School
Creative Living
Protests Tie Up Kennedy Airport In SST Traffic Jam
Hundreds of protesters jeered the Concorde SST plan by blocking roads around Kennedy Airport. Police counted 200 to 300 vehicles, with organizers claiming as many as 1,350 cars joined from Queens Brooklyn and Nassau. Demonstrators waved flags and disrupted access as a week of anti SST activity began.
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Kennedy Airport
John Marus
Queens
Brooklyn
Nassau County
Em Coalition
Port Authority of
New York
New Jersey
Kennedy
Protege Ne
Aeedit
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