Treasure hunt fails as CIA cash hidden on Linderman's Key
Journalists recount two Florida expeditions seeking $250,000 supplied by the CIA to Cuban exiles. Only six $20 bills found after dredging canals and inspecting a cistern at Linderman's Key. Explorers, led by Lewis Goodman, search with divers and a crew including Brad Piken and Casper Center.
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Linderman’s Key
Fla
Florida Keys
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
CIA
Brad Ayers
Ayers
Lewis Goodman
Bimini
British Guinea
Dominican Republic
Big Daddy
Brad Piken
Florida
Casper Center
Broad Creek
Castro
Linderman
Jean Thorton Linderman
University of Miami
William McLaughlin
Hunters’ and Fishermen’s Paradise, Inc
William H. Losner
Bank of Perrine
Losner
McLaughlin
Linderman’s
Just Between Us and Community Happenings in West Virginia
A mixed column notes happy holiday wishes and cautions for safer travel. It mentions spring beauty and a shrub sighting in New Geneva, reports on a Monongalia Humane Society auction, and celebrates brides graduates and anniversaries. It also previews West Virginia wildlife writing and a raccoon tale from Earnest Brown.
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West Virginia
Morgantown
William H. Goudy
Samuel L. Vandevender
Goudy
George
Orchids and journeys amid spring memories across the region
A bus tour planned for June 26 promises an orchid display in glades as locals discuss travel to a remote area. Deer by a coal heap near Fancy Hill attract attention while University Children's Opera Theater earns praise for Never An Angel with Diane Mohrman as Marietta. Brown University names Jacquelyn A. Mattfeld to a historic associate provost post as part of a merger with Pembroke College. The White House denies special treatment for Julie Nixon Eisenhower’s teaching assignment in Atlantic Beach. Erich Segal reflects on Love Story and quotes Thoreau. Shorty Cole is highlighted for veteran service at Carmichael’s VFW Post Home and readers are urged holiday weekend caution.
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Bertha Hawkins
Marion
University Children’s Opera Theater
Music Building
Diane Mohrman
Marietta
N.Y
Washington
White House
Julie Nixon Eisenhower
Atlantic Beach
Fla
Eisenhower
Constance Stuart
Patricia Nixon
New York
Erich Segal
The
New Journal
Yale
Segal
Shorty Cole
Carmichael
VFW
Shorty
Mehalic Responds To LWV Editor's Note In Morgantown Race
Joseph C Mehalic, 215 Wilson Ave retired, answers questions on housing, law enforcement, recreation facilities and zoning in Morgantown. He notes late LWV questionnaire so not in the Voters Guide and discusses televising City Council meetings.
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Mehalic
League of Women Voters
Dominion Post
Joseph C. Mehali
Wilson Ave
Morgantown
HUD
Morgantown Citizens urged to fund rehab and shelter programs
Stephen Selby argues that county and city governments must act to fund drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities and an animal shelter to curb pet overpopulation. He warns neglect leads to epidemic problems and stresses citizen responsibility to vote and participate in local government.
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Les Whitten
By Jack Anderson
Lew Goodman
IDA Beverage
New Geneva
Monongalia Humane Society
Cranberry Glades
Maxine Scarbro
Fancy Hill
Lake Lynn-Pt. Marion
Henry David Thoreau
Stephen Selby
Peets
PLAID
High Street
Suncrest Shopping
A&p
Ann Page
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