Residents Complain About New Bridge Plan
Henderson and Point Pleasant residents voiced concerns at a public hearing on the Trunkline 17 and Route 2 replacement near the Ohio River bridge. Residents warned of property losses and access issues, while officials outlined phased four lane upgrades and federal approval steps.
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Point Pleasant
Henderson
State Road Commission
Ohio River Bridge
Ray Bryan
Huntington
Bryan
Riverside
Remond Ridge
Kush Kurdel
Mason County Chamber of Commerce
James Stewart
Ohio River
Estate seeks damages in Virginia civil action
Barbara Ann Brown as administratrix of Clarence A. Dean's estate filed a $112,049 civil action in Circuit Court Wednesday. Plaintiffs accuse Thomas Roger Parker of Christiansburg and John Lawson Jr. of Stuart of causing a Dec 1 1967 Route 17 accident. Claims include funeral 1222 and hospital 823.25 expenses with $100000 pecuniary and $10000 mental damages. Parker drove a Lawson owned vehicle.
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Point Pleasant
Circuit Court
Barbara Ann Brown
Clarence A. Dean
Thomas Roger Parker
Christiansburg
John Lawson Jr
Stuart
Dean
One Car Crash injures Osher Kerns on Route 35
Osher Kerns of 498 First Street was injured in a two thirty a.m. crash on Route 35 at Ambrosia. State Police report his car left the road struck a utility pole and toppled into railroad tracks over a fifteen foot embankment. He was treated at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Kerns was charged with driving while intoxicated, arraigned before Justice Roy Kincaid, fined fifty dollars plus costs, six month license revocation, and a twenty four hour jail sentence.
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Osher Kerns
First Street
Ambrosia
Ile
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Kerns
Justice of Peace
Roy Kincaid
25 Men Go Into Plant
George Wright of Local 426 Unity Workers Union says Philip Sporn plant strikers opened the main gate for supervisors and cleared the road. About eight cars carrying 25 men entered. a food van was blocked as 30 to 40 workers lay in the highway. Wright reports no meetings planned and three workers on strike. plant manager says supervisors operate the plant after a midnight Sunday contract expiry.
2 Fatalities Mar Report In Mason Co
Mason County Sheriff announces June totals: 72 jail bookings, 6 133 miles patrolled, nine traffic accidents investigated. Two fatalities and seven injuries reported. property damage 6850 dollars. Road law arrests total ten. 13 misdemeanors and two felonies. Court papers 70. 11 warrants received nine served. Two prisoners and two mental patients were transported. Chamber Board Meets in Point Pleasant
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Point Pleasant
George Johnson
Mason County
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