Mercer County Forms 20 Member Panel for Sanitary Landfill Drive
A Mercer County Court appointed a 20 person committee including state and local officials to push a county sanitary landfill project. They will decide between one central or multiple landfills and seek a state law mandating use and allowing fee setting. Meeting set for Dec 14 at 7 30 p m at the Mercer County Health Center.
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Mercer County
State Senate
House of Delegates
Mercer County Health Center
Robert Holroyd
Beckley Newspaper Appeals to State Supreme Court
Beckley Newspapers Corp appealed to the State Supreme Court on Tuesday from a $5,000 libel verdict awarded to C. Harold Hanks, Raleigh County Circuit Court clerk, who sued for $100,000 over three 1962 editorials in the Beckley Post-Herald. The case centers on venue in Wyoming County and had previously been before the high court in 1965.
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Charleston
Beckley Newspapers Corp
State Supreme Court
C. Harold Hanks
Raleigh County
Beckley
Hanks
Wyoming County
Beckley Post-Herald
Supreme Court
Wyoming Court
Waynesburg Southern Railroad Line Planned to Serve WV Mines
The Pennsylvania Railroad plans an $18 million 35 mile rail line from Waynesburg to Blacksville and Miracle Run in West Virginia to serve Eastern Associated Coal Corp and Consolidation Coal Co mines. Construction is underway and due to finish by mid 1968. The joint venture also involves the Baltimore Ohio and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie railroads.
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Pittsburgh, Pa
Pennsylvania Railroad
West Virginia
Pennsylvania Railroad Board
Stuart T. Saunders
Monongahela Railway
Eastern
Associated Coal Corp
Consolidation Coal Co
Monongalia County
Pennsylvania
Miracle Run
Blacksville
Consolidation Coal
Saunders
Waynesburg Southern Railroad Co
Waynesburg
Baltimore Ohio
Pittsburgh
Lake Erie
West Virginia Traffic Deaths Rise to 499 This Year
State Police reported on Tuesday that 499 people have been killed on West Virginia highways so far this year, up from 447 at the same point last year.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Mechanical Monster Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle Tests In Vietnam
In Saigon the Navy patrol air cushion vehicle is tested in the Mekong Delta. The 39 foot craft skims water and flat land at 65 mph on a air cushion. Three craft with seven man crews operated across the Plain of Reeds near Moc Hoa joining Vietnamese irregulars and US Special Forces advisers.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
The
United States
Viet Nam
Navy
Mekong
Court Shuns Dump Duty in Bramwell Case
Bramwell mayor and court president clash over responsibility for dump conditions. Pocahontas Land Corp threatens to cancel lease if cleanup fails, citing fires in 1953 and urging local communities to self manage dumps like Oakvale and Matoaka. The court will provide a monthly bulldozer push but otherwise withdraw caretaking duties.
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Bramwell
William H. Bowen
Frank ‘Red’ Gibson
Gibson
Pocahontas Land Corp
Pocahontas
Pocahontas Land
Oakvale
Matoaka
Munity
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Ray Barnett
James Cain
Fred Thomason
C. C. Christian
Charles Lohr
Bluefield
Shale Kerby
Princeton
B. F. Jarrell
John Mahood
Daniel Hale
Mercer County Board of Health
W. H. Bowen
G. W. Anderson
Athens
W. M. Bon Durant
Wade Elmore
William Pradich
Montcalm
James Bailey
Green Valley
C. C. Cravens
Bluewell
Richard Wesley
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Jerry McDevitt
Sunset News-Observer
Health Department
Origin
Cox
Wok
Division 107
Christ
Coats
Cologne
Jane East
Jade East
Phil Maid
Cox's Basement
Effron
Army and Navy Store
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