Prosecution Rest in Murder Trial of Pulaski Bridge Guard
The prosecution rested its case in the murder trial of George L. King 76 a former highway bridge guard after eight witnesses testified Deputy Sheriff Marele Ratcliffe said King admitted shooting the Wirts The double murder occurred July 6 midway between the New River bridge at Radford and the railroad bridge west of Radford in Pulaski Virginia
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Pulaski Bridge
Pulaski
George L. King
King
Doris Einstein Wirt
Clayton Wirt
Wirt
Marele Ratcliffe
Kink
Wirts
Ratcliffe
State Highway Department
24 Hour Rain Floods Streams in West Virginia
Flood waters rose across multiple counties in West Virginia as a 24 hour downpour drenched Spencer and surrounding areas. Roads including U S routes 21 119 33 and state highways 5 14 16 18 and 23 faced closures with water depths up to six feet in Spencer and rising further along the affected corridors. Traffic was hindered and towns reported residents cut off while officials assessed damage.
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Charleston
W. Va
Spencer
Spring Creek
Alvord
Parkersburg
Reedy
Palestine
Wallace
Ripley
Road Commission
Wellford
Roane County
Harrisville
Ellenboro
Arnoldsburg
Grantsville High School
Doddridge County
West Union
Middlebourne
Grantsville
Brooksville
Weston
Buckhannon
Shirley
Tyler County
Tyler City
Murder charge filed in Curtis case in Webster Springs
Orval Curtis faces a murder charge over the death of his common law wife who had been missing since July. A skeleton believed to be the woman was found in woods near Tioga last week, prompting the charge from State Police Set. W. C. Ware and prosecutor Wendell W. Hoover.
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Webster Springs
W. Va
Orval Curtis
W. C. Ware
Wendell W. Hoover
Curtis
Tioga
West Virginia proposes seven member single state education board
State School Superintendent W W Trent outlined a plan for a seven member board to absorb the functions of the current state board and the university board of governors The governor would appoint one member for four years while six would be elected by county boards of education for six year terms from six congressional districts The move revives arguments from 1946 and 1947 on whether education should be politically appointed The plan would centralize control of education policy and could alter the status of the elected state school superintendent
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Charleston
W. Va
Board of Education
W. W. Trent
Trent
West Virginia University Board of Governors
State Board of Education
West Virginia
Cchildren
Board of Public Works
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Calvert Distillers Corp
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Board of Education Change
Hudson & Doane Insurance Agency
Safety
Sonny Tufts
Adam
Angrist Men’s Shop
Princeton Ave
Bluefield, W. Va
General Electric
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