Supreme Court Refuses Appeal In Murder Case Slie
The West Virginia Supreme Court denied Kent L. Slie's appeal a second time in the 1971 strangulation death of a 12 year old Dunbar youth. The ruling followed prior denial and accompanies related prison and torture claims in other actions at the court.
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Charleston
W.va
State Supreme Court
Kent L. Slie
Dunbar
West Virginia
Putnam County
Danny Lee Collins
Hamlin
Huntington
South Charleston
Mountain Road
Kanawha
Slie
Donald Roberts
Kanawha County
Mercer County Population Grows 1.1 Percent Since 1970
U S Census Bureau figures cited by Rep. Ken Hechler show Mercer County adding 700 residents from 63,206 in 1970 to a higher 1972 total marking a 1.1 percent gain. McDowell County rises 800 to 51,400, a 1.5 percent gain, while West Virginia increases 37,000 to 1,781,000, up 2.1 percent.
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Mercer County
U. S. Census Bureau
Ken Hechler
D-W. Va
Mony
Bluefield
Princeton
Hechler
McDowell County
West Virginia
Market Owner Sees Need For Seafood Harvesters
In 1962 North Carolina oystermen harvested 194000 bushels of oysters, a leading money crop. The market owner notes the growing need for more harvesters to support the industry amid rising demand and seasonal fluctuations.
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Morehead City
N.C
North Carolina
Tony Seaman Jr
Sanitary Fish Market
Seaman
North Carolina Marine Science Council
Ed McCoy
Divi
McCoy
Virginia
Florida
Alabama
Mercer County records show five property deeds and five marriage filings
Mercer County Clerk recorded five property transfers and five marriage applications on Monday. Transactions include Wells Construction Co. Inc. to G. C. Arrington in Princeton for 23000 dollars and Lucille Pedigo to KOB Co. for 55000 dollars, plus others in Beaver Pond Bluefield and East River districts. Applications list Ash Morgantown, Comer Bluefield, Hylton Princeton, Nichols Princeton, Mullins Princeton, Mullins Bluefield, Young Princeton, Abbott Athens, Burdles Falls Mills and Sarver Falls Mills.
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Mercer County Clerk’s Office
Wells Construction Co. Inc
G. C. Arrington
Princeton
Jose C. Garcia
Frank Moore, Jr
Beaver Pond
Virginia Stage Line, Inc
A. W. Trail, Jr
Bluefield
Lucille Pedigo
KOB Co
George Rutledge
J. C. Rorick
East River District
John W. Ash
Morgantown
Marsha G. Comer
Clarence E. Hylton
Charlotte B. Nichols
James S. Mullins
Patricia M. Mullins
Michael Young
Kimberly A. Abbott
Athens
Russell A. Burdles
Bonnie F. Sarver
Falls Mills
Petit Jurors Announced by Judge Howard Jarrett
Jurors scheduled to report June 25 at 9 30 a m listed by district Beaver Pond River Rock Plymouth Jumping Branch with multiple named jurors. The text ends with an unrelated anatomical sentence about the gluteus maximus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Jarrett
Beaver Pond District
Jack Sutton
Ralph E. Ebersole
W. D. Irwin
Ray C. Heldreth
C. N. Rudolph
Ronald B. Peters
Vernon Scog Sr
John E. Lawless
R. Watkins
Edith English
E. M. Travis
F Garland D. Yates
E. M. Carrigan
Wisconsin Governor Urges Nixon to Resign Over Watergate
Gov. Patrick Lucey of Wisconsin called for President Nixon’s resignation amid the Watergate scandal at the National Governors Conference in Lake Tahoe. He warned impeachment could be worse than the illness, though he left open whether to pursue it. Virginia Gov. Linwood Holton backed Nixon staying in office.
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Stateline
Nev
Patrick Lucey
Wisconsin
Nixon
White House
Lucey
Lake Tahoe
Virginia
Linwood Holton
Republican Governors Association
Marvin Mandel
Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Moonlight Sale Boosts Bargains From 12 Downtown Merchants
Twelve Bluefield downtown merchants join a Moonlight Sale tonight from 6 to 9 30 p m offering special bargains. Participants include Weinberg's Phil s Fashions Audrey's Billie's Fabric Shop S S Kresge Leggett Montgomery Ward Cox's Effron's Penney Steckler's and H M Shoes. The Downtown Committee of the Bluefield Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bluefield
Weinberg’s
Phil’s Fashions
Audrey’s
Billie’s
S. S. Kresge Company
Leggett Department Store
H & M Shoe Store
Alfred Land Jeweler
Montgomery Ward
Cox’s Department Are
Effron’s Men’s Shop
Penney
Steckler’s Men's Shop
The
Bluefield Chamber of Commerce
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Charles E. Ealy
First Church of God
National
Men’s Fellowship
Church of God
Anderson
Ind
Ealy
Sam
DePue
Frank Mann
Bruce Hammond
Mahood Avenue
Cecil W. Watson
Charles Ealy
Sam DePue
Supreme Court
Roberts
Logan County
Virgil Parsely
Robert Eugene Hudson
Mingo County
Mingo
Robert L. Davis
Oman
Maytag Wringer
Shaffer Maytag and Furniture Company
Mercer ST
Leggett
Mercer
Bhurred City
Sion
Department of Natural and Economic Resources
Health Department
Gov. Lucey
Holton
Daniel J. Evans
Washington
National Conference
Evans
Mandel
Princeton City
James L
Jim’’ Owen SR
Bluefield, W.va
Bob Harrington
Bourbon Street
Calvary Baptist Church
Highland Ave
Cumberland Hgts
Baptist Church
East
Cumberland Rd
Edgemont Baptist Church
Jefferson Dr
South St
Princeton, W.va
First Baptist Church
Mbourbon ST
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