Mountain State Briefs: WV News Roundup Across Incidents
A WV roundup reports a Putnam County man, Clarence Canterbury, died after his pickup plunged into the Kanawha River near St Albans. Other items cover a fatal shooting in Prosperity, a SWP ballot bid, Logan County grand jury, and federal gas tax rejection.
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ST. Albans
W.va
Putnam County
Kanawha River
Here
Clarence Canterbury
Scott Depot
Canterbury
Tornado devastates Preston County WV in seven sites
State Police Capt. L J Trupp said the Preston County tornado was a near miss for deaths as it carved an 18 mile path causing extensive damage. Gov Rockefeller released 250000 for cleanup while 41 houses and 27 trailers were destroyed or damaged. crews worked to restore power and phone service.
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Kingwood
W.va
L.J. Trupp
Preston County
West Virginia
John D. Rockefeller IV
Trupp
Monongalia
Maryland
Richard K. Wolfe
Wolfe
Nancy Abrams
Terra Alta
Huge Vote Error Shifts Hamilton Lead In 2nd District
AP reports a reporting error in Fayette County boosted Pat Hamilton’s district wide total by 1,000 votes raising his margin over Harley O. Staggers Jr to 36,525 to 34,475. Final unofficial results previously showed a 50 vote lead. officials say the corrected tallies confirm Hamilton’s victory in the 2nd District Democratic primary.
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Charleston
W.va
Carter
West Virginia
Robert Byrd
Jennings Randolph
Nick J. Rahall
4Th
Robert Mollohan
Harley O. Staggers
Pat Hamilton
Harley O. Staggers Jr
Hamilton
John Law
Fayette County
Staggers
Harley O. Staggers Sr
2Nd
Fayette
Greenbrier
Summers
Monroe
Democratic Party
Secretary of State's
Richard Bragg
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Mountain State Briefs
Prosperity
Oak Hill
Raleigh
Sherman Dean Snuffer
Mickey Udy
Sophia
Socialist Appeal
Socialist Worker's Party of
Supreme Court
SWP
Tom Moriarty
Morgantown
Moriarty
John Anderson
U.S. Supreme Court
Logan Election
Logan
Logan County
Naaman Aldredge
Aldredge
Grand Jury
Court House
Bradley Pyles
Tom Parks
Parks
Pyles
West Virginia Turnpike
Standard
Paint Creek
Kanawha County
State Department of Highways
Fred Franchoise
Highways Department
Gary Chernenko
Madison
Boone County
Sheriff's Deputies
Charles L. Workman
Jeffery
Sheriff's Department
Workman
South Charleston
Alpoca
Slab Fork Coal Co
Gaston No. 2
Wyoming County
Steve Sanders
United Mine Workers District 29
Dennis Saunders
Slab Fork
District 29
John Hutchinson
Robert Crawford
Hugh Rosely
Joe F. Smith
Bragg
John
Woodrum
Father's Day Savings
THE
Thornton CO
Bluefield
W.W
Athens
Sally H. Hays
Concord Street
Athen
Robert E. Holroyd
Main St
Princeton
Sealy Comfort
Comfort Guard Supreme
Warlicks
Warwick
Raleigh St
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