Nitzschke Accepts New Hampshire Leadership
Marshall University President Dale Nitzschke agreed to lead the University of New Hampshire, becoming UNH president Aug 1 after a unanimous board vote. He will boost private support while urging greater state investment, with a $120,000 UNH salary and a focus on student and faculty involvement amid morale concerns.
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Durham
N.H
Marshall University
Dale Nitzschke
University of New Hampshire
University System
Nitzschke
Marshall
West Virginia
Marion Beckwith
UNH
New Hampshire
Cotton Cleveland
Murderer found asleep on porch in Fairmont recounts escape
AP reports Fairmont man Philip Boone who escaped Marion County Jail while awaiting sentencing on a murder conviction was recaptured Tuesday morning in downtown Fairmont after authorities say he slept on a porch. Sheriff Slaughter noted a breakdown in security allowed his jail phone call before the escape.
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Marion County
Philip Boone
Junior Slaughter
Slaughter
Boone
Fairmont State College
James Brooks
Utton
D.L. Smith
Prosecution presses for hotel bills in Haysom case
Bedford County Virginia Tuesday saw prosecutor Updike seek access to hotel receipts and tickets tied to Jens Loering and Elizabeth Haysom. Defense attorney Neaton argued the originals are needed for authenticity while seeking to keep plans to use the documents secret from Haysom.
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Bedford
Jens Loering
Derek
Cantadece
Ford County
Richard Neaton
Commonwealth
James Updike
Soering
Neaton
Elizabeth Hay
Som
Washington
D.C
Loering
Bedford County
Miss Haysom
Updike
Elizabeth Haysom
William Sweeney
Newton
Charlottesville
Defendant cannot withdraw plea by proclamation says court
West Virginia Supreme Court rules a guilty plea withdrawal requires showing innocence claim is supported and that the state’s case would be prejudiced by withdrawal. The decision covers Judson White who pleaded guilty in Kanawha County in 1986 to forgery and bad checks and sought withdrawal in 1987. the court affirming lower court’s reversal. The opinion also upholds firing of Daniel Bledsoe, a Wyoming County school maintenance supervisor, after he pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy to extort funds for a political contribution tied to the board. Justice Miller notes the misconduct related to his work and damages public integrity.
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Charleston
State Supreme Court
High Court
Judson Warren White
Kanawha County
Kanawha
Wyoming County School Board
Daniel J. Bledsoe
Bledsoe
Thomas B. Miller
Court rules company liable for injury at social event
The Virginia Court of Appeals held that an injury at an employer sponsored social event qualifies for workers compensation. It ordered benefits for Soon Deuk Lee's parents after she, a 23 year old seamstress, was struck by a car leaving a company party on December 28, 1985. The panel found attendance was encouraged and that the parents were destitute.
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Richmond
Virginia Court of Appeals
Shase-redee
Soon Deuk Lee
FBI agent pleads to manslaughter in Kentucky killing
FBI agent Mark Putnam 30 of Sunrise Florida pleaded guilty to felony manslaughter in the 1989 death of Susan Daniels Smith in Pike County Kentucky. He admitted strangling her in a rental car during a dispute over pregnancy. He received 16 years in prison and becomes the first FBI agent charged or convicted in a homicide case.
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Pikeville
FBI
Kentucky
Mark Putnam
Sunrise
Fla
Soria
Terry O'Connor
Putnam
Susan Daniels Smith
Peter Creek Mountain
Rupport
Ms. Smith
Expectca
Fort Lauderdale
Shelby Ward
Freeborn
Ms. Ward
Pike Circuit Court
Courier- Journal
Pike District Court
Confession details spat choking death in Pikeville case
Former FBI Agent Mark Putnam admits in a signed confession that he strangled Susan Daniels Smith after she angrily confronted him about adopting her expected child. He recounts a hotel room argument, a drive to avoid noise, and a choking assault that left Smith unconscious.
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FBI
Mark Putnam
Susan Daniels Smith
Putnam
Ms. Smith
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