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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1935
Page
8
The circuit court clerk announces the installation of a general index system to begin today in the clerk’s office. The project will take about a month and applies only to pending and future cases, not to old ones. Hall and McChesney Co. received the contract to provide an expert to direct the work, with one additional employee to join the office.
Four young men graduated from the Barboursville state conditioning camp and were accepted into the forestry service. More youths are undergoing physical conditioning as over 100 previously rejected for underweight are to be graduated. The program, run by the state welfare department, uses diet and exercise to raise weight and fitness, with participants from relief rolls gaining about 11 pounds in three weeks.
West Virginia tax authorities prepared preliminary budgets for the coming year with some restoring pay cuts while more than 300 levying bodies prepared estimates. Approximately 200 municipal councils and boards of education outlined needs as they set levy timelines. In Ohio County officials considered restoring a 10 percent county employee pay cut if funds allow. Rivesville council approved pay increases for town officials prompting protests. Huntington budget estimates totaled over 1.1 million dollars for anticipated revenues.
Damages totalling $2000 were yesterday awarded HB. Agsten, plaintiff, by a common pleas court jury in his suit against United Fuel Gas company. Agsten sued for $5,000 for damage alleged from a gas explosion in a building at Washington and Truslow streets. He contends the gas leakage resulted from improper maintenance by the defendant.
M. Lambey of Ivydale Clay County called Kanawha College yesterday and would like two or three companions to join a three week session sharing gasoline expenses. Telephone 31 475.
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