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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1963
Page
4
Three youths aged 15 to 17 were jailed in connection with a string of auto thefts in the St. Albans South Charleston area. State Police and city departments led the probe with officers Roy E. Jones Bernard Dodd Jim Fenimore and Arnold Williams participating.
More than 20 residents of Dodgeville Wisconsin received $10 to $100 in anonymous cash envelopes from an unknown benefactor. Sheriff Ray Reese says envelopes were left at the Dodgeville Post Office with no return address and no pattern to the gifts. Recipients include widows married couples and single individuals and no complaints have been reported.
State police and guards at the Medium Security Prison at Huttonsville captured two prisoners Thursday who fled this week from a prison coal mine. The escapees were Randy Watkins, 21, of Logan County, and William Paul Smith, of Harrison County. Both were serving 1 to 10 year sentences. Watkins was convicted of receiving stolen goods. Smith was serving a grand jury jail term.
The Violet Spray Auto Wash chain will donate profits to the Kanawha County division of the American Cancer Society during the week of September 8 to 15. Participating locations include 3812 MacCorkle Ave Kanawha City 717 719 Bigley Ave and 438 Fourth Ave South Charleston.
Police investigated a fish theft at Potter Fish Co. on Summers Street. John Russo reported two boxes of fish paid for but stolen including 20 pounds of Homer and 16 pounds of rock bass and butter fish valued at 41.30 with prior fish thefts noted.
U S District Judge William C Mather ruled Arizona’s law requiring students to stand during the national anthem unconstitutional. The decision favored three youths expelled two years earlier from Pinetop Elementary School. Parents George W Sheridan Merle Wingo sought readmission for the students. the families belong to Jehovah's Witnesses.
Cleveland company announces leadership changes with David J Matthews named president as Lucien Q Crockett retires. J Ernest Miller steps up as executive vice president to succeed Matthews. Miller has served as vice president market.
A helmet stenciled with Gard ner, last name of one of 11 missing men aboard two KC135 stratotankers, was recovered from the Atlantic with other debris. Orlando air rescue notes it may belong to Capt. Gerald Gardner of Lincoln Nebraska but cannot confirm.
Howard Linville of Povtona Boone County sues Redisco Inc Detroit agent P Paul Jolliffe over alleged extortion and threats that deprived him of food and harmed his family. He seeks 100000 dollars in compensatory and 300000 dollars in punitive damages for alleged seizure of household appliances on August 23 by the agent.
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