Lincoln Man Sentenced In Shooting
A Lincoln County man Clarence Frye of Griffithsville was sentenced to 2 to 1 year terms in the state penitentiary after pleading guilty to malicious wounding for a shooting that injured a nine month old infant in Griffithsville. The rifle shot entered a home and struck James Bostic Jr in the lower abdomen. the child has recovered. Frye and Bostic had argued prior to the shooting.
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Lincoln County
Boone-Lincoln
Don Jarrell
Clarence Frye
Griffithsville
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Frye
James Bostic
Bostic
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West Virginia Faces Higher 1973 Property Taxes for Utilities
State Tax Department reports final 1973 valuations for utilities total $1.282 billion, up from 1972 by about $4.3 million. Major firms such as Appalachian Power, Chesapeake and Ohio, Virginia Electric and Power, and Baltimore and Ohio Railroads show increased assessments. Norfolk and Western and Penn Central also impacted. Public utility bills rise as final valuations are set after hearings.
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Consolidated Natural Gas
Monongahela Power Co
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West Virginia Water Co
West Virginia
Virginia Electric and Power
Norfolk & Western Railway
Appalachian Power Co
Chesapeake
Ronald G. Pearson
Lachion
Southeast
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
West Virgin
Said
Postal Officials Deny Piled-Up Mail At West Side Station
Postal officials discounted complaints of undelivered mail piling up at several branch stations. Postmaster C N Gillespie said a tour of outlying stations found no backed-up deliveries. Stonewall Station on Charleston’s West Side drew complaints, but assistant manager Leonard Hudson blamed rumors.
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C. N. Gillespie
Gillespie
Stonewall
West Side
Leonard Hudson
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