State Senate bribery case details emerge in defense witnesses
The defense rests as testimony recaps a 1954 election period with Sheriff Harry Artis and Raymond Chafin recounting the $4,000 cash handoff linked to Logan County politics. Witnesses J. L. Vincent and Charles McDermitt describe filing system needs and decision processes while Smith's defense contends he did not know of a political contribution or contract arrangements. The trial resumes in the morning.
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Gore
George
Beckett
Barron
Barton
Curtis Trent
Bonn Brown
Casey
Mingo County
Harry Artis
Smith
Logan County
Artis
Logan
Raymond Chafin
Chafin
Curtis ‘Trent
McDermitt
Rektrievers
Vincent
Division of Business Management
Police Car Hits Youths in Charleston hit and run scene
A Charleston police cruiser struck 11 year old Frank Vandale Jr and 6 year old Randy Coffman near Spring Street and Bigley Avenue while en route to Orchard Manor to investigate another youth’s accident. Both were admitted to Charleston General Hospital in satisfactory condition. Orchard Manor details were unavailable.
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Frank Vandale Jr
Edna F. Vandale
Margaret Sr
Charleston
Spring Street
Bigley Avenue
Gary Taylor
Orchard Manor
Randy C. Coffman
Patricia Coffman
Lippert Street
Charleston General Hospital
Beacon Ambulance Service
Chesapeake Council Race Totals Listed
Voters in Chesapeake elected six councilmen Tuesday marking a Citizens party sweep with a new administration. First Ward winners were Louis R. Hodges and David Stanley. Second Ward Cameron Bradshaw and Roy Brown ing. Third Ward Thomas Dillard and Leonard Saunders. defeated candidates included Kenneth Douglas Donald Curry Roy Akers Jewell Elswick Kenneth Moore David Ferrell. Mayor George Stanley and Recorder Ray Brown named.
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Chesapeake
Louis R. Hodges
David Stanley
Kenneth Douglas
Donald Curry
Cameron Bradshaw
Roy Browning
Roy Akers
Jewell
Elswick
Thomas Dillard
Leonard Saunders
Kenneth Moore
David Ferrell
Citizens Party
George Stanley
Ray Brown
New Mayor Sets Ambitious Police and Youth Plans
The newly elected mayor Poe outlines 20 immediate police department changes under Chief John King and a yearly patriotism observance. He plans a City Hall youth bureau, an employment registry, and work permits to help youths, with no outside hiring. Poe, a former South Charleston principal, anticipates taking office after Tuesday’s vote and will attend the council meeting armed with his old school paddle.
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John King
Kanawha
County Board of Education
North Dakota
Poe
Bright
South Charleston
Isaac to Direct City's Landfill
City Manager Don Richardson announced that Street Commissioner Arthur Isaac will operate the city's landfill. Jim Sell, the new city engineer, will provide technical assistance as the public works department was eliminated after Mayor John Hutchinson took office.
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Don Richardson
Arthur Isaac
Richardson
Jim Sell
City Department of Public Works
John Hutchinson
Army Officer Donaldson Put Under Article 32 Probe
Don aldson a special assistant to the First Army chief of staff at Ft Meade faces possible charges and an Article 32 investigation at Belvoir Virginia The probe would precede a court martial and may take two to three months Donaldson replaced Col Oran Henderson who faces court martial for My Lai cover up The article notes Donaldson a West Point graduate and former pentathlete and McCloskey a 40 year old from Wilkes Barre Pa who joined the Army in 1949 and earned a 1954 commission
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Donaldson
First Army
Ft. Meade
McTroskey
Combat Developments Command
Belvoir
Hutchin
Army
My Lai
Quang Ngai
Americal Division
11Th Infantry Brigade
William Calley
Vietnam
Col
Oran K. Henderson
My. Lai
Henderson
Oglethorpe
West Point
42Nd
Germany
Korea
Joint Chiefs
McCloskey
Willkes- Barre
Weather forecast for multiple states with mixed clarity
Forecast notes cloudy and warm conditions across Charleston and surrounding areas. Virginia expected partly sunny and warm with lows in the 60s and 70s, Pennsylvania marginal temperatures and possible rain, and Washington, D C area temperatures rising into the 80s with a mix of sun and clouds.
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South
New England
Pacific Northwest
Central Plains
Florida
Charleston
West Virginia
Virginia
Ots
Wari
Ana
Lam
Sam Heghest
Group urges acid cleanup funds over Rowlesburg dam
A coalition including Cheat Valley Conservancy argues before the U S Senate Appropriations Committee that money should go to the Army Corps of Engineers to control pollution sources feeding the Monongahela Basin rather than funding the Rowlesburg Reservoir project. They insist the dam’s cost outweighs benefits and push a master plan for pollution abatement.
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Rowlesburg Reservoir
U. S. Senate Appropriations Committee
U. S. Army Corps of En ‘Gineers
Boettner
Cheat Valley Conservancy
Montains
Appalachia
Charleston
John Sucious
Boettner Jr
Reser
Corps
Monongahela River
Patton Plans On Deputy Job Set
Sgt. Francis Patton of the Charleston Police department is leaving the force and plans to join the Kanawha County Sheriff's Department. He served 23 years with the Charleston force and 10 years as Municipal Court bailiff before roles as booking sergeant.
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Francis Patton
Charleston Police Department
Patton
Kanawha County
Loitering Law Not Used Lately in Charleston
City police said they have not used the loitering statute in Charleston for years. Officers enforce disorderly conduct laws for street gatherings. A U S Supreme Court decision Tuesday struck down the loitering statute as a nuisance.
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Charleston
Rev Shiflet Retiring In 46th Year At Carmel Church
After 46 years as pastor of Carmel Presbyterian Church in Gap Mills, Rev Alvin Burton Shiflet retires. He began in June 1995 and attendees estimate he preached over 16 740 sermons. His wife Grace Givens Shiflet was longtime Gap Mills teacher. Their son Marion Shiflet once led West Virginia House of Delegates.
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Gap Mills
Alvin Burton Shiflet
Carmel Presbyterian Church
Monroe County
Shiflet
Grace Givens Shiflet
iGap Mills
Toer
Marion Shiflet
West Virginia
House of Delegates
Youthful Sound Generation to Perform at Moore Dinner
The Salute to Gov Moore dinner at the Civic Center June 16 will feature Sound Generation, a 24 member youth troupe sponsored by John Brown University. Richard G Guter of Stone Thomas leads the event with a 51 member bipartisan committee and James Stewart as toastmaster. Dinner costs 100 dollars per plate.
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Gov. Moore
Civic Center
Sound Generation
United States
Richard G. Guter
Stone & Thomas Department Store
Charleson
John Brown University
Siloam Springs
Ark
Jan Campbell
Beckley
Mountain States
James Stewart
Fayette NAACP Demands Hit Fayette County School Board
The Fayette County NAACP urged the school board to adopt equal opportunity policies for administrative and teaching roles. The plan calls for black representation on advisory and policy committees, targeted recruitment, and a special committee on black history textbooks. A June 15 discussion date was set to review the demands as board officials noted few certified black applicants for principal roles.
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Opal Ripley
Fayetteville
NAACP
Fayette County
County Board of Education
James Thompson
Mount Hope
Gordon Billheimer
U S 60 Corridor Sought for I 64 Routing
WV highway advocate Dobbins presses for routing I 64 from Charleston to the Virginia border along U S 60. He accuses officials of misinformation while noting no state request exists for additional interstate mileage into Beckley. The issue centers on cost and route choice for the corridor.
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U.S. Department of Dobbins
Moore
Transportation
Burl Sawyers
Charleston
W.W. Barron
Hulett Smith
Virginia
R.R. Bartelsmeyer
J.b.dobbins
West Virginia Highway Improvement Association
Dobbins
U.S. Transportation Department
Harley C. Dobbins
Staggers
D-W.va
Beckley
West Virginia
Wil Beckley
Hiro
Iliam Ritchie Jr
Bartelsmeyer
Thement of Highways
Pike
Arch Moore
Bonar Remains Hospitalized as Board Grants Bus Action
A Department of Public Safety spokesman said Col. Bonar will stay in Thomas Memorial Hospital about a month after a heart attack and is not expected to return to duty until September. He has moved from intensive care and is in good condition.
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Department ‘of Public Safety
Col. R. Boar
Bonar
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Woods
Vof Public Safety
Wood
Gomer Carson
Wiliard W. Deane
Kilpatrick Nears Exit From Kennedy Center Role
Kilpatrick may resign from the Kennedy Center housing post. Several sources say Norman Kilpatrick’s departure is widely known. he hinted at leaving after a June 9 to 25 vacation and hopes for a position in City Hall. A request for confirmation yielded no comments.
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Kennedy Center
Norman Kilpatrick
Three to Begin Police Class in Charleston
Three Charleston Police Department officers Sets Brooks Rawson Roy Johnson and Dallas Montgomery will start a supervision training class. The sessions begin Sunday at the State Police Academy in Institute.
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Charleston Police Department
Brooks Rawson
Roy Johnson
Dallas Montgomery
State Police Academy
Institute
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Board
U.S. 60
Oak Hill
George Eades
Eades
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Ansted
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Fayette Clinic
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T. C. Monk
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Fleischmann Distilling Corporation
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Rew
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Quarrier
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