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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1954
Page
7
Johan H. Martin leaned to kiss his bride, triggering a car skid into a curb. She was hospitalized while Martin paid a $10 fine and costs for careless driving.
A Be ckl ey resident A Bunt resigns as Lillybrook Coal Co president and Hunt is named president of the New River Co to succeed the late leader. Ebersole Gaines reports Hunt, 95 years in coal work, becomes executive vice president with Charles Mahan named secretary and top executive. C R Bourland and C E Jones of Mt Hope retain vice president for operations and treasurer roles respectively.
In San Francisco on June 7 the federal government moved to reactivate a civil case seeking to strip longshoreman Harry Bridges of U S citizenship for allegedly concealing party membership Bridges, Australian born, was convicted of perjury in 1950 but the Supreme Court reversed in 1953 due to statute limits The civil case lacks a time limit and Bridges motion to dismiss was filed today by his attorneys and set for arguments next Monday.
The Supreme Court upheld a 62 8 129,326 damage award against three John L. Lewis unions. Laburnum Construction Corp of Richmond Va won a judgment for a Kentucky shutdown caused by brute force. The Virginia Supreme Court affirmed. Justice Burton wrote the majority opinion.
A hearing was held here yesterday to inquire into the May 24 coal mine accident at Puritan Corp. operation in Puritan Mines, Mingo County. The roof fall killed two men and injured two others. State Mines Department chief Frank B. King presided and said a finding statement would likely be issued today.
West Virginia University announced the three journalism scholarships awarded today. Kathie Loufakis of Weirton and Lenore Kay Rice of Berkeley Springs won two Charleston Daily Mail scholarships, and Patricia Jean Ham Fick of Charleston earned a Charleston Pease Club award.
Clarence Shamblin, 26, of 1308 Red Oak St, admitted guilt after his car damaged a parked vehicle owned by Genel B. Cordell in Chesapeake. Investigators traced the hit to Shamblin by a green enamel piece found in the crash scene and locating his car through garage checks. He thanked the Accident Prevention Bureau for their prompt work.
Civil Service exams announced for landscape architect and navigation specialist positions with salaries from 3410 to 10500 yearly. Charles Young, secretary of the board, can provide full details at the post office window. Wallace Burton of Huntington explained his trouble began when an unidentified spectator urged him to turn onto the boulevard and he could not exit. Burton had just arrived in Charleston from Huntington a month earlier.
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