Prompt Ruling Sought in State Zoning Dispute
The West Virginia Supreme Court was asked to decide if the state must follow city zoning in Charleston. Attorney General William C. Marland seeks review of a Kanawha Circuit Court ruling blocking a $1.7 million state office building. The city refused a permit citing zoning, while the state claims supremacy.
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Supreme Court
Charleson
Atty
William C. Marland
Kanawha Circuit Court
Kanawha Circuit
Julian F. Bouchelle
State Office Building Commission
Charleston
Tribune notes Navy ranks and Army promotions overseas
The report lists uniformed personnel receiving promotions or facing legal actions. John Sullivan advances to radioman first class after tests at Norfolk Virginia. Other service members in Japan and the United States receive private first class or corporal promotions and commendations for quick action during a rescue in the Caribbean.
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John Sullivan
United States Navy
Atlantic Fleet
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Sullivan
J. J. Vanney
Charleston
Richard KR. Rhodes
H. D. Baker
Carribbean
Builders Idle In Huntington As Strike Stalls
In Huntington on June 13, about 2500 district construction workers remained idle for a second day with no settlement in sight. 450 CIO steelworkers at West Virginia Steel and Manufacturing Co also stayed idle as talks linger. The stalled value of affected building work is about 3.725 million dollars. Both sides refuse to yield while a new contract talks continue to hinge on wage demands of laborers and truck drivers seeking 10 cents more per hour and engineers 12 cents. Federal conciliator John L. Conner has not yet scheduled meetings but may within a day or two.
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Huntington
CIO
West Virginia Steel and Manufacturing Co
General Constractors
Assoc
W.E. Reed
Huntington Building and Trades Council
AFL
John L. Conmer
Steel
West Virginia Co
William G. Summer
Frank Cornwell
General License Deadline Set for June 30
County Clerk Paw E. Wehrle announced the June 30 deadline for general licenses issued by counties under state law with no grace period. About 1150 licenses have been issued this year, far below last year’s 7600, covering restaurants hotels theaters soft drink dispensers t-bateau and candy handlers of slot machines. Beginning July 1 a 10 percent penalty applies with an additional 10 percent each month thereafter. applicants are urged to file promptly.
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Paw E. Wehile
Wehrle
Interstate Auto Theft Charged to Local Man
Carl N. Massey, 25, of 1216 Elmwood Ave, arrested in Panama City Florida on an interstate auto theft charge. Probation officer Shannon Apted said Massey was placed on two year probation Oct 20 1949 and that he stole a car and traveled to Florida. Federal authorities will be asked to turn Massey over to the state after the federal case is disposed of.
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State Supreme Court
James S. Brown
Logan
Brown
Carl Murray
Harrison County
Murray
Clarence Murray
Robert Shearer
Jesse L. Straight
Ferry Glover
Glover
Straight
Carl N. Massey
Elmswood Ay
Panama City
Fla
Shannon E. Apted
Intermediate Court
Apted
Massey
Florida
Engine Strikes Car Man Hurt Critically
James W. Nisbet, a Debue sheet metal worker, was critically injured when his 1949 sedan was struck by a C and C engine operated by T A Sowards of Peach Creek on Rum Creek road. He was en route to Logan for jury duty and is hospitalized in Logan General with head face and chest wounds. condition listed as fairly good.
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Garett
Logan
James W. Nisbet
Youngstown Sheet and Metal Co
Debue
T. A. Sowards
Peach Creek
Nisbet
Rum Creek
Logan General Hospital
Charlestonians Qualify For Out of ABC Prizes
Charleston bowling pairs, led by John Skorvaga and Waldo Wolf, posted 1092 in doubles to help qualify for the American Bowling Congress prize funds. Rex Keener led singles with 586, followed by Dick Cochran 583 and Skorvaga 574 as prize totals rolled in.
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Columbus
Mine
Charleston
W. Vapin Touplers
John Skorvaga
Waldo Wolf
Rex Keener
Dick Cochran Nad
Skorvaga
Hugh Rose
George Ginsing
June Traffic Fatalities Lag Behind 1949 Figure
The State Police Accident Prevention Bureau reports 11 traffic fatalities this month, down from 13 in the same June period of 1949. The latest death is Bernie Deering, 19, in a Sunday crash on U.S. Route 52 in Mingo. State highway deaths to date total 140, matching the 1949 year-to-date figure.
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State Police Accident Prevention Bureau
Bernie Deering
Man Killed by Train, State Police Theorize In Fairmont
State police said Jack E. Yost aged 30 was found dead along railroad tracks near Fairmont. The body was located by the Jamison No. 8 mine as the Wheeling Grafton freight train passed at 8:45 p m. The watch stopped at the time, supporting the theory he was killed by a train.
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Fairmont
Jack E. Yost
Jamison No. 8
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Wheeling-Grafton
Ped
Farmington
Sporn Generating Unit To Begin Operation Today
M C Funk of Appalachian Electric Power Co announces second 150000 kilowatt unit at the Philip Sporn Plant on the Ohio River at Graham Station will go into commercial operation tomorrow. The two-unit complex now totals 300000 kilowatts with more units planned to reach 900000 kilowatts. The plant is a major steam generating facility owned with The Ohio Power Co and is expected to cost 66 million dollars.
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Pleasant
M. C. Funk
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Philip Sporn
Ohio River
Graham Station
The
Ohio Power Co
Sporn
Funk
Rep Kee Files For Tenth Term In West Virginia
Rep John Kee, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, filed yesterday for renomination to a 16th term in the fifth district with no opposition listed in the August 1 primary. James R Davis, Williamson insurer, seeks the Republican nomination for the two district seat. Nicholas Hornes, a 22 year old turkey raiser near Morgantown, also filed for the GOP nomination in the Staggers district.
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John Kee
Bluefield
House Foreign Affairs Committee
James R. Davis
Nicholas 3. Hornes
Morgantown
Congress
Harley O.staggers
Keyser
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Los Angeles
Midge Ware
New York
Donald Foster
H. K. Foster
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32Nd Infantry Regiment
U. S. Eighth Army
Hachinohe
Japan
Robert Pennington
William Pennington
Cannelton
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force
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64Th Engineer Base Topographic ‘Battalion
Tokyo
Limis Organization
Queen
L. G. Garrett
Sandfork
Gilmer County
Eddar Meadows
Land
L. Q. Meadows
Marmet
1912Th Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron
Olmsted Air Force Base
Middletown
Edgar C. Chapman
Harry T. Chapman
Ith Cavalry Regiment
Camp Drake
Earl R. King
George King
Lick Branch Road
Vonnie A. Parsons
B. F. Parsons
Falling Rock
77Th Fields Artillery Battalion
West Virginia
America
Park & Tilford “Reserve
Park & Tilford
Tilford Reserve
Re Se Nen
Shenandoah Life Insurance Co
Roanoke
New Orleans
Kentucky
Nelson Dickinson, Jr
Paul C. Burford
S. C. Bird
W. L. McTeer
J. Julian Humphrey
C. R. Morgan
J. W. Patton
L. O. Mclwain
Gazette
Sporn Generating Unit
Kee
City
J. C. Stepro
LEE Rexall Drug Store
Dad
EL Prodicto
Washington St
W. Va
Margaret T. Hughes
Dagrea
Science
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware, Ohio
Blossom Dairy
Blossom
Virginia
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