Drive-In Fire Ruins Miami Area Site at 2 A.M.
An explosion and blaze leveled Danny's Drive-In in Miami early yesterday, with Fire Chief C B Lavender estimating damages at $10000. Residents heard the blast around 2 am and saw flames in the rear. Owner Danny Richards said insurance would cover only part while noting $600 in new equipment. The seven year old site housed nearby grocery store windows and woodwork scorched by heat. Fire crews from Marmet and Rayford joined Chesapeake firefighters to battle the blaze.
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Cabin Creek Drive-In
C. B. Lavender
Chesapeake
Danny Richards
Marmet
Rayford
Charles Richard
Crowbar Burglars Strike Five Charleston Sites
A Sunday night wave of crowbar burglaries hit three Charleston stores and two schools. Lynn Goshorn Sporting Goods reported eight shotguns five pistols and ammunition stolen. Home Furniture Co. lost a .38 revolver money in change and various items. Lincoln Junior High and Garnet High reported no losses. A heavy metal bar was found on a fire escape behind the Lynn Goshorn store.
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Charleston
W. W. Fisher
Lynn Goshorn
Goodwill Industries
Furniture Company
Garnet High School
Dickinson St
Lincoln Junior High School
Lee St
Fisher
Music Association Announces Next Season Concerts
Community Music Association releases next season schedule with events by Gian Carlo Menotti operas The Telephone and The Medium October 13 London Philharmonia Orchestra November 1 violinist Michael Rabin January 24 pianist Byron Janis February 28 coloratura Lily Pons at 8 30 p m start Rabin recital moved to Sunday afternoon per president Mrs Nan P Kay.
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Community Music Assn
Nan P. Kay
Gian Carlo Menotti
London Philharmonia Orchestra
Michael Rabin
Byron Janis
Lily Pons
Metropolitan Opera Co
Kay
Rabin
Ex-Road Commission official goes on trial in tire theft ring
Paul E. Nichols of Moundsville, former superintendent of equipment for District 6, State Road Commission, faces trial in Ohio County Inter mediate Court on multiple indictments for theft and sale of tires. Witnesses include Charles Todd and Anatos Petros detailing a tire’s removal from Triadelphia shop and transfer to Petros Tire Shop.
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Wheeling
Paul E. Nichols
Moundsville
District 6
State Road Commission
Ohio County Intermediate Court
Charles Todd
Road Commission
Todd
Triadelphia
Nichols
Anatos
Tony) Petros
Petros Tire
West Side Stop Sign Swap Aims to Ease Bottleneck
Charleston police relocated stop signs at Seventh Ave and Rebecca St on the West Side to convert Seventh Ave into a through street and slow traffic on Rebecca St. Lt. Van Brown said the change addresses a bottleneck and reverses the prior traffic pattern.
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Charleston
Seventh Ave
Rebecca St
van Brown
Rebecca
Helicopter Garage Appeal Nears Zoning Board Hearing
Charleston businessman Robert E. Johnson appeals City Buildings Inspector W E Kirk denial of a permit to build a helicopter servicing garage in Kanawha City. Hearing set June 22 before the five member Zoning Board of Adjustment at City Hall. Johnson representing Mid Atlantic Helicopter Service Inc seeks a repair shop on 25th Street between Noyes and MacCorkle Avenues. Kirk ruled the site in a business BY zone and unsuitable for potentially obnoxious operations.
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Charleston
Kanawha City
W. E. Kirk
Robert E. Johnson
Virginia St. E
City Zoning Board of Adjustment
Chamer
Cly Hall
Johnson, Usted
Mid-Atlantic
Ice, Inc
25Th St
Noyes
MacCorkle Aves
Kirk
Johnson
C. D.poindexter
John H.goshorn
A. Guy Jeffers
Ben K. Bauer
John S. Agsten
National Guard
Kanawha
Marland Announces PSC Change and Budget Cuts
Gov. Marland confirms T. D. Kauffelt Jr. will replace C. E. Nethken on the Public Service Commission July 1, while Nethken and other officials face non‑reappointment. He also notes R. H. Miller resigns from the State Conservation Commission and Arden J. Curry named first assistant attorney general. The governor outlines industrial development plans, budget cuts, parole shifts, and staffing reorganizations affecting 17 parole districts and the Health Department amid reduced funding.
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Marland
T. D. Kauffelt Jr
C. E. Nethken
Public Service Commission
Hoveatvold Nethkeen
PSC
R. H. Miller
Gauley Bridge
State Conservation Commission
Miller
John G. Fox
Arden J. Curry
Marlinton
Fox
State Health Department
Griffiths Lincoln County post appointed assistant prosecutor
Griffith son of Mr and Mrs George W Griffith of Alum Creek Kanawha County has been named assistant prosecuting attorney for Lincoln County officials announced A 25 year old Kanawha County native and Morris Harvey College and West Virginia University Law School graduate served on the West Virginia Law Review and as senior class president The article notes broader budget cuts and impacts on public health services and local officials reactions to reduced funding andstaff morale in the state and counties
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Kauffelt
Huntington
Ans
West Virginia University College of Law
Marland
Little Group
Cambridge, Mass
West Virginia
J. Keith Griffith
Board of Control
Joe F. Burdett
James P. Easley
Board of Probation and Parole
Makland
State Department
Expert Blames War Strain for Juvenile Delinquency
Bertram M Beck of the United States Children's Bureau spoke at the Kaewajah Welfare Council meeting outlining how war impact, economy, and social life foster delinquency. He urged prevention via family and church, early problem detection, and therapy for neurotic youths while social delinquents require home-based, supervised intervention. The council afterward elected officers and considered municipal pool projects.
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Howard Cochran
the Gazette
Bertram M. Beck
United States Children's Bureau
Bock
Kae Jawha Welfare Council
Beck
Antioch College
University of Chicago
City College of New York
Smith College
Senate
Ruffner Hotel
Kanawha Welfare Council
John Hash
Bert Bradford
Marshall Buckalew
Nancy Ebeling
Washington, D. C
W. Gaston Caperton
Divorcee Held To Grand Jury In Gun Death
Geneva Walters a 29 year old divorcee was held without bail for a grand jury action after a preliminary hearing. She admitted shooting Daran Cook 55 a former justice of the peace at her Lynch Hollow home Saturday night. Cook dated her after her divorce and had threatened her over her relationship with another man.
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Oceana
Geneva Walters
Cook
Municipal elections blaze in West Virginia towns
West Virginia voters head to polls in Fairmont Hinton Kenova New Cumberland New Martinsville St Marys Wellsburg West Logan and Williamson today. Ballots include mayor and council races plus a Williamson tax levy for a Field House and recreation facilities. A petition seeks a June 1956 primary referendum on adopting voting machines requiring over 1 800 signatures and about 80 machines at an estimated cost of 136 000.
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Associated Press
West Virginia
Fairmont
Hinton
Kenova
New Cumberland
New Martinsville
St. Marys
Wellsburg
West Logan
Williamson
Board of
James H. Hanway
A. C. West
Albert F. Robinson
William G. Meyer
J. Patrick Beacom
Charles A. Jenkins
Harold B. Engle
John W. Cook
John Layne
W. Clyde McCoy
Henry T.hammond
Walter L. Jude
K. W. (Dove) Eaton
Joe Marcum
W. F. Blackburn Jr
Republican Council
Leonard Esteppe
John Horn
Thomas Calvin Stone
John Walter McCoy
Williamson Memorial Field House
Mingo County
Putnam Youth Shot in Chest Near Shamblin Home
A one year old Putnam County youth, Johnny Kessel, foster son of Mr and Mrs Charlies Lovejoy of Liberty, was shot in the chest with a .22 rifle and admitted to Thomas Memorial Hospital in fair condition. Deputies Copen and state police investigate with Hansford Shamblin and his son LeRoy being questioned.
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Putnam County
Thomas Memorial Hospital
Johnny Kessel
Charlies Lovejoy
Liberty
G. L. Copen
Hansford Shamblin
LeRoy
Shamblin
Kessell
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Nethken
Miami
Area Drive-In
Anatos Petros
Philip
Mose Petros
George Petros
D. A. McKee
Petros
John W. Martin
Griffith
Lincoln
Camera Club
St. Albans
St. Albans City Hall
Boards of Education
State
Federe
Jeounty
Welfare Council
Morris Harvey College
Charles W. Loeb
John T. Copenhayer
Robert Martens
193D Engineer Combat Company
Logan
Camp Breckinridge
West Virginia National Guardsmen
Breckinridge
Ft. Knox
Kentucky
Gene Childers
Quincy
150Th Rct
U.S
John T. Copenhaver
Robert Kresge
Charleston Park, and Recreation Comm
Putnam Youth
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