Mountaineers and Vandalia Dreams in West Virginia’s Birth
A historical note recalls the 1769 Grand Ohio Company and the Vandalia colony scheme planned beyond the Alleghenies. It traces royal approval in 1772, wartime disruption, and a later revival glimpse through West Augusta politics that foreshadowed West Virginia’s statehood.
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West Virginia
Allegheny Mountains
Grand Ohio Co
Vandalia
England
Benjamin Franklin
William Johnson
Thomas
Richard Walpole
trans-Allegheny
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
George Lil
Hee
Otis K. Rice
Galia County
House
ATIG
West Augusta
Allegheny
West Virginia group protests C and P rate hike
The West Virginia Citizen Action Group petitions the Public Service Commission to intervene in Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. rate case. They challenge a 25 percent rate increase and coin phone charge rise, arguing independent providers charge less and that some capital and equipment costs are unjustified.
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West Virginia Citizen Action Group
Public Service Commission
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Citizens Organization
PSC
Sam Colvin
C&p
West Virginia
S. Tate
Western Electric .Co
Judge Knapp to Rule On Kermit Jail Fate
US District Judge Dennis R. Knapp said he will decide next week whether to permanently close the Kermit City Jail. A temporary restraining order banning jail use expires Monday, tied to a suit by Daniel Baisden alleging mistreatment and unsafe conditions for inmates.
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Judge Knapp
Kermit
Dennis R. Knapp
Kermit City
Knapp
Huntington
Roland F. Salmons
Salmons
Mingo County
Justice of the Peace
Baisden
Trial Dates Set for Five In Slayings
Five men face murder charges with trial dates set in Kanawha Circuit Court before Judge Patrick Casey. Gilbert Vanno and Lewis Walton go July 28 for killings in Charleston, Kenneth Olish and Gary Nelson Sims Sept. 2 for the bludgeoning death of Grant Tompkins, and Richard Gale Bradley Aug. 11 for the shooting of Andrew Martin while jailed inmates nearby.
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Kanawha
Patrick Casey
Gilbert Vanno
Lewis Walton
Ann
James Alvin
Charleston
Vanne
Walton
Mary Ann Caine
Department of Welfare
Kenneth Edward Olish
Gary Nelson Sims
Olish
Cedar:Grove
Sims
Hugheston
Cedar Grove
Grant
Edward “Bade
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Virginia House of Burgesses
TRE
Panhandle
Monon
General Congress
House Committee
Jackson County Development Authority
Brady R. Atkins
Virginia Department of Commerce
Daniel Baisden
Naugatuck
North Bend Park
Cairo
North Bend State Park
Ritchie County Historical Society
Aby Richwood
Jim Com
the Gazette
The
Gazette
City Desk
W. Va
Stone Thomas
Stone Thames
Junior Colony
Bedeemer Lutheran Church
South Charleston
David R. Zechrich
Arthur Ziegler
Ohio
Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod
Steasro
Aeines
Ueema Ola
Sota
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