Kin of Jesse James Lives Quietly in Braxton County
Braxton County carpenter Jesse James, tied by family to the outlaw, denies any bank robbery urge. His grandmother Abigail Jones claimed kin to Frank and Jesse James, with two men resembling the outlaw photos buried in local unmarked graves.
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Omer James
Jesse
Frank James
Jesse’ James
Braxton
Courity
Jesse James
Didesse James
Penter
State Labor Department
Abigail’ Jones
Frank
Clinton
Braxton County
James
Billy
Tington
Promoter Indicted in Indiana Fraud Scheme
A federal grand jury in the Bend returns an indictment against Perry Franklin Watson of Charleston for a mail fraud scheme linked to a Hickory Hills resort sales operation in La Grange County. Thirty counts allege mail fraud and related crimes during 1973 and early 1974 while Watson appealed a prior Wego City conviction.
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Charleston
Perry Franklin -Watson
Sily
Indiana
Wego City
Watson
Hickory Hills
la Grange County
Ind
Fort Wayne
Bend
Ers
Fort, Wayne
Banke Incall
Ohio
U.S
John Wilks
Wilks
The
Gazette
Wege City
Putnam County
Kanawha Valley
the Gazette
Spring Valley
Wirt County
Black Bear Lake
Jackson County
Huttonsville Correctional Center
Little Creek Park Plans 1% Month Timeline Eyed
South Charleston recreation director Bob Anderson said final plans for Little Creek Park will take about six weeks to develop after a second public hearing this week. Proposals include a swimming pool ice skating rink and golf driving range with more park area to be kept in the long range plan.
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Bob Anderson
South Charleston
Little Creek Park
Anderson
Recreation: Board
Ted
South Charleston Recreation Board Receives 12000 Grant
The South Charleston Recreation Board has been awarded a $12,000 grant to fund this year’s summer playground program. Meals will be prepared at the recreation center and distributed to 15 playgrounds. Programs include basketball leagues, weight lifting, and fitness activities directed by Homer Criddie, with junior high schools offering basketball classes. Florida graduates from Charleston WV, Lani Johnson and Dana Debaets, earned degrees at the University of South Florida on June 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Charleston Recreation Board
Department of Agriculture
State Department of Education
South Charleston High School
Tuesay
Homer Criddie
South Charleston
Jim Fout
Spring Hill
Jim Cunningham
Recreation Board
Lime Dust Hearing Scheduled
A hearing is set for July 11 before Justice of the Peace George Warner for Herman Lee Poff 32 of Buchanan Va on charges including reckless driving littering and defective equipment. Poff was arrested after lime sacks fell from his truck on the West Virginia Turnpike creating dust and visibility problems. Bond of 2560 was posted by O Boyle Tank Inc Poffs employer. Police halted the vehicle in Kanawha City and several truckers sought Poffs details. The truck carried 55 pound lime bags headed for Huntington and dust cleanup crews worked on the turnpike MacCorkle Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
George Warner
Kanawha City
Warner
O’boyle
Turnpike
Charleston
MacCorkle Avenue
State Plan for Education of the Handicapped Proposed
A comprehensive plan outlines coordination of all federal education aid for the handicapped, a policy to assure education for all disabled children, regular conferences among parents, children, and teachers, expanded personnel development, and a clear assignment of responsibility to the state educational agency to implement the program.
Sons of Blue Grass to Perform at West Virginia Day Program
The Sons of Blue Grass will join a Guthrie Center event for West Virginia Day starting at 3 p.m. The program features games relays a picnic and a street dance. The group appears without charging a fee.
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Sons of Blue Grass
West Virginia
Guthrie Center
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Frametown
Little Creek
S.C
Florida
Tampa, Fla
Lani U
J. Johnsons
Dana
M. Debaets
W. Va
University ‘of
South Florisda
House of Travel
Terry
Wal
U Sport Coats
Lesina Pateris
Pana
Brent
Scooter
Stanard
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