Woman Hopeful On Why She Jumped After Car Flight
A lie detector test was scheduled yesterday as detectives questioned a 31 year old used car salesman about an injured witness in a case on Kanawha Blvd. The blonde Margaret Roberson, 26, could not recall leading up to her unconscious found early Sunday. She remembered jumping from the moving car but not the reason or whether she was assaulted. She had been drinking heavily before the injury.
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Margaret Roberson
Kanawha Blvd
Woman says she was attacked during vice squad witness case
Miss Roberson, who identified two hotels as prostitution venues and as a witness in hearings set for July 3, recounts a beating episode while a man allegedly fled at about 40 miles per hour. Investigators, including Sgt Bias, plan lie tests to confirm accounts as doctors report facial injuries.
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Miss Roberson
Henry Cley
Ft. Wayne
Roberson
Mt. Airy
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Copenhaver
Weirton Lawyer Faces State Bar Ethics Hearing
The West Virginia State Bar ethics committee held a closed hearing on charges against lawyer Frank A. Pietranton. Pietranton, ex Hancock County prosecutor, was previously convicted in Brooke County for cheating a client in an auto accident case and is appealing to the State Supreme Court. The committee can only recommend action to the courts.
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Weirton
Ethics Committee of the West
Virginia State Bar
Frank A. Pletranton
Charleston
Stanley E
Pietranton
Hancock County
Brooke County
Bert Tenced
State Supreme Court
Legal Ethics Committee
Lively Installed President Of Medical Executives Conference
Charles Lively, executive secretary of the West Virginia State Medical Assn and managing editor of the West Virginia Medical Journal in Charleston, was installed as president of the Medical Society Executives Conference at its eighth annual meeting in San Francisco. He succeeds Ralph W. Neill of Seattle. Lively was vice president elect last year. The conference, started in 1947, includes executives from national, state and local medical societies and has over 250 members. He previously served as clerk of the West Virginia Senate and editor of the West Virginia Blue Book, then clerk of the U S District Court for the southern district of West Virginia before becoming executive secretary of the state association.
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Charles Lively
West Virginia State Medical Assn
West Virgnia Medical Journal
Charleston
W. Va
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New York City
Ralph W. Neill
Seattle
Washington State Medical Assn
Medical Executives Conference
West Virginia Senate
West Virginia
U. S. District Court
State Medical Association
Two House Painters Injured in 25 Foot Fall
John R. White age 37 of 282 Hickory Road and Gilbert Fleshman 24 of 1334 Elmwood Avenue were treated at Charleston General Hospital after falling 25 feet from a scaffold at a Ridgemont and Walnut under construction house. Both suffered cuts and bruises and were released after treatment.
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John’ Rr. White
Hickory Rd
Gilbert Fleshman
Elmwood Av
Shel Hospital
Ridgemont Av
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WVU Board of Governors to Meet in Bluefield
BLUEFIELD June 21 The West Virginia University Board of Governors will meet here Saturday and possibly appoint successors to the late Roy Hawley athletic director and C T Neff Jr vice president and secretary. E G Otey a Bluefield board member said seven of nine members plus WVU President Dr Irvin Stewart are expected to attend.
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West Virginia University Board of Governors
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Irvin Stewart
WVU
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Reach Filmz Insecticide Creates Invisible Persistent Film
A national digest highlights Reach Filmz, a new white liquid insecticide brushed on surfaces to form an invisible film that paralyzes ants and roaches before they die. Available at The Diamond Department Store in 8 of, 6 of sizes, with pint and quart pricing.
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National Digest
Reach Filmz
Diamond Department
New Jelly Like Formula Removes Oven Grease Quickly
ITB introduces ITS a jelly like cleaner that restores oven surfaces without scraping. The product sells at The Diamond Downstairs Stars for 1 dollar with a plastic brush included. It is non inflaming and claims spectacular performance.
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Diamond Downstairs
Memorial Class honors Charleston Catholic Knights
A class of candidates was served at Charleston Catholic High School in the Joseph H. Gaines, Jr. Memorial Class for the late grand knight and West Virginia district deputy. Degrees were awarded to C. T. Desmond, James A. Wegmann, Joseph L. Burns, Mark A. Sullivan, Harry Tupis Jr. and many others from Belle, Nitro, St. Albans, Red House and Montgomery, with commemorations tied to the order’s long history.
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Charleston Catholic High School
Joseph H. Gaines, Jr
Council
West Virginia
C. T. Desmond
James A. Wegmann
Joseph L. Burns
Mark A. Sullivan
Harry Tupis, Jr
B. L. Twohig
R. R. Garten
U S Drops Charges Against Hinton Mother and Daughter
The government withdrew charges against Lexie Farley and her daughter Irene Farley in a federal trial accusing them of harboring Julius Leon Farley, a son who had deserted from the U.S. Army. Atty E H Dodson said the state could not prove they knew of the desertion.
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Hinton
U. S. Army
Lexie Farley
Irene Farley
Julius Leon Farley
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