Ex Mayor and Tax Official Named Court Witnesses
Former Charleston mayor and an assistant state tax commissioner are among 25 subpoenaed witnesses for Juvenile Court next week. Names include R. Carl Andrews, See Soto, and several local officials and educators sought to discuss juvenile delinquency and public interest measures under Judge Herbert W. Richardson.
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Bayard F. Ennis
the Gazette
Charleston
R. Carl Andrews
West Virginia Coal Assn
Soto
Noyes Ave
Herbert W. Richardson
Construction Engineer Will Leave SRC Post
Parvin V. Bonnett an ECE engineer in the State Road district No. 7 resigns effective July 1 to take private work with Leslie Hatfield Co Barboursville contracting firm Road Commissioner H Keith Griffith announced. Bonnett has served with the road commission since 1937 except for four years in private employment.
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Parvin V. Bonnett
H. Keith Griffith
Griffith
Bonnet
Leslie Hatfield Co
Barboursville
Bonnett
Road Commission
Jury Indicts Man Wounded By Ex Wife In Window Break In
The June grand jury indicted James W Harris Jr 31 of RFC 3 Charleston for breaking entering and stealing items after he was shot by his ex wife on Sissonville Road during an attempted entry. Harris faces a jury led by Judge William J Thompson with more indictments listed.
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Intermediate Court
James W. Harris Jr
RFC 3
Charleston
Harris
Sissonville Road
Talmarge M. Allen
James Dunn
Horace Howard
Ralph Gatewood
Harry
Evelyn Esther Parsons
Warner Parsons
Police Locate Stolen Auto in Parking Violation
Charleston police found a 1951 sedan reported stolen by Ray Evans of Tyler Mountain on April 12. The car had been held for a month on a Bob Morris Wrecker Service lot after being seized for overtime parking and was located yesterday.
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Charleston
Ray Evans
Tyler Mountain
Woman Dies After Auto Crash Near Pine Grove
An elderly Wetzel County woman, Topsie Newman, 75, of Pine Grove, died when she panicked during an accident on West Virginia Route 20. Her son, Holly Gillespie, 56, of Catlettsburg, Ky, was driving. He escaped injury after another vehicle forced the car off the road into an embankment. The car remained upright as the woman reportedly attempted to jump, was dragged by the bumper, and suffered fatal skull and limb injuries.
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Wetzel County
W. Va
Here
Topsie Newman
Fine Grove
Holly M. Gillespie
Catlettsburg
Gillespie
D. C. Meek
Building Work In State Rises By One-Third
West Virginia building contracts for new construction rose nearly one third in the first five months of 1955 compared with the same period in 1954. The rise is reported by the F W Dodge Corp of New York with May figures supporting the trend.
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Pittsburgh
West Virginia
F. W.dodge Corp
New York
Construction spending up in January to May totals
The January May total this year reached 55.717 million with May at 16.933 million. Non residential builders showed the largest gains while residential spending rose less.
Texas Actor William Bendix Autographs for Paper Bills
Bryan Eagle notes actor William Bendix on a Texas radio show where fans asked for autographs but lacked paper. Brazos Varisco, local businessman, provided a roll of bills Bendix signed and handed out.
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Paper
Bryan
Tex
Bryan Eagle
William Bendix
Texas
Brazos Varisco
Bendix
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