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Roundup of regional police, deaths and escapes
Roundup reports a sergeant wounded and dead after a farm warrant raid in Mart insburg area. Indictments for manslaughter come in Grantsville over two child deaths and in Barboursville over a roadway death of a boy. A Williamson girl drowns in Wisconsin while a boat accident injures others. Two escapees from West Virginia institutions lead to civil claims against the state totaling over four thousand dollars.
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Barboursville
Huntington
Clifton Garland Collins
Collins
Jack Bartram Hamlin
David Lee McCloud
West Virginia
Secretary of State
Board of Control
Earl Whited
Roane County
Gandeeville
Spencer State Hospital