Courthouse explosion in West Virginia kills four
A man killed his infant daughter and exploded a bag of dynamite inside Mason County Courthouse in Point Pleasant. Four people died including the suspect, his wife, and two officers. 11 were injured, with state police detailing numerous injured officers and inmates. The infant was later found buried near the family home.
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Point Pleasant. W.va
Mason County
Bruce Sisk
Harriet
Pete Wedge
Kenneth Love
Wedge
Huntington
E.R. McCarty
Point Pleasant
Sisk
Sisk Carmen
McCarty
James Farley
Point Pleasant Hospital
Middletown budget plan requests added staff and funds
The school budget proposes 22.5 more professional positions to cut student teacher ratios, plus requests totaling 1.2 million for salaries and 163,952 for last year’s underfunded costs. Additional items include 183,621 for staffing and materials for a new Middletown Middle School and Vo-Tech equipment, 52,779 for a Crisis Intervention Teacher, and 46,675 for staff training and curriculum development.
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Thackston
Carnechan
Middletown
Frederick County
Board of Education
East Church Street
Metro budget plan outlined for 1977 with equipment needs
The commission's 1977 operating budget totals 269 749 dollars excluding fringe benefits and includes requests for a maintenance truck at 46 000 dollars a sewer router at 10 000 dollars and an additional construction inspector at 9 000 dollars contingent on workload. Discussion noted limited equipment for emergency line cleaning and potential using municipal routers.
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Kunkowski
Sabulasville
Ft. Ritchie
Washington
Jury awards $90,760 for TWA victim
A Columbus woman’s family received $90,760 in damages from a U S District Court jury for the 1974 TWA crash near Upperville Virginia. The verdict, far below the family’s $10 million demand, drew criticism from the attorney for Annie Killingsworth’s relatives and prompted comments from the defense.
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Alexandria, Va
Columbus
Aaron J. Broder
TWA
Lewis Booker
Killingsworth
Broder
Elm St School Announces Annual Book Fair
Elm Street School will hold its annual book fair during the week of March 4 with sales during the school day and an evening event Monday March 8 from 6 30 to 8 p m preceding the P T A meeting.
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Elm St
Elm Street
Clean Up Congress Question from Mullinix to Senators Matte and Beall
Letter from David R. Mullinix asks Sen. C. M. Mathias and Sen. J. G. Beall and Rep. G. E. Byron when both houses of Congress will be cleaned up. The note seeks legislative action and accountability.
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Sen
C.M. Mathias
J.G. Beall
Rep
G.E. Byron
Congress
David R. Mullinix
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