Santa Claus Upheld by State Supreme Court
In a 1926 decision cited as Ex Parte Santa Claus, the West Virginia Supreme Court, led by Judge John H. Hatcher, upheld belief in Santa Claus. The piece notes Hatcher's tribute to Santa, concurring judge Homer B. Woods, and warnings against iconoclasm, emphasizing Santa's role in childhood faith and holiday tradition.
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Dominion
Santa Claus
State Supreme Court
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia Supreme Court
St. Nick
John H. Hatcher
Santa
Hatcher
Homer B. Woods
Dickens
Tiny Tim
St. Nicholas
Sant Nicholaas
Silver Bridge collapses in West Virginia killing motorists
The Silver Bridge, also known as the Ohio River Bridge, collapses into the Ohio River near Point Pleasant. Built in 1928 as a toll span, it was bought by West Virginia in 1941 and became toll free in 1951. It was a two lane I bar suspension, 1,750 feet long, with repairs noted in 1966. last inspection recorded in 1965.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
UPI
Ohio River
West Virginia State Road Commission
General Construction Corp
The
American Bridge Co
Charles E. Holzer Sr
State of
West Virginia
Road Commission
Burl Sawyers
Partial Dead and Injured List From Bridge Collapse
A partial list names the dead and injured from Friday night’s bridge collapse. Included are Melvin Cantrell and Margaret Cantrell of Gallipolis Ferry West Virginia, George McManus and an unidentified man and woman, and survivors from nearby towns such as Gallipolis Ferry, Gallipolis, Richmond, Winston-Salem, Petersburg, Bidwell, Ashboro, King, and Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
UPI
Ad Melvin Cantrell
Gallipolis Ferry
W.va
Cecnil Counts
George McManus
South Point
Ohio
Leo Blackman
Richmond
Sam Ellis
Winston - Salem
N.C
Frank Nunn
John Fisher
Petersburg
Howard Boggs
Bidwell
Della Boggs
Paul Scott
Middleport
William Needham Jr
Ashboro
William Edmunds
King
Charles Wood
Gallipolis
Margaret Cantrell
Frank Wamsley
Woman Immolates Self in Backyard at Home
Mrs Li Li yu, 31, burned herself to death in Taipei on Friday in an act described as a religious death by own action not tied to politics. She sat in a tub at her home, drenched clothes with gasoline, prayed, and struck a match. She was married to a Nationalist Chinese Interior Ministry official and left behind a 6-year-old daughter.
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Taipei
UPI
Li Liyu
Interior Ministry
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Robert M. Gornall
North Pole
Chilren
Forsooth
Pittsburgh
West Penn Hospital
Albert Ruby
Bluefield
Silver Bridge
Death
Hope Natural Gas Company
Consolidated Gas Supply Corporation
Flexsteel
Morrison
Lawson
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