Charleston Man Charged in Nine Year Old Slayer Case
A 22 year old parolee Charles G Plantz was charged with murder in the rape and stabbing death of nine year old Helen L Miller whose body was found face down in woods near her West Side home. Plantz was arrested at his grandmother home in South Charleston and remanded to Kanawha County Jail without bond.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Charles G. Plantz
Helen L. Miller
West Side
Dallas Bias
Plantz
South Charleston
Miller
Justice
Moundsville Penitentiary
Kanawha
Patrick Street
Charles Plantz
Point Pleasant Span Bridge Plan Studied After Silver Bridge Collapse
Gov. Rhodes and Gov. Smith discuss using Appalachian funds for a new bridge between Point Pleasant West Virginia and Kanauga Ohio replacing the Silver Bridge that collapsed December 15. Officials say ARC funds require joint state requests and WV road commission guidance. Salvage work continues with no new bodies found. total death toll reported as thirty six.
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Appalachian Regional Commission
Washington
Smith
Rhodes
West Virginia Road Commission
P. E. Masketer
West Virginia
Burkeye
Ohio
Silver Bridge
West Virginia Capitol Prepares for Special Session
Charleston workers ready the House and Senate chambers for a special session opening Wednesday called by Gov. Hulett C. Smith to reapportion the state into five congressional districts. Four delegates and House Speaker H. Laban White are listed as having reapportionment bills in the works. The session precedes a 30 day budget session starting Jan. 10. The article notes the minimum voting age in Georgia and Kentucky as 18.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
House of Delegates
Senate
Hulett C. Smith
Robert R. Nelson
D-Cabell
Robert Sayre
R-Raleigh
J. E
Ned) Watson
D-Marion
House
H. Laban White
D-Harrison
State Woman Killed in Pa. State Woman Killed in Pa.
A Weirton West Virginia woman, Dorothy Mary Czernek, 45, was killed when her car skidded across Route 22 median in Hanover Two, Pennsylvania. Her husband Thomas A. Czernek escaped injury while their two daughters Jean 20 and Sandra 14 sustained serious injuries.
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Beaver
UPI
Weirton
W. Va
Hanover
Dorothy Mary Czernek
Thomas A. Czernek
Jean
Sandra
Weirton Hospital
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James A. Rhodes
Hulett Smith
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Point Pleasant
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Kentucky
Pacific Mills
Pequot
Pacific
St. Mary's
Percale
Famous Mills
Chatham
Morgantown’s North Side
Cannon
Reer
Nana Ats
Wan Due
Star City Bridge
Muse
Ee Cannon
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