Police charge Slie in sex killing case
State police charged Kent Slie a 24 year old ex convict from Hamlin with first degree murder in the sex killing of 13 year old Danny Collins of Dunbar. Slie also faces kidnap and sexual molestation counts in Lincoln County. He will be brought back for a preliminary hearing in Hamlin.
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Winfield
W.va
UPI
Kent Slie
Hamlin
Dunbar
Slie
Lincoln County
Danny Collins
Collins
Putnam County
Moundsville
W. J. Hanson
Pills blamed in baby's death in Charleston
Rhonda Jeanine Good died on her first birthday after apparently taking heart pills from her grandfather. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Good of St. Albans and died at a hospital in South Charleston, West Virginia.
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South Charleston
W.va
UPI
Rhonda Jeanine Good
Bobby Good
St. Albans
Newspaper Subscription Rates Displayed for Regions Served
The notice lists mail subscription rates for West Virginia Fayette and Greene Counties in Pennsylvania and Garrett County Maryland. One daily and Sunday for one year costs 27.50, six months 14.50. Sunday only for one year 12.00, six months 6.50.
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West Virginia
Fayette and
Greene Counties
Garrett County
W.va
Local notices shift across multiple pages in Preston County
A fragmented listing from the Preston County pages shows sections for death notices, hospital notes, editorials, village news, and assorted features. It mentions local names like Ida Beverage and Furfari, along with sections on weather, sports, and classifieds across Inside Section A and B, with references to Panoramas and family features.
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Pennsylvania
U.S. News
West Virginia News World News
Billy Graham
Fayette-Greene News
Ida Beverage
Preston County
Keyser Post Office Dismantled for Smithsonian Move
The Keyser post office built about 1863 at Headsville Mineral County is being dismantled for reassembly inside Washington's Smithsonian National Museum of History and Technology. Smithsonian curator Carl Steele and dismantling chief Charles Rowell number and code each piece for later reassembly. Shutter messages from Civil War soldiers about Union preservation and personal anxieties are noted. pests were found during the teardown.
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Keyser
W. Va
UPI
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
Smithsonian
National Museum of History and Technology
Carl H. Steele
Charles Rowell
Headsville
Mineral County
Rowell
Youths escape Pendleton jail in West Virginia
Two Baltimore men, Robert Kemper aged 20 and Jerry Lee Stiles aged 17, escaped Pendleton County jail by stuffing paper into cell locks. Held since May 31 on assault, armed robbery and breaking and entering charges, they were sought in wooded areas along U S 227 east of Franklin as authorities suspected they headed toward Virginia.
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Franklin
W.va
UPI
Baltimore
U. S
Virginia
Robert Kemper
Jerry Lee Stiles
Pendleton County
West Virginia Chamber: 18 of 22 indicators rise in May
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce reports 18 of 22 business indicators increased in May reflecting higher consumer and business activity and a slight uptick in employment. Coal and freight carloadings fell and coal output dipped due to a two day railroad strike. For Jan-May 1971, 15 indicators rose while seven fell. Leading gains were in building permits life insurance and auto sales.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Moore seeks 227000 grant for PPPC work
Gov Arch Moore asked the Justice Department for a 227,433 grant to fund the legislature's Purchasing Practices and Procedures Commission formed in 1969 after federal trials revealed kickbacks in state contracts. The prior year the department contributed 193,739. The PPPC employs seven staff, including five state police investigators, and reports to the legislature.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Arch Moore
Justice Department
PPPC
Moore
Parochial aid plan presented
Harrisburg lawmakers consider state funds for private and parochial schools despite a Supreme Court ruling. Rep. Martin Mullen proposes a parent reimbursement program via a special authority, paying $75 per elementary and $100 per high school child, arguing the state saves money and the funds are unrestricted in use. He will seek constitutional guidance before introducing the bill.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Pennsylvania
U.S. Supreme Court
Martin P. Mullen
Philadelphia
Mullen
House Appropriations Committee
Botulism recall widens after vichyssoise death
The Bon Vivant Co. recalls all vichyssoise packed under 21 labels including S.S. Pierce Gristede’s Marshall Field and S&W Fine Foods following a botulism death in New York. State Health Department confirms the Newark firm is pulling batches from multiple brands across Boston New York Chicago and San Francisco.
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Albany
N. Y
UPI
Bon Vivant Co
New York
State Health Department
Newark
N. J
S.S. Pierce
Boston
Gristede’s
Dallas
Marshall Field
Chicago
S&w Fine Foods
San Francisco
Education push to curb mine roof and rib falls
Stephen Young of the West Virginia Coal Association praised the U.S. Bureau of Mines for a new education and training emphasis. Officials outlined a program to reduce underground mining deaths, noting roof and rib falls caused 47 percent of last year's fatal accidents.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
U.S. Bureau of Mines
West Virginia Coal Association
Stephen Young
Bureau of Mines
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Kutztown
Ind ED
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