WV river drowning and bridge jump hoax update briefs
State police report Roy Eugene Miller 23 of Big Creek drowned in the Guyandotte River after a boat capsized near the Lincoln Logan county line while he and a companion were fishing. In Parkersburg deputies say Hoyt Biffle did not jump from the Parkersburg Belpre Bridge and the search was halted due to strong currents. A federal judge dismissed a $10 million libel suit by James Barker against news outlets as frivolous. An elderly Charleston man died after being struck crossing an intersection near the South Side Bridge. West Virginia senators Byrd and Randolph report INS will allow Dr Mervyn Rosenberg’s wife and four children to enter the United States, aiding Martinsburg’s medical staffing.
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Hoyt Edward Biffle
Belpre
Therkersburg News
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Biffle
Wood County
Elkins
James E. Barker
Barker
Huttonsville Correctional Center
Charleston
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Charleston Gazette
Charleston Daily Mail
U.S
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Charleston Area Medical Center
Washington
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Martinsburg
Aay
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Immigration and Naturalization Service
Mervyn Rosenberg
United States
Rosenberg
Byrd
Jennings Randolph
INS
Canada
Jamboree Radio Show Defies Time In Wheeling Heritage
The Wheeling Jamboree, begun January 7 1933 on WWVA, survives alongside Nashville’s Grand Ole Opry as one of the nation’s last live country music shows. Ex director Glenn Reeves notes its resilience amid changing tastes and scarce radio outlets.
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Big Slim the Lone Cowboy
Abbie Neal
W. Va
UPI
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WWVA
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Texas Playboys
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WSM
WLS
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KWKH
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New York
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Ryman
Opryland
Jamboree USA
Capitol Music Hall
Main Street
Grandpa Jones
Jamboree Stars of Capitol Hall Recall Route to Fame
In Wheeling West Virginia WWVA Jam borree USA's Capitol Music Hall hosts Jamboree memories. Shorty Barnes Crazy Elmer Joan Davis and Mel Lawrence recount early days and payoffs from 1940s to Jamboree in the Hills festival with reflections on fame and staying in Wheeling.
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Wheeling
W.va
UPI
Main Street
Capitol Music Hall
WWVA
Shorty Barnes
Cleveland
West Virginia
Smiley Sutter
Crazy Elmer
Mel Lawrence
WV PSC Gets Low Rating From NY Bond Firm
New York firm Blyth Eastman Dillon rated West Virginia Public Service Commission at 5 on a 1 to 5 scale. The report blames slow decisions and asserts the agency limited rate relief for utilities like Appalachian Power, Monongahela Power and Potomac Edison, while commissioners defend measured action.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
West Virginia Public Service Commission
Milford Gibson
Blyth Eastman Dillon
Mountain State
West Virginia
PSC
New York
Daniel W. Gardiner
Robert F. DeFonte
Anne Marie Daly
Appalachian Power Co
Monongahela Power
Potomac Edison
Commission
David Ellis
Ellis
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Appalachian
Gibson
Blast at Vecellio and Grogan site rattles Princeton area
UPI reports Treasury inspectors and state police probe a pre-dawn blast at a Vecellio and Grogan construction site near Rock Crusher Hollow outside Bluefield. A ton of dynamite and two tons of fertilizer exploded, scattering debris up to 1000 feet. No injuries. Authorities consider static electricity as a possible cause but not likely.
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Princeton
W.va
UPI
U.S. Treasury Department
F. E. Thomas
Vecellio and Grogan
Logan
Rock Crusher Hollow
Bluefield
Thomas
Two stores ordered to quit using incinerators
West Virginia officials ordered two grocery outlets to stop operating illegally installed incinerators. Foodland stores at Cross Lanes near Charleston and Lavalette near Huntington were cited for lacking permits and for locations closer to residences than allowed. Visual emissions were noted at Cross Lanes on July 1.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Huntington
West Virginia
Air Pollution Control Commission
Commission
Carl G. Beard II
Foodland
Cross Lanes
Lavalette
Beard
Cross Lanes Foodland
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