Embezzlement charges filed against Logan Bank official
Logan Bank and Trust Co assistant vice president Larry Chambers 31 of Verner Mingo County was arrested by State Police and jailed without bond on embezzlement and obtaining bank funds under false pretenses. He allegedly stole 2100 dollars last July 17 and turned a phony promissory note into 13260 dollars on December 27.
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Logan
W. Va
UPI
Logan Bank and Trust Co
Larry Chambers
Verner
Mingo County
Chambers
Michigan man killed while working on car on West Virginia road
A Michigan man was struck and killed by an auto while fixing his disabled car along West Virginia 39 in Nicholas County. State Police report the Friday night death lifts the year's traffic fatalities to 249, about 16 more than the 1974 figure at this date.
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United Press International
Michigan
W. Va
Nicholas County
West Virginia
West Virginia Capitol Dome Lost Gold Leaf in 1946
In 1946 state workers scraped 222 carat gold leaf from the dome of the West Virginia Capitol and shipped it back to Fort Knox. Visitors chipped the dome and pollution degraded the surface, so ordinary blue paint now brightens the dome. The historic Capitol, designed by Cass Gilbert, features 55 black alabaster lamps, a Liberty Bell replica, and a 4000 pound crystal chandelier.
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Charleston
W. Va
United States
Earl M. Vickers
Legislative Services
Cass Gilbert
Kanawha River
West Virginia
Senate
Capitol
U. S
Indiana
Bonar blocks subpoena over state records fight
State Police Supt. R L Bonar argues the executive branch must be shielded from legislative overreach in refusing a subcommittee subpoena for Department of Public Safety personnel records. Kanawha County Circuit Court weighs mandamus to compel records as the dispute cites McCarthy era inquiry abuses.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
R. L. Bonar
Department of Public Safety
Kanawha County
Bonar
United States
Senate
Joseph McCarthy
Robert Smith
Potential Gas Curtailment Threatens Jobs, Regions Warned
A House Government Operations Committee report warns severe natural gas shortages this winter could trigger major unemployment and disrupt the economy. It urges President Ford to declare industrial heartland areas economic disaster zones in advance and marshal federal resources. West Virginia may face 60 percent curtailment, New Jersey 60 percent with 3 billion cubic feet shortfall, and other states including New York Ohio Pennsylvania Kentucky face heavy industrial impact.
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UPI
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Ford
House Government Operations Committee
America
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New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
North Carolina
West Virginia
Congress
Executive Branch
Federal ruling on coed gym classes draws local ire
Charleston West Virginia. Mrs Alice Moore Kanawha Board member condemns a federal rule requiring coed physical education. She says federal money brings controls and should be local only. Other board members support coed activities but worry about intramural contact sports.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Alice Moore
Kanawha Board of Education
Washington
Bluefield State Concord merger scope widens after president exits
Dr. Billy Coffindaffer leaves as president of Bluefield State and Concord College prompting higher education chancellor Dr. Ben Morton to say the merger discussion next month could broaden. Morton noted the board meets August 5 to decide but hinted more alternatives may be possible. Coffindaffer returns to Gov Arch Moore as director of federal state relations, a post created in 1969. A special committee will seek a successor.
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Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Bluefield State Concord College
Billy Coffindaffer
Ben Morton
West Virginia
Morton
Coffindaffer
Arch Moore
Bluefield State
Concord
Inside Section D and E Regional Classifieds and Notes
A listing of regional sections and content snippets across multiple pages. Highlights include farm news Kennedy farm column Adaline Moore and various business, meeting memos, and classified ads in towns like Friendsville Masontown Tunnelton with broader features in comics entertainments and inserts across 118 pages in 11 sections.
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Adaline Moore
Billy Graham
Bobtown Business News
Crago Business Colummn
Friendsville
Masontown Meeting
Memos
Tunnelton
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