Graziani Family Moves to Elkins
Former assistant state attorney general Philip J. Graziani, who has recovered from gunshot wounds, has quietly relocated with his family to his hometown of Elkins, according to a Charleston newspaper. Two deputy U.S. marshals accompanied the move.
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Charleston
W. Va
Philip J. Graziani
Elkins
Charleston Sunday Gazette-Mail
Phil
Graziani
Donald Robertson
Robertson
Dana
James F. Haught
Sunday Gazette Mail
Toll climbs to 280 in West Virginia year
West Virginia traffic deaths rose to 280 for the year with four new fatalities. A two car collision near Summersville killed Lloyd Reed and two passengers Otis and Golda Durrah. Reed's wife Eve was injured. Other deaths included a driver on Bingamon Road. A missing boy, David Lewis, was later found dead in an ice box on his porch with his dog.
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West Virginia
Summersville
W.va
Lloyd W. Reed
Otis Durrah
Golda
Moundsville
Mt. Nebo
Reed
Eve
Montgomery
Frank Schunk
Portland
Ore
Schunk
Bingamon
Mannington
J. Walter Higgins
Ken Stevens
Joetown
William L. Grant
Wyatt
Fairmont Hospital
Minden
W. Va
UPI
David Denman Lewis
Young Lewis
Pauline Erma Conelly Lewis
Ground breaks for 15 million coal mine safety academy
An umbrella crowd of 100 plus watched federal officials break ground for the nation’s 15 million coal mine health and safety academy in Beckley West Virginia near Raleigh County Airport. Sen. Robert Byrd keynoted with Dr Elburt Osburn of the Bureau of Mines. the facility aims to train 600 inspectors annually and be ready in two years. Byrd praised miners and stressed safety standards. Representatives Hechler and Leonard Pankovich attended unseen by remarks.
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Beckley
W. Va
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Elburt F. Osburn
U.S. Bureau of Mines
Bureau of Mines
Osburn
Raleigh County
Byrd
Wesleyan trustee dies after long illness in Buckhannon
The Rev. Walter S. Overstreet 67 died at his Buckhannon home after a long illness. He served as executive secretary of the West Virginia Methodist Conference Board of Education for nine years and was the West Virginia College President's special field representative. He had also been a member of the West Virginia Wesleyan College Board of Trustees.
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Buckhannon
W. Va
Walter S. Overstreet
West Virginia Methodist Conference Board of Education
West Virginia College
West Virginia Wesleyan College Board of Trustees
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Poy
Dacron and Wools
Knit & Banson
Wash & Wear
High Street
Tovirgs Sleep Shop
Morgantown
Beautyrest
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Loving’s
Beautyrest Mattresses
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