West Virginia Services Held For Dead Miners
Funeral services were held for Claude Ray Dodd and Renick McClung as part of a fatal Gauley Coal and Coke No 8 mine flood in Hominy Falls West Virginia. Others involved included Eli Walkup Frank Burdette and remaining miners as families awaited word. A state probe is expected next week with inspectors briefing officials amid ongoing closure orders.
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Hominy Falls
W. Va
UPI
Gauley Coal and Coke Co
Claude Ray Dodd
Rainelle
Renick McClung
Orient Hill
Dodd
McClung
Eli Walkup
McRoss
Frank Burdette
Richwood
Gene Martin
Clintonville
John Moore Jr
Buckeye
Elmer Workman
Top State Doctor Honored by Osteopathic Group
Dr. Roy W. Eschenaur of Pt. Pleasant, named General Practitioner of the Year by the American College, will be honored at the West Virginia Society of Osteopathic Medicine convention in Charleston. He has 38 years of practice and once ran a nine bed hospital, delivering nearly 5,000 babies in the Pt. Pleasant area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Roy W. Eschenaur
Pt. Pleasant
Army Opens Bids on Dams in West Virginia
The U S Army Corps of Engineers will open bids in July for Wayne and Pleasants County dam projects totaling over 15 million dollars. On July 9 bids for a 5 million dollar dam and spillway at East Lake Lynn Lake on Twelve Hole Creek in Wayne County will be opened. On July 16 bids for two locks at the Willow Island Locks and Dam in Pleasants County are expected to cost about 10 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington, W. Va
UPI
Wayne
Pleasants Counties
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Corps
East Lake Lynn Lake
Twelve Hole Creek
Wayne County
Willow Island
Pleasants County
College Head Gets Degree
Concord College President Joseph F. Marsh Jr. will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at Davis & Elkins College 64th commencement on June 2. Marsh, from Athens, has led Concord since 1959 and is a Magna Cum Laude Dartmouth graduate who also attended Concord and West Virginia University.
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Elkins
W. Va
UPI
Concord College
Joseph F. Marsh Jr
Davis & Elkins College
Marsh
Athens
Concord
Dartmouth College
West Virginia University
Ohio Vian Receives Second Life Term for Murder
Jack S. Hart of Belpre Ohio has been given a second life sentence for the death of Gary Koon in the West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville. No mercy recommendation leaves no parole chance. Hart and Donald Layne of Morgantown were convicted in the Clyde Williams killing. Layne also serves life. Hart efforts include an affidavit from inmate James D. Barker claiming Layne confessed to multiple killings. Hart has been returned to the penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parkersburg
W. Va
UPI
Jack S. Hart
Belpre
Ohio
West Virginia
Moundsville
Gary Koon
Hart
Donald Layne
Morgantown
Clyde Williams
Wood County
Layne
James D. Barker
Moundsville Penitentiary
Williams
Koon
Byrd Praises New Six Cent Police Officers Stamp
U S Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia lauds the issuance of a six cent postage stamp honoring law enforcement. He notes the stamp honors officers protecting lives and property and says he pressed the Post Office Department for three years to issue it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.S
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Senate
Byrd
Post Office Department
Nine-Month Rehabilitation Figures Listed for State
Charleston reports 3155 handicapped West Virginians restored to gainful employment in the first nine months of the fiscal year. The figure marks a 22 percent rise from the prior year with increases in accepted cases and placements not yet rehabilitated. Statewide offices tally by district and include several hospital centers.
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Charleston
West
Funk
Clarksburg
Wheeling
Beckley
Huntington
Huntington, Lakin, Weston
Spencer State Hospitals
Colin Anderson
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Minor Garlow
Hydrick
George Davidson
Gingorion
Lonnie Gapen
Rosalee Girl
Sheriff Barker
Sweetheart
Joe Buchanan
Friend Barrett
Jess Barrickman
Ike McKay
Nunda O
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Pullman
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Fairmont
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