WV highways defends nonbid consultant deals
West Virginia spent 5.2 million dollars on engineering consultant fees for road projects in 1972 73 without competitive bidding. Highway Commissioner William Ritchie says negotiations ensure quality and honesty, while Maryland officials push bids to curb potential corruption.
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Kay Christensen
Charleston
W.va
UPI
State Highways Department
Maryland
West Virginia
William Ritchie
Ritchie
Spiro Agnew
Justice Department
William Hartig
Department
Federal Highways Administration
Dell
Charles Blumenthal
J. Hugh Nichols
North Carolina
Hartig
Assault hearing slated for two Louisville men in Hare Krishna raid
Deputies will bring Kenneth Elmore and Joseph Clemons from Louisville to Marshall County West Virginia to face four counts each of felonious assault in the June 5 raid on the Hare Krishna colony. Four colony members were treated for buckshot wounds and released. The raid aimed to find Elmore’s missing 16 year old daughter.
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Moundsville
W.va
Louisville
Marshall County
Mark A. Karl
Kenneth Elmore
Joseph Clemons
Elmore
Clemons
Karl
Election schedule altered in Parkersburg WV
Wood County Circuit Court ordered Parkersburg’s municipal general election moved to November 20 to resolve a conflict with a statewide election on constitutional amendments. Circuit Judge Donald F. Black ruled the court can set the general election date when municipal officials lack authority to change a charter timetable.
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Parkersburg
W.va
Wood County
Donald F. Black
Black
Supreme Court of Appeals
DNR awards sole surface mine permit to Buffalo Mining Co
Buffalo Mining Co owner of a slag pile dam that collapsed in the 1972 Logan County flood received the only surface mine permit issued last week. The DNR permit covers 90 acres at Lorado in the Triadelphia-Oceana district of Logan and Wyoming counties. Other applications include Southern Appalachian Coal Co 165 acres at Ashford Peytona District Boone County Paul J Brown Excavating Co 42.25 acres New Martinsville Magnolia District Wetzel County and Orlando Coals Inc 32 acres Glenville Glenville district Gilmer County.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
Buffalo Mining Co
Logan County
West Virginia
State Department of Natural Resources
Lorado
Triadelphia-Oceana
Logan
Wyoming
Southern Appalachian Coal Co
Ashford
Peytona
Boone County
Paul J. Brown
Thailand’s King Bhumibol Adulyadej Birth Ties United States
Thailand’s monarch Bhumibol Adulyadej is identified as the only living king born in the United States, highlighting a unique birth connection in the royal lineage.
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Thailand
Bhumibol Adulyadej
United States
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