Court weighs death case and several drug appeals in WV Supreme Court
The West Virginia Supreme Court heard an appeal by Peggy Ann Cremeans over a $516,000 civil suit tied to the 1973 shooting death of her husband William D. Cremeans at a Huntington construction site. The court also reviewed four drug cases from Wetzel County challenging guilty pleas and sentences, and other appeals involving Kanawha Manufacturing and American Industrial Leasing with long standing disputes over tax assessments and a Beechurst Avenue joint venture judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W.va
State Supreme Court
Huntington
Peggy Ann Cremeans
William D. Cremeans
Cabell County
Cremeans
William and Arlie Maynard
Economy Building Systems Inc
Westland Plaza
Maynard Brothers
Maynards
Supreme Court
Wetzel County
David Cosgray
Terry Bonar
Larry Benninghoff
David Ray
Bonar
Cameron
R.L. Bonar
Rogers
Benninghoff
Kanawha Manufacturing Co. of
Kanawha County Circuit
American Industrial Leasing Co
Monongalia County
Beechurst Avenue Joint Venture
American
High Court
West Virginia University
Beechurst Group
Utah Supreme Court
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
Gilmore
Mine feud may push Patrick to run for UMW president
Charleston AP reports a widening rift between United Mine Workers leaders Harry Patrick and Arnold Miller. Patrick says Miller pressured him to back reelection or be opposed, hinting at a possible bid for the presidency. Miller counters that insubordination fueled the split, likening rivals to Brutus.
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Charleston
W.va
Harry Patrick
United Mine Workers
UMW
Arnold Miller
Miller
Patrick
Cincinnati
Grafton police win award for child safety program
GRAFTON police receive a plaque from the National Child Safety Commission for an 11 year old program. Chief James George accepts, noting distribution of nearly 9,000 safety pamphlets to 2,518 Taylor County students from kindergarten through eighth grade.
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David Blair
Grafton
Curt Hamel
James George
National Child Safety Commission
Hamel
Commission
West Virginia
Taylor County
George
Fraud trial details loan funds linked to Anne Lamont case
Government evidence in the Anne Lamont fraud trial in Manhattan ties $60,000 from Toronto to Miss Lamont and of $30,000 to John Stoessinger, a former UN official. Stoessinger testified to a 1972 73 affair and loans, with bank witnesses naming Toronto drafts as part of the scheme. Barry, a Toronto tavern owner, said he paid Lamont $60,000 for a loan, later owing a bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anne Lamont
United Nations
Miss Lamont
Operations Multinational Inc
Manhattan
John G. Stoessinger
Stoessinger
Toronto
John Barry
Barry
Clarence Johnson
Central Bank of Denver
Lois Weed
Chelsea National Bank
Canal negotiation beat amid Panama talks with Washington
Panama’s foreign minister plans a discreet Washington visit to review Ford administration terms for canal talks. Some proposals are rejected or under study as Panamanian officials seek better terms after Carter’s inauguration. If Carter stalls, Gen Omar Torrijos could push the issue to the UN Security Council, a move he used in 1978.
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Washington
Panama
Panama Canal
Jimmy Carter
Carter
Omar Torrijos
Obituary notices for A R Wilson and George Girod
Obituary notices report A R Wilson 71 of Weston died November 30 at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital after a month of illness. Survived by daughter Carol Moneypenny, sons John Allen and Carl Dean, siblings and six grandchildren. former Monongahela Power Company employee. Also obituary for Spec. 6 George E Bud Girod 43, U S Army, of Williamsburg Virginia died November 28 at home. survived by wife Betty Byrne Girod and four children, parents, siblings, and in laws.
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Alk. Wilson Weston
A.R. Wilson
Route 1
Weston
Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital
Lewis County
John R
Marvella
Carol) Moneypenny
Beckley
John Allen Wilson
Grafton
Carl Dean Wilson
Alabama
Basil
Greenwood
Arkansas
Opal Wood
Fairmont
Lelia M. Brown
Wilson
Monongahela Power Company
Burl Fleming
George E
Buc) Girod
Fort Eustis
Bud) Girod
United States Army
Williamsburg
Virginia
Taylor County
George E. Girod
Sylvia Keener Girod
Rt. 2
Salem
West Virginia
Betty Byrne Girod
George Girod
Fairbanks
Alaska
Judy Lee
John Wayne
Tami Lynn
Girod
James Paul Girod
Edward
Rt 2
Gerald Anna Jones
Bridgeport
Howard
Sanna) Shaver
Clinton
Milford
Martha) Withers
Shinnston
Frank Levada Hutson
Death wish granted for Utah's Gilmore
Gary Mark Gilmore won a death sentence review from Utah's pardons board and could face a firing squad within days of his 36th birthday. He accepted the ruling after a 2 to 1 vote, while appeals by opponents loom and state officials enforce a 60 day rule for executions.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Mark Gilmore
State Pardons Board
Gilmore
4Th District
J. Robert Bullock
Provo
George Latimer
Utah State Prison
United States
Calvin L. Rampton
Pardons Board
Rampton
Tony Jones
West Virginia campaigns show light post election spending
Post election filings by three statewide candidates in West Virginia show light receipts and expenditures since prior reports. Miller reports 1363 in new spending with 1133 from Rockefeller for Governor. Flowers records 1167 more spending with no contributions. Douglass reports 608 more spending and 464 more contributions, 300 from state agriculture employees.
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Charleston
W. Va
Wheeling
Thomas B. Miller
State Supreme Court
Rockefeller
Edwin F. Flowers
Supreme Court
Flowers
Gus R. Douglass
State Department of Agriculture
Hospital register notes multiple West Virginia admissions
A scanned hospital register lists admissions discharges and deaths across Grafton Clarksburg Buckhannon Philippi and other towns. It records individuals named with addresses and home towns including Claude Ebert Alberta Fuller Russell Keener Goldie Welch and many others with discharge and burial entries noted for late November 1976.
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James Moats
Webster
Fairmont General
Stephen Simon
Rosemont
St. Marys Hospital
Clarksburg
Bernard Radcliffe
Rt.4
Grafton City Hospital
West Virginia University Medical Center
Morgantown
Goldie Welch
Rest Haven Nursing Home
Grafton
Claude Ebert
Alberta Fuller
Barrett St
Russell Keener
W. Washington St
Rest Haven
Edward Beavers
Alma Bartlett
Sarah Keener
Boyd St
Tunnelton
Mary Hershman
Newburg
Clarence Casteel
Simpson
Harriet Marvin
Broaddus Hospital
Philippi
Mathew Crites
Troy Titchnell
Jerry Poling
Geneva Lantz
William Lantz
Mary Kelly
Louise Shaffer
Betty Walls
Sandra Bolyard
Arnold Haught
Moatsville
Ira Freeman
Nutter Fort
Audie May
Dorothy
Belington
Genelda Davis
Gladys Moore
Flemington
Vivian Smallridge
Mary Stafford
Preston Memorial Hospital
Kingwood
Murl Fortney
Albright
Denzil Rager
Dewey Fitchett
Jane Miller
Pamela Sue Baker
P.O. Box
Blanche Spratley
James Walter, Jr
William Slack
W. Main St
Brenda Foster
Jess Fleming
Independence
Clarence Teets
Alice Menear
E. Main St
Hayward McPherson
Alphonzo Fuller
Orchard St
Sandra Hostler
Marie Prichard
Lincoln St
Harry Carr
Fairview
Patricia Belton
Terra Alta
Twila Seyport
Bruceton Mills
Bertha Kelley
Bowlesburg
Anita Howard
Train Derailments Block Rail Lines in Fayette County
Two derailments in Fayette County West Virginia halted rail traffic on both sides of the New River Gorge. A 15 to 19 car coal and grain freight derailed near South Fayette while an Amtrak passenger train derailed northwest of there. Officials sought federal review of the Chicago Washington line and potential Amtrak equipment upgrades.
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Fayetteville
W.va
Aps
New River Gorge
Fayette County
Newport News
South Fayette
B.L. Wheeling
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Sewell
Wheeler
Amtrak
Robert C. Byrd
D-W.va
Chicago Washington Line
West Virginia
Washington
Byrd
National Transportation Safety Board
Sam
James Whitcomb Riley
Amfleet
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Julius Caesar
Grafton Police
Canal
United Nations Security Council
Utah
Terry W. Hall
Robert H. Mollohan
D-W. Va
Secretary of State
American Can Co
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Hospital Register
Floyd
John Lares
Butchersville Cemetery
Westfall
Thurston Stemple, Jr
Ray McKinney
Roy Butler
Frederick Bishop
Ruth DeBerry
Thomas Hazlett
Linnie Marsh
Jessie Dunn
William
Judy Gould
Roscoe Shaffer
Jeffrey Bennett
Omer Payne
Brownlow Park
Jewel Crislip
Robert Harman
Glenn Everly
John Magnifico
Tresspass
FAS
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