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Newspaper

The Mountain Statesman

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1976

Page

2

Duttine to Remain Trustee as State Public Defender Starts

Carl Duttine, 51, will continue as trustee of Diversified Mountaineer Corp. at no pay after becoming West Virginia's first public defender on January 3. He cites case complexity requiring familiarity with the DMC matter. In Hinton, Sharon Moran Shanklin, 26, was killed and Trooper James Risor, 34, wounded in a trailer shooting. Risor survived, in satisfactory condition, after a gunman allegedly shot Shanklin and then himself. Shanklin had dated the shooter. her brother says she was trying to end the relationship. Shanklin worked in Summers Court’s admittance office.

Duttine Charleston W.va Carl Duttine Diversified Mountaineer Corp DMC Huttine Riser Appalachian Regional Hospital Beckley Shanklin Darrell Morgan Grafton Leahnora Dove Sevier Curve Bridge Akron, Ohio Tucker County Martin Luther Abbie Ann Poling Williams William Bradford Sevier Goldie Maxine Frady Elk Ridge Hazel Marie Davis Dundalk Mary Agnes Winland Stowe Ohio Marjorie Lou Hirst Baltimore

Nation Vail Ford's Christmas TV outage disrupts Super Bowl plans

President Ford endured a holiday cable outage during two Christmas ski trips. A transformer failure cut local service just before kickoff of the first playoff game, delaying the broadcast of Vikings versus Rams until after the second quarter. Ford planned to return to the slopes today.

Vail Cole AP Ford Minnesota Vikings Los Angeles Rams

Christmas weekend memories across homes and shops

Christmas weekend left many with drying trees and leftovers as families awaited the new year and post holiday bills. Shoppers hunted for bargains four days before 1977. The period contained a global peace mood, Pope Paul VI led a midnight Mass on TV and urged compassion for all. IRA did not declare a holiday cease-fire, while a Palestinian leader and his fiancée were murdered in Lebanon ending a generally peaceful spell.

Pope Paul VI Irish Republican Army IRA Lebanon

Obituaries and notices from Grafton area deaths

Obituaries from Greenup and Mundelein and Seminole notices report Agnes Brown and Emma Bourne death details, along with James Hammons Leahnora Sevier and Clarence Madden deaths in Grafton. Also includes George Reese and James Dawson obituaries, and local funeral arrangements. Also mentions Carol Carter era items and Kentucky mining official comments on safety violations at Scotia mines.

Greenup Agnes Brown Grafton Kentucky C. O. Brown Blueville Donald H. Brown Mary Elizabeth Thorn Elizabeth Stuck Knotts Funeral Home

Tragedy mars holiday as Fairfield fire claims three children

A Fairfield Maine house fire killed three Reynolds children aged 2 to 4 and injured the mother and four other siblings during a Christmas Eve blaze. Mellody Reynolds, 12, reportedly helped evacuate siblings as crews fought the two story fire. Surviving children were hospitalized with burns and injuries while the family mourns a chain of tragedies across holidays.

Fairfield Maine Dorothy Reynold Reynolds William Dwayne Benjamin Leighton Mellody Keith Carl Dirk Mid-Maine Medical Center Waterville

Hospital register list of admissions and discharges 1976

A hospital register from downtown Clarksburg and surrounding counties lists admissions on December 23 1976 including Ethel Trunick Hulda Dawson James Fragale Harold Saville and many others. Discharges on December 26 1976 include Bettie Grafton Walter Beckner John Thayer Mary Knotts Mack Bennet Lloyd gojfins Martha Andrick Sam Condri and others.

Clarksburg Ethel Trunick Hulda Dawson James Fragale Hepzibah Harold Saville Thomas Bagwell Robert Hitt Hazel Loughery Helen Naedele Edward Curotz Ellis Tanner Floradell Demastus Albert Cain Nancy Hoffman Raymond Ashcraft Minnie Schmitz Coleen Mohr James Crayton Harold Allison Marie Hashman Mary Nicholson Anna McCartney Jan Singleton Maude Ernest Collins Edith Smith Dolan Ashcraft Claude Amsler Sam Marano David Lindsay Sherman Rogers Florence Howe Charles Surwile Blanche Leisure Bessie Coen Agnes Sendling Frances Adcock Roland McPherson Salem Louise Nutter Bridgeport Evelyn Beattie Stonewood Gary McCartney Ailbright Edna Crane Flemington Roy Moyer Galloway Grafton Patricia Barlow Rosie Shingleton Buckhannon Bettie Grafton Walter Beckner Volga John Thayer Mary Knotts Mack Bennet Philippi Lloyd Gojfins McCord Martha Andrick Sam Condri Weston

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