Five Die in Memorial Holiday Crashes Across West Virginia
West Virginia marked Memorial Day weekend with five fatalities on highways and a separate indoor Armed Forces Bicentennial Band concert in Charleston. Victims included Robert E. Hicks an 18 year old motorcycle rider near Chloe and Minnie Alice Smith 43 from Princeton in a U S 52 crash outside Crum. Other deaths involved Lisa Imhof 74 of Charleston Stephen Murphy 31 of Westland and David Eye Jr 28 of Franklin. A Pendleton County motorcycle crash killed Eye Jr and a monographic police report noted the PRT schedule delay as political pressure free.
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West Virginia
Robert E. Hicks
Chloe
Calhoun County
W.va
U.S. 52
Crum
Wayne County
Minnie Alice Smith
Princeton
Clinton
Louisa
Lisa Imhof
Charleston
Stephen W. Murphy
Westland
Mich
U.S. 19
Ner Pursgrove
Monongalia County
Armed Forces Bicentennial
Memorial Auditorium
State Capitol Lawn
Federal Building
Joseph Thacker
Thacker
Wilmore
America
William Scott
R-Va
Saint Albans
Freedom
Scott
Teays Hill
Morgantown
PRT
Samy E.G. Elias
West Virginia University
Department of Transportation
Elias
Rand Corp
Grocery prices jump across West Virginia in May
Prices for breakfast foods rose 3.4 percent in May across West Virginia, led by increases in orange juice coffee and eggs. Ground chuck fell slightly. City by city, May totals ranged with Keyser highest at 14.75 and Bluefield lowest at 13.80 while Charleston rose 5.2 percent to 14.73.
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West Virginia
Associated Press
Keyser
Charleston
Huntington
Grafton
Wheeling
Bluefield
Vietnam bitterness lingers in Beallsville Ohio Memorial Day
In Beallsville a Memorial Day service for Vietnam War dead drew few attendees as bitterness lingers in the small village. Earl Pittman mourns his son Jack among seven local graduates who died. He resents refugees and recalls hardship from layoffs, stating the war felt unnecessary.
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Beallsville
Ohio
Earl Pittman
Vietnam
Meadowlands
Jack
Pittman
Elmer Howell
Otis Thornberry
Wayne Hays Returns to Bannock for War Memorial Dedication
Rep Wayne Hays aged 65 returns to Bannock Ohio with wife Pat to dedicate a local war memorial. The small eastern Ohio town of 350 welcomed him warmly as he resumes public life after a recent scandal.
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Bannock, Ohio
George Webber
Thomas Wolfe
Wayne Hays
Bannock
Ohio
Pat
Webber
Ohio Democrat
Hospital admissions and discharges across Grafton area May 28 31
GRAFTON CITY HOSPITAL and PRESTON MEMORIAL listing admissions and discharges for May 28 to May 31. Names include Wilma Robison Hazel Morgan Lucille Hamilton Barbara Fisher Ina Snider Myrtle Saucer Barbara Nestor and many others across Grafton Simpson Tunnelton Fairmont Philippi Morgantown and Buckhannon locations with multiple street and drive names.
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Grafton City Hospital
Grafton
Wilma Robison
Stewart St
Hazel Morgan
Dorsey St
Lucille Hamilton
Rt. 5
Barbara Fisher
Sunset Terrace
Ina Snider
E. Main St
Kate Middleton
Anthony Robinson
Rt. 3
Thornton
Myrtle Saucer
Barbara Nestor
Newburg
William Blackstock
Fairmont
Kenneth Wilson
Simpson
Thurley Booth
Rosemont
Harry Moore
David Kennedy
W. Washington St
Fay McCumbers
Anna Jarvis
Mildred Gerkin
Walnut St
Callie Austin
Railroad St
Nicholas Idoni Sr
W. Main St
Roy Reed
Leona Farance
James Thorp
Maple Ave
Barry Gillespie
Rt. 4
Wendy Miller
Thayer St
Annae McDaniel
W. Main
Philippi
Maxine Carte
Moatsville
Nellie — Newman
Tunnelton
Shelley Sigley
Flemington
Sharon Workman
Brownton
Guy Wolfe
Abraham Watson
Weston
Minnie Conrad
Ruth Beverage
Kasson
Patricia Summerfield
Stanley Mayle
Geraldine Dawson
Kathi McBee
Margaret Kines
Sue Summers
Brenda__ Cleavenger
Loretta Trader
Ohio
Albert M. Grow obituary in Grafton at 79
Albert M Grow 79 of 600 W Boyd St died May 29 at 10 a.m. Born May 25 1897 in Grafton he was the son of Luton Webb and Ann Davis Grow. Survived by three children Richard Grow Lola May Reed and Blanche Redinger and several grandchildren. Preceded in death by wife Daisy Brown Grow and five children. Retired boilermaker for the B and O Railroad WWI veteran and Woodmen of the World member.
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Grafton
Albert M. Grow
W. Boyd St
Luton Webb
Ann Cathern Davis Grow
Richard
Blanche) Redinger
Potomac, Md
Allen
Lola May) Reed
Cleveland
Ohio
Richard Grow
Washington, D.C
Daisy Brown Grow
Edna Rexroad
Carl
Claude
George
Luton
Adam
Mary Trisler
Jamie Patterson
Catherine Tighe
B.&o. Railroad
Woodmen of the World
Coal symposium set for June 2 3 near Morgantown
A two day symposium on Coal Processing and Conversion will convene June 2 and 3 at Lakeview Inn and Country Club near Morgantown WV. It is hosted by the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey with WVU Chemical Engineering and Geology-Geography departments.
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Morgantown
West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
West Virginia University
Lakeview Inn and Country Club
Carl J. Smith
Duane G. Nichols
WVU
Francis T. Ting
Memorial Day Weekend Emergency Runs Reported in Taylor County
Taylor County Emergency Squad logged multiple ambulance runs over the Memorial Day weekend. Entries include drivers and routes such as Lloyd McDaniel from Rt. 2 Grafton to Grafton City Hospital, and Ina Snider from Cather Towers to Grafton City Hospital, with various times from May 28 to May 31, spanning hospitals in Grafton, Clarksburg, Morgantown, and surrounding towns.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Lloyd McDaniel
Rt. 2
Grafton City Hospital
Tate Middleton
Manowa
W.va
Holly Smith
Rt. 4
United Hospital Center
Downtown Division
Clarksburg
Funeral services for Albert M Grow held in Grafton
Funeral services for Albert M Grow, 79, of 600 West Boyd Street Grafton, were conducted today at 11 a.m. at Bartlett Funeral Home with Reverend William Sandy presiding. Interment followed in Bluemont Cemetery. A Bartlett Service.
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Grow
Albert M. Grow
W. Boyd St
Grafton
Bartlett Funeral Home
William Sandy
Bluemont Cemetery
Bartlett
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