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Newspaper
The Mountain Statesman
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1976
Page
2
Virginia McLaughlin resigns after 35 years as warden. The prison shifts focus from rehabilitation to job training. Carson Markley as successor pledges humane conditions and practical goals. The facility houses 600 inmates with private rooms and limited escapes.
In Glastonbury Connecticut a young family failed to obtain an exemption from a new housing code for a pre July 1967 farmhouse lacking electricity and flush toilets. An unofficial referendum showed 944 votes for the amendment and 936 against it. Richard Langseth said he would move rather than continue the battle to live in the rural setting.
Charleston West Virginia AP report quotes Commerce Commissioner Albertazzio urging national reliance on self promotion in coal. He notes coal brokers resist state department help and prefer to handle promotion themselves. He cites letters from 81 major producers thanking the department but declining assistance. People should learn to do for themselves, he says.
W Lyle Jones of Clarksburg the sole Republican on the three member West Virginia Court of Claims has resigned after nine years on the bench. His departure becomes effective June 30.
Charleson West Virginia. A judge reversed William T. Martin Jr.’s 1948 guilty plea to interstate transportation of a stolen car, potentially making him eligible for parole on a burglary life term. Martin, 46, had a life sentence after a 1948 felony and burglary conviction. Attorney Edward Wiley says parole eligibility may follow the reversal.
In London the Labor government vows to endure a two week crisis to secure union approval for a 4 percent wage ceiling. Chancellor Denis Healey says measures that damage government union relations would be foolish. The pound hits a new low near 1.716 dollars, closing around 1.7213.
Wood County authorities undecided on a new trial for attorney Richard F. Pence after a circuit court trial ended in a mistrial. The jury failed to reach a verdict on charges he embezzled 68000 in 1974 from a wrongful death settlement obtained for client Ada Yvonne Riser. Pence denied the accusation and the state Supreme Court had suspended him in a separate matter.
Wayne Hays is expected to resign as chair of the House Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee during the investigation of his role in a payroll sex scandal. Elizabeth Ray denies Chicago Tribune claims of recorded encounters with lawmakers and a White House photographer. A grand jury probes possible misuse of federal funds and the ethics committee launches a full inquiry.
Mary M. Cork 76 of 916 West Pike St Clarksburg died June 2 after brief illness. Born April 14 1900 in Grafton she is survived by husband John F. Cork daughter Carolyn Williamson brother Francis Hanley and four granddaughters. Walter Crews service details not provided. Harry G. Boord 50 of Rt 1 Wolf Summit died June 2 at home after a yearlong illness. Born Oct 17 1925 he is survived by wife Yvonne Shaffer Boord two sons two daughters and several siblings and a grandchild. He was a telegrapher and dispatcher for the B to railroad a World War I Navy veteran and member of the Church of Christ at Blueville.
Martha Mitchell, famed Nixon critic, died of bone cancer at 57. Her funeral, ordered private by estranged husband John Mitchell, restricted access to the church. reporters were kept in the back pews while family and a few close friends occupied front rows. Residents planned a restrained service at the Presbyterian Church with a family plot prepared at her mother's grave site under oaks.
U.S. Senator Jennings Randolph urged the Department of Transportation to speed a financing study for completing the West Virginia Turnpike and other interstate projects. He noted an estimated $300 million total cost with WV Turnpike apportionments of $142 million for 1978 and 1979, and proposed bonds backed by federal funds over 20 years.
The Navy's top civilian cost official Gordon Rule says Admiral Hyman Rickover is defying the secretary of defense and should be disciplined for allegedly working to torpedo a Pentagon plan to settle about 1.5 billion dollars in shipbuilder claims. Rule accuses Rickover of abuse of power and harassment of private yard management, while noting he supports Pentagon decisions on the claims issue. Rickover declined to comment.
A hospital register lists admissions and discharges for GRAFTON CITY HOSPITAL and PRESTON MEMORIAL among others. Names span GRAFTON THORN TON TERRA ALTA TUNNELTON BRUCETON MILLS MASONTOWN ARTHURDALE NEWBURG ALBRIGHT KINGWOOD BRANDONVILLE BROADDUS HOSPITAL PHILIPPI MOATSVILLE BUCKHANNON BELINGTON ELKINS BRIDGEPORT ROSEMONT DURBIN GASSAWAY and more, with numerous streets and counties noted.
Bridgeport stockyard report lists bid ranges for cattle and calves including stocker and slaughter categories. Prices per CWT span from 23.75 to 55.00 for various grades and weights, with beef bulls and babies noted alongside horses and ponies.
Flo Smith recalls operating the Point Pleasant Reg ister linotype since 1917 and memories of World War I Pearl Harbor and a flood season. The battered machine sparked her life memories of weekly papers, city readers, and newsroom routines.
Funeral notices list Norma Genevieve Vandergrift age 69 of Rt. 5 Grafton dying June 1 in Charleston with services at Bartlett Funeral Home Friday 1:30 p.m. Interment Woodsdale Memorial Park. Also Mary M Cork 76 Clarksburg dies June 2 mass Saturday 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception. interment Holy Cross Cemetery. Harry G Boord 50 Rt. 1 Wolf Summit dies June 2. services Saturday 1 p.m. at Davis Funeral Home Clarksburg. interment 1.C.C.F. Memorial Park Salem.
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