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Newspaper
The Mountain Statesman
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1976
Page
2
James Allen Conner, 50, of Long Branch, Fayette County, was killed while crossing West Virginia Route 16 at MacArthur. The driver, Diana Tarrou of Macedonia, Ohio, faced no charges according to state police.
An eastbound Amtrak James Whitcomb Riley No 59 derailed near Kanawha Falls in Fayette County. No injuries were reported among 174 passengers including 39 Cincinnati students en route to Washington. Two locomotives and eight cars left the Chessie System track. one locomotive stayed on rails. Passengers were fed as arrangements were made for bus transport. Cause under investigation. Other recent Amtrak derailments occurred in Huntington Ohio and Indiana.
Huntington attorney Edward H. Greene will become president on July 1. He has served on the board since 1969 and succeeds Albert Morgan. Former Gov. Okey Patteson of Mount Hope was named vice president and Andrew L. Clark, a Princeton auto dealer, was chosen secretary.
FAIRMONT West Virginia A Marion County retailer faces charges for an illegal going out of business sale Prosecutor Frank Mascara filed the warrant at the Labor Department request The consumer protection division said the firm began the sale before license application and did not submit an inventory list while adding goods to the inventory after the sale started
In Fairmont West Virginia a bus fault caused an accident inside the Martinka Mine injuring seven workers. Four were admitted to Fairmont General Hospital in satisfactory condition while three were treated and released. The injured include Anthony Martello 25 and Jones Mayer 29 both of Fairmont Bradley Loudin 45 of Clarksburg David Heaster 37 of Stonewood Steve Starn 25 of Catawba Charles Duckworth 25 of Fairmont and Frank Long 45 of Shinnston.
Testimony in the Williamson Housing Authority fraud case proceeds with four workers admitting they were paid regular wages to perform private home tasks for former executive director Dennie Moore and other officials. The defendants include Bernice Abraham Betty Riddle and others who helped with repairs and concrete work at Moore and related homes in Forest Hills Kentucky.
The will of J Paul Getty, filed in Los Angeles County Court, directs burial in a marble mausoleum and payments of ten dollars to any wife or child declared later. The 23 page document dated 1958 and amended 1976 names four surviving sons as beneficiaries and leaves the bulk of wealth to the J Paul Getty Museum in Malibu. Executors named include Gordon Peter Getty and Jean Ronald Getty with Title Insurance Trust Company LA. The estate value is not stated though his empire is estimated at two to four billion dollars. Getty’s 65 acre Pacific Palisades estate and art valued at least two hundred million dollars go to the museum or specified heirs.
City Clerk Maxine Stewart faced a citizen complaint over a June 1 ward ballot mix up. She explained the error started with wrong ballots at Precinct 22 and that she contacted voters or delivered a ballot to one resident to avoid forcing a second trip. Council and City Attorney deemed actions in good faith and not grounds to void the election.
Washington report says seepage through concrete barriers at Idaho's 307 foot Teton dam may have caused the disaster as the reservoir filled. At least nine people died. homes and farms were destroyed while Congress and scientists investigate.
Washington AP reports construction labor contracts are being negotiated with fewer strikes and wage surges. Officials attribute moderation to high unemployment and competition from non-union labor, with two thirds of 2800 contracts already settled this year and lowest strike activity in five years. Federal mediator James F. Scearce notes a more realistic bargaining tone and accommodation at the table.
GRAFTON Ruth Hamrick Maude Brown Lu Ann Sevier Steven Lantz Geraldine Raschella Carol Ann Swiger Mark Guthrie Hazel Norris Betty Boyce. SIMPSON Tammy Foster. THORNTON GRAFTON Larry Rogers Carolyn Moran James Thorp Kimberly Denis Vitoria Reed Adeline Digman Francis Shanholtz. TUNNELTON Wilma Bolyard. NEWBURG Linda Nutter. PRESTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Admissions TERRA ALTA Hazel Stemple Martha Cramer KINGWOOD Carl Cumming TUNNELTON Steve Myers Dottie Wolf Discharges Lottie Hebb Wilma Wolf Russell Sheldon Susan Sypolt Paul Calhoun Wade Evans Betty Carter.
Mrs Evelyn Shafer Aylestock 61 of Stafford County Va formerly of Grafton died June 7 at 1 50 pm in a Fredericksburg hospital after a lengthy illness Born August 22 1914 in Grafton she was the daughter of the late Clara Field and Bertha Clayton Shafer She was the widow of Cleetes Aylestock Survived by a daughter Marilyn Jenkins Oakton Va a sister Mary Elizabeth Sorrells Warrenton and two grandchildren Funeral services will be held Thursday at 11 am at Elkins Funeral Home Fredericksburg with interment at Oak Hill Cemetery Memorials to the American Cancer Society.
The West Virginia Board of Regents approved $91 million in operating funds for 16 colleges and universities, a $7.5 million increase. West Virginia University leads with $38 million, up $3 million, while West Virginia Northern Community College gains 15.3 percent to $1.5 million. The package targets filling critical instructional positions to meet rising enrollments and manpower needs, with detailed gains for each school including Marshall, Concord, Fairmont, Shepherd, and others.
Taylor County Emergency Squad posted Tuesday emergency runs. Ruth Hamrick traveled from 232 Barrett St to Grafton City Hospital at 1 57 a.m. Nellie Leyhe went from Thornton to West Virginia University Medical Center Morgantown at 9 53 a.m. Mark Guthrie moved from a motorcycle crash on Rt 50 to Grafton City Hospital at 3 19 p.m. Geraldine Raschella, Rt 5 Grafton, from a Rt 119 auto crash to Grafton City Hospital at 3 33 p.m.
A Mayle aged 84 of Rt 2 Grafton died suddenly June 7. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Wesleyan Methodist Church West Hill with Rev Winfield Mayle officiating. Body lies in state one hour before service. Interment West Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Bartlett Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Wednesday. A Bartlett Service.
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