Grafton residents favor garbage rate hike plan
An informal survey shows 18 of 27 residents back raising monthly garbage fees from 1.50 to 2.50 for homes and a 3.50 minimum for businesses. Many back the money for improved service or better pay for crews, though some oppose street collection.
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Grafton
Blake Shay
Lisa Malone
Walter Ayersman
Don Moran
Junior Pratt
Kathie Keener
Main Street
West Main Street
West Main
Brownlow Park
Maple Avenue
Pearl Street
King's assassin escapes from Brushy Mountain prison
PETROL Tennessee AP James Earl Ray serving 99 years for King assassination climbed over the wall of Brushy Mountain State Prison with six inmates Friday night. Ray and five others fled as recapture efforts began with state troopers and FBI involvement. Ward recaptured soon after. others at large in rugged East Tennessee.
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James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Brushy Mountain State Prison
Ray
East
Tennessee
Missouri
King
Lorraine
Memphis
London
Morgan County
Campell County
Fentress County
Anderson County
Knox County
Mike Wilson
Scott Cou County
FBI
Washington
Tennessee State Prison
Nashville
Brushy
Brushy Mountain
Larry Hacker
Earl Hill Jr
David Lee Powell
Jerry W. Ward
Donald Ray Taylor
Douglas Shelton
Ward
Independence crash on Rt 33 injures no one in two-vehicle collision
Preston County deputies report Robert H. Trickett 54 of Independence failed to stop his 1973 Mercedes as Patricia J. Barker 26 of Newburg exited a long bridge on Rt 33. Trickett struck Barker’s left rear causing about 1500 dollars in Mercedes damage. Barker’s Jeep sustained about 150 dollars. both drivers uninjured and no citations issued.
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Independence
Patricia J. Barker
Newburg
Rt. 33
Preston County
Robert H. Trickett
Reedsville
Gordon Graham
Masontown
Rt. 7
Russell Chittum
Graham
Belington
U.S
Matthews
Booth
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West Virginia
Don Keener
Leonard Lamham
Karen Manley
Sandy Moore
Richard Martin
David Schatz
Thayer Street
Chessie
Finleyville
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Ray Here
U.S. House
White Stone
Knoxville
HL. Corley
Taylor County
State Police
3Rd District
Moundsville
Corley
E.V. Kerns
Department of Public Safety
Morgantown
Fairmont
Clarksburg
Elkins
West Virginia Department of Employment Security
Rowlesburg
Parsons
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