Elderly Dunbar man dies in I 64 crash near Winfield exit
Ora Roberts a passenger in a car driven by his wife Geneva Roberts 72 died Friday when their vehicle pulled onto the wrong ramp on Interstate 64 near the Winfield exit and collided with a car driven by Marsha Kirchubel 20 of Sacramento California. Geneva Roberts was listed in critical condition, and a passenger in Kirchubel’s car David Duvall 21 of Columbia Virginia remained in serious condition.
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Winfield
W Va
Dunbar
Interstate 64
Ora Roberts
Geneva Roberts
Marsha Kirchubel
Sacramento
Calif
Roberts
Charleston
Memorial Day Travel Fatalities Seen Near 400
Chicago AP reports motorists hitting the highways for Memorial Day weekend with the National Safety Council estimating 340 to 400 traffic deaths. The count runs from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. Last year’s three day period recorded 425 deaths. In 1972 deaths fell with higher gas prices and lower speed limits. The all time high was 597 deaths in 1969.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Groups to sue seven coal firms over missing EPA permits
Three environmental groups announce intent to sue seven West Virginia coal operators for discharging without required EPA clean water permits. Save Our Mountains targets Davis Trucking and Burdettes Creek Coal. Mountain Call targets Kermit Coal and Pine Rock Coals. WV-CAG notes about 750 mines lack permits and seeks negotiated settlement as about 250 mines received permits in three years.
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Charleston
W. Va
Environmental Protection Agency
Save Our Mountains
Davis Trucking
Tucker County
Burdettes’ Creek Coal
Greenbrier County
Mountain Call
Mingo County
Kermit Coal
Kermit
Pine Rock Coals
Ragland
la Rosa Fuel
S.S. Joe
EPA
Mental Health group elects new officers in West Virginia
ELKINS W Va AP New officers have been elected by the state Community Mental Health Mental Retardation Association Don W Ashworth director of special projects at Shawnee Hills Regional Center at Institute is the new president Guy Hensley Beckley Mental Health Council business manager is the vice president Judy Beatty coordinator for the Community Health Center of Region III Charleston is secretary Reelected treasurer was David McWatters III Shawnee Hills Regional Center business manager
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Elkins
W. Va
State
Don W. Ashworth
Shawnee Hills
Institute
Guy Hensley
Beckley Mental Health Council
Judy Beatty
Region III
Charleston
David McWatters III
Gas consumption not curtailed for 333 WV users in summer
Charleston AP reports Columbia Gas Co will not curtail gas consumption for about 333 industrial and commercial customers during June to August. Interruptible portions for large volume users remain at 100 percent curtailment. Industrial and commercial allocations stay intact until Nov. 1 with next winter likely curtailments.
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Charleston
W. Va
Columbia Gas Co
Columbia
West Virginia Water Co. refunds total over two million
Kanawha Valley customers will receive 2,605,505 in refunds after a Public Service decision cut part of the July 1974 rate increase. Checks mailed Friday cover different monthly baselines with approximate rebates of 18 for 8 monthly payments, 23 for 10, and 35 for 15, under PSC approved rates since last March.
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Charleston
W. Va
Kanawha Valley
West Virginia Water Co
Jerry Smith
Public Service
PSC
Hearing set in Mercer County on General Telephone complaints
In Charleston West Virginia the Public Service Commission schedules an August hearing in Mercer County on complaints against General Telephone of the Southeast. PSC executive secretary Grover Smith told the Princeton Area Citizens Association that petitions signed by 3000 people and resolutions from five governments were presented. Association spokesman Robert Graham said a formal complaint will be filed citing high costs for poor service. He noted the Princeton Bluefield 10 mile rate at 85 cents and said General Telephone billing errors exceed those of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co.
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Charleston
W.va
Mercer County
General Telephone
Southeast
Public Service Commission
Grover Smith
PSC
Princeton Area Citizens Association
Robert Graham
Princeton
Bluefield
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co
Ballot Suit Delays May Primary Certification
Final certification of the May 11 primary will be delayed to a June 7 hearing in Kanawha County. A suit filed Thursday seeks an order compelling county officials to count 52 paper ballots from Holt Elementary School precinct in Charleston, delaying the tally.
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Charleston
W.va
Kanawha County
Holt
Grafton Memorial Day Closings List and Weekend Hours
A Memorial Day notice lists area businesses closing Monday including Gerard Motors Kale Motors Brown Motor Sales Toothman Ford Sales The First National Bank Blueville Bank of Graf ton Farmers Delight Stores Woodyard Lumber J Jenkins Cleaners Robinson Cleaners McCrorys J C Penney Phillips Pharmacy Foodland Leonards Musgroves Shop N Save Thorofare Market and more. Garden Fresh Super Market will open after the parade, Malone Drug Store until noon, Four Corners Restaurant and Dairy Mart open Monday. Not a complete listing. readers should check with local merchants. Mountain Statesman will not publish Monday.
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Grafton
Gerard Motors
Kale Motors
Brown Motor Sales
Toothman Ford
the First National Bank
Blueville Bank of Grafton
Farmers Delight
Woodyard Lumber Company
Jenkins Cleaners
Robinson Cleaners
McCrorys
J. C. Penney Dept
Phillips Pharmacy
Foodland
Leonards Grocery
Musgroves Shop
N Save
Thorofare Market
Garden Fresh Super Market
Malone Drug Store
Four Corner's
Dairy Mart
The
Mountain Statesman
Clarksburg man charged in Grafton area slaying
State Police arrested Jack Lee Carder, 30, of Clarksburg on homicide charges connected to the death of Terry Allen George, 26, also of Clarksburg. George died after a Three Forks Creek incident near the Ivan Dale Supper Club on U.S. Route 50.
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Clarksburg
Grafton
Terry Allen George
George
Three Forks Creek
Ivandale Supper Club
U.S. Route 50
Taylor County
Thomas Mason
Jack Lee Carder
Carder
Tragic death of Richard Shanes reported on Oregon coast
Richard Shanes 27 of Tacoma was found dead on Neakahnie Beach near Manzanita on March 26. His car was abandoned March 14 miles up the coast. His wife Marie Carolle Shanes is missing from Fort Lewis. Sheriff’s officials offered no new leads or death cause.
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Rex B. Bowers
Portland
Oregon
Richard Shanes
Tacoma
Wash
Shanes
Herbert N. Shanes
Neakahnie Beach
Manzanita
Ore
Tillanook
Oregon Coast
Associated Press
Marie Carolle Shanes
Fort Lewis
Washington
Sheriff's Office
Herbert Shanes
Grafton City Hospital
Morgantown Road
GHS graduates 182 at Grafton High School ceremony
Gene Davis Glenville State College assistant football coach addressed the 1976 Grafton High School graduating class in the school auditorium. Family members and friends filled the seats and many stood in the aisles as 182 graduates received diplomas at the crowded ceremony.
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Grafton
Gene Davis
Grafton High School
Glenville State College
Funeral notices for Albert Nuzum Noah C Rine and Lloyd McDaniel
Funeral services are announced for Albert Nuzum 71 of Cherry Run Route 3 Grafton dying Wednesday at Grafton City Hospital with burial at Mt Nebo Cemetery. Noah C Rine 80 of Moundsville died May 27 with services at Grisell Funeral Home Sunday 3 p.m. and Riverview Cemetery interment. Lloyd McDaniel 68 of Pruntytown died May 28 with service May 30 at 2 p.m. Bartlett Funeral Home and Woodsdale Memorial Park interment. }
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Noah C. Rine
Moundsville
Grisell
Riverview
McDaniel
Lloyd McDaniel
Rt. 2
Pruntytown
Bartlett Funeral
Mack Bennett
Woodsdale Memorial Park
Bartlett
Obituary of Lloyd McDaniel of Plainfield Illinois
Lloyd McDaniel 68 of Rt 2 died suddenly May 28 at 2 30 am in his home born December 29 1907 in Taylor County son of Walter and Ethel Brown McDaniel He was a retired Kerr Glass Co Plainfield Illinois worker with 50 years service and formerly Hazel Atlas Glass Co He was a Methodist Surviving are his wife Virginia V Tucker McDaniel five children and several siblings and 17 grandchildren.
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Pruntytown
Lloyd McDaniel
Rt. 2
Taylor County
Walter and
Ethel Brown McDaniel
Virginia V. Tucker McDaniel
William
Shirley) McDaniel Goff
Grafton
DeEtta
June) Smith
Montgomery, Ill
Lloyd Larry Jr. McDaniel
Plainfield
Roger Lee McDaniel
Robert Arthur McDaniel
Paul McDaniel
Montgomery
Ala
Ralph McDaniel
Vineland
N. J
Leland
Pauline) Lawler
Virginia McDaniel McFadden
Ill
Edward
Marguerite) McCracken
Francis
Anna) Weaver
Ernest
Harold
Brady
Myrtle McCracken
Edith Sayres
Opal Knotts
Kerr Glass Co
Plainfield, Ill
Hazel Atlas Glass Co
City workers end slow-down over 10 percent raise promise
City Manager C Lowell Mason assured about 30 workers from street, water, cemetery, garbage and sewer departments that a 10 percent pay raise would be granted and uniforms provided. The three hour sit down at the City Garage followed questions about unequal raises compared to police and fire departments. Mason explained the different roles and emphasized all city jobs are important.
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Grafton
C. Lowell Mason
Mason
Front Street
Ajman
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