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Twelve deputies named by Sheriff Carl Back have been sworn into their offices and three additional ones have been named, but had not taken their oaths, the new Sheriff stated yesterday afternoon. The jovial new chief law enforcement officer of the county, who was elected last November after winning the Democratic nomination in one of the closest primaries ever held in Breathitt County, named Shade Combs of Jackson as his Chief Deputy. Mr. Combs began his duties Monday morning immediately after being named to the post and spent that and Tuesday working with former Sheriff Walter Deaton and his chief deputy, Arthur Haddix, in transfering the tax books to the new sheriff. Others appointed by Sheriff Back as deputies are: Green G. Allen, Quicksand; Jerry Turner, War Creek; John B. Morris, Elkatawa; Herman Barnett, Lost Creek; Hargis Sallee, Haddix; Kelson Salyers, Bays; Granville Hardin, Portsmouth; Erie C. Pelfrey, Jackson; Ruby Lovely, Clayhole; Price Montgomery, Guage; and Timothy T. Herald, Crockettsville. Appointed, but not sworn in as of yesterday, are Robert Mullins, Taulbee; Press Taulbee, Taulbee; and Charlie Cole, Altro. (Article courtesy of The Jackson Times)  |