Retired Judge Dies

• {Charleston, West Virginia}...Retired Kanawha Circuit Court Judge Robert K. Smith, who served 24 years on the bench, died Thursday at Charleston Area Medical Center's General Hospital at the age of 88. Smith retired from public service in December 1986 after first being elected to office in 1962 as a domestic relations judge. Smith also was a World War II veteran who flew bombing missions as a radio man/gunner on a B-24 bomber.