WVU president search meets to review first applications
A 17 member committee led by U.S. District Judge Robert Maxwell will meet Monday in Stewart Hall to review the first batch of applications for West Virginia University president. The committee has 19 applications from 14 states and 52 nominations with a deadline Aug. 30. Jon Reed acts as executive secretary.
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Morgantown
E. Gordon Gee
West Virginia University
U.S District
Robert Maxwell
Stewart Hall
Maxwell
Jon Reed
Board of Regents
Reed
Regents
Virginia syphilis cases drop due to AIDS fear
Virginia health officials report a sharp decline in syphilis cases for January to June 1985, down from 212 to 154, attributing the drop to fear of AIDS and enhanced venereal disease detection rather than the end of premarital tests abolished July 1, 1984. Lynne Cox completes an eight mile Potomac swim to promote world understanding. she is reported safe. Central State Hospital plans no major policy changes until a new unit for minor-crime patients opens. Maryland and other states halt out of state lottery mail sales affecting Virginians with subscriptions.
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Richmond
Virginia
Washington
California
Potomac River
Lynne Cox
Los Alamitos
Belle Haven Marina
Memorial Bridge
District of Columbia
Central State Hospital
Olivia J. Garland
Fredericksburg
Martin M. Puncke
Maryland Lottery
Burmer's Firm Repairs Downtown Roof for Wellness Center
Joseph P Burmer Jr general manager of Karl H Frye Inc repairs the old J C Penney building downtown. The structure should reopen this fall as the Bluefield Community Hospital wellness center headquarters. David Nestor hospital therapy director says programs will be designed by medical experts and tailored to individual needs.
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Joseph P. Burmer Jr
Karl H. Frye Inc
J.C. Penney
Bluefield Community Hospital
David Nestor
Success attributed to Virginia leaders
Bluefield Virginia leaders foster a growth climate said Town Manager Art Mead at the Bluefield Rotary Club. He credited Mayor Cecile Richardson and Tazewell County Board Chair Hudson Hubbard with shaping intergovernmental relations that drive progress. Mead noted plans to annex three square miles south of town by December 31, 1985, contingent on a Virginia Supreme Court appeal. A library project totals 505,000 dollars with town 75,000 and county 430,000 funding for a 7,000 square foot facility near Graham Middle School, Bluefield College, and the Acme A Mart Plaza.
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Bluefield
Art Mead
Virginia Supreme Court
Mead
West Virginia
Graham Middle School
Bluefield College
Acme-A Mart
Tazewell County Board of Supervisors
Welch
Regina Brewster
Turner Home Health Care
Brewster
Turner
Douglas Godfrey
Northfork
Dreama Richardson
Kimball
Godfrey
Romney School For the Deaf
Gallaudet College
Concord decision shelved on Concord College demolitions
West Virginia Regent president William Watson said no decision on demolishing McComas Hall and the old gym at Concord College is expected until September. A September 9-10 meeting at West Liberty State College is planned with no August meeting scheduled. The Concord Heritage and Alumni associations urged alternate uses. renovating the structures faces cost and space challenges. C L Recycling bid about 186000 to demolish, with no increases until September.
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Athens
West Virginia Board of Regents
William Watson
McComas Hall
Concord College
Watson
West Liberty State College
Wellsburg
Leon Ginsburg
Regents
Ginburg
Concord Heritage Association
Concord Alumni Association
Concord Interfaith Chapel Foundation
Ginberg
Robert Wilson
Wilson
Mercer County
William O. Bivens Jr
The
Heritage Association
C & L Recycling Service of
Bluefield
Gordon Lusk
Scout expulsion court case sparks discussion in West Virginia
Mary Ann Pinney of the Girl Scouts denounces a Boy Scout expulsion for disbelief in God, stressing openness to all girls who pledge and follow scout law. The case involves 15-year-old Paul Trout in Shepherdstown WV, who sought life rank at a Virginia leadership unit and faced promotion denial.
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Mary Ann Pinney
West Virginia
Paul Trout
Shepherdstown
Boy Scouts
Trout
Crozet
Charlottesville
Princeton woman dies in collision near Bluefield
A 46 year old Princeton woman Mary Aniel Wood was killed when her east bound auto rear ended a dump truck on U S Route 460 near Bluefield. Her daughter Felicia Saunders 24 of Princeton was seriously injured and transported to Princeton Community Hospital. The truck driver William H Asbury of Bluefield Virginia was treated and released. The crash occurred at 1145 p m no charges filed. Troopers Bowman Faulknier Bailes and Burton investigated.
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Princeton
Bluefield
Mary Aniel Wood
North Fifth St
Princeton Community Hospital
Bluefield Community Hospital
W & W Contracting Company, Inc
Wood
D. R. Bowman
R. D. Faulknier
L. A. Bailes
P. K. Burton
Former disc jockey charged in felony
Former Bluefield radio DJ Stan Taylor was arraigned on a felony charge of removing a child from custody. Police said he fled the state after visiting his six year old son, and the child was later found in protective custody in Knoxville. The case was logged in NCIC and pursued by Mercer County authorities.
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Stan Taylor
Bluefield
Jim Dent
Taylor
Joan Taylor
Albemarle St
Mercer County
Kitty Williams
National Crime Information Center
NCIC
Dent
Knoxville City
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Charleston
State Mines Department
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Chuck Bailey
State Health Statistics Center
U.S
Bailey
Walcoaire
Fred Brown
Rotary Club
Concord
Jim Gilreath
Daily Telegraph
Elaine Thompson
Mary Wasilewski
United Mine Workers
PG & H Inc
Dry Branch
George Dunham
Dunham
Cabin Creek
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