West Virginia Targets Marginal Land For Future Farming
WVU official says West Virginia must develop techniques to grow crops on marginal land as prime farmland diminishes. A national study warns no prime land by 2000 if trends continue, but Dean Dale Zinn argues marginal land potential is overlooked.
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Morgantown
W.va
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Dale Zinn
WVU
College of Agriculture and Forestry
Zinn
Argentina inaugurates Viola as president in military era
Retired Gen. Roberto Viola pledges to pursue the Process of National Reorganization, taking office after Gen. Videla relinquished power. Viola inherits a civilian dominated cabinet for a three year term and aims to stabilize the economy and ease inflation after a year long recession.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Roberto Viola
Jorge Videla
Isabel Peron
Viola
Videla
Traveling Exhibition II Features West Virginia Artists and Writers
A traveling show titled Traveling Exhibition II pairs 17 artist writer teams from West Virginia in poetry and prose, touring for a year to sites including Peterstown Public Library Concord College Bluefield State College and more. Marc Plummer presents Are We Not Clay a solo ceramics show April 1 to 10 with a reception April 4. A later meeting at Mc Dowell County Public Library plans a domestic violence hotline and educational programs.
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West Virginia
Department of Culture and History
West Virginia Library Commission
Peterstown
Concord College
Bluefield State College
Craft Memorial Library
Wyoming County Library
Mullens
Wyoming County
Pineville
McDowell County Public Library
Bradshaw
Laeger Community Library
Marc Plummer
Fine Arts Center
Welch
Welch Emergency Hospital
Stevens Clinic Hospital
Department of Welfare
McDowell School System
McDowell County Library
Wreck Injures 2 County Residents
Two Princeton area residents were seriously injured early Sunday when a van rear ended a tractor trailer on U S Route 460 near the West Virginia Turnpike entrance. Thomas F. Rose and Patty Cecil were hospitalized with multiple injuries. the tractor trailer driver Timothy McKennis reported speeds of 35 to 40 mph.
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Princeton
U.S. Rt
Mercer County
Roger Midkiff
Rose
Cecil
Princeton Community Hospital
Midkiff
Timothy McKennis
Rochester
JetCo, Inc
Alexandria
McKennis
Princeton Hospital
DH9
East River Volunteer Fire Department
Senate To Rule On Gasoline Tax Bill In West Virginia
The West Virginia Senate prepares to vote on a 2.5 percent gross sales tax on vertically integrated oil companies, as an alternative to a House plan raising pump taxes. The Senate also weighs a drug paraphernalia ban and a revamp of drunken driving laws, with revenue aims to bolster the state road fund amid reduced fuel consumption.
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Charleston
W.va
Cleve Benedict
R-W.va
Benedict
West Virginia
Senate
Robert Wise
Senate Rules Committee
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Wise
Herschel Rose
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State Parks and Recreation Association
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CETA
Huntington
Huntington Civic Center
Roger L. Fortner
The
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NEW York
A.E. Getzler Co
Getzler
Minefield Bay Cargramhall
Bulletin Board
Allen Jonas
Mark Rowd
Bluefield
Andy Willis
South Charleston
Don West
Pipestein
UNL
Uae
BNE
Ole Ck
Lennon
Liverpool
England
Britain
John Lennon
Gordon Bates
James Ross
Beatles
Jesus
SECON
Awrence Optica
North ST. & Woodland
Blazers
American Express
VISA
Little
Mercer Mall
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