Corps of Engineers Announces Free Access to Recreation Areas
The Corps states there is no admission charge to recreation facilities including information centers and overlooks. No fees for primitive areas or lake access. camping and specific facilities have fees. Boat rental handled by concessionaires. Family campsites range from $1 to $4.50 per unit daily, with higher fees for paved or more developed sites. Group camping can cost up to 50 cents per person per night plus $3 for the group in less developed areas.
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Federal Register
Resolution for vets approved
Harrisburg House unanimously passes a bill waiving strict educational requirements for veterans seeking state jobs. Five lawmakers propose Vietnam veteran support measures as Senate weighs the House bill. Bond issues and programs to fund veteran education and return-to-school efforts are unveiled, along with an emergency council and a memorial urging food stamps for student veterans.
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Harrisburg
House of Representatives
Senate
House
Department of Education
Veterans’ Council
Congress
Waynesburg crash claims one life
A two car crash on U S 19 just south of Waynesburg killed Leroy Cumberledge 55 of Waynesburg. Linda Teal 43 of Morgantown WV was admitted to Greene County Memorial Hospital and condition not disclosed. David Thomas 25 of Waynesburg was treated and released.
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Waynesburg
UPI
U. S. 19
Leroy Cumberledge
Cumberledge
Greene County Memorial Hospital
Linda Teal
Morgantown
W. Va
David Thomas
Appalachians in Cleveland Misperceived as Shiftless
Cleveland study by CSU researchers challenges bias that Appalachians are lazy or inferior. It notes about 100000 to 130000 Appalachians in Greater Cleveland, mostly from West Virginia and Tennessee, show selective perception and that many quickly improve their employment after relocating.
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Greater
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Dorothy Kunkin
Michael Byrne
Appalachian Project
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Federation For Community Planning
CSU Institute For Urban Studies
West Virginia
Tennessee
Ohio
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Attorneys general plan Roanoke meeting on hydro project
West Virginia Virginia and North Carolina attorneys general will meet in Roanoke to discuss cross examination roles in hearings on the Blue Ridge hydroelectric project. The FPC environmental impact statement draft is open for comment. final document due April 30 with hearings May 9. Browning opposes Interior Department plan citing river pollution and recreational loss in the New River.
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West Virginia
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FPC
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Browning
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Governor signs nine measures in West Virginia
Gov Arch Moore signed nine bills, including a state mental hospital duties bill defining superintendent and clinical director authority. The measure takes effect on signing. Other actions include TB testing for new students, board appointments at Hancock County Children’s Shelter, microwave oven rules, and court term changes in Mercer and Marshall counties plus city development departments.
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W.va
UPI
Arch Moore
Moore
West Virginia
Hancock County Children’s Shelter
Mercer County Intermediate Court
2Nd Judicial Circuit
Marshall County Common Pleas Court
West Virginia lawmakers push abortion law and rural service plan
Two ranking House members introduced a version of a new abortion bill aligning WV law with a Supreme Court ruling. The measure limits abortions to the first 26 weeks, by physicians in hospitals, with life-saving exceptions after 20 weeks. Other proposals include rural service for WVU Medical School graduates, air taxi regulation, wage-advantage enforcement, and limits on educational TV and radio advertising.
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W.va
House of Delegates
West Virginia
U.S. Supreme Court
Thomas E. Myles
D-Fayette
George H. Seibert
Ohio
Myles-Seibert
House
Senate
State Board of Regents
West Virginia University Medical School
Mountain
State Aeronautics Commission
Del
Thomas E. Potter
R-Kanawha
Seibert
Adam Toney
Legislative office a graveyard for hopes
West Virginia politics shows few speakers who reach higher office after presiding in the House or Senate. Ex leaders report exposure to controversy and tough opposition as factors hurting bids for governor or attorney general, while some say leadership boosts re election chances, balancing prestige against district duties.
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W.va
UPI
West Virginia
James Kay Thomas
House of Delegates
Statehouse
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Welch
Senate
House of Senate
Clarence E. Martin
Marion Shiflett
House
H. Laban White
Clarksburg
Howard Caron
Fayetteville
Lloyd Jackson
Hamlin
W. Hans McCourt
Webster Springs
Harry Pauley
Jaeger
Julius W. Singleton
Morgantown
White
Congress
Jackson
Martinsburg
Clarence Martin
Martin
WV legislature overview of proposed bills current session
Charleston AP reports bills filed today in the West Virginia Legislature. Highlights include HB1322 creating a vacancy filling method for the House and reapportionment, HB1326 limiting abortions up to 26 weeks with life of mother as sole exception, and HB1330 banning educational stations from advertising programs through other media. Also listed are provisions on rural service for WVU medical grads, legal counsel to state mines, hospital corporation investments, airline regulation, charter amendments for nonprofits, wage payment enforcement, and more.
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Cline
House of Delegates
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Board of Regents
West Virginia University Medical School
McCuskey
State Mines Department
McManus and Cookman
Myles and Seibert
Potter
State Aeronautics Commission
State
Seibert
Toney
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