Morgantown business leader pushes downtown revival plan
Milton Cohen owner of Sidler's Store in Morgantown calls for a unified effort to revitalize downtown as four new shopping centers emerge nearby. He cites aging bridges, lack of a city museum, and the need for coordinated development including Courthouse Square beautification, with wide civic support from community groups and local government. He credits his wife Bert for keeping the store while he works on community projects.
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Dominion Post
Morgantown
W.va
Milton Cohen
Bert
Sidler’s
High Street
Milt
New York City
Beaver Falls
Carnegie Tech
Detroit
Wayne University
Milt Cohen
Courthouse Square
Downtown Action Council
Hope Natural Gas
Cohens
Neil
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Marines
Mark
WVU
Jonathan
Julius
Rutgers University College of Law
Eugene
California
Sylvia
Chicago
Ralph Green
Mont Chateau
Reedsville
Marion
Laos War Refugees Flood Mekong Valley Camps
The Laos civil and cross border wars force about 700000 Laotians from villages. Meo tribesmen bear heavy losses while North Vietnamese and U S raids drive civilians into refugee camps with scarce rations. Footnote notes bombings supported by Premier Souvanna Phouma.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Southeast Asia
Laos
Mekong Valley
Souvanna Phouma
Just Between Us Trail and Community Notes
Ida Beverage shares local trail and rail history and social happenings in Pt Marion. Readers meet hikers, fishermen, rockhounds, a 14 pound Persian cat named Taffy finds a home, and a humane society rummage sale seeks donations and a used van for rescue work before Easter.
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Ida Beverage
P.O. Box
Marion
Cooper’s Rock Forest
Henry Clay Furnace
Pt. Marion
Uniontown
Taffy
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Red Cross
Community Chest
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Morgantown Area Chamber of Commerce
Community Concert Association
Morgantown Art Association
Retail Business Bureau
Morgantown Parking Authority
DAC
Morgantown Planning Commission
Pathet Lao
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Cooper’s Rock Pond
Bruceton
Ed Benson
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bill Leyhe
Bill
Leyhe
Pittsburgh
Margaret Trackemas
Mae
Dominion
Geneva Arnold
Monongalia County Humane Society
PLAID
Florida
Libby
Ole
A&p
Altoona
High ST. Suncrest
A&p Value Land
A&ps
A-marts
A&p Value Lands
Smorgantown A & P’s