Travel industry in West Virginia booming statewide
West Virginia's travel sector has grown from a minor economy to the third largest employer after coal and manufacturing. Last year visitors spent 570 million dollars, with a projection to reach one billion by 1980, aided by Interstate highways and public campaigns to shed the state's poverty stigma. Joseph R. Fowler credits better roads and aggressive advertising for attracting travelers and eroding prejudice against the Mountain State.
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Alan Shearer
Charleston
W.va
UPI
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Eert
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Fowler
Jointy
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Michigan
Detroit
Virginia
District of Columbia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Jay Rockefeller
Farm plan proves success in state dairy drive
Agriculture Commissioner Gus Douglass cites rapid progress of West Virginia's Farm Management Commission, after major staff cuts, forecasting a $300000 to $400000 profit in four years and self sufficiency in dairy products.
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Gus Douglass
Farm Management Commission
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Mason County
Managment Commission
West Virginia
Fairmont Girl Faces Second Cancer Battle
Kim Baker, 17, a East Fairmont High School graduate, fights a second cancer after losing her left leg to bone cancer. She endures brutal treatment at Sloan Kettering New York with help from family, friends, and a community fundraiser as her prognosis remains guarded.
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Kim Baker
Kim
Sandy Waller
Fairmont Times-West Virginian
Meadowdale
West Virginia University Hospital
Morgantown
Margaret Baker
Teddy Kennedy
Teddy
Massachusetts
Sen. Kennedy
Sloan-Kettering
New York
Edical
New state housing head faces a massive West Virginia mess
New state housing coordinator Brooks McCabe, 28, faces a complex task in a state where mountains and out of state firms limit developable land. He aims to craft a statewide housing policy amid flood recovery, mortgage, cost, and land issues, with coal growth shaping needs.
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New State Housing Head
Jill Charleston
W. Va
UPI
Brooks McCabe
White House
West Virginia
Jay Rockefeller
McCabe
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Charleston
Wrence
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Norfolk & Western Railway
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Tom Winner
Mingo County
Rockefeller
Mingo
Statehouse notes and WV political shifts in Huntington
West Virginia leaders share concerns on Labor Federation leadership as Huntington and Wheeling residents watch the Barker successor fight. Speaker Kopp of Harrison quit smoking after years. LeRosa builds park near Clarksburg. Nelson criticizes the Board of Regents choice Cofindaffer and explains delays at Marshall University Medical School due to staff and accreditation issues.
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Huntington
West Virginia Labor Federation
Afl-Cio
Larry Barker
Wheeling
J F
House
Donald Kopp
Harrison
Jimmy LeRosa
Harrison County
Clarksburg
Senate Education
Robert Nelson
D-Cabell
Board of Regents
Billy Coffindaffer
West Virginia
Coffindaffer
Bluefield State
Concord Colleges
Nelson
Marshall University Medical School
United Press International
Medical Accreditation Committee
Drownings and Deaths Across West Virginia and Nearby States
Police search for James E. Irion 17 of Ripley after he drowned attempting to swim Sutton Lake at Bee Run. Services planned for C Russell Remage 88 former Gassaway High principal in Newark Delaware. Disaster Recovery Conference to evaluate funding for 11 flood counties chaired by Gov Rockefeller. Sherwood Collins Philippi found shot deceased. authorities see no foul play. William Peterson 48 of Crooksville Ohio electrocuted installing power lines near Panther West Virginia. Dr Daniel Taylor elected WV Educational Broadcasting Authority chair. Edward Crum named to Water Resources Appeals Board. Marcum 21 Nolan killed when car struck a pole near Chattardy.
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Ripley
Charleston
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W. Va
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Collins
Ohio
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