West Virginia center faces staff shortage dispute
The Colin Anderson Center for mentally retarded children is at the center of aStaffing contention with Melva Doak, nurse supervisor, saying only four aides may care for 110 bedridden children at times, while center officials cite a normal 10 to 11 aides per crib ward. Ellen Brown of the Association for Mentally Retarded Children disputes the shortage and cites unannounced visits finding no neglect.
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ST. Marys
W.va
West Virginia Association For
Colin Anderson
Melva Doak
Charleston Gazette
Ellen Brown
The
Association For Mentally Retarded Children
Governor's Comprehensive Health Planning Committee
Four new strip mine permits issued in West Virginia
The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources issued four permits covering 465.46 acres to United Pocahontas at Algoma. C. C. Comley & Sons at Gilboa. Hawley Coal Mining at Springton. and Reppert Fuels at Buckhannon. Applications for five more permits totaling 458.50 acres were filed by King Knob Coal Co Inc, Rogers Brothers Construction, and Wythe Contractors Corp for sites in Harrison Barbour Logan McDowell counties.
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Charleston
W.va
UPI
State Department of Natural Resources
United Pocahontas
Algoma
Barkers Ridge-Northfork
Wyoming
McDowell Counties
C. C. Comley & Sons, Inc
Gilboa
Summersville-Grant
Nicholas County
Hawley Coal Mining
Springton
Rock
Mercer County
Reppert Fuels, Inc
Buckhannon
Summersville
Upshur County
King Knob Coal Co., Inc
Bridgeport
Simpson
Harrison County
Philippi
Elk
Barbour County
Rogers Brothers Construction
Emmett
Triadelphia
Logan County
Wythe Contractors Corp
Kimball
Browns Creek
McDowell County
Fatal July Accidents Leave 16 Widows in West Virginia
West Virginia reports 17 industrial fatalities in July 1972 with 14 at coal mines. Nine workers died at Blacksville No. 1 after a July 22 fire. Three more fatalities occurred in chemical, rubber and leather goods, and oil and gas sectors. Non fatal accidents total 4,610, including 941 in coal mining. 16 widows and 37 children under 18 affected.
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Charleston
W.va
West Virginia
State Workmen's Compensation Fund
Blacksville No. 1
Natural Gas Well Discovered in Barbour County
White Shield Oil and Gas Corp reports a new Knight Enterprise Paugh No 2 well in Barbour County Barbour WV producing about 30 million cubic feet per day. The well at 1840 feet is sealed pending surface equipment to deliver gas to industrial customers in Clarksburg.
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Philippi
W.va
White Shield Oil and Gas Corp
Barbour County
Knight Enterprise
Rockefeller urged as candidate to aid handicapped jobs in West Virginia
Ralph Bean Jr. spoke for John D. Rockefeller IV at a West Virginia Federation of the Blind convention. He praised Rockefeller for using imagination and determination to create employment for the blind and other handicapped. Bean cited equal opportunity, anti discrimination, and voting access improvements as campaign goals.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
UPI
John D. Rockefeller IV
West Virginia Federation of the Blind
Ralph J. Bean Jr
Bean
Rockefeller
West
Plane search called off in four states
A small plane rented in Pennsylvania, missing since Thursday, was the focus of a multi state CAP search in West Virginia Kentucky Ohio and Pennsylvania. CAP officials cancelled the search on instructions from regional CAP leaders due to lack of clues.
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Charleston
W. Va
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Civil Air Patrol
Montgomeryville
Kentucky
Ohio
CAP
Robert Jackson
Morristown
Inside section items and local notices overview
A cluttered listing of sections and topics from the newspaper this week. It mentions teens deaths and funeral notices, plus local Fayette Greene and Grafton Taylor counties with hospitals and farm news, business and editorials, and event calendars.
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Billy Graham
Fayette-Greene Cou
Grafton
Taylor Cou Hospitals
Father dies in accidental gunplay with toddler
In Point Pleasant West Virginia Howard Lee Vankirk 23 was fatally wounded by his two year old son whom he was teaching to fire a .22 caliber pistol Deputy Bob Huffman said the father believed the gun was unloaded when he told the child to pull the trigger The incident occurred on a Saturday at the family home
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Point Pleasant. W.va
UPI
Howard Lee Vankirk
Bob Huffman
Mason County Sheriff's Office
Vankirk
Reading Is Fundamental program faces funding cuts in West Virginia
Huntington reports the Reading is Fundamental program may shrink due to local funding shortages. West Virginia RIF, serving six counties, distributes free books via bookmobile and allows children to keep titles. Regular program costs eight thousand dollars yearly, summer work six thousand, with only dwindling funds available.
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Huntington
W. Va
D. C. Carlson
West Virginia
RIF
Cabell, Wayne
Lincoln
Mingo
Mercer
Putnam
Randolph urges ongoing effort to free POWs
Sen. Jennings Randolph of West Virginia told friends and relatives of Vietnam war POW MIA's on Saturday that the nation must not relent in securing the release of Americans held captive in Southeast Asia. He said until these imprisoned Americans are freed, the work to overcome secrecy and ensure their return must continue.
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Charleston
W. Va
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Randolph
West Virginia
United States
West Virginia Air National Guard
St. Marys
Pleasants County
Sargent Shriver
Eastern Panhandle Faces Sewerage as Top Local Issue
In Martinsburg West Virginia residents identify sewerage and storm sewers as the area’s biggest problem, per D C Master mayor of Charles Town and head of the new regional planning commission. The group mailed surveys across Morgan Berkeley and Jefferson counties to gather further priorities.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Eastern Panhandle
Eastern
Hearings Monday in drug cases in Wheeling
Preliminary hearings are set for Monday and Tuesday for four Wheeling residents charged with possessing LSD with intent to sell. Three arrests occurred Friday night at a Wheeling Island apartment suspected as a drug factory. the fourth occurred in a grocery store parking lot. Suspects are Brian Kemp 20 Larry Nelson 21 Ramona Nelson 19 and Alan Ray Fischer 23. All held on $10,000 bond.
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Wheeling. W. Va
Wheeling
Wheeling Island
Brian Kemp
Larry Nelson
Ramona
Alan Ray Fischer
Ohio County
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