New UMW board member pushes Morgantown HQ move
Richard Weaver of Maidsville aims to relocate the United Mine Workers headquarters from Washington to Morgantown, citing local facilities. The plan ties to Arnold Miller’s leadership and a convention decision, with Morgantown and area groups urging the move. Weaver, 43, has deep West Virginia ties and mining history, shaping a West Virginia majority on the union board.
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John Blosser
Dominion Post
United Mine Workers Executive Board
Washington
Morgantown
Richard Weaver
Maidsville
University Hospital
Appalachian Center
Law Fields
UMW
Arnold Miller
Miller
Charleston
Pittsburgh
W. A
Tony” Boyle
Boyle
Weaver
Miners For Democracy
Miners’ State
Mike Trbovich
Harry Patrick
Westover
Arkwright
West Virginia University
Percy Johnson
MFD
Seve Kochis
Kochis
Joseph A. ‘Jock’’ Yablonski
Ken Morris
Joseph Serdich
District 31
Mfd-State
Serdich
Prosecutor repays part of anti crime fund and firings noted
Monongalia County Assistant Prosecutor David Nixon repaid about 1200 of 2000 advanced for criminal investigations. The report details narcotics purchases and murders probe costs, with firings and reorganizations at UMW District 31 and the election of David Solomon as new prosecutor. A separate Uniontown woman burned in a home fire was treated and later transferred for care.
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Monongalia County
David Nixon
Nixon
Valley Reed Esso Station
Joseph A. Laurita
Uniontown
University Hospital
Morgantown
Dorothy Dougherty
Uniontown Hospital
Murray
L.S.D
Charleston
Easton
Harrisburg
Irwin
Esso
Weaver
UMW
Edward Carey
Joseph “Chip” Yablonski
Jock’’ Yablonski
Boyle
R.J. Boyle
Suzanna Richards
Donald Stillman
WVU
Meyer Bernstein
MFD
Patrick
Obituaries for Fox McCullough Sharpenberg and kin in Morgantown
Obituaries detail William Jarrett Fox 52 of Morgantown born 1920 died at home with wife Hazel Gregg Fox daughter Mary Jo Johnson son William Martin Fox sister Mabel V. Biffle and three grandchildren. Austin H. McCullough 86 former Morgantown area resident died in Hyattsville Maryland with children Bessie Willis Ruth Hubert four grandchildren one great grandchild. Frank Paul Sharpenberg 90 former Maryland Street resident died at Appalachian Regional Hospital Beckley with son Warren and daughters Opal Brown Vera McCue and one more son. many grandchildren and great grandchildren. All services and burial details noted for respective locations.
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William Jarrett
Bill” Fox
Rt. 1
Morgantown
Laurel Point
Jarrett M. Nand Nelly M. Henry Fox
Laural Point
Hazel Gregg Fox
Mary Jo Johnson
Orem
Utah
William Martin Fox
Paden City
Mabel V. Biffle
Rt 1
Austin McCullough
Austin H. McCullough
Manocare
Hyattsville
West Virginia
Samuel
Mary McCullough
Bessie B. McCullough
Willis M. Keenan
N. Spencer McCullough
Ruth M. Gebhardt
Hubert E. McCullough
Ida
Helen I. Milburn
Takoma
Washington, D.C
Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Frank Sharpenberg
Frank Paul Sharpenberg
Maryland Street
Applachian Regional Hospital
Beckley
Warren
Mt. Pleasant
Henry and
Anna Gressler Sharpenberg
Wesley United Methodist Church
UMW
Maude
Dwight
Homer D
Opal Brown
William P
Vera) McCue
Richland
Wash
Roy O. Nestor
Marion
Ligionier
McGinnis
Tucker County
Lewis
Margaret McDonald Nestor
Elwood
James
Leon
Kenneth
Richard
Leroy
Elyria
Ohio
Pittsburgh
Evelyn Blosser
Connie Naylor
Point Marion
Betty King
Shirley Nestor
Sue Robbins
Waldorf
Dewey
Tunnelton
Marie Pratt
Carmichaels
Vanessa Bierer
Cleveland
Bernice Rosier Nestor
Elmer C. Rude
Washington St
Westover
University Hospital
Monongalia County
Albert C
Addie M. Plum Rude
West Virginia University
Clara L. Everly Rude
Jacqueline Guseman
Adda Lee R. Wilson
Donna Miller
Gaithersburg, Md
Ralph R. Rude
Ohio man injured after bus and car crash near Pruntytown
A Cleveland man, James Nestor, 22, was hospitalized after his 1972 Ford hit a Greyhound Bus driven by Ray Curd and then rear ended Gary Mayle’s 1965 Mercury on US 50 near Pruntytown. Mayle slowed for a hitchhiker. Nestor apparently lost control, struck the bus, and struck Mayle. The report lists additional local deaths and survivors from nearby towns.
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Grafton
Cleveland
Ohio
Grafton Memorial Hospital
Greyhound
Pruntytown
James Nestor
Roadway Ave
Ford
Ray D. Curd
Latrobe St
Parkersburg
Gary Mayle
Walnut St
Canton
Mayle
Taylor County
Nestor
Mayle Auto
Funeral notices from Preston County and surrounding area
Funeral notices list Viola Clem, William Jarrett Fox, Roy O Nestor, Elmer C Rud e, Frank P Sharpenberg, and Leonard W Swisher. Dates Dec 21 to Dec 23 1972 are reported with service times, call hours, and burial locations including Centenary Cemetery Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens West Newton Cemetery Pisgah Cemetery and Mt Israel Methodist Church. Local funeral homes Riger Williams Derings Hastings Carpenter and Ford and the Morgantown Masonic Lodge No 4 are named. Burial and service details vary per individual.
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Clem
Viola Leonard
Preston County
Hopemont State Hospital
Riger Williams Funeral Home
Funeral
Dayton Smith
Centenary Cemetery
Fox
William Jarrett
Bill
Rt 1
Morgantown
Williams Funeral Home
Harry Wright
Beverly Hills Memorial Gardens
Nestor
Roy
Point Marion
Ligionier
Richard R Herod
Mt. Israel Methodist Church
Fellowsville
Rude
Elmer C
Westover
Derings Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Herbert J. Murray Jr
Christmas Eve and Day church service schedules areawide
Area churches publish full Christmas Eve and Christmas Day schedules. St Marys Byzantine Catholic and St Nicholas in Bobtown hold midnights and morning liturgies. many congregations offer candlelight services, communion, and carol events today and tomorrow across Salvation Army, Spruce Street United Methodist, First Presbyterian, St Pauls Lutheran, First Baptist, Drummond Chapel United Methodist, Free Methodist, Wesley United Methodist, St Theresa's, St Johns, St Marys Orthodox, St Marys Catholic Star City, St Ursulas Pursgrove, Bobtown Mapletown United Methodist, Mapletown, Arthurdale Community Presbyterian, Kingwood Baptist, Buckeye Cassville Westover churches and more. Numerous masses and candlelight services decorate the Christmas observance in churches from Bobtown to Star City.
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St. Mary’s
St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church
Bobtown
Salvation Army
Spruce Street United Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
First Baptist Church
Drummond Chapel
Free Methodist Church
Wesley United Methodist Church
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Star City
St. Ursula’s Catholic Church
Pursgrove
Mapletown
Bobtown United Methodist Church
Westover United Methodist Church
Santa needs pontoons
Santa’s sleigh must land in this region but rain and clouds threaten. The forecast calls for cloudy skies with no snow, a high near the 50s and tonight’s low around 40s. The barometer sits at 30.1 as rain is forecast today and tonight with no relief in sight.
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Managua
Gonzalo Asturias
Guatemala
el Imparcial
Hotel Balmoral
Pan American Airlines
Guatemala City
Miami
Pan Am
Alvaro Sanson
Nicaragua
Linda Stdder
University of California Seismologst
Bruce Bolt
Juan Castanera
Castenera
Ohley
Fairview
Terry Murray
Laurita
David Solomon
Fairmont
High St
Ruth Lewis
White Avenue
Susan Shafer Rose
Collins Ferry Road
Tempera
Tures
SNC
Rockies
Dakotas
Gulf Coast
Georgia
Tennessee
Carolinas
St. Theresa’s
St. John’s
St. Mary’s Orthodox
Santa
Shelby Young
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