This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sunday Dominion Post
Location
Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1970
Page
5
An aging weather forecaster delivered a late forecast as snow began Friday night, creating a two ply blanket over parts of West Virginia and delaying travel while Christmas Eve skies cleared.
Sen. Robert Byrd urged President Nixon to release 720000 dollars in appropriated funds for Stonewall Jackson Lake Lewis County Leading Creek Lake Gilmer County and Burnsville Lake Braxton County. He said floods threaten the area and water supplies require urgent action. Snow covered parts of the state with varying depths from five inches in Rowlesburg to trace in Huntington and Charleston.
At Woodrow Wilson High School in Beckley West Virginia two staff members Mrs Ernest Tanks and Mrs Louise Harless supervise girls restrooms to curb fights and vandalism. They view their role as social workers and psychologists aiding stressed students.
West Virginia reports at least two highway fatalities over the Christmas weekend raising the annual toll to 534. Robert Browning, 14, died on WVa 16 near Logan County, and Golda Teets, 53, was killed on US 259 near Romney. Dr Alfatoon Mali, in residency at a Charleston hospital, is missing after his car went off I 77 near Ripley. Police search the rain swollen creek for a body.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.