Morgantown Top Ten 1975 News Highlights
Morgantown area year in review highlights the Sette murder and trial as the top story with other major items including the Sanders murder, the Cheat Lake hitchhike slaying, a rape case involving a coal operator, and the Personal Rapid Transit System No. 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Richard Toren
Morgantown
Sanders
Cheat Backwaters
Minion Post
Rudolph Georgiana
Cheat Lake
James Petitte
Services Set for Mrs Hutchinson Third Ward Councilwoman dies at 59
Funeral services will be held at Hastings Funeral Home at 1 p.m. Tuesday for Martha Hutchinson 59 of 625 Jones Ave a Cleveland area visitor and longtime City Council member. Cause of death was an apparent heart attack while visiting relatives for Christmas. She served on the council since 1970 and was active on Parks and Recreation and Airport committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Third Ward
Martha Hutchinson
Hastings Funeral Home
Hutchinson
Jones Ave
Fairview General Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio
Snowy Morgantown Area Braces for New Year Holiday
Area residents face more snow with New Year’s Week. Public workers keep to eight-hour shifts while schools and courthouses close or resume later. Weather offers slippery roads and wet prep in Monongalia and Preston counties as crews treat snow and moisture. Public safety and utility workers, postal staff, and teachers return on varying dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
Courthouse
Tate Liquor
West Virginia
Monongalia
Preston
Preston County Officials Eye 1976 Renewal and Jail Plans
County leaders anticipate a busy year with jail renovations costing about 1 million funded 75 percent by the state and 25 percent by the county. Improvements will include plumbing lighting air circulation and security with surveillance cameras. The 1.345 million Courthouse annex is near completion and revenue sharing remains a key goal amid federal funding debates. Morgantown officials seek airport progress and city garage complex completion with plans to expand the airport terminal and create lower level rental space for the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston County
Marcella Williamson
Monongalia County Commission
Richard E
Davies
Governor's Commission On Crime, Delinquency and Correction
Commission
U.S. Navy
Detroit Edison shifts to western coal deepening western dock plan
Detroit Edison plans a large Western coal shift via a new 45 million dollar dock at Superior Wisconsin under a 200 million ton Montanan Decker Montana contract running to 2002. Consol Coal argues long term Appalachian supply remains, while critics warn Western coal could erode Appalachia's market and price stability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Edison Co
Western Coal
Monongalia County
Appalachia
Consolidation Coal Co
Detroit Edison
Consol
Superior
Wis
West
Montana
Blacksville
Decker
Mont
Detroit ‘Free Press
St. Clair
Mich
Norman Kilpatrick
West Virginia
Kentucky
Decker, Mont
Kilpatrick
Cultural center seeks private funds for Old Post Office plan
Monongalia County Commission requires 150000 in private gifts before taking the Old Post Office Building for a cultural center. A local committee led by Jo Kaplan mobilizes area groups to raise funds while educating residents on the center’s educational role and arts exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Quigley
Monongalia County
Jo Kaplan
Louis Tanner
Town and Country Players
Designers Craft Guild
The
Weavers Guild
Spinners Guild
Monongalia County Historical Society
Studio Arts Group
Morgantown Art Association
Women’s Music Club
High Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Coulton
West Virginia University
Dominion Post
Hrough
NAACP
Wildcat
Suncrest
Pitt
Edgar Heiskell III
James McCartney
Marshall University
Lewisburg
Patrick
Miller
Mrs. Hutchinson
United Mine Workers of America
UMWA
Arnold Miller
Harry Patrick
Westover
VFW
Miller-Patrick
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Americans For Democratic Action
Miller State
Tony Boyle
Art Jordan
UMW
William Lucy
American Federation of State
County Commission
Tom Jackson
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James A. Ashburn
Cultural Center
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