West Virginia Senate Leadership Shifts in Holiday Appointments
Letter From Charleston outlines Senate leader Lloyd Jackson’s choices and the ensuing clash with liberal House leadership. It notes William Moreland’s removal from the Rules Committee, Noah Floyd as elections chair, and Rockefeller’s push for election reform, signaling tense bipartisanship ahead of the 1972 session.
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West Virginia
Senate
Lloyd Jackson
Lincoln County
Jackson
Martinsburg
Clarence Martin
Sen
William Moreland
Moreland
Howard Carson
House of Delegates
Ivor Boiarsky
House
Mingo County
Noah Floyd
Senate Elections Committee
Elections Committee
Floyd
Fox
John D. Rockefeller IV
Boiarsky
Fayette County
Tom Myles
Myles
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Marion County
Ned Watson
Judiciary Committee
Republicans to assume key Monongalia County posts Wednesday
Officials elected last November formalize shifts in county government. Prosecuting Attorney-elect Joseph Laurita Jr. replaces Kenneth Kincaid. Judge Marvin Kiger succeeds Don J. Eddy. John Patrick Ball becomes county commissioner. Joseph Kun joins county court. Joseph Janco sworn as sheriff with eight deputies and five tax clerks. John W. Pyles tops assessor race. Tom Jackson reinstated as county clerk. Jean Friend reaches another term as circuit clerk.
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Joseph Laurita Jr
Kenneth Kincaid
Marvin Kiger
Don J. Eddy
Monongalia County
John Patrick Ball
David Solomon
Joseph Kun
Joseph Janco
Janco
Charles Whiston
John W. Pyles
John P. Galford
Tom Jackson
Jean Friend
Beechwood Park Association builds steps to bus stop
The Beechwood Park Community Association led by engineer Fred Line completed steps up a bank from College Avenue to a macadam path near Willey Street and Des Moines Avenue. The project improves safety for Woodburn School riders and spurs plans for signs and traffic light installation.
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College Avenue
Beechwood Park
Willey Street
Des Moines Avenue
Morgantown
Local Pupils Laud Apollo 8 Mission And TV Feeds
Suncrest Junior High Rocket Club members cheer Apollo 8 for its six day lunar voyage and Earth viewing broadcasts. Students praise precision re entry and Earth images while noting future space interest and technical feats.
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Suncrest Junior High School
Cape Kennedy
Skip Laskody
Bobby Kidd
Earth
Fred Marstiller
Space
Frank Borman
James Lovell
William Anders
Terra Firm
Borman
John Capp
Suncrest Junior High Rocket Club
John
Brice Tidrick
Store Worker Praised by Police for Averting Injuries
Five Morgantown teenagers remain hospitalized after a two car crash on East Brockway Avenue near Superior Photo Service. Police credit Steve Lorentz of Superior Photo with saving lives by dousing a blaze with a fire extinguisher.
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Morgantown
University Hospital
East Brockway Avenue
Superior Photo Service
Robert Dalton
Chestnut Ridge Rd
East Brockway
Susan Stall
Wagner Rd
Steve Lorentz
Superior Photo
James Eric Paugh
Park St
Brockway Avenue
Paugh
Robert Fox
Pennsylvania Ave
David Biser
Huntington St
William Feather
Front St
Charles Albright
Madison St
College Avenue
Steve A. Morris
Citadel Rd
Michael J. Wood
Cassville
Pontiac
William Chenoweth
Franklin St
Ford
Morris
Opel
Wood
Statewide search for convict escapee Mullenax continues
State Police and other agencies pursue Vonda Jean Mullenax, a 35 year old convict who escaped Peace Springs State Women's Prison Friday night. She was convicted in 1966 for the poison murder of her husband by Preston County jury and has escaped three times before. Martha Jewell of Tyler County also escaped with her Friday.
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Vonda Jean Mullenax
Peace Springs State Women’s Prison
Mullenax
Preston County
West Virginia
State Supreme Court of Appeals
Martha Jewell
Tyler County
Education Progresses In Mason-Dixonland In 1968
In 1968 Taylor County endorsed a 1.6 million dollar school building bond. Monongalia and Preston Counties approved 100 percent excess levy extensions. The Fayette Campus of Penn State opened new facilities near Uniontown with a six year expansion plan. Central Greene High School and Greene County Vocational Technical School began construction in Greene County.
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Mason-Dixonland
Taylor County
Monongalia
Preston
Fayette
Pennsylvania State University
Uniontown
Greene County
Central Greene Area High School
Georgia
Preston County
Dave
Preston County Board of Education
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John Calebs
Biorsky
Afl-Cio
Miles Stanley
Arch Moore
Moore
Richard Nixon
Concensus
Kanawha County
Walter Carey
GOP
Geneal
Charles Haden
Sine
Line
George Ridgeway
Lister Teets
Shirley Campbell
Glenn Johnson
Joe Perkins
Christopher Coal Co
Apollo
Dave Latimer
Vonda
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