Clarksburg Prepares Welcome Home for POW Major Flesher
West Virginia report notes Clarksburg readies a gala to greet Maj. Hubert Flesher returning from over six years as a prisoner of war. A Welcome Home banner, a billboard, and signs along Main Street mark the celebration set to occur within about two weeks.
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Flesher
Garland Brannon
Bridgeport
Travis Air Force Base
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Hanoi
Philippines
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Sugar Creek Center May Close Without 2500 By March First
Sugar Creek Children's Center in Barbour County may shut down unless it raises 2500 by March 1. A federal auditor will review the center's books that day. with 6000 in cash and pledges, the center could qualify for 18000 in federal aid to operate for another year. The center houses about ten children and was founded by two former Los Angeles probation officers. It has received praise in the Congressional Record from Senator Randolph for offering a home-like environment and care.
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Philippi. W.va
Sugar Creek
Barbour County
Los Angeles
Congressional Record
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Sugar Creek Children’s Center
Philippi
Four strip mine permits approved in West Virginia last week
Four strip mine permits were issued and as many new ones sought from the state Department of Natural Resources. Approved projects include Princess Susan Coal Co.’s 175 acre Blakeley area in Kanawha County and 30 acres for Allegheny Mining Corp near Elk Garden in Mineral County. Other permits cover Robinson Phillips Coal Co. 16 acres in Brenton Wyoming County and McClung Construction Co. 48 acres near Drenne Nicholas County. Applications received include Buckeye Stone Co. 15 acres near Morgantown Cedar Coal Co. 60 acres near Chelyan Mercer Crushed Stone Inc. 80 acres near Midway McDowell Pocahontas Coal Co. 19 acres near Havaco.
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Charleston
W.va
Reading Inside Abortions Fayette Greene News Page
The fragment lists sections and page counts from a Fayette Greene news section including Grafton 2-A 5-A and Panorama 24 pages. It mentions TV pullout theatre ads Family Weekly eight pages and America's best comics eight pages.
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Fayette -Greene
Panorama
Family Weekly
B&O to buy WM shares amid Chessie System cohesion
The Baltimore and Ohio Railway plans to acquire about 137000 Western Maryland Railway common shares, raising B&O stakes to just over 49 percent and aligning WM with Chessie System operations. WM cites reduced coal traffic and dividends arrears as context for the offer.
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Eastern Panhandle
West Virginia
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Hays T. Watkins
C&o
B&w
Watkins
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WM Common
Western
Maryland
William P.colston
Colston
CURA selects Arlen for Charleston super block project
The Charleston Urban Renewal Authority chose Arlen Realty and Development Corp of New York as the developer for Charleston's proposed super block. The bid outlines $35 million to $60 million in improvements on a 20 acre site, including an enclosed mall theater office building motel convention center and tri level garage. Arlen is already developing malls in Huntington and Wheeling.
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W.va
Arlen Realty and Development Corp
New York
Charleston Urban Renewal Authority
CURA
Arlen
Colonial Corp. of
CARA
Alex Schoenbaum
Huntington
Wheeling
Friendly suit filed to protect Marshall crash fund
Attorneys for the Marshall University Memorial Foundation seek a friendly court ruling in Cabell County to guard the 271000 memorial fund from challenges on distributing money to survivors and families of the 1970 crash victims. The plan would give 1000 to each surviving child and split the rest among victim families. Claimants have 30 days to reply.
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Huntington. W.va
Cabell County
Marshall University Memorial Foundation
Marshall
Logan Residents File $250000 Damage Suit
Logan County residents Douglas and Beatrice Conley sue the city of Logan and a former sanitation truck driver in circuit court for $250,000 in damages after a garbage truck backed over an embankment and collided with their home two years ago harming medical and property interests.
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Logan. W.va
Logan County
Logan
Douglas
Beatrice Conley
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