Ball eyes fulltime county court with broader funding plan
Former county commissioner John Patrick Ball argues for a fulltime county court with pay aligned to the role and calls for new revenue streams such as a countywide privilege tax and a share of the state business and occupation tax. He cites modernization efforts, a new administrative assistant, and ongoing projects like jail renovation and sewage control as signs of progress. Ball concedes defeat amid Watergate era politics and signals possible future public service ambitions.
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West Virginia
Monongalia County
Barry Goldberg
Ball
Republican Party
Republican
John Patrick Ball
Problems and Accomplishments Listed for City Council in '74
The 1974 Morgantown City Council faced revenue sharing debates and planned a 7000 dollar conversion of a first floor City Hall room into a bus waiting area. Tape recorder bans sparked rights concerns, while a push to open all committee meetings failed. TelePrompter rate talks ended without a rise. Numerous resolutions urged tax, telecom, and rezoning actions as council turnover and rezoning disputes continued.
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City Hall
City Police
Second Ward
Clyde Richey
Third Ward
Martha Hutchinson
Finance Committee
Council
Cable Company
TelePrompter
Telep
Morgantown
West Virginia Council of Towns and Cities
Monongalia County
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. and
Public Service Commission
C&p
Suncrest
Planning Commission
University Avenue
van Voorhis Road
Richard E. Walters
Fourth Ward
Walters
Frank Petryszak
Wall Street
Richey
Comuntzis
Sixth Ward
James Danser
James Fredlock
J. Wyland Tucker
Fredlock
Theodore Judy
Tucker
Harold Lee
Kent Thorne
Orville Taft
Petryszak
H. L. Simington
Earl McCartney
Five Penn Central cars derail near Baltimore disrupt rail service
Five cars of a 105 car Penn Central freight train derailed north of Baltimore on Saturday, knock out power lines and forcing diesel locomotives to shuttle Metroliners. No injuries were reported and many passenger runs were canceled or delayed across 20 miles of track between Baltimore and Aberdeen, Maryland. Amtrak cited a multimeter supply disruption to overhead lines affecting service. Plus, the West Virginia academy to meet January 12-13 in Charleston to discuss evaluating educational programs.
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Baltimore
UPI
Penn Central
Here
Milosevich fined for Packers and Stockyards Act violation
Gerald G. Milosevich of Oliver Pennsylvania was fined 625 and permanently enjoined by a U.S. District Court from further P&S Act tariff violations. He operates as a livestock market agent and dealer in Ohio Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia and charged higher commissions than his on-file tariffs at Grantsville Maryland Bridgeport West Virginia and Circleville Ohio markets.
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Washington
Gerald G. Milosevich
Oliver, Pa
Packers and Stockyards Act
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Milosevich
Ohio
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Grantsville Community Sale, Inc
Grantsville
Bridgeport Stockyards, Inc
Bridgeport, W. Va
The
Bowling Stock Yards Co
Circleville, Ohio
Packers and Stockyards
P&s
Hospital Discharges and Admissions Across Counties
Downtown division reports multiple medical and surgical staff with discharges at Monongalia General and related facilities. Grafton admits Mrs Lila Stewart with several discharges listed. Preston Memorial records discharges of four patients. Greene Memorial lists admissions from Waynesburg and nearby towns and a set of discharges including several named patients.
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Monongalia General Medical
Fredrick Solomon
Kingwood
Alice Walker
Cassville
Patricia Lahoda
Robin Kuhn
Lutie Prout
Charles B. Jones
Madigan Ave
Benjamin J. Savage
Carmichaels
Beth Ann Price
New Philadelphia
Ohio
Anita Slaughter
Robert Matthews
Percy Spangler
Floyd Lemley
Bertha Hackney
Ewell Snuffer
Charles Bower
Clarence Rogers
Elsie Bearden
Carolyn Wolfe
Mildred Gerkin
Grace Getz
Dennis Cool
Virgil Garrett
Charles Shumaker
William Buckhingam
Deloris Shaffer
Preston Memorial
Agnes Johnson
Sharon Fraze
Nellie Riley
John Nine
Greene Memorial
James Gump
Waynesburg
Ethel Iona Phillips
New Freeport
Cora B. Shite
Nellie M. Roberts
Helen Moore
Grace Lingenfield
John Ferko
George W. Strope
Wilma E. McCracken
Margaret Farbee
Catherine Roupe
Margaret Rumble
Mistaken identity over cat shaving fine prompts family uproar
Taylor County man David S Summers says a Morgantown news story about a Monongalia County man fined 21 for shaving a Persian cat caused confusion. He and a Monongalia County namesake are different people, and locals mistakenly blame him, affecting his family.
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Grafton
Taylor County
Morgantown
David S. Summers
Cherry Run Road
Monongalia County
David Summers
Grafton Road
Monongalia
Summers
Bill to Create Truman Memorial Scholarship Act
President Ford signed a Truman memorial scholarship act funding grants up to 5000 dollars a year for four years to students pursuing public service careers. A companion bill provides seven million dollars for a new Herbert Hoover Memorial building at Stanford University as a living memorial to two presidents. The Truman endowment of thirty million dollars will fund future grants with no fixed number of scholarships, awarded where there is a qualified applicant in each state.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Hoover Institution
California
Stanford University
White House
Herbert Hoover
Seciety Department
Truman
Rt 39 bridges spark six month protest and petition drive
Residents along Rt 39 have protested bridge conditions for about six months. A petition drive ended last August after women and children blocked the bridges and collected some 500 signatures to send to Gov Arch Moore and DOH Commissioner William S. Ritchie. The group led by Mrs Betty Wiley sent a 13 page report noting history, weight capacity, damage from heavy traffic, and the need for an adequate bridge for proposed industrial development and local services.
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Arch Moore
Moore
DOH
William S. Ritchie
Betty Wiley
Monongalia
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
1974 termed tremendous year for Monongalia County
The county saw the first issuance of industrial development bonds for Milan Pharmaceuticals and updates to county sewage plans as an EPA grant bid was filed for a Step I countywide feasibility study. The justice system shifted to magistrates, the MTS bus network expanded with new routes, and TRIP offered reduced senior fares. The court purchased Granville Park and the Andy Brothers building, accelerated a county soil survey, and formed an emergency employment program with an advisory committee. County leaders, including Ball and Davies, earned posts in regional organizations, while Goldberg warned of potential 1975 revenue challenges yet remained hopeful for increased state support and broader employment efforts.
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Milan Pharmaceuticals
Environmental Protection Agency
Morgantown
Justice of the Peace
Monongalia County Transportation System
MTS
Goldberg
Granville Park
Andy Brothers
Monongahela Soil Conservation District
Region Six Planning and Development Council
Community weighs ambulance options for Blacksville area
Citing urgency, Tuttle calls for progress within weeks to study alternate ambulance systems and present at a community meeting. Davies urges heavy rescue gear. county funding and grants to support a complete system are under review as residents decide on a station.
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Tuttle
Blacksville
Davies
Romanian Airline Crash Kills 33 In Carpathians
Romanian Airlines plane with 33 aboard crashes in the Lotru range during a Bucharest to Oradea flight. Agerpres reported an investigation underway as Western agencies noted the aircraft, likely Russian-made, struck a mountainside amid a storm near Sibiu in Transylvania.
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Bucharest
UPI
Carpathian Mountains
Agerpres
Lotru
Oradea
Aes
Fat Sibinj
Transylvania
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Joseph Laurita
David Solomon
Lincoln
West
Charleston
W.va
West Virginia Academy of School Administrators
Man
U.S. District Court For
Western District of Pennsylvania
Lila Stewart
George Castle
Bill
Orford
Barry
Pronto
Han
Barry’s
University Ave
Léberdy
Et Ta Hotel
Pete Atape Utilities & Maid Service
Ly Ty
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