House Divides Along Party Lines On Immediate Redistricting
In a rare party line vote in the House of Delegates the body chose to make the new congressional redistricting bill effective immediately rather than in 90 days. Democrats backed immediate effect while Republicans opposed citing gerrymandering risks and political games.
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House of Delegates
House
Logan County
Logan
Brereton Jones
R-Mason
Ned Watson
D-Marion
Watson
Senate
Disputes Hamper Morgantown Ordinance Committee
Tension rises on the Morgantown Ordinance Committee as members clash over tax proposals and meeting notices. Councilman J Thearle Jamison accuses Chairman William A Shuman and Allen Austin of excluding him, while Shuman says he informs all members through secretary Dorothy White.
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Senate
State Human Right Commission
Carl Glatt
Bluefield State College
Glatt
Commission
Rabbi Samuel Cooper
Ordinance Committee
William A. Shuman
Shuman
Jamison
Dominion Post
Austin
Dorothy) White
Hospital Restricts Visitors in Greene County Area
Greene County Memorial Hospital in Waynesburg joins Monongalia General St Vincent and University Hospital in restricting visitors due to a virulent influenza epi demic. Only immediate family may visit. one visitor per patient at a time. No change to noon to 8 p m visiting hours. duration indefinite based on virus conditions.
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Greene County Memorial Hospital
Waynesburg
Eugene Strosser
Strosser
Monongalia General
St. Vincent and University Hospital
City Girl Ends Month-Long Jail Fast
Mary DeCourcey Squire an 18 year old Antioch College student and Morgantown anti war demonstrator completed a nearly month long fast in an Ohio jail. She was arrested with 90 others at a Cincinnati army induction center and later sentenced to nine months in jail and fined 600 dollars. Her father a university aerospace engineer plans an appeal citing bail system opposition.
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Rebecca Smith
Morgantown
Ohio
Mary DeCourcey Squire
William Squire
Hillview Dr
L. Oswald
Cincinnati
Oswald
Dominion Post
Antioch College
Miss Squire
Cincinati
Squire
Section of College Avenue in Danger of Collapsing
Morgantown residents and University students face collapse risk on a 100 foot section of College Avenue near Cornell Avenue. City plans call for a reinforced wall, concrete columns, curtain walls and buttress supports after weather and approvals.
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College Avenue
Morgantown
Cornell Avenue
Universitys
Willey Street
Rts. 73
James Reich
Slick Roads Trigger Nine Crashes In Monongalia County
Wet snow and sleet battered Monongalia County causing nine traffic accidents with almost $6,000 in damages and injuries to five people. Notable crashes included a 1958 Cadillac colliding with a 1959 truck, injuring Daniel C. McFee of Elizabeth, treated at University Hospital, and a 1965 Pontiac striking a 1957 Ford on Stewarts Town Road injuring David Turney of Greensburg.
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Monongalia
Daniel C. McFee
Elizabeth
University Hospital
Donald L. Smith
Center Point
Sheriff's Office
McFee
Arby E. Glaspell
Rt. 7
Morgantown
Cadillac
David
Turney
Greensburg
William Smith
Cassville
More Snow Predicted Across Mason Dixon Region
Four inches fell by 8 30 p m at Morgantown Airport with five inches in Kingwood as snow drifts increase. Monongalia and Preston counties report slick roads and use of plows salt and cinders. Weather officials warn conditions may worsen with another snowfall and drivers are urged to use chains and snow tires. Damages from two car accidents totaled at least 250 dollars in Jimtown and Morgantown incidents as slick streets cause multiple crashes.
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Mason- Dixonland
Morgantown
Monongalia
Preson County
Sophia P. Katsakis
Osage
Lester Valentine
Jimtown
Rt. 100
Robert C. Johnson
Ridgely Ave
University Avenue
Johnson
Elderly Grafton Man Dies in Fire at Home
An 82 year old Grafton man Roy Bonner died in a house fire at 1355 West Railroad Street. Firefighters from Grafton and Taylor County worked thirteen volunteers and five paid men to control the blaze started when he tried to thaw frozen pipes with a hand torch. He was pronounced dead by Coroner P. E. Lucas. The flames destroyed the one and a half story home.
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Grafton
Roy Bonner
Taylor County
P. E. Lucas
West Railroad St
Bonner
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cityview
Tony Orfiville
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Slack
Kanawha County
Kanawha
Putnam
Marion County
Robert Mollohan
Arch Moore
H. Laban White
Clarksburg
Mollohan
Wetzel County
Marion
Moore
Meride
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Arthur Buehler
Mr. Shuman
Mr. Austin
Mr. Jamison
Council
David Satterfield
Stewart Burge
Stewartstown
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